Twenty-five-year-old Ioannis Theodosiou is the top-earning South African e-sports player. His winnings to date amount to $196,451 (R3.7-million). Theodosiou, who goes by the player name JT, won most of his money by playing Counter-Strike Global Offensive. CS:GO is a first-person shooter game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Half of the South Africa\u2019s top 10 highest-earning pro gamers also compete in the same game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Football games such as Fifa and Rocket League, where soccer is played with flying cars, are responsible for 39% of the winnings. Julio \u2018Beast\u2019 Bianchi ranks third on the earnings list with $73,020 in winnings from Fifa 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The current most-successful pro gamer in terms of earnings is 30-year-old Johan Sundstein from Denmark, who has won more than $7-million. Sundstein, who plays Dota 2, has played more than 130 tournaments. Dota, which is short for Defense of the Ancients, is a multiplayer online battle arena game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Twenty-five-year-old Ioannis Theodosiou is the top-earning South African e-sports\u00a0player. His winnings to date amount to $196,451 (R3.7-million). Theodosiou, who goes by the player name JT, won most of his money by playing Counter-Strike Global Offensive. CS:GO is a first-person shooter game. 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