Brazil is one of the leading countries in the esports world. They have always succeeded in being a country that has always managed to make a name for themselves, both with their capable players and competitive teams. In this article, we will talk about the highest-earning esports players from Brazil.
Gustavo "Psycho" Rigal (Rainbow Six Siege)
We start our list with Gustavo "Psycho" Rigal, a Rainbow Six Siege player. Psycho, who has won the most awards from Rainbow Six Siege in Brazil, is 23 years old. Currently the in-game leader of Ninjas in Pyjamas, the player previously had an esports career at Warface as well.
Undoubtedly, his greatest achievement is the Six Invitational 2021 championship, which he reached in May 2021 with Ninjas in Pyjamas. After a tremendous series, they were victorious against Team Liquid.
He also has Six August 2020 Major - Brazil, Copa Elite Six - Season 2021: Stage 2, Pro League Season 10 - Latin America and Pro League Year 2 Season 3 - Latin America titles. In the Six Invitational 2020, he placed second with Ninjas in Pyjamas as well.
Teams played: V3 Masters, Black Dragons e-Sports, Ninjas in Pyjamas (Present)
Approximate total earnings: $365,533
Paulo Vitor "PVDDR" Damo da Rosa (Magic: The Gathering Arena)
We continue our list with Paulo Vitor "PVDDR" Damo da Rosa. The Brazilian player is the highest earning player in Magic: The Gathering Arena, not only in Brazil but also all over the world. We must also say that he does not have many competitors in Brazil. The 34-year-old player had his biggest success in February 2020.
He won the $300,000 prize by defeating Márcio Carvalho 2-1 in the Magic World Championship 2019 grand final. PVDDR was honored with the Card Games Player of the Year and Esports Athlete of the Year awards at the 2020 Prêmio eSports Brasil. He was chosen as the Card Games Player of the Year again in 2021.
Teams played: Tempo Storm (Present)
Approximate total earnings: $395,300
Ricardo “boltz” Prass (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
The fourth name on our highest-earning esports players from Brazil list is Ricardo “boltz” Prass. He is a professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player. Boltz was born on April 10, 1997 and has been playing professionally in esports since 2014. He is known as support and entry fragger.
HLTV named him the eighteenth best player of 2017. He was also named Brazil’s third best player in 2020 by DRAFT5. While on the SK Gaming roster, he won the ESL Pro League Season 6 – Finals and EPICENTER 2017 titles. He won DreamHack Open Summer 2016 while playing for Immortals, and CEVO Pro League Season 9 while playing for Tempo Storm.
Teams played: Downstage, dtw, nstZ!, MYN, Team S2, OpenFire, ProGaming.TD, KaBuM.TD, Keyd Stars, Luminosity Gaming, Games Academy, Tempo Storm, Immortals, SK Gaming (Loan), MIBR, Luminosity Gaming, INTZ, BOOM Esports, MIBR, Last Dance (Present)
Approximate total earnings: $396,110
Lincoln "fnx" Lau (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
Lincoln "fnx" Lau, 32, currently plays for the Last Dance team. Having been involved in Counter-Strike esports since 2000, fnx is one of the most experienced players on the list. He is also the only player to have participated in only two Majors and won both. The Majors he won are ESL One: Cologne 2016 and MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016. He was named the 19th best player by HLTV in 2016.
Other important titles of his are ESL Pro League Season 3 - Finals, ESWC 2006, IEM III American Championship Finals, shgOpen 2007 - Counter-Strike, DreamHack Winter 2007, IEM V American Championship Finals.
Teams played in Counter-Strike: LeTs, Splash E-Sports, GameCrashers, GameCrashers.br, Army5 Gaming, mibr.sp, mibr, g3nerationX, mibr, FireGamers, compLexity Gaming, GamerHouse, paiN Gaming, Mandic, semXorah, playArt, Afterall Gaming
Teams played in Counter-Strike: Source: mibr, Rio Sinistro, TargeTDown, TD.coL
Teams played in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: playArt, Afterall Gaming, KaBuM! e-Sports, Games Academy, Yakuz4 e-SPORTS, MasterMind, Dexterity Team, Não Tem Como, Games Academy, Luminosity Gaming, SK Gaming, Immortals, 100 Thieves, Não Tem Como, Team One, MIBR, Red Canids, Imperial Esports, Paquetá Gaming, Last Dance (Present)
Approximate total earnings: $426,167
Marcelo “coldzera” David (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
Third on our highest-earning esports players from Brazil list is Marcelo “coldzera” David, known as one of the greatest Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players of all time. Born on October 31, 1994, coldzera has been active in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive esports since 2012. coldzera was ranked #1 by HLTV for two consecutive years in 2016 and 2017. In 2018, he was ranked 10th.
Duncan “Thorin” Shields also named him best player in 2016 and 2017. He was ranked seventh on Thorin’s list of the best players in 2018. He received the Best Esports Player award from The Game Awards in 2016. Also, another award that coldzera won is PC Player of the Year 2016, given by the eSports Industry Awards. Having achieved many notable successes, coldzera was chosen for the MVP awards of MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016, ESL Pro League Season 3 – Finals, ESL One: Cologne 2016, cs_summit 1, IEM Sydney 2017, DreamHack Open Summer 2017, EPICENTER 2017, ESL Pro League Season 6 – Finals tournaments by HLTV.
Coldzera has won many titles in his career. The most important of these are ESL Pro League Season 6 – Finals, EPICENTER 2017, ESL One: Cologne 2017, Esports Championship Series Season 3 – Finals, Intel Extreme Masters XII – Sydney, ESL One: Cologne 2016, ESL Pro League Season 3 – Finals, MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016 championships. He joined FaZe Clan in September 2019 and has been inactive in FaZe Clan since June 2021.
Teams played: vTi, Insight, Infernus Gaming, GamerHouse, Afterall Gaming, semXorah, GoldenGlory, Baixissimo Nivel, Dexterity Team, Luminosity Gaming, SK Gaming, Yeah (Organization), MIBR, MIBR (Inactive), FaZe Clan, Complexity, 00 Nation (Present)
Approximate total earnings: $1,035,801
Fernando "fer" Alvarenga (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
Next up is Fernando "fer" Alvarenga, 30 years old. Although he played Counter-Strike esports for a short time, he could not be very successful. As of 2013, he entered the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive esports scene and became quite a successful player.
Although he has faced many health problems throughout his career, he did not give up and has won many awards. He was named Esports Championship Series Season 3 - Finals MVP by HLTV. He was also chosen the 15th best player in 2016 and the 3rd best player in 2017 by HLTV. In 2017, he was ranked 6th in Thorin's Top 10 CS:GO Players rankings.
Fer's two most notable titles are the MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016 and ESL One: Cologne 2016. He has also won EPICENTER 2017, Esports Championship Series Season 3 - Finals, ESL Pro League Season 6 - Finals, ESL Pro League Season 3 - Finals, ESL One: Cologne 2017, Intel Extreme Masters XII - Sydney championships.
Teams played in Counter-Strike: SUAP
Teams played in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: PlayArt, Afterall Gaming, KaBuM! e-Sports, Games Academy, KaBuM! e-Sports, KaBuM.TD, Keyd Stars, Luminosity Gaming, SK Gaming, MIBR, Imperial Esports, 00 Nation, Last Dance (Present)
Approximate total earnings: $1,064,743
Epitácio “TACO” de Melo (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player Epitácio “TACO” de Melo, born on January 24, 1995, is second on our list. Prior to his Counter-Strike: Global Offensive career, he briefly played Counter-Strike as a professional player. Currently he is the in-game leader of the GODSENT team. He was a founding board member of the Counter-Strike Professional Players’ Association (CSPPA), but left in April 2021.
His most notable achievements include ESL Pro League Season 6 – Finals, EPICENTER 2017, ESL One: Cologne 2017, Esports Championship Series Season 3 – Finals, Intel Extreme Masters XII – Sydney, ESL One: Cologne 2016, ESL Pro League Season 3 – Finals, MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016 championships.
Teams played in Counter-Strike: WHATEVER GAMING, Ownage, WHATEVER GAMING, FragWorks
Teams played in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: Dexterity Team, Não Tem Como, Games Academy, Luminosity Gaming, SK Gaming, Yeah (Organization), SK Gaming (Inactive), Team, Liquid, MIBR, MIBR (Inactive), GODSENT (Present)
Approximate total earnings: $1,085,086
Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo, who is the most experienced name on the list both in terms of age and career longevity, is also at the first place of our highest-earning esports players from Brazil list. Born on May 30, 1991, FalleN’s esports career began in 2004.
Continuing his Counter-Strike: Global Offensive esports career as an in-game leader and AWPer in Team Liquid, FalleN also took part in the esports arenas of CrossFire, Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike: Source. He also founded the Games Academy esports organization, but later the organization was disbanded.
FalleN was the MVP of DreamHack Open Austin 2016, ESL One: Cologne 2017, BLAST Pro Series: Copenhagen 2017, ZOTAC Cup Masters 2018 tournaments.
HLTV named him the second best player in 2016 and sixth in 2017. Duncan “Thorin” Shields also named him the sixth best player in 2016. FalleN was selected as the eSports Personality of the Year in 2016 by the eSports Industry Awards, and was deemed worthy of the most influential person of Brazilian eSports (2015) award by MyCNB.
TeamPlay.com.br selected FalleN for the best national sniper role award in 2009. They also selected him for the best national player and national sniper role awards in 2010 and 2011.
The most important championships of FalleN who have won many championships are ESL Pro League Season 6 – Finals, EPICENTER 2017, ESL One: Cologne 2017, Esports Championship Series Season 3 – Finals, Intel Extreme Masters XII – Sydney, ESL One: Cologne 2016, ESL Pro League Season 3 – Finals, MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016, IEM V American Championship Finals.
Teams played in Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Source: crashers, Soldats, crashers, Kings.br, crashers, FireGamers, compLexity Gaming, FireGamers, Mandic, semXorah, playArt, Soldats, NETFIRE Gaming, vsONE, TargeTDown, TD.coL, Team TD
Teams played in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: playArt, ProGaming.TD, KaBuM! e-Sports, Games Academy, KaBuM! e-Sports, KaBuM.TD, Keyd Stars, Luminosity Gaming, SK Gaming, Yeah (Organization), MIBR, MIBR (Inactive), Team Liquid (Present)
Approximate total earnings: $1,144,342
Brazil has become one of the most popular countries in the world of esports, with both its talented players, and with competitive and successful teams. It seems that it will continue to maintain its place and even develop further in the future.
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