5. Vanessa Arteaga ($15,000 of $20,000)
We are cracking up the top list of both highest paid and highest earning female gamers in the world with Vanessa Arteaga.
Vanessa is one of those players who excel in the area of fighting games, with Dead or Alive 4 being the game of her choice. She was picked first in the draft of the Championship Gaming Series’ list of player.
She competed in that game’s tournaments back in 2007 and 2008. Both are the Championship Gaming Series (CGS) season. The first one, in 2007, was the individual tournament which she won. And for the second one, she was recruited by San Francisco Optx team that reached the final and took home $30,000.
The prize money was split into two and Vanessa bagged $15,000. On the previous tournament, even though she won, she only bagged $5,000. With an overall $20,000 prize money earned, she becomes the 6th best female gamers in the world.
- Player ID: Vanessa
- Total tournament: 2
- Total win: 1 tournament
