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The Top 8 Richest Professional Video Game Players In The World

As it stands today, the highest paid athlete in the world is boxer Floyd Mayweather. His earnings, with no endorsements, total some $105 million dollars. Footballer Christiano Ronaldo comes in second, with his bank manager gleefully overseeing around $80 million a year. Imagine that. Getting paid such substantial amounts for doing something you love every day, something that could hardly be considered a "job" at all.
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Published: Jun 26, 2014 12:04 pm

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7) Clement Ivanov – Estonia

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Clement-puppey-Ivanov

AKA: Puppey    Total earnings: $450,480

I just did some research on Estonia and I came up with only three noteworthy offerings from their Baltic republic. That they apparently gave us gap-year chat messenger Skype, drummer-approved Paiste cymbals, and a beer called “Le Coq,” which is mildly amusing.

What it also gave us was a very, very good competitive video game player named Clement. His game of choice, Dota 2, has racked him up a fair bit of pocket money, a large portion of which coming from Dota 2 tournament “The International” – which his clan Natus Vincere only received the entry keys to three weeks before it started. Not bad.

BONUS FACT: He also looks a lot like Rick Astley.

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Ciarán Utting loves video games and books with pictures of speedboats on the cover. There's plenty more of his drivel on Twitter.
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