PMGC 2026 prize pool: $3,000,000 in play, and the per-place split is still to come

The 2026 championship carries a $3,000,000 prize pool, shared among all 39 teams. The per-place split has not been published yet, so no winner's payout is confirmed. Last year, the champions took $500,000 from the Grand Finals.

This year's championship carries a prize pool of $3,000,000. It is the biggest prize fund of the PUBG Mobile season, and it will be shared among all 39 teams in the field.

No per-place breakdown has been published yet. The organisers have not said how much the champions will take, or what each finishing place in the Grand Finals will pay. Until that announcement comes, no winner's payout can be confirmed.

That is normal at this point in the build-up. The field was only confirmed in early November, and the format was confirmed on 10 November. This page will be updated as soon as the split is published.

What is confirmed is that the $3,000,000 is not a winner-takes-all prize. It is shared among all 39 teams, so every team that reaches Türkiye earns a share. The money is spread across the stages, from the Gauntlet through the Group Stage and the Last Chance to the Grand Finals.

The event starts on 26 November. Sixteen teams open it in the Gauntlet, which runs on 26 and 27 November. S2G Esports, Gaming Stars, All Gamers, Team SouL and Nongshim RedForce are among them.

After the Gauntlet, the Group Stage runs in two groups: Green on 29 and 30 November, Red on 2 and 3 December. The Last Chance stage runs on 5 and 6 December. Sixteen teams reach the Grand Finals, which run from 11 to 13 December at the Turkcell Basketball Development Center in Istanbul. ULF Esports start in the Grand Finals as the host-country team.

Last year's championship carried the same $3,000,000 pool. Forty teams played in Thailand from 24 November to 14 December 2025. The Grand Finals table paid $500,000 to the champions, $250,000 to the runners-up and $150,000 for third place. The last place in the 16-team finals paid $25,000.

In 2025, Alpha7 Esports took the title and $555,500 in total. That was $500,000 for winning the Grand Finals plus $55,500 from the earlier stages. ULF Esports finished second and took $304,000 in total, and Alpha Gaming finished third with $199,500. The Grand Finals MVP, TOP of Alpha Gaming, also received a Porsche Cayenne car.

The 2025 numbers show how the money works, but they are not the 2026 numbers. The split for this year may look different, and the figures above describe last season only.

The prize pool is the reason the whole season builds to this event. Teams spent the year earning PMGC points across the Global Open and the World Cup to reach Türkiye. A deep run in Istanbul pays for a season of work, and even teams that fall short of the finals take home a share.

For the fans, the money raises the stakes of every match. Every place in the finals table is worth real money, so the fight for each position runs to the last match. That is why the per-place split is one of the most asked-about details before the event starts.

The per-place breakdown is expected before the event starts on 26 November. When the organisers publish it, this page will be updated with the full split, stage by stage. The Gauntlet opens the event, and the finals in Istanbul decide who takes the biggest share of the $3,000,000.