Most competitive esports players will specialise in one game, but Harrison “psalm” Chang has made a name for himself in three.

The 30-year-old American has won $1.96 million in prize money across Heroes of the Storm, Fortnite and VALORANT.

But where has he enjoyed most success? Is he still playing competitively, and how has he spent his earnings over the years?

Esports Insider reveals how psalm has amassed his overall net wealth, including his tournament winnings and other income sources.

His real name is Harrison Chang. He’s a 30-year-old American esports star known for playing Heroes of the Storm, Fortnite and VALORANT.

He has earned $1.96 million across 60 tournaments, with his biggest haul being $1.8 million from second place at the 2019 Fortnite World Cup Finals.

We have based our estimate of psalm’s net worth on his prize winnings. Over the course of his career, he has earned $1.96 million, according to Esports Earnings.

Psalm will have also earned a salary from the teams he played with during his career, as well as revenue from streaming and other ventures.

So, what have been psalm’s main revenue streams?

Psalm has become a millionaire in competitive esports, having won $1.96 million across 60 tournaments.

His most lucrative year came in 2019 when he took home $1.82 million, the vast majority of which came from his second place in the Fortnite World Finals.

The other years have been more modest. He earned $69,000 in 2018, $33,500 in 2017 and $27,000 in 2016.

Psalm has played for several teams during his career, including Tempo Storm, Counter Logic Gaming and Dignitas, so it’s possible he was paid a salary.

Although the terms of these contracts are rarely disclosed, top esports players can earn up to $187,200 per year, according to a report from the Influencer Marketing Hub. 

Many high-profile esports competitors stream videos to their followers on various platforms, and psalm is no exception.

He has 126,000 followers on Twitch, although he hadn’t streamed for six months at the time of writing this article in November 2025.

Psalm also has a YouTube channel with 17,800 subscribers. The amounts that may be earned will depend on the arrangements with both platforms.

Although the terms of their contracts are rarely disclosed, it’s likely that players benefit from sponsorship deals and endorsements of their teams.

Back in 2019, psalm told Yahoo Finance that he had sponsorships through his partnership with Counter Logic Gaming, a division of Madison Square Garden.

Psalm doesn’t appear to have any prominent business ventures. Similarly, he doesn’t seem to have set up notable investments, or at least nothing has been made public.

Psalm, who was born and raised in Southern California, began playing video games at the age of five after watching his brothers.

In an interview, he said that he’s always been very competitive. “If there was a leaderboard, I would be grinding for the top spot,” he explained. “I’m able to go into these different genres and see if I can take on these guys at their game.”

His first serious game was Dota 2. He started playing in high school and went on to compete alongside star names such as S4 and AdmiralBulldog.

However, his decision to step away and concentrate on his studies at UCLA proved to be a turning point as he watched former teammates win The International.

Psalm’s brother had introduced him to Heroes of the Storm. “I was playing it on the side for fun, not really expecting anything of it, but I rose to the top of the leaderboards and then, before you knew it, I had qualified for BlizzCon Worlds,” he said.

That’s when he had to choose between esports and academia.

Psalm decided to drop out of UCLA in 2016 to pursue professional gaming, although esports wasn’t the career his family would have chosen for him.

“My parents always wanted me to go a traditional route,” he said in an interview. My mom wanted me to be a doctor so badly,” Chang said. “But luckily my older brother kind of filled that role already, and so I was like, ‘Thank you, brother.’”

Writing on X in 2024 about the funeral of former teammate Chris “Zuna” Buechter, psalm reflected that his “best times in esports” were spent playing Heroes of the Storm. 

In April 2018, psalm found Fortnite and ended up switching over full-time to this game. It would be the most successful period in his esports career. 

However, he had to put in the work. “To compete at the top level, you’re going to put in 50-60 hours a week minimum,” he revealed in an interview.

In the summer of 2019, while playing for the Counter Logic Gaming team, he took second place in the first-ever Solo Fortnite World Cup Finals.

As well as catapulting him into superstardom, with plenty of media appearances thrown in for good measure, it also earned him $1.8 million.

Despite his success in Fortnite, psalm announced his retirement from the game in April 2020 and his intention to concentrate on VALORANT. 

In an interview with ESPN, he branded VALORANT “the next gaming titan”, predicting it will have the “most saturated and diverse pool of talent” ever seen.

Psalm appears to have been inactive on the competition scene for almost four years, having most recently played for The Guard in December 2021, according to The Spike.

Not much is known about psalm’s lifestyle, apart from the fact that he has always been close with his family and feels strongly about his Christian faith.

After winning $1.8 million from coming second in the 2019 Fortnite World Cup, he joked in an interview with ESPN that he would try and double his earnings by playing roulette.

“I love gambling. I do. It’s fun. But I’m not going to do that,” he told the LA Times newspaper the following day. “I’m going to go with the safe option: Invest it and hire financial advisors.” 

He mentioned that he might buy season tickets for the LA Lakers, revealing that he’d grown up as a fan.

It’s unclear whether psalm supports any charities. Although it may well be the case that he does, nothing has been made public.

Psalm is a Christian who has now devoted himself to producing faith-based content and has asked his followers to support him.

In a TikTok video posted to his account, he revealed his gamertag was chosen because Psalms was his favourite book in the Bible, he wanted a Christian backstory to his journey, and thought the name was cool.

While he acknowledged it was a blessing that he was able to make playing video games his career for so long, he also admitted feeling “quite distant from God” for most of his career.

He said, “I want to dedicate my platform and my background to creating faith-based content, because I feel like in the gaming community, especially, there’s a lot of misunderstanding, a lot of people misinformed about what Christianity actually is.”

There’s no doubt that psalm has enjoyed a lucrative career in esports with a prize haul of $1.96 million from 60 tournaments between 2015 and 2021.

This makes him the eighth-most-successful American esports player and puts him at number 70 on the overall rich list.

He is also technically the second-highest earning Fortnite player, although some of his overall total was made in Heroes of the Storm and VALORANT.

Although psalm has become a millionaire through esports, his wealth pales in comparison to the highest earners, most of whom earned their fortunes from Dota 2.

Top of the tree is Johan “N0tail” Sundstein, who has made $7.2 million, closely followed by Jesse “JerAx” Vainikka on almost $6.5 million.

The highest-earning Fortnite player of all time, meanwhile, is currently Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf, who has made $3.78 million.

Playing esports at the highest level is a huge challenge when you’re focused on one game for your entire career, so to play three competitively is a remarkable achievement.

That’s exactly what psalm has achieved. He could have easily made his name in one genre, but his willingness to embrace new challenges set him apart from many rivals.

Although it’s unlikely that we’ll see him back in the fires of competition any time soon, having now devoted himself to Christianity, he can reflect on a hugely successful esports career.