The Top 10 Most Lucrative ESports Games (2016), a list compiled by
White_Pointner, published by
Gamefaqs, a brief summary here on kortz.at/forum:
#10: World of Tanks
Number of recorded tournaments (since 2011): 43
Prize money awarded (since 2011): $2,690,496
#9: Heroes of the Storm
Number of recorded tournaments (since 2014): 309
Prize money awarded (since 2014): $3,611,665
#8: Warcraft III (Reign of Chaos + The Frozen Throne)
Number of recorded tournaments (since 2002): 775
Prize money awarded (since 2002): $4,060,260
#7: Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
Number of recorded tournaments (since 2013): 449
Prize money awarded (since 2013): $4,228,215
#6: SMITE
Number of recorded tournaments (since 2013): 57
Prize money awarded (since 2013): $5,398,267
#5: Starcraft: Brood War
Number of recorded tournaments (since 1998): 350
Prize money awarded (since 1998): $6,726,061
#4: StarCraft II (Wings of Liberty + Heart of the Swarm + Legacy of the Void)
Number of recorded tournaments (since 2010): 3587
Prize money awarded (since 2010): $18,820,588
#3: Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike: Source and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Number of recorded tournaments (since 2000): 571 (CS), 196 (CS: S), 1471 (CS: GO)
Prize money awarded (since 2000): $10,764,492 (CS), $2,395,963 (CS: S), $13,142,892 (CS: GO)
#2: League of Legends
Number of recorded tournaments (since 2010): 1706
Prize money awarded (since 2010): $28,691,533
#1: Dota 2
Number of recorded tournaments (since 2011): 606
Prize money awarded (since 2011): $60,421,437
The original list, as linked above, of course includes much more information about the titles, where they are popular, who owns them and so on.