The Top 8 Richest Professional Video Game Players In The World

6) Oleksandr Dashkevych – Ukraine

AKA: XBOCT(4)    Total earnings: $453,311

This guy has 19 letters in his name, and only five of them are vowels. So whilst you bumbling Westerners try to figure out precisely how to pronounce it, let me fill you in on the legend behind the moniker.

After an arguably poor run with his clan Planet-X in 2009, the group parted ways. A few months later he joined the budding Natus Vincere clan (alongside previous entry in this article Clement Ivanov). Because of his history, indie studio Beyond The Summit rated his ability as 4/10 at a forthcoming Alienware Cup event. He subsequently demolished the top Chinese team, and went on to a shock victory.

At the following “The International” event, held last year, he added a (4) to his name by way of a middle finger to his naysayers. Unfortunately, however, he only came second – though it still netted his squad an equal share of over $600,000, so I’m sure he was basically fine about it.