List of highest-earning Fortnite players

Since its launch in 2017, Fortnite has had many tournaments with large prize money, including but not limited to the Fortnite World Cup and Fortnite Championship Series. As of November, 2025, 20 players have earned over $1,000,000 playing competitive Fortnite—55 have earned over $500,000. Having earned over $3,700,000, Fortnite World Cup winner Kyle 'Bugha' Giersdorf is the highest-earning Fortnite player in the world.

Being the tournament with the highest prize pool in Fortnite history, the Fortnite World Cup allowed 15 players to earn over $500,000 in one tournament.[1][2] Some of them – such as Kyle 'Bugha' Giersdorf and David 'Aqua' Wang – went on to earn hundreds of thousands after the World Cup; for others – such as Harrison 'Psalm' Chang and Emil 'Nyhrox' Bergquist Pedersen – their World Cup earnings make up the vast majority of their total.

List

The following table lists every player with $500,000 or more in earnings, expressed in millions of USD and rounded to the nearest thousand.

As of 10 November, 2025
Rank Player Real name Earnings (USD millions) Organization
1 Bugha Kyle Giersdorf 3.784
2 Aqua David Wang 2.197
3 Psalm Harrison Chang 1.875[a]
4 EpikWhale Shane Cotton 1.857 FaZe Clan
5 Anas Anas El-Abd 1.623
6 Kami Michał Kamiński 1.562 Al Qadsiah
7 Nyhrox Emil Bergquist Pedersen 1.543
8 Wolfiez Jaden Ashman 1.368
9 Th0masHD Thomas Høxbro Davidsen 1.364
10 Zayt Williams Aubin 1.332
11 Queasy Aleksa Cvetkovic 1.265 Twisted Minds
12 TaySon Tai Starčič 1.258 Team Falcons
13 Kreo Nate Kou 1.244
14 K1nG Thiago Bautista Lapp 1.230
15 Setty Iwo Zając 1.223
16 Rojo Dave Jong 1.216
17 Saf Rocco Morales 1.210
18 Ceice Davis McClellan 1.210
19 Malibuca Danila Iakovenko 1.068
20 Mero Matthew Faitel 1.018 Xen
21 Elevate Hayden Krueger 0.941[a]
22 Veno Harry Pearson 0.940 XSET
23 Peterbot Peter Kata 0.907 Team Falcons
24 Skite Clément Danglot 0.870
25 JannisZ Jannis Matwin 0.852 CGN
26 Mitr0 Dmitri van de Vrie 0.830
27 Acorn Abdullah Akhras 0.814 Dignitas
28 Arkhram Diego Lima 0.792
29 Chapix Moussa Faour 0.755
30 Cold Joshua Butler 0.749[b] Twisted Minds
31 Hen Henrik Mclean 0.742
32 Cooper Cooper Smith 0.739[b] Dignitas
33 Crue Theo Ferrer 0.729
34 Mongraal Kyle Jackson 0.728 Red Bull
35 Merstach Andrej Piratov 0.716
36 Tfue Turner Ellis Tenney 0.703
37 Khanada Leon Khim 0.700 Dignitas
38 Pollo Miguel Moreno 0.689[b] Gentle Mates
39 TruleX Nikola Kruduji 0.674
40 Bizzle Timothy Miller 0.665
41 Vadeal Alexander Schlik 0.653 Wave
42 Stompy Klaus Konstanzer 0.634
43 Edgey Ben Peterson 0.623
44 Benjyfishy Benjy Fish 0.622[a]
45 Clix Cody Conrod 0.619 XSET
46 Chico Kristijan Ljubičić 0.573
47 SwizzY Egor Luciko 0.569[b]
48 Dubs Daniel Paul Walsh 0.566
49 Rezon Lennard Sill 0.562
50 MrSavage Martin Foss Andersen 0.560 Red Bull
51 Nayte Nathan Berquignol 0.560
52 Falconer Brendan Falconer 0.517
53 ZexRow Anthony Colandro 0.516[b]
54 Pixie Wilmer Juriander 0.514[b] Team HavoK
55 Commandment Josh Roach 0.511

Source: Esports Charts[16]

  1. ^ a b c Esports Charts doesn't distinguish between earnings from Fortnite and earnings from other games; the following sources are used:[3][4][5][6][7]
  2. ^ a b c d e f Esports Charts doesn't provide total earnings; the following sources are used:[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]

References

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