The French organization Team Vitality finished 2025 with the second-best result in all of esports by total prize money earned. The team made $3,930,000, trailing only China’s AG Super Play, which competes in the Honor of Kings discipline. For the Counter-Strike scene, this is an unprecedented figure that highlights Vitality’s absolute dominance on the global stage throughout the year.
Team Vitality
The statistics for 2025 show a clear picture of the financial and competitive hierarchy in esports. Team Vitality became second in the world by total prize money earned among all organizations regardless of discipline. Their result of $3.93 million is surpassed by only one club — China’s AG Super Play, which managed to earn $4.88 million across seven tournaments in the mobile discipline Honor of Kings.
This means that among all clubs representing traditional esports disciplines, Vitality was the most financially successful. No team from CS2, Dota 2, Valorant, or League of Legends managed to surpass their figure in 2025.
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How Vitality reached second place in the world
This financial result was a direct consequence of Vitality’s consistent dominance in Counter-Strike. The team stayed at the top of the world rankings for most of the year, won key tournaments, and regularly reached the final stages of the biggest events. It was consistency, not a single massive win, that formed this record-breaking outcome.
Vitality did not just win — they did it systematically. They remained favorites at almost every tournament they attended and had virtually no disastrous performances. Such stability in CS2 is now rare even among elite organizations.
Who beat Vitality and why it matters
First place in the 2025 prize money ranking was taken by China’s AG Super Play, which earned $4,880,000 in the Honor of Kings discipline. It is important to understand the context: mobile esports games, especially in Asia, operate with significantly larger prize pools than traditional PC disciplines.
AG Super Play achieved its result in just seven tournaments, which once again underlines the financial power of the mobile scene. In effect, Vitality became the most successful organization in the world among all “classic” esports disciplines.
What this means for the CS2 scene
Vitality’s result is a historic benchmark for Counter-Strike. For the first time, a CS team has come so close to absolute leadership in global esports prize earnings. This demonstrates that CS2 remains one of the most profitable and prestigious disciplines, despite the explosive growth of mobile gaming.
For organizations, this is a signal that investments in the CS scene are still capable of delivering global success, not just brand visibility. For players, it is confirmation that a stable top-tier team in CS2 can compete financially with entire mobile esports ecosystems.
The financial gap between disciplines
The comparison between Vitality and AG Super Play clearly shows the difference between mobile and PC esports. In Honor of Kings, massive budgets, sponsorship deals, and national-level support create a financial reality that is still out of reach for most disciplines.
The fact that a CS team managed to take second place across all of esports looks not just like an achievement, but like an exception to the rule.
Prize money results
Team Vitality finished 2025 with $3,930,000 in prize earnings and became the second most successful esports organization in the world. The only team ahead of them was AG Super Play from the Honor of Kings discipline, which earned $4,880,000.
For Counter-Strike, this is a historic moment. Vitality has effectively become the financial benchmark for the entire CS2 scene and proved that even in a global esports landscape dominated by mobile disciplines, classic PC games are still capable of fighting for absolute leadership.
