Sargis "SK996" Khachatryan Our top best 10 esports teams list includes the most successful and the most followed organizations from various regions of the esports industry. Below you can find the teams’ history, disciplines and achievements.
Team Liquid
History
Team Liquid was founded in 2000 in the Netherlands. It had headquarters in 2 countries — the first one in LA, California and the other in Utrecht, the Netherlands. While the first discipline for the club was Starcraft, eventually the org expanded massively and became a multi-gaming brand with rosters in all of the leading esports games.
Disciplines
Team Liquid started as a team of 2 in Starcraft: Broodwar discipline. Next, after the release of Starcraft II, the players adjusted to the new release and competed in the latest iteration. Later on, Team Liquid acquired esports athletes to step into the world of Dota 2. In 2015 their CS:GO and League of Legends departments were created and finally, in 2020, Valorant became their recent esports scene. Now, the team has 16 different esports division, as well as a massive content-making team.
Achievements
Team Liquid has achieved a lot of top placements in major disciplines. The most recent ones are:
1st — Dota 2 ESL One Germany, 2020;
1st — CS:GO IEM Masters XIV Chicago, 2019;
1st — League of Legends LCS Lock-In, 2022.
Their biggest win, though, if we're talking money-wise here was The International 2017 championship that got the club $10,862,000.
The organization’s total prize earnings are $38,682,281 from over 2,000 tournaments.
Natus Vincere
History
Natus Vincere, one of the most well-known esports teams originated in 2009, around a Counter-Strike team, in which Ioann "Edward" Sukhariev, Yehor "markeloff" Markelov, Serhii "starix" Ishchuk, Arseniy "ceh9" Trynozhenko and Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko were competing. NAVI are based in the Ukraine and have GGBET, Puma, Nissan, Logitech and Monster Energy as main partners. Later on, the team expanded into Dota 2, and their roster became the champions of the first-ever The International back in 2011.
Disciplines
NAVI have rosters in 13 disciplines, including Halo, Valorant, Apex: Legends, League of Legends, Rainbow 6 Siege, PUBG Mobile and Dota 2.
Achievements
NAVI won a lot throughout the years, but the most well-known ones were PGL Stockholm Major in CS:GO (2021) and The International 2011 in Dota 2 (2011). Across over 585 tournaments, NAVI were rewarded with $17,938,869.
G2 Esports
History
G2 Esports was created on February 24, 2014, and the original name of the club was Gamers2. After the 2015 October rebranding, it got its current name. The owner of the club is an ex-League of Legends player Carlos "ocelote" Rodríguez Santiago, who has once explained the goal of his club is not only to win trophies, but also to engage with their fans and entertain them. G2 is known for it's content, filled with memes and banter, as well as very decorated competitive rosters.
Disciplines
G2 has 10 competitive rosters in games, such as League of Legends, Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Rocket League, R6S, Fortnite, Valorant, and Apex Legends.
Achievements
Generally, G2 are taking top spots within major disciplines, but the most successful finishes were:
2nd place at PGL Major Stockholm 2021 (CS:GO);
1st place at MSI 2019 (LoL);
2nd place at Worlds 2019 (LoL);
1st place at Six Invitational 2019 (Siege).
In total, G2 Esports earnings reached $9,495,278.81.
FaZe Clan
History
The club was created on May 30, 2010. Located in the North American region, FaZe showed interest in many directions in esports and now they are one of the most prominent orgs. However, it all started with a YouTube channel that featured crazy plays by the players from all around the world, and only later on the org started to dive into actual esports.
Disciplines
FaZe compete in CS:GO, Call of Duty, Overwatch, Fortnite, PUBG, Rainbow 6, Valorant, Rocket League, Halo, FIFA Online 4 and much more.
Achievements
The most recent achievement of the club is their CS:GO roster’s victory at IEM Katowice 2022. Previously, the club’s Call of Duty roster raised the cup in the CDL Championship in 2021 and at the same year they were the champions of CDL Major III.
FaZe Clan won $11,510,279 in total with their prize pools of 478 tournaments.
Virtus Pro
History
The Russian esports organization emerged in 2003 in Russia. At some point in time the project got frozen, but then revitalized in 2011 by investor Anton "sneg1" Cherepennikov. Now, it is arguably the biggest esports club in Russia.
Disciplines
VP has players both in PC and mobile disciplines. All started with the Counter-Strike discipline, even though the golden era of the team started later on, with the acquisition of the Polish CS:GO roster, also known as Golden Five. At the same time the club has opened departments in Dota 2, and later on in many more disciplines, including Rainbow 6 and PUBG/PUBG Mobile.
Achievements
VP have been the most effective in the following events:
1st place in Dota 2 Kuala Lumpur Major, 2018;
1st place in ESL Major Series One Katowice 2014 (CS:GO), 2014;
1st place in CS:GO Flashpoint Season 2 Online, 2020;
1st place in PUBG Continental Series 5 Europe, 2021.
The club’s earnings on aggregate reach $17,000,000.
Cloud9
History
Cloud9 was founded in 2013. The North American esports organization has entered multiple scenes since its origins. The list of partners includes Microsoft, BMW, Puma, Twitch, Kingston etc.
Disciplines
The organization has rosters in:
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive;
Fortnite;
Halo;
Hearthstone;
League of Legends;
Overwatch;
PUBG Mobile;
Rainbow Six Siege;
Super Smash Bros Melee;
Teamfight Tactics;
Valorant;
World of Warcraft.
Achievements
The club was established in the US in 2013 around the League of Legends players. Soon after their first success the team owner Jack Etienne opened up the divisions in other disciplines. In 2018, C9 became the esports org of the year at Esports Awards after their CS:GO roster became the first-ever NA team to win CS:GO major. Later, they had impressive results in a handful of disciplines. In 2020 they took 13 titles, including events like:
R6 Korea Open Season 1;
LCS Spring 2020;
CS:GO Dreamhack Masters Spring 2020 NA.
Overall earnings of the club are above $11,064,978. They have 17,4 million social media followers.
T1
History
Korean esports club T1 was founded in Seoul, 2014. Formerly it was a part of a local telecommunication company, and now the name has changed from SK Telecom to T1. Their sponsors are Nike, BMW, Logitech, Secretlab, KLEVV and others. Org itself is mostly known for their League of Legends division that's been dominant in the scene for many years. Their star player and co-owner of the team, Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok, is one of the most well-known esports athletes in the world.
Disciplines
T1 have teams in disciplines Dota 2, League of Legends, Valorant, Overwatch and Wild Rift. Individual titles include Hearthstone and Super Smash Bros.
Achievements
The most successful roster of the org in 2022 is T1 LoL, which had a win streak of 19 matches and no losses throughout the LCK Spring 2022. In 2021 the team competed in Worlds 2021 and took the third place. Earlier they were the winners of LCK 2021 Summer and LCK 2020 Spring. All in all, the club earned $12,184,277 from 420 tournaments.
OG
History
OG was founded in 2015 around Dota 2 roster called Monkey Business. The players became the owners of the club. They are based in Europe and are in partnership with Red Bull, BMW and SteelSeries.
Disciplines
For a long time OG's only discipline was Dota 2. Later on, they've created the CS:GO roster. The most recent team, however, is their Valorant squad.
Achievements
OG showed dominance consecutively throughout 2017-2019, winning Kiev Major 2017, TI 2018, TI 2019 and other notable events with their Dota 2 roster. Over this small period of time they've climbed up to the #2 spot in the list of the orgs with the most money won, losing only to Liquid who had more than 20 years of competitive playing. The other disciplines are not yet standing out with major wins for OG, however they have a supportive fanbase that believes in future success.
Team Spirit
History
Another CIS team from top 10 best esports teams of our list is Team Spirit. The club was founded in 2015, in Moscow, Russia. General partners include Nike, Red Bull, HyperX.
Disciplines
Team Spirit have divisions in Counter Strike: Global Offensive (2016), Dota 2 (2015), Hearthstone (2016) and League of Legends (2022).
Achievements
The club’s biggest success was the victory in Dota 2 International in 2021. Other achievements include:
1st place in CS:GO Pinnacle Cup 2
1st place in Hearthstone Grandmasters Season 1 EMEA, 2020.
Total prize money earned by the org is 19,959,324, most of which come from TI10 alone.
Fnatic
History
The organization was founded in 2004. Fnatic is a London-based esports company that has millions of fans globally due to their rosters from all over the world. Their title sponsor is MSI, who is providing all the teams within the org with portable computers and competitive gaming accessories.
Disciplines
Fnatic mainly competes in League of Legends, Dota 2 and Counter-Strike disciplines. League of Legends and Dota 2 teams were first created in 2011, while CS division started it's rise back to 2004. Fnatic also own an academy team, called Fnatic Rising. In the past they've also had a women’s roster with the name of Fnatic Ladies, which shut down in 2010 November 9.
Achievements
Top achievements for the organization are recorded within CS:GO discipline, where the golden roster of this org had a dominant period back in 2014-2016. Overall, the club earned $17,537,968 through prize pools.
To sum all up, here is a chart from Esports Earnings featuring top 10 best esports teams in the world:
- Team Liquid — $38,682,281;
- OG — $35,741,450;
- Evil Geniuses — $25,644,757;
- Team Spirit — $19,959,324;;
- Virtus.pro — $18,246,325;
- Natus Vincere — $17,938,869;
- Fnatic — $17,537,835;
- Team Secret — $16,291,924;
- PSG Esports — $15,845,132;
- Vici Gaming — $15,252,582.
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