Total Prizes The International 7 Breaks the Record for the Biggest Prizes in E-Sports History

Even though The International 7 event is still 1 month away, the total prizes that will be contested by 18 Pro teams who have entered this most prestigious event have already exceeded the total prizes at The International 6.

Currently, the Dota 2 game holds the record for the largest prize in the history of E-Sports with a total prize pool of $20,772,353 and will continue to grow until The International 7 event begins.

In fact, this prize amount is a contribution from players who purchased the Battle Pass from May 4, 2017 to the present. If without contributions from the players, The International event only gave a prize of 1.6 million dollars.

So imagine the contribution of the players who can increase the prize pool of this tournament up to 1198.27% times over! So there’s around An additional $19,172,353 from gamers who contributed from purchasing the Battle Pass.

In fact only 25% of the fees that go into the Prize Pool from purchasing the Battle Pass, so to say there is around $76 million spent by all Dota 2 fans around the world and this total prize has already surpassed the prizes from the event. Cricket World Cup, Super Bowl, to the NBA Finals.

It’s amazing the contribution of the Dota 2 game to the world of E-Sports!!