Dota 2 record
Largest winner’s share of a Dota 2 prize pool
Myth Avenue Gaming, winner of Asia Pacific Predator League 2026, took 65.0% of the prize pool — more than the winner of any other event this season.
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- events that started between Jun 1, 2025 and Jan 31, 2027, not counting ones that did not take place, the first-place prize from the placement table, the placement total matches the announced pool within 2%
Dota 2 record “Largest winner’s share of a Dota 2 prize pool”: 65.0% of the prize pool. Myth Avenue Gaming, winner of Asia Pacific Predator League 2026, took 65.0% of the prize pool — more than the winner of any other event this season. Among 43 finished season events whose placement split matches their pool; sample: events that started between Jun 1, 2025 and Jan 31, 2027, not counting ones that did not take place, the first-place prize from the placement table, the placement total matches the announced pool within 2%. Sqady, https://sqady.com/dota2/records/winner-share/
every event by winner’s share
43 finished season events whose placement split matches their pool
This table by host country (19 tournaments with a region or no venue named are left out):
- China — 5 tournaments; highest — ESL Challenger China Season 2, 2nd place.
- Romania — 5 tournaments; highest — PGL Wallachia Season 5, PGL Wallachia Season 6, PGL Wallachia Season 7, PGL Wallachia Season 8 and PGL Wallachia Season 9, 35th place (shared by 5).
- Russia — 5 tournaments; highest — BetBoom Streamers Battle 13, BetBoom Streamers Battle 14, Esports League Super Cup Media Division and Sber Tournament 2025, 5th place (shared by 15).
- Denmark — 1 tournament: BLAST SLAM VII, 24th place (shared by 4).
- France — 1 tournament: Esports World Cup 2026, 28th place.
- Germany — 1 tournament: The International 2025, 22nd place (shared by 2).
- India — 1 tournament: Asia Pacific Predator League 2026, 1st place.
- Kazakhstan — 1 tournament: Games of the Future 2026, 30th place (shared by 3).
- Saudi Arabia — 1 tournament: Esports World Cup 2025, 33rd place.
- Serbia — 1 tournament: FISSURE PLAYGROUND 2, 30th place (shared by 3).
- United Arab Emirates — 1 tournament: Games of the Future 2025, 30th place (shared by 3).
- United Kingdom — 1 tournament: ESL One Birmingham 2026, 40th place (shared by 3).
how this is counted
The share is the first-place prize from the placement table divided by the event’s announced pool. An event is listed only if the placement table adds up to the pool within 2%: otherwise part of the money is not recorded as placements, and the share would answer a different question. The season is events that started between Jun 1, 2025 and Jan 31, 2027, not counting cancelled or postponed ones. Equal shares share a place.
Facts and records
The second-largest winner’s share: 56.3% at ESL Challenger China Season 2 (won by Xtreme Gaming).
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The smallest winner’s shares come from the $1 million circuit events: 30% at every PGL Wallachia season, 29% at DreamLeague Seasons 28 and 29 and ESL One Birmingham 2026, and 24.4% at DreamLeague Season 27, the lowest of the season. Both Internationals paid 42.5% to first place.
The top of the table belongs to small regional events, led by the Asia Pacific Predator League 2026 in India at 65.0%, with both ESL Challenger China seasons above 52%. Half the pool to the winner is the most common split: 15 events share fifth place at exactly 50.0%, among them FISSURE Universe, 1win Essence and EPL Masters.
The Esports World Cup raised its winner’s share between its two seasons while its pool shrank: Team Spirit took a third of the $3 million pool in 2025, PARIVISION 37.5% of $2 million in 2026.