The Australian gamer making more than Steve Smith: Teenage eSports player scoops nearly $5MILLION after winning Dota 2 tournament
- Anathan 'ana' Pham, 19, helped the OGs achieve victory for the second year
- He slice of the Dota 2 world championship prize money equated to $4.62million
- Pham is now the 13th richest sports star in Australia, higher than Nick Kyrgios
A Melbourne teenager has won $4.62 million in an online gaming tournament, vaulting him even higher into the ranks of Australia's highest paid 'sports' stars.
Anathan Pham's team of five shared $23 million after winning Dota 2 tournament The International in Shanghai over the weekend.
'Thanks to all the fans that were by our side. Still cannot comprehend what just happened,' Mr Pham tweeted on Sunday.
Anathan Pham's team of five shared $23 million after winning Dota 2 tournament The International in Shanghai over the weekend
'Thanks to all the fans that were by our side. Still cannot comprehend what just happened,' Mr Pham tweeted on Sunday
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The 19-year-old's OG team has now won the competition two years in a row and, according to Esports Earnings, its members have all vaulted into the ranks of the highest-earning Esports stars.
Mr Pham's total career earnings sit at $8.9 million and the Australian Financial Review had him 18th on its Australian sports earnings list before the most recent win.
The $4.62 million in prize money alone would make him 13th on the list - above tennis player Nick Kyrgios, cricketer Steve Smith and NBA basketballer Thon Maker.
Dota 2 is a team-based strategy game where players work together to defeat another team.
Mr Pham's total career earnings sit at $8.9 million and the Australian Financial Review had him 18th on its Australian sports earnings list before the most recent win
Pham shot to fame in 2018 after he and the OG's won the Dota 2 competition in Canada
Speaking to foxsports.com.au in 2016, Pham said: 'I never thought going pro was possible but sometimes dreams come true.'
Pham shot to fame in 2018 after he and the OG's won the Dota 2 competition in Canada.
The competition consists of 18 teams playing on a virtual battlefield attempting to destroy the opposing team's base.
