World Cyber Games

Prize Money Awarded:

$5,005,361.80 From 153 Tournaments

Recorded Date Range:

2000-10-08 to 2024-07-15

The World Cyber Games (WCG) is an international competitive video-gaming (e-sports) event operated by South Korean company World Cyber Games Inc., and sponsored by Samsung and Microsoft. WCG events attempt to emulate a traditional sporting tournament, such as the Olympic Games; events include an official opening ceremony, and players from various countries compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. The official motto of WCG is "Beyond the Game", which is also the title of a documentary about e-sports.

Largest Prize Pools

	Tournament Name	Prize Money
1.	» World Cyber Games 2019 (AOV)	$140,000.00
2.	» World Cyber Games 2019 (CF)	$140,000.00
3.	» World Cyber Games 2019 (Dota 2)	$140,000.00
4.	» WCG 2006 (Counter-Strike)	$105,000.00
5.	» World Cyber Games 2020 (AOV)	$100,000.00
6.	» World Cyber Games 2020 (CF)	$100,000.00
7.	» WCG 2007 (Counter-Strike)	$95,000.00
8.	» WCG 2008 (Counter-Strike)	$87,500.00
9.	» WCG 2002 (Counter-Strike)	$85,000.00
10.	» WCG 2004 (CS:Condition Zero)	$85,000.00
11.	» WCG 2005 (CS:Source)	$85,000.00
12.	» World Cyber Games 2019 (CR)	$80,000.00
13.	» WCG 2001 (Counter-Strike)	$70,000.00
14.	» WCG 2003 (Counter-Strike)	$70,000.00
15.	» WCG 2008 (Halo 3 4v4)	$70,000.00
16.	» WCG 2009 (Counter-Strike)	$63,000.00
17.	» WCG 2013 (WoT)	$63,000.00
18.	» WCG 2013 (CrossFire)	$60,000.00
19.	» WCG 2013 (LoL)	$60,000.00
20.	» WCG 2013 (StarCraft II)	$52,500.00
21.	» WCG 2007 (Gears of War 4v4)	$50,000.00
22.	» WCG Challenge 2000 (AoEII)	$50,000.00
23.	» WCG Challenge 2000 (FIFA 2000)	$50,000.00
24.	» WCG Challenge 2000 (Quake III Arena)	$50,000.00
25.	» WCG Challenge 2000 (StarCraft: Brood War)	$50,000.00

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Top Players

	Player ID	Player Name	Total (League)
1.	applesauce	Mark Smith	$100,000.00
2.	Mystik	Katherine Gunn	$100,000.00
3.	Grubby	Manuel Schenkhuizen	$53,000.00
4.	Sky	Li, Xiaofeng	$52,000.00
5.	hero	Daniel Schellhase	$48,831.80
6.	SeleCT	Ryoo, Kyung Hyun	$45,000.00
7.	styla	Dennis Schellhase	$43,500.00
8.	Lauke	Laurens Pluymaekers	$42,944.09
9.	BoxeR	Lim, Yo Hwan	$40,000.00
10.	GitzZz	Christian Höck	$40,000.00
11.	Zyos	Matthew Leto	$40,000.00
12.	Infi	Wang, Xu Wen	$39,000.00
13.	neo	Filip Kubski	$37,377.92
14.	TaZ	Wiktor Wojtas	$37,377.92
15.	Loord	Mariusz Cybulski	$33,336.78
16.	MZiN	Ma, Zhe	$32,889.70
17.	PartinG	Won, Lee Sak	$32,500.00
18.	18	Dai, Yueqiang	$31,962.16
19.	kuben	Jakub Gurczyński	$31,910.70
20.	Handewasser	Wouter van Someren	$30,849.62
21.	GoRush	Park, Tae Min	$30,000.00
22.	iamgrunt	Kang, Byung Geon	$30,000.00
23.	Jaguar	Kim, Doo Hyung	$30,000.00
24.	Soulkey	Kim, Min Chul	$30,000.00
25.	Volcano	Choi, Dae Han	$30,000.00

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Top Games

	Game Name	Prize Money
1.	» Counter-Strike	$871,205.11
2.	» CrossFire	$432,211.80
3.	» StarCraft: Brood War	$401,920.46
4.	» WarCraft III	$345,500.00
5.	» Arena of Valor	$240,000.00

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Online/LAN Breakdown

Location	Prize Money	% of Total
Online Only	$297,150.00	5.94%
Offline/LAN	$4,708,211.80	94.06%

Top Countries

	Country Name	Prize Money
1.	China	$1,073,127.25
2.	Korea, Republic of	$914,400.00
3.	United States	$430,566.68
4.	Germany	$399,416.66
5.	Sweden	$251,935.46
6.	Poland	$244,762.91
7.	Russian Federation	$215,991.14
8.	Netherlands	$192,833.34
9.	Canada	$160,600.00
10.	Denmark	$156,925.01

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