Who were the 5 highest-earning UK esports players of 2016?

With Esports Earnings publishing its list of top-earning players for last year, we take a closer look at the top 5 UK players in the list and how much they made in 2016.

Rhys "Rated" Price - $81,500

Another top UK Call of Duty player, Rated has played for a number of teams, from Splyce to Millenium and Epsilon. He's currently with Orbit.

Joe "Joee" Pinnington - $81,500

Joee plays alongside Rated for Orbit, having joined the organisation in September 2016.

He finished second in the Call of Duty XP Championship 2016, picking up $250,000 for his then team Splyce (who Rated also played for at the time).

3. Ben "Bance" Bance - $83,812

Another British CoD player, Bance currently plays for Splyce, with MadCat, number two in this list Joshh - and Jurd.

Bance started out in UK orgs - including Xenex and Exertus - before making the breakthrough to the bigger leagues.

2. Joshua-Lee "Joshh" Shephard - $83,812 

Joshh is currently the highest-earning console player in the UK, having made more than $83,000 in 2016 according to Esports Earnings.

Like Bance, he's also plays for Splyce's Call of Duty team. He's also picked up several Gfinity wins in recent years.

1. Craig "iRaffer" Rathbone - $106,000 

As one of the UK's top SMITE pros, iRaffer won the 2016 SMITE World Championship with Epsilon Esports AND the 2017 Championship with NRG.

He has been playing SMITE professionally for three years now, and is the top earning UK esports player of 2016 following on from Ataraxia, who was the highest earning UK esports player of 2015.