Throughout the year, pro League of Legends teams have battled for a chance to represent their regions at the 2024 World Championship. In October, the best of the best will collide in various venues across Europe for a chance at greatness—and a chunk of the event’s sizable prize pool.
Since the start of competitive League events, the Worlds prize pool has only shifted a few times, but it’s also been affected by a percentage of revenue from in-game sales of certain items. Every team that competes in the tournament will get a portion of the full prize pool, but the more teams climb up in the standings, the more money they’ll receive as a result.
Thus, not only are teams fighting to etch their name in the history books but also for an even bigger payday. If you’re secretly checking up on the bag available for the best, here is the full prize pool amount and tournament breakdown for League‘s Worlds 2024.
Full Worlds 2024 prize pool – Total prize pool
Teams at the 2024 World Championship will be splitting up a total prize pool of $2,225,000 across all 20 teams attending the tournament. This prize pool has remained the same since 2017 but can increase after teams receive a percentage of sales from other sources, such as the Championship skin, Championship ward, and other Worlds icons.
Worlds 2024 prize pool distribution
As expected, the winner of the tournament will win the biggest share of the prize pool, while the rest of the money is given out in different amounts, depending on which place a team finishes the event in. Overall, the Worlds winner will win 20 percent of the entire pool, the runner-up will go home with 16 percent, and the third and fourth-place winners will take back eight percent of the pool.
From fifth place onward, the increments will lower continuously, with the lowest-placed teams only receiving about one percent of the total available prize pool. This does, however, make some sense because they were only at the event for a short period of time before getting eliminated in the play-in stage of the tournament.
Here is the full breakdown for the distribution of the $2.2 million (USD) prize pool at Worlds 2024, without any revenue from in-client sales:
- Champion: $450,000
- Runner-up: $360,000
- Third/fourth: $180,000
- Fifth to eighth: $101,250
- Ninth to 11th: $78,750
- 12th to 14th: $67,500
- 15th to 16th: $56,250
- 17th to 18th: $39,375
- 19th to 20th: $22,500
LoL teams with highest prize money earned
Several League teams have absolutely dominated at international events over the years. As a result, they have earned a ton of revenue from high placements at major tournaments and in their own regional splits as well.
Many Eastern-based teams in the top 10 have reigned supreme across both domestic and international play, but there are also some Western staples that have proven their worth on the grandest stages over the last decade.
Here are some of the highest-earning League teams (in USD), according to Esports Charts:
- T1: $9.4 million
- Invictus Gaming: $4.3 million
- Samsung Galaxy: $4.2 million
- Royal Never Give Up: $4.2 million
- Edward Gaming: $4.04 million
- G2 Esports: $3.6 million
- Fnatic: $3.4 million
- Cloud9: $2.6 million
- JD Gaming: $2.3 million
- Dplus KIA: $2.05 million
Worlds 2025 is set to begin on Sept. 25 and run through Nov. 2.
