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 FortniteâÂÂ55 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. Some of them â such as Kyle 'Bugha' Giersdorf and David 'Aqua' Wang â went on to earn hundreds of thousands after the World Cup; for others â such as Harrison 'Psalm' Chang and Emil 'Nyhrox' Bergquist Pedersen â their World Cup earnings make up the vast majority of their total.
The following table lists every player with $500,000 or more in earnings, expressed in millions of USD and rounded to the nearest thousand.
<small>Source: Esports Charts</small>