Salaries of Korean Starcraft Progamers

List of salaries of professional Starcraft players in South Korea

This list is old. But it gives you an idea of how much a professional Starcraft player earns in South Korea. StarCraft is dubbed "the National Sports of South Korea."

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NOTES:

• American dollar to Korean won exchange rate was rounded up to 1:1000 (from 1:900, at the time of data release) for easier computation
• Monthly and yearly incomes are estimates, calculated from the contract data
• This list doesn't include other sources of income like bonuses, prizes won, product endorsements, TV appearances, etc...

TEAM NAME
NICKNAME, NAME - INCOME - CONTRACT - MONTHLY - YEARLY

SK1T
iloveoov, Choi Yunsung - $450,000 - 4.2005->3.2008 - $13,000 - $155,000
Kingdom, Park Yongwook - $300,000 - 4.2005->3.2008 - $8,500 - $100,000
GoRush, Park Taemin - $300,000 - 4.2005->3.2008 - $8,500 - $100,000

KTF
Reach, Park Jungsuk - $400,000 - 1.2005->12.2007 - $11,000 - $140,000
YellOw, Hong Jinho - $330,000 - 4.2004->3.2007 - $9,500 - $110,000
Nal_rA, Kang Min - $330,000 - 4.2004->3.2007 - $9,500 - $110,000

CJ
XellOs, Seo Jihoon - $150,000 - 4.2006->3.2007 - $13,500 - $160,000
sAviOr, Ma Jaeyoon - $70,000 - 4.2006->3.2007 - $6,000 - $75,000

MBC Game
July, Park SungJoon - $110,000 - 4.2006->3.2007 - $10,000 - $110,000
PuSan[S.G], Park Jiho - $40,000 - 4.2006->3.2007 - $3,500 - $40,000
Sea.Shield , Yum Bosung - $20,000 - 4.2006->3.2007 - $2,000 - $22,000

Pantech
NaDa, Lee Yoonyeol - $600,000 - 8.2004->7.2007 - $17,000 - $205,000
Silver, Shim Somyung - $90,000 - 8.2006->1.2008 - $5,000 - $60,000
TheROCK, Ahn Kihyo - $60,000 - 8.2006->1.2008 - $5,000 - $30,000

Samsung
JJu, Byun Eunjong - $70,000 - 1.2006->12.2006 -$6,000 - $75,000
Stork, Song Byungkoo - $50,000 - 1.2006->12.2006 - $4,500 - $55,000
ZergLee, Lee Changhoon - $46,000 - 1.2006->12.2006 - $4,000 - $50,000

LeCaf
AnyTime, Oh Youngjong - $40,000 - 3.2006->2.2007 - $3,500 - $43,500
Bright, Kim SungKeon - $24,000 - 3.2006->2.2007 - $2,000 - $25,000
ShinHwA, Choi Karam - $20,000 - 3.2006->2.2007 - $2,000 - $22,000

Ongamenet
ClouD, Cha Jaewook - $40,000 - 6.2006->5.2007 - $3,500 - $45,000
Casy[Alive], Han Dongwook - $36,000 - 6.2006->5.2007 - $3,000 - $40,000
ZeuS, Jeon Taekyu - $18,000 - 6.2006->5.2007 - $1,500 - $20,000

Estro
Tester[gm], Seo Kisoo - $28,000 - 10.2006->9.2007 - $2,500 - $30,500
Eliza, Cho Yongsung - $24,000 - 10.2006->9.2007 - $2,000 - $26,000
Cool[fOu], Kim Wonki - $24,000 - 10.2006->9.2007 - $2,000 - $26,000

Hanbit
GGPlay, Kim Joonyoung - $23,000 - 4.2006->3.2007 - $2,000 - $25,000
DaezanG, Park Daemahn - $18,000 - 4.2006->3.2007 - $1,500 $20,000
Free[gm], Yoon Yongtae - $6,000 - 4.2006->3.2007 - $550 - $6,500


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