NOTE: Tournaments that still have their prize pool open may not be included on this list .
This is a list of largest prize pools in Smash tournaments based on the amount of earnings distributed in United States dollars. It includes the top 10 largest prize pools in Smash tournaments over any game in the series, as well as listings for each individual game separately (including the Project M mod ). Only 1v1 singles tournaments are included. Prize pool numbers are taken from Esports Earnings , a site tracking the largest prize pools for esports.
The record for largest prize pool in a Smash tournament is currently held by Smash Ultimate Summit 3 , with $159,132.00 for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles.
Overall
Rank
Name
Game
Date
Prize pool
Winner
1
Smash Ultimate Summit 3
August 26th-29th, 2021
$159,132.00
Tweek
2
Smash Ultimate Summit 4
March 3rd-6th, 2022
$157,682.00
Sparg0
3
Smash Summit 11
July 15th-18th, 2021
$155,669.00
Mango
4
Smash Summit 5
November 2nd-5th, 2017
$83,758.00
Hungrybox
5
Smash World Tour 2021 Championships
December 17th-19th, 2021
$75,564.00
MkLeo
6
Smash World Tour 2021 Championships
December 17th-19th, 2021
$75,254.00
Plup
7
Smash Summit 9
February 13th-16th, 2020
$68,251.56
Hungrybox
8
Smash Summit 12
December 9th-12th, 2021
$56,889.00
iBDW
9
Smash Summit 14
November 3rd-6th, 2022
$53,100.00
Mango
10
Ludwig Smash Invitational
October 21st-23rd, 2022
$52,502.00
MkLeo
10
Ludwig Smash Invitational
October 21st-23rd, 2022
$52,502.00
Zain
Adjusted for inflation
Tournaments one year ago or older will be calculated according to the US Inflation Calculator .
Rank
Name
Game
Date
Adjusted for inflation
Prize pool
Winner
1
Smash Ultimate Summit 3
August 26th-29th, 2021
$175,012.90
$159,132.00
Tweek
2
Smash Summit 11
July 15th-18th, 2021
$171,204.30
$155,669.00
Mango
3
Smash Ultimate Summit 4
March 3rd-6th, 2022
$157,682.00
$157,682.00
Sparg0
4
Smash Summit 5
November 2nd-5th, 2017
$101,831.30
$83,758.00
Hungrybox
5
Smash Summit 9
February 13th-16th, 2020
$78,589.33
$68,251.56
Hungrybox
6
Smash World Tour 2021 Championships
December 17th-19th, 2021
$75,564.00
$75,564.00
MkLeo
7
Smash World Tour 2021 Championships
December 17th-19th, 2021
$75,254.00
$75,254.00
Plup
8
Smash Summit Spring 2017
March 2nd-5th, 2017
$62,549.45
$51,448.00
Armada
9
2GG Championship
December 1st-3rd, 2017
$60,789.00
$50,000.00
MkLeo
10
Smash Ultimate Summit
March 8th-10th, 2019
$60,609.89
$51,995.70
MkLeo
By game
Esports Earnings
Rank
Name
Date
Prize pool
Winner
1
Smash Ultimate Summit 3
August 26th-29th, 2021
$159,132.00
Tweek
2
Smash Ultimate Summit 4
March 3rd-6th, 2022
$157,682.00
Sparg0
3
Smash World Tour 2021 Championships
December 17th-19th, 2021
$75,564.00
MkLeo
4
Ludwig Smash Invitational
October 21st-23rd, 2022
$52,502.00
MkLeo
5
Smash Ultimate Summit
March 8th-10th, 2019
$51,995.70
MkLeo
6
Smash Ultimate Summit 2
October 24th-27th, 2019
$50,440.00
MkLeo
7
Path to Glory [1]
November 18th-19th, 2022
$37,588.78
Riddles
8
The Gimvitational
June 16th-19th, 2022
$35,706.00
acola
9
EVO 2019
August 2nd-4th, 2019
$35,340.00
MkLeo
10
Nairo's Birthday Bash Invitational
November 28th, 2021
$30,503.00
Light
Esports Earnings
Rank
Name
Date
Prize pool
Winner
1
2GG Championship
December 1st-3rd, 2017
$50,000.00
MkLeo
2
GameTyrant Expo 2017
September 29th-October 1st, 2017
$30,000.00
MkLeo
3
EVO 2016
July 15th-17th, 2016
$26,620.00
Ally
4
Smash Masters League: Battle for Vegas
March 24th-25th, 2018
$25,000.00
Nairo
5
2GGC: Civil War
March 24th-26th, 2017
$22,530.00
Dabuz
6
2GGC: Nairo Saga
June 10th-11th, 2017
$19,850.00
ZeRo
7
EVO 2015
July 17th-19th, 2015
$19,260.00
ZeRo
8
Super Smash Con 2015
August 6th-9th, 2015
$17,440.00
ZeRo
9
UGC Smash Open
December 2nd-4th, 2016
$17,020.00
ZeRo
10
Super Smash Con 2017
August 10th-13th, 2017
$15,310.00
Nairo
All tournaments listed above are currently for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U . Listings for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS are not displayed separately due to the two games sharing a tournament scene; for a list of Smash 3DS -specific tournaments see here .
Esports Earnings
Rank
Name
Date
Prize pool
Winner
1
MLG Dallas 2010
November 5th-7th, 2010
$35,000.00
Gnes
2
Apex 2012
January 6th-8th, 2012
$8,000.00
Otori
3
MLG Orlando 2010
April 16th-18th, 2010
$7,000.00
Mew2King
3
MLG Columbus 2010
June 4th-6th, 2010
$7,000.00
Mew2King
3
MLG Raleigh 2010
August 27th-29th, 2010
$7,000.00
Mew2King
3
MLG DC 2010
October 15th-17th, 2010
$7,000.00
ADHD
7
GENESIS 2
July 15th-17th, 2011
$6,875.02
Mew2King
8
Apex 2013
January 11th-13th, 2013
$6,570.00
Salem
9
Apex 2014
January 17th-19th, 2014
$6,325.00
Nairo
10
Super Smash Con 2015
August 6th-9th, 2015
$6,210.00
Mew2King
Esports Earnings
Rank
Name
Date
Prize pool
Winner
1
Smash Summit 11
July 15th-18th, 2021
$155,669.00
Mango
2
Smash Summit 5
November 2nd-5th, 2017
$83,758.00
Hungrybox
3
Smash World Tour 2021 Championships
December 17th-19th, 2021
$75,254.00
Plup
4
Smash Summit 9
February 13th-16th, 2020
$68,251.56
Hungrybox
5
Smash Summit 12
December 9th-12th, 2021
$56,889.00
iBDW
6
Smash Summit 14
November 3rd-6th, 2022
$53,100.00
Mango
7
Ludwig Smash Invitational
October 21st-23rd, 2022
$52,502.00
Zain
8
Smash Summit Spring 2017
March 2nd-5th, 2017
$51,448.00
Armada
9
Smash Summit 7
November 15th-18th, 2018
$47,261.20
Hungrybox
10
Smash Summit
November 5th-8th, 2015
$32,929.02
Armada
Esports Earnings
Rank
Name
Date
Prize pool
Winner
1
Super Smash Con 2015
August 6th-9th, 2015
$6,540.00
SuPeRbOoMfAn
2
Super Smash Con 2016
August 11-14th, 2016
$4,499.00
SuPeRbOoMfAn
3
Super Smash Con 2019
August 8th-11th, 2019
$2,750.00
kysk
4
Super Smash Con 2018
August 9th-12th, 2018
$2,600.00
SuPeRbOoMfAn
5
Super Smash Con 2017
August 10th-13th, 2017
$2,560.00
Fukurou
6
Super Smash Con 2022
August 11th-14th, 2022
$2,520.00
Kurabba
7
GENESIS 3
January 15th-17th, 2016
$2,380.00
wario
8
Apex 2015
January 30th-February 1st, 2015
$2,129.00
SuPeRbOoMfAn
9
GENESIS 4
January 20th-22nd, 2017
$1,850.00
Alvin
10
Apex 2014
January 17th-19th, 2014
$1,710.00
Isai
Esports Earnings
Rank
Name
Date
Prize pool
Winner
1
The Project M Theatre
March 26th-27th, 2022
$15,000.00
techboy
2
Paragon Los Angeles 2015
September 5th-6th, 2015
$9,050.00
MrLz
3
Smash 'N' Splash 5
May 31st-June 2nd, 2019
$5,262.00
Malachi
4
Low Tier City 3
August 1st-2nd, 2015
$4,630.00
Junebug
5
Smash 'N' Splash 3
June 2nd-4th, 2017
$4,190.00
Switch
6
Apex 2014
January 17th-19th, 2014
$4,150.00
Armada
7
Tipped Off 11
November 7th-8th, 2015
$3,895.01
Professor Pro
8
The Bigger Balc
May 27th-28th, 2017
$3,720.00
ThundeRzReiGN
9
Low Tier City 4
June 18th-19th, 2016
$3,495.00
ThundeRzReiGN
10
The Big House 4
October 4th-5th, 2014
$3,274.50
ZeRo
By prize payout
The following tournament placings earned the largest prize payouts for players:
Rank
Tournament
Date
Game
Player
Prize
Placing
1
Smash Ultimate Summit 3
August 26th-29th, 2021
Tweek
$47,739.30
1st
2
Smash Summit 11
July 15th-18th, 2021
Mango
$46,611.60
1st
3
Smash Summit 5
November 2nd-5th, 2017
Hungrybox
$29,315.30
1st
4
Smash Ultimate Summit 3
August 26th-29th, 2021
MkLeo
$23,869.65
2nd
5
Smash Summit 11
July 15th-18th, 2021
Zain
$23,305.80
2nd
6
EVO 2019
August 2nd-4th, 2019
MkLeo
$21,204
1st
7
Smash World Tour 2021 Championships
December 17th-19th, 2021
MkLeo
$20,208.68
1st
8
Smash World Tour 2021 Championships
December 17th-19th, 2021
Plup
$20,091.02
1st
9
2GG Championship
December 1st-3rd, 2017
MkLeo
$20,000
1st
9
Thunder Smash
May 5th, 2019
Dabuz
$20,000
1st
References
^ Converted from $50,000.00 Canadian dollars into United States dollars
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