Who said you have to be over 18 to start building your gaming Dynasty? The gamers I’m about to tell you about will all have well over hundreds of thousands of dollars by their 18th Birthdays, from just gaming. If they can do it, you can too, right? Let’s take a look at some of them!
Amazing Gamers Earnings Under 18 Yrs. Old
[Numbers are their Individual Ranking on the 18 and under Earnings Chart]
1.Life aka Lee, Seung Hyn
Country: Korean Republic
Age: 17
Total Prize Money Earned: $353,871.79
Earliest Prize Age: 14
Top Games Played: StarCraft 2
2. Zai aka Ludwig Wahlberg
Country: Sweden
Age: 17
Total Prize Money Earned: $322,260.88
Earliest Prize Age: 16
Top Games Played: Dota 2 (97.15%), Heroes of Newerth
3. Flash aka Lee, Young Ho
Country: Korean Republic
Age: 22 (Current)
Total Prize Money Earned Before 18: $269,972.27
Earliest Prize Age: 15
Top Games Played: StarCraft 2, StarCraft Brood War
4. Faker aka Lee, Sang Hyeok
Country: Korean Republic
Age: 18 (Current)
Total Prize Money Earned Before 18: $255,575.35
Earliest Prize Age: 17
Top Games Played: League of Legends
5. Leenock aka Lee, Dong Nyung
Country: Korean Republic
Age: 19 (Current)
Total Prize Money Earned Before 18: $209,748.46
Earliest Prize Age: 15
Top Games Played: StarCraft 2
6. Uzi aka Jian Zihao
Country: China
Age: 17
Total Prize Money Earned: $139,506.27
Earliest Prize Age: 17
Top Games Played: League of Legends
8. Maru aka Cho Sung Choo
Country: Korean Republic
Age: 17
Total Prize Money Earned: $106,614.61
Earliest Prize Age: 13
Top Games Played: StarCraft 2
10. ZeRo4 aka John Hill
Country: United States
Age: 30 (Current)
Total Prize Money Earned Before 18: $89,300.00
Earliest Prize Age: 15
Top Games Played: Quake 3 Live Arena, Quake Live, QuakeWorld, ShootMania Storm
13. Pistola aka Justin Deese
Country: United States
Age: 22 (Current)
Total Prize Money Earned Before 18: $75,760.00
Earliest Prize Age: 14
Top Games Played: Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 4, Halo: Reach
Honorable Mention:
26. Voyboy aka Joe Esfahani
Country: United States
Age: 20 (Current)
Total Prize Money Earned Before 18: $34,861.13
Earliest Prize Age: 16
Top Games Played: League of Legends
A good majority of these players also went on to continue “Killin’ it” in eSports. I didn’t include the numbers they followed up with, but you can just take my word for it! What’s stopping you from getting in there and Dominating?