Which team currently has the most decorated CS2 roster in financial terms? One user decided to add up the career prize winnings of the five players on each team, and the result turned out to be quite revealing: the upper part of the ranking includes not only the current giants of the scene, but also several rosters that are currently far from the top positions.
Vitality pulled away from everyone
Vitality confidently took first place. The combined prize winnings of apEX, ZywOo, flameZ, mezii, and ropz amount to $11,067,102. The biggest contributors to this figure are apEX with $2.78 million and ropz with $2.70 million, while ZywOo has more than $2.29 million. Inserted Markdown
The gap to the closest pursuer is huge. Falcons, with NiKo, TeSeS, m0NESY, kyousuke, and karrigan, have $6,813,357, while Spirit are third with $5,302,379. That means Vitality are ahead of the second team by almost $4.3 million. Inserted Markdown
BC.Game unexpectedly rose to fourth place
One of the most interesting results was BC.Game’s fourth place. The organization’s current five have earned a combined $4,819,685 in prize money, with the main part of this amount provided by Magisk with more than $2.06 million and s1mple with $1.75 million. Inserted Markdown
This example clearly shows the specifics of the ranking. A team’s current form or its place in the world hierarchy matters very little here — it is enough to gather several players with a huge history of appearances at major tournaments, and the roster automatically rises very high.
NAVI only slightly edged out 100 Thieves
NAVI took fifth place with a combined $4,251,607. The biggest contribution came from b1t with more than $1.61 million, followed by Aleksib with $1.02 million. The rest of the amount comes from iM, w0nderful, and makazze. Inserted Markdown
But just a few thousand dollars behind them are 100 Thieves — $4,244,803. Here, almost the entire amount is formed thanks to two veterans: device has earned more than $2.18 million, while rain has earned more than $1.90 million. The difference between NAVI and 100 Thieves is less than $7,000. Inserted Markdown
FURIA, Liquid, Aurora, and FaZe completed the top 10
Seventh place went to FURIA with $4,134,822. They are followed by Liquid with $3,428,696 and Aurora with $3,003,470. In FURIA’s case, a significant part of the amount is provided by FalleN, who has earned more than $1.55 million in his career. Inserted Markdown
FaZe close out the top 10 with $2,953,529. At the same time, almost $1.87 million of this amount comes from Twistzz. Just outside the top ten are MOUZ with $2.91 million and PARIVISION with $2.87 million. Inserted Markdown
This is a ranking of experience, not current strength
It is important that this statistic does not show how much a specific organization has earned or how much its players have won specifically in the current roster. It simply adds up the career prize winnings of the five current players on the team, so rosters with veterans who have played at the top level for years gain a huge advantage.
That is why BC.Game and 100 Thieves can be so high, even without currently being top-ten teams by strength. At the same time, younger rosters automatically lose in such a comparison, even if their current results are significantly better.
Vitality are in a league of their own
By this metric, Vitality are currently in a separate category: $11.07 million against Falcons’ $6.81 million and Spirit’s $5.30 million. The team has several players at once with many years of winning history, so its advantage looks logical. Inserted Markdown
At the same time, the most revealing part of the ranking begins lower down. BC.Game are ahead of NAVI, 100 Thieves are almost level with them, and the difference between seventh and tenth place is just over $1 million. This clearly demonstrates how strongly several experienced and decorated players can change the financial “weight” of an entire roster.
