There has been a lot of talk about whether or not to include professional players in esports. Sometimes with questions that elicit prying eyes like "are there women playing games at a professional level?" or "Are women good enough to play professionally?" always asked. This is not what we are going to discuss. Instead, we're going to highlight some of the professional esports players (among many others) who are making waves and have been for a while.
Li "Liooon" Xiaomeng
Game: Hearthstone Team: VK
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(Image credit: Blizzard) Liooon is a professional Hearthstone player from China. She is the second highest paid esports player in the world, having earned €227,010 in her career so far. She is also the first woman to win at Blizzcon on Hearthstone. After winning BlizzCon in November 2019, she delivered an inspiring speech, telling a story of the sexism she experienced when she first arrived on the professional Hearthstone scene and encouraging other women who love the games to stay away from each other. same. discourage from the professional scene.
Sasha "Scarlett" Hostyn
Game: SC2, Dota 2 Team: Newbee
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(Image credit: Intel/ESL) Scarlett is a professional Starcraft 2 (SC2) player and winner of numerous SC2 titles. Winning against some of the highest ranked male gamers in SC2 history, Scarlett has made a name for herself in the esports scene after beginning her career in 2011. She is a female zerg player (one of three playable races in SC2) and the only woman to have won a major SC2 tournament after winning first place at IEM (Intel Extreme Masters) Pyeongchang in 2018. In October 2016, Scarlett was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for achieving the career-high earnings for a competitive video game player, a title previously held by compatriot Mystik. With her total earnings to date of €372,727, she still ranks as the highest-earning professional player in history, four years after breaking the record.
Rumay "Hafu" Wang
Games: League of Legends, Team Fight Tactics, World of Warcraft, Bloodline Champions Team: G2 Esports
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(Image credit: G2 Esports) Hafu is a professional League of Legends, TFT and Hearthstone player from the United States, and is the sixth highest-paid professional esports player in the world, with a total of €31,975 earned so far. . Hafu is also a popular Twitch streamer, with nearly 800.000 subscribers on the platform. Originally known for playing World of Warcraft, he has more recently focused on Hearthstone and TFT.
Tina "TINARAES" Perez
Game: Fortnite Team: Gen.G ESports
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(Image credit: DominicKal747) TINARAES is a professional Fortnite player from Texas and is the seventh best professional esports player in the world, raking in €64,813 so far. He placed first in Twitch Rivals: TwitchCon Fortnite Showdown and plays for Gen.G Esports North America. She and her compatriot Madison "Maddiesuun" Mann are also the first female Fortnite duo to play for Gen.G Esports. TINARAES is also a Twitch streamer with over 15.000 followers and TikTok with over 113.000 followers across all of her social media accounts.
Janet "xChocoBars" Pink
Games: Fortnite, League of Legends, Hearthstone, Apex Legends Team Team: EZ Clap
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(Image credit: Janet Rose) xChocoBars is a Canadian professional Fortnite player and the 54,375th highest-paid professional eSports player in the world, having earned a total of €28,350 in her professional career and €2019 playing Fortnite alone. Other games that she has won big on include Apex Legends, Hearthstone, League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics, and Chess.com. In 588.000, she placed first in the Twitch Rivals: League of Legends tournament as part of the EZ Clap team. xChocoBars is also a successful Twitch Streamer, with over XNUMX Twitch subscribers.
Katherine "Mystic" Gunn
Games: Halo: Reach, Dead or Alive 4, Hearthstone
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(Image credit: Katherine Gunn) Mystik is an American esports gamer, presenter, and cosplayer. Her biggest earnings as a professional gamer of hers were for Halo: Reach, where she won €100,000 after appearing on the American reality show WCG Ultimate Gamer. She is still ranked today as the number one player in this game. Mystik was once the highest paid competitive video game player in the Guinness Book of World Records, but she lost the title the following year to professional SC2 gamer Scarlett. Mystik's career earnings total between €122,300 and €160,000, making her the third highest-paid professional player in the world, despite only a few tournaments.
Kim "Geguri" Se-Yeon
Game: Overwatch Team: Shanghai Dragons
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(Image credit: Blizzard) Geguri is a South Korean professional esports player and the first player in the Overwatch League. So far, she has earned €32,798.68 from Overwatch, making her the 2019th highest-paid female esports player in the world. Due to Geguri's exceptional aim, she was accused of using auto-aim software to cheat, but she was proven innocent after an investigation by Blizzard. This highlights the difficulties faced by women who play. In XNUMX, Geguri would be named Time Magazine's Next Generation Leaders for being one of the most successful esports players in an otherwise male-dominated sport.
Siobhan "HaganeNoTema" Bielamowicz
Games: Attack on Titan Tribute Game, Super Smash Bros.
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(Image credit: Siobhan Bielamowicz) HaganeNoTema is an Australian professional Attack on Titan Tribute (AoTTG) gamer and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate player. Her current total career earnings of hers is €33,933, making her the 21st highest-paid professional esports player. Additionally, €33,900 comes from ten AoTTG tournaments. In 2018, she placed first in AoTTG, securing the highest prize of her career so far: €20,000.
Imane "Pokimane" Anys
Games: League of Legends, Fortnite, Team Fight Tactics Team: EZ Clap
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(Image credit: Daily Star) Pokimane is a Canadian-Moroccan professional player in League of Legends and has raised €20,775.00 so far, making her the 43rd highest-paid female esports player in the world. So far, she has earned €11,800.00 playing League of Legends. Pokimane is also the most popular female streamer on Twitch and one of the top ten Twitch streamers of all time with over 5 million total subscribers. She has 5.5 million subscribers to her main YouTube channel. In 2019, she placed first in the Twitch Rivals: League of Legends tournament as part of the EZ Clap team.
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