Sasha “Scarlett” Hostyn has won $472,111.31 in tournament prize money across 283 tournaments, the largest career total of any woman tracked by Esports Earnings as of September 2026. The second-place figure is $241,510.00. This post ranks the 20 highest-earning women on the database and breaks the list down by game, country and tournament count.
Top 20 Female Esports Players By Earning
Full Prize Money Ranking
All figures below are career tournament prize money as published on each player’s Esports Earnings profile, checked in September 2026. Prize money is not salary, sponsorship or streaming income.
The gap between first and second is $230,601.31. From fifth place down, every total sits under $130,000.
| # | Player | Name | Country | Game on profile | Career prize money | Tournaments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scarlett | Sasha Hostyn | Canada | StarCraft II | $472,111.31 | 283 |
| 2 | Liooon | Li Xiaomeng | China | Hearthstone | $241,510.00 | 9 |
| 3 | alexis | Alexis Guarrasi | United States | VALORANT | $131,289.52 | 18 |
| 3 | meL | Melanie Capone | United States | VALORANT | $131,289.52 | 18 |
| 5 | vilga | Ksenia Klyuenkova | Russian Federation | Counter-Strike 2 | $127,757.72 | 68 |
| 6 | Mystik | Katherine Gunn | United States | Call of Duty | $122,550.00 | 7 |
| 7 | mimi | Michaela Lintrup | Denmark | VALORANT | $116,256.51 | 42 |
| 8 | Petra | Petra Stoker | Netherlands | VALORANT | $115,227.42 | 33 |
| 9 | juliano | Julia Kiran | Sweden | Counter-Strike 2 | $102,894.47 | 56 |
| 10 | florescent | Ava Eugene | Canada | VALORANT | $95,589.52 | 12 |
| 11 | Nina | Nina Qual | United States | Stormgate | $95,373.33 | 175 |
| 12 | Noia | Nicole Tierce | Denmark | VALORANT | $94,769.15 | 16 |
| 13 | Sarah | Sarah Simpson | Canada | VALORANT | $93,689.52 | 12 |
| 14 | zAAz | Zainab Turkie | Sweden | Counter-Strike 2 | $91,765.85 | 66 |
| 15 | Shinoa | Sheen Perez | Philippines | Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | $90,000.00 | 3 |
| 16 | yifan0227 | Hou Yifan | China | Chess.com | $87,706.69 | 12 |
| 17 | bENITA | Benita Novshadian | United States | VALORANT | $84,489.96 | 40 |
| 18 | Alice | Maureen Gabriella | Indonesia | PUBG Mobile | $80,869.00 | 11 |
| 19 | Sommerset | Kayla Coy | United States | Fortnite | $69,856.25 | 30 |
| 20 | Moxie | – | Mexico | Fortnite | $69,300.00 | 20 |
Source: Esports Earnings player profiles, career totals checked September 2026
Who Is The Highest-Earning Female Esports Player?
Scarlett. Her Esports Earnings profile records $472,111.31 from 283 tournaments, and Esports Earnings places her at No. 627 on its overall player ranking.
Her single largest payout was $50,000.00 for first place at IEM XII – PyeongChang (SC2) on 7 February 2018, which accounts for 10.59% of her career total. She passed $100,000 in career prize money on 27 July 2014, after 45 tournaments.
Guinness World Records recognised her as the highest-earning female esports player, citing $456,811 from Esports Earnings as of 12 December 2023. That figure and the September 2026 figure come from the same database at different dates.
Which Games Pay The Top 20 Female Esports Players By Earning?
VALORANT is the game listed on 8 of the 20 profiles, more than any other title. Counter-Strike 2 accounts for 3 and Fortnite for 2. The remaining seven players each represent a different title, including chess and two mobile games.
Concentration matters more than breadth at the top. Liooon reached second place on 9 tournaments; Shinoa reached 15th on 3. Broader esports prize pool data shows the same pattern across the wider scene, where a handful of events carry most of the money.
| Game on profile | Players in the top 20 |
|---|---|
| VALORANT | 8 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 3 |
| Fortnite | 2 |
| StarCraft II | 1 |
| Hearthstone | 1 |
| Call of Duty | 1 |
| Stormgate | 1 |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 1 |
| Chess.com | 1 |
| PUBG Mobile | 1 |
Source: Esports Earnings player profiles, game label shown on each profile, checked September 2026
Where the biggest single cheques came from
Four of these players earned most of their career total in one afternoon. Mystik’s $100,000 first place at WCG Ultimate Gamer Season 2 on 3 October 2010 makes up 81.60% of her $122,550.00.
| Player | Largest single prize | Event | Date | Share of career total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liooon | $200,000.00 | GrandMasters 2019 – Global Finals | 2 Nov 2019 | 82.81% |
| Mystik | $100,000.00 | WCG Ultimate Gamer Season 2 | 3 Oct 2010 | 81.60% |
| Shinoa | $50,000.00 | MLBB Women’s Invitational 2024 | 27 Jul 2024 | 55.56% |
| Scarlett | $50,000.00 | IEM XII – PyeongChang (SC2) | 7 Feb 2018 | 10.59% |
| yifan0227 | $30,517.62 | FIDE 2023 Women’s Speed Chess Championship | 22 Nov 2023 | 34.80% |
| Alice | $31,000.00 | PUBG Mobile World League 2020 – Season 0: East | 9 Aug 2020 | 38.33% |
Source: Esports Earnings player profiles, largest single tournament prize, checked September 2026
Top 20 Female Esports Players By Earning By Country
The United States places 6 players on the list. Canada places 3. China, Denmark and Sweden place 2 each.
Five countries appear once: Russia, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Indonesia and Mexico. The two mobile-title entries, Shinoa and Alice, both come from Southeast Asia, which matches the region’s weight in esports viewership by title.
| Country | Players in the top 20 |
|---|---|
| United States | 6 |
| Canada | 3 |
| China | 2 |
| Denmark | 2 |
| Sweden | 2 |
| Russian Federation | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 |
| Philippines | 1 |
| Indonesia | 1 |
| Mexico | 1 |
Source: Esports Earnings player profiles, country listed on each profile, checked September 2026
How Many Tournaments Did It Take?
Tournament count and prize money do not track together. Nina played 175 tournaments for $95,373.33. Shinoa played 3 for $90,000.00.
Scarlett is the outlier on both axes, with 283 tournaments and the largest total. Mystik reached $122,550.00 on 7 tournaments, the smallest count in the top ten.
Team-game earnings are split shares
The VALORANT entries share identical results because they played on the same rosters. alexis and meL both won $36,000.00 at VALORANT Game Changers Championship 2024 on 17 November 2024 and both hold $131,289.52.
Game Changers events account for $124,000.00 of alexis’s total across 14 tournaments, or 94.45%. Petra’s split runs the other way: 76.87% of her $115,227.42 came from VALORANT and 23.13% from Counter-Strike across 17 events.
What The Ranking Does Not Measure
Esports Earnings records published tournament prize money. Team salaries, sponsorship deals and streaming revenue sit outside the database, so these totals understate what several of these players actually earn.
Prize money also lags the money moving through the sector as a whole, which is tracked separately in esports revenue projections and in tournament attendance data.
Career totals are cumulative and only move up. Any figure here is a snapshot of the profile on the date checked, and each new result changes it. The same caveat applies to the wider video game industry figures updated on a rolling basis.
FAQs
Who is the highest-earning female esports player in 2026?
Scarlett, real name Sasha Hostyn, from Canada. Esports Earnings lists $472,111.31 in career tournament prize money from 283 tournaments, checked September 2026. Almost all of it comes from StarCraft II.
Why does Reddit show different earnings totals for Scarlett?
Career totals only rise as results are added. Guinness World Records cited $456,811 from Esports Earnings as of 12 December 2023. The same profile showed $472,111.31 in September 2026.
Do these totals include salaries and streaming income, as Reddit threads point out?
No. Esports Earnings records published tournament prize money only. Salaries, sponsorships and streaming revenue are not counted, so the real income of several players on this list is higher.
Which game appears most often in the top 20?
VALORANT, listed on 8 of the 20 profiles. Counter-Strike 2 appears on 3 and Fortnite on 2. Every other title on the list appears once.
How much has the second-highest earner won?
Liooon, real name Li Xiaomeng, has won $241,510.00 from 9 tournaments. A single result, first place at GrandMasters 2019 Global Finals, paid $200,000.00, or 82.81% of her total.
Sources
https://www.esportsearnings.com/players/2280-scarlett-sasha-hostyn
https://www.esportsearnings.com/players/45851-liooon-li-xiaomeng
https://www.esportsearnings.com/players/8201-vilga-ksenia-klyuenkova
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/730336-highest-earning-esports-player-female