Popular PUBG Esports Players

# Nickname Name Earned
# Nickname Name Earned
01
Австралия
TGLTN FLC
James Giezen
$ 803172
02
США
Shrimzy FLC
Tristan Nowicki
$ 834952
03
Корея
Gyumin DNF
Sim Gyu-min
$ 76839
04
США
Kickstart FLC
Matt Smith
$ 606517
05
Корея
Salute DNF
Woo Je-hyeon
$ 380753
06
Финляндия
curexi VP
Timi Tenhula
$ 283656
07
Китай
xwudd 17
Wu Bo
$ 304652
08
Тайланд
Belmoth FS
Chonchanok Chankasame
$ 118450
09
Дания
Beami VP
Benjamin Steffensen
$ 208109
10
Россия
xmpl TWIS
Artem Adarkin
$ 319339
11
Luo Shengjun
$ 387763
12
Вьетнам
TanVuu TE
Tran Tan Vu
$ 28535
13
Корея
Rex FN
Kim Hae-chan
$ 103254
14
Хорватия
NIXZYEE VP
Nino Mikec
$ 19677
15
Thanadol Jutisuksant
$ 63669
16
Украина
Hakatory NAVI
Vitalii Shaida
$ 29750
17
Украина
Perfect1ks TWIS
Dmytrii Dubenyuk
$ 404200
18
Корея
EEND T1
Roh Tae-young
$ 87762
19
Тайланд
Jacob EA
Weerapat Jantanet
$ 32181
20
Корея
Rain1ng T1
Kim Jong-myong
$ 28127
21
Mansur Tsimpaev
$ 93108
22
-
$ 275
23
Корея
ZeniTh FN
Lee Jae-sung
$ 31271
24
Россия
BatulinS TWIS
Aleksandr Batulin
$ 456328
25
Тайланд
Flukky T5
Patsakorn Kitchalong
$ 24223
26
Корея
Heaven DNF
Kim Tae-sung
$ 139540
27
Тайланд
Flash FS
Peerapass Termkla
$ 154991
28
Украина
SoseD NAVI
Serhii Zubkov
$ 28913
29
Вьетнам
Clories TE
Nguyen Long Hai
$ 81157
30
-
-
31
-
$ 2025
32
Хорватия
Lukarux VP
Luka Rukavina
$ 46721
33
Китай
77owo 17
Yang Yuxuan
$ 161884
34
США
hwinn FLC
Hunter Winn
$ 846202
35
Бразилия
possa FUR
Francisco Possamai Dos Santos
$ 8251
36
Китай
Xbei 17
Tu Zhanya
$ 303215
37
Andrey Ionov
$ 159106
38
Бразилия
zkrakeN FUR
Leandro Gomes
$ 13188
39
Тайланд
TiGGER FS
Narathip Hongjanda
$ 22076
40
Корея
Type T1
Lee Jin-woo
$ 6309
41
Корея
Seongjang BGP
Seong Jang-hwan
$ 176720
42
Россия
ADOUZ1E BB
Roman Zinovyev
$ 208558
43
Россия
Lu TWIS
Kirill Lukyanov
$ 420652
44
Тайланд
Nourinz EA
Thanaporn Udomphonampai
$ 166961
45
Великобритания
Fexx FaZe
Christopher Wheddon
$ 201182
46
Корея
AKaN BGP
Kim Min-wook
$ 7161
47
Тайланд
OHPONDZ EA
-
$ 5066
48
Вьетнам
Delwyn TE
Cao Quang Nguyen
$ 29577
49
Nikita Odobesku
$ 5423
50
Украина
spyrro GK
Yaroslav Kuvichko
$ 381803

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. What’s the Secret Behind the Popularity of PUBG Esports?

PUBG is a “Battle Royale” game. It was released relatively recently — an early version became available in 2017. Although the game had a lot of bugs at first, it began to gain popularity. Interest in the “Battle Royale” also grew. In fact, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds opened this genre to the general public. Millions of people went to play for survival.

What’s the Idea and How to Play PUBG?

It is very easy to understand the essence of the game. There are 100 players and a plane that throws them into a large open area. After landing, you need to acquire weapons, medicines and other equipment. You also need to survive in PABG. This can be done either by active actions, killing opponents, or secretly, hiding in houses, forests, bushes and other hard-to-reach places. Each player chooses a tactic to their liking.

You can play PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds either alone or as part of a squad — a group of four. In this case, you are playing against other teams that also work together. This adds entertainment and interest to the matches — it’s always more fun together.

Today, PUBG’s stats are poor. If at the very beginning the game was the best and most popular in the Battle Royale genre, now it has lost ground. So, in 2017-2018, the average online has exceeded the figure of one million players. Record online in PUBG — 3.2 million people at the same time. Now the figure averages 100-200 thousand players. But, nevertheless, PUBG is still played, the game lives on as a professional eSports discipline.

How has Professional PUBG Esports been Successful?

The first tournaments began to be held when the game was still in Early Access. Gamers who managed to train well in a couple of months got the opportunity to become the first esports players in a new, developing discipline. This promised them good money.

The first major tournament for this game was Gamescom PUBG Invitational 2017, which took place at the end of August 2017. The total prize fund was $350,000. This money was divided into four parts: for solo players, squads, first and third person duos. Most of all, 180 thousand dollars, was allocated for gamers who performed in fours. Since then, the game PUBG as an esports discipline began to develop and grow.

Already in 2018, the pro scene has grown noticeably. New players came up, including those from other eSports disciplines. Tournaments with a significant prize fund were organized for this business. As part of the PUBG Global Invitational 2018, $2 million was awarded to teams playing from the first and third person.
PUBG tournaments are a series of matches where all teams fight for survival at the same time. Those who stay alive longer will receive more points. Also, points are awarded for killing opponents — this motivates teams to play aggressively, which makes PUBG esports entertaining and interesting for the viewer.

The top-ranked PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds tournament was held in the spring of 2021. The PUBG Global Invitational.S 2021 lasted for almost 2 months. The teams fought among themselves, played bright matches and fought for an impressive prize pool of $7 million. The winner received over $1 million. The team that took the last place did not leave empty-handed — even these four earned 50 thousand dollars. After this event, eSports PUBG delighted fans with a number of exciting tournaments, in which, although they played smaller amounts, there were many exciting games.