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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. Prize pools in foreign currencies are listed as their United States dollars conversion at the time of the event.
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 Ultimate Summit 6
March 23rd-26th, 2023
$104,247.00
acola
5
Smash Summit 5
November 2nd-5th, 2017
$83,758.00
Hungrybox
6
Smash World Tour 2021 Championships
December 17th-19th, 2021
$75,564.00
MkLeo
7
Smash World Tour 2021 Championships
December 17th-19th, 2021
$75,254.00
Plup
8
Smash Summit 9
February 13th-16th, 2020
$68,251.56
Hungrybox
9
Smash Summit 12
December 9th-12th, 2021
$56,889.00
iBDW
10
Smash Summit 14
November 3rd-6th, 2022
$53,100.00
Mango
Adjusted for inflation
Tournaments one year ago or older will be calculated according to the U.S. Inflation Calculator .
Rank
Name
Game
Date
Adjusted for inflation
Prize pool
Winner
1
Smash Ultimate Summit 3
August 26th-29th, 2021
$183,422.58
$159,132.00
Tweek
2
Smash Summit 11
July 15th-18th, 2021
$179,430.97
$155,669.00
Mango
3
Smash Ultimate Summit 4
March 3rd-6th, 2022
$168,283.93
$157,682.00
Sparg0
4
Smash Ultimate Summit 6
March 23rd-26th, 2023
$106,857.43
$104,247.00
acola
5
Smash Summit 5
November 2nd-5th, 2017
$106,724.48
$83,758.00
Hungrybox
6
Smash World Tour 2021 Championships
December 17th-19th, 2021
$87,098.41
$75,564.00
MkLeo
7
Smash World Tour 2021 Championships
December 17th-19th, 2021
$86,741.09
$75,254.00
Plup
8
Smash Summit 9
February 13th-16th, 2020
$82,365.69
$68,251.56
Hungrybox
9
Smash Summit 12
December 9th-12th, 2021
$65,572.78
$56,889.00
iBDW
10
Smash Summit Spring 2017
March 2nd-5th, 2017
$65,555.06
$51,448.00
Armada
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 Ultimate Summit 6
March 23rd-26th, 2023
$104,247.00
acola
4
Smash World Tour 2021 Championships
December 17th-19th, 2021
$75,564.00
MkLeo
5
Ludwig Smash Invitational
October 21st-23rd, 2022
$52,502.00
MkLeo
6
Smash Ultimate Summit
March 8th-10th, 2019
$51,995.70
MkLeo
7
Smash Ultimate Summit 2
October 24th-27th, 2019
$50,440.00
MkLeo
8
The Arcadian Finals
December 4th, 2022
$50,000.00
Chase
9
Path to Glory [1]
November 18th-19th, 2022
$37,588.78
Riddles
10
The Gimvitational
June 16th-19th, 2022
$35,706.00
acola
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.
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
Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 5
July 7th-9th, 2023
$50,001.00
Leffen
10
Smash Summit 7
November 15th-18th, 2018
$47,261.20
Hungrybox
Esports Earnings
Rank
Name
Date
Prize pool
Winner
1
Super Smash Con 2015
August 6th-9th, 2015
$6,540.00
SuPeRbOoMfAn
2
The Off-Season 2
September 23rd-24th, 2023
$5,000.00
Nax
3
Super Smash Con 2016
August 11th-14th, 2016
$4,499.00
SuPeRbOoMfAn
4
Super Smash Con 2019
August 8th-11th, 2019
$2,750.00
kysk
5
Super Smash Con 2018
August 9th-12th, 2018
$2,600.00
SuPeRbOoMfAn
6
Super Smash Con 2017
August 10th-13th, 2017
$2,560.00
Fukurou
7
Super Smash Con 2023
August 10th-13th, 2023
$2,550.00
Isai
8
Super Smash Con 2022
August 11th-14th, 2022
$2,520.00
Kurabba
9
Supernova 2024
August 8th-11th, 2024
$2,410.00
Kurabba
10
GENESIS 3
January 15th-17th, 2016
$2,380.00
wario
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 Ultimate Summit 4
March 3rd-6th, 2022
Sparg0
$47,337.00
1st
3
Smash Summit 11
July 15th-18th, 2021
Mango
$46,611.60
1st
4
Smash Ultimate Summit 6
March 23rd-26th, 2023
acola
$31,274.10
1st
5
Smash Summit 5
November 2nd-5th, 2017
Hungrybox
$29,315.30
1st
6
Smash Ultimate Summit 3
August 26th-29th, 2021
MkLeo
$23,869.65
2nd
7
Smash Ultimate Summit 4
March 3rd-6th, 2022
Light
$23,668.50
2nd
8
Smash Summit 11
July 15th-18th, 2021
Zain
$23,305.80
2nd
9
EVO 2019
August 2nd-4th, 2019
MkLeo
$21,204.00
1st
10
Smash World Tour 2021 Championships
December 17th-19th, 2021
MkLeo
$20,208.68
1st
11
Smash World Tour 2021 Championships
December 17th-19th, 2021
Plup
$20,091.02
1st
References
^ Converted from $50,000.00 Canadian dollars into United States dollars
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