Esport and gaming are male-dominated industries, but it doesn't mean there's no space for women, right? Even though women face discrimination and harassment in these industries, some successful players inspire other women to reach their goals and make these spheres more inclusive. Here's a list of the top ten female game players who earn a lot.

Scarlett - $425,939.86

Known as Sasha Hostyn, Scarlett is a professional Canadian StarCraft II player. She started her gaming career in 2011 by becoming a champion twice in the National Electronic Sports League, or NESL Iron Lady. Next year she won another contest, The "Sponsor me!" Tournament, where she won a sponsored trip to the IGN ProLeague Season 4 in Las Vegas. With an estimated $35 billion net worth for 2021, IGN is a leading Internet media company focusing on video games and entertainment. So in 2015, in the tournament, she beat several highly ranked professionals, and that's how she became famous. However, her lucky year was 2014; she won seven matches and earned over $110,000. That year she took part in the Red Bull Battle Grounds, and she was the only non-Korean in its finale. Since then, Scarlette has held high positions in various gaming competitions. For example, she became the first woman who wins the major StarCraft tournament in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

Scarlett is a transgender woman, who the gaming community, dominated by males, didn't like. However, she claims that her gender identity has nothing to do with her results. "I have never tried to bring attention to myself for anything other than my play, so I don't feel like this should be a big deal," writes AV Club.

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Liooon - $240,510.00

Li Xiaomeng is from China, and she's the first professional female gamer who entered the Hearthstone Grandmasters Global Finals and BlizzCon Esports tournament in 2019. Her victory was a sensation since, initially, this game was open exclusively to men (which was quickly changed due to its controversy). Thus, Li gave an inspirational interview about women who want to compete in esports, as during the competition, she faced some discrimination. Liooon started her gaming career in 2018 in World Electronic Sports Games, or WESG Asia Pacific, where she placed second in the finals.

Mystik - $122,550.00

Mystic or Kat Gunn is a gaming influencer. Surrounded by video games culture at her father's comic and card store, Mystik got inspired to visit gaming tournaments, like Halo or Street Fighter. Eventually, she participated in the Championship Gaming Series (CGS) in 2007 in the female Dead or Alive scene for two seasons. She also took part in another reality program on Syfy, World Cyber Gamer Ultimate Gamer. Apart from gaming, Kat loves cosplaying, and she streams full-time on Twitch.

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Hafu - $90,066.67

The number one Teamfight Tactics player in 2019, Rumway Wang, has over 1,3 mln subscribers on Twitch. She's a professional Bloodline Champions and World of Warcraft player. Wang also played Hearthstone and placed second at the Battlegrounds Brawl. In 2019, she joined G2 Esports as a Teamfight Tactics streamer. And she also raised the issue of sexual harassment in the gaming industry.

Nina - $86,777.33

Nina Qual is a professional transgender StarCraft II gamer and streamer. She started her gaming path at ROOT Gaming in 2012. Later on, she participated in different matches, like WCS (season 1), Gold Series International 2016, DreamHack Austin 2016, etc. All in all, Nina participated in 166 tournaments.

Ricki Ortiz - $82,854.66

HelloKittyRicki (her Player ID) won ten tournaments in Street Fighter games, and she's the 2016 Capcom Cup runner-up. Ricki's been playing games since 2003, and her specialty is fighting games. She was an Evil Genuises team member (League of Legends) and played over 60 games with them. In 2014 she started her transitioning - Ricki is a transgender player.

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Geguri - $77,798.68

Kim Se-yeon is a South Korean gamer who played in Overwatch League for the Shanghai Dragons. She's the first female league player. In 2016, some gamers accused her of cheating by using aim assist software during the official league tournament. However, these accusations were disproved during the investigation held by the American game developer, Blizzard. Kim started playing from the age of five, and since then, she has made games her calling. In 2019, Time named her "Next Generation Leaders."

Alice - $67,900.00

Maureen Gabriella is an Indonesian professional Player Unknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) Mobile player. In 2019 she joined a PUBG Mobile team, Belletron Ace, and in 2021, Alice became the new Brand Ambassador of Bigetron Esports. Before participating in competitions, Maureen was into Dota2, Counter-Strike, 8 ball poll, and Clash of Clans.

TINARAES - $66,215.20

Tina Perez is playing for an American Esports team, Gen G. She joined the team, as it's all-female. "We both loved the opportunities Gen.G were offering not only as a professional gaming career but opportunities to help widen and promote women in esports," writes fortniteintel.com. Tina was among the first females, together with Maddy Mann, who signed a contract with Gen.G. She won TwitchCon Fortnite Finals in 2019 and became famous. Tina started her career with H1Z1, a battle royale shooter game, which eventually became less popular, making her change her game of interest. "Starting with H1Z1 being known as a top female competitor, then when the game started to go downhill, I officially switched over to Fortnite," she said.

vilga - $57,014.01

Ksenia Klyuenkova plays for Nigma Galaxy Female. She's a professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player. Ksenia is the highest-ranked Russian gamer girl - she's won 17 tournaments since 2015.

There are over 100 top female esports players today. Even though they are underrepresented in the industry, changes are coming.

Sources: esportsearnings.com, thelostgamer.com, top5.com, playersbio.com

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