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

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