5. Tfue
Tfue was once the king of competitive Fortnite and remains the face of Fortnite in terms of streaming. Tfue has the largest fanbase in all of Fortnite, consistently averaging 30K viewers daily while playing competitive Fortnite.
In 2018 in to the early parts of 2019, Tfue was widely considered the best Fortnite player in the world. He won many solo and duo tournaments during the summer of 2018, such as the Summer and Fall Skirmishes. Going into the World Cup qualifiers in the spring of 2019, Tfue had the most earnings in Fortnite and was the most popular person in the entire world of gaming.
Since that point, Tfue has not had the same amount of success as he did in the early part of his Fortnite career. He qualified for World Cup as a solo player but did not finish well at the World Cup, finishing 67th. He has experienced some success in the FNCS series since the World Cup but is not one of the absolute best players in the world. In Squads, he finished 7th overall but did not finish in the top 15 for any of the other FNCS competitions since the World Cup.
He is still the most popular player in the world of Fortnite but has not sustained the level of success he experienced in the first year of Fortnite. We will see if he can turn it around before he falls out of the top 10.
6. EpikWhale
EpikWhale comes in at number 6 on the list and is the only player from the North American West region to be in the top 10. All-time, EpikWhale ranks 5th in terms of career earnings from Fortnite. He experienced the most success at the World Cup, where he finished 3rd as a solo and 12th as a duo. EpikWhale has been dominant in what is considered a weak region in NA West, but still wins enough to be considered one of the best.
In the FNCS tournaments, EpikWhale continued the success that he experienced at the World Cup. In trios, EpikWhale was a part of the team that finished in 4th. The next season, he finished in 4th again in the FNCS squads finals, along with Edgey, Cented, and Rehx. He remained partnered with Rehx for FNCS duos, where they took home the crown as the best duo in NA West. In solos, EpikWhale had his “worst” finish, where he still finished within the top 10 at 6th in the West. He has earned over $1.5 million from tournaments in Fortnite, and the majority of it was won at the World Cup or since then in major tournaments.