Top 10 Esports Leagues and Tournaments in 2024

Esports have gained a lot of attention in the last few years. This has given birth to some of the biggest esports leagues worldwide that all professionals and fans await. Both traditional PC games and mobile esports have seen various tournaments.

Here are the ten esports tournaments/leagues held each year. These events are hosted by the official organizers, featuring a hefty prize pool each year and also attracting a huge crowd.

Free Fire World Series

The Free Fire World Series is the official tournament hosted by Garena, started back in 2019. The event features top teams from multiple regions. It came as a replacement for the Free Fire World Cup and skyrocketed in popularity, even with a much smaller prize pool.

Valorant Champions Tour

VCT is also a fairly new league as the game was released back in 2020. The league features multiple high-profile tournaments across various regions that feature a massive prize pool. Despite being a relatively new entry in esports, the game has already gained a lot of fans.

Valve Major Championships

Counter-Strike is one of the most popular games and the only game that features multiple major championships every year. These include PGL Major, Blast Premier, Intel Extreme Masters, and more. All of these tournaments are sponsored by Valve and attract a large amount of viewership along with big prize pools.

 PUBG Mobile Global Championship

The PMGC is the final event of the PUBG Mobile competitive season each year, hosted by Krafton. The game itself came as a very successful mobile game that provided the same gameplay experience as the PC. Ever since its release, the game has rivalled top PC games on the esports front.

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League of Legends World Championship

Popularly known as Worlds, League of Legends is the most popular esports title on PC. Since 2011, Worlds has been taking place in front of millions of live viewers and featured big bucks in its prize pool. The tournament also holds the record for the highest viewership made during the Worlds 2023.

The International

Officially sponsored by Valve, The International is the annual Dota 2 championship hosted by Valve. As an official Valve event, it features some of the largest prize pools in the history of esports. TI alone has distributed over $200 million in prizes since 2011.

PUBG Global Championship

PUBG is known as the game that revolutionized Battle Royale. Many other games came to be after PUBG’s initial success. The game still maintains a huge player base and features multi-million tournaments each year through the PUBG Global Championship.

M World Championship

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang is one of the biggest mobile esports titles with a huge following. Since the beginning, the event has seen an increase in the total prize pool each year. However, the main attraction is the fans. The event boasts some of the highest viewership of any esports tournament and is called the mobile equivalent of League.

Call of Duty League

CDL is the official franchise league for Call of Duty by Activision which started back in 2020. The final championship features 12 teams qualifying across multiple majors. Ever since its inception, the event has featured an impressive combined prize pool of $5 million and up.

Fortnite Champion Series

FNCS is the premier esports tournament by Epic Games starting with Season X. It replaced the Fortnite World Cup and started the tournaments on a global scale all leading up to the Global Championship. It also features a huge prize pool for both regional tournaments and the grand finale.