Overview
Ninjas in Pyjamas, abbreviated NiP, is a Swedish esports organization, founded in 2000 that gained worldwide renown for the amazing results of its CSGO team. Ninjas in Pyjamas expanded their presence on the esports scene throughout the years and today, beside a CSGO roster its organization contains several other teams: Dota 2, Rainbow 6, PUBG and Paladins.
Tommy “Potti” Ingemarsson and Tootzi formed Ninjas in Pyjamas almost 20 years ago as a LAN-based Counter Strike clan. The initial team competed in the CS 1.6 for almost 7 years after which they disbanded. They returned in 2012 as a CSGO team and in the following years started acquiring new rosters and even launched their own gaming peripheral company, Xtrfy.
NiP is also active in the space of education within the esports industry through several initiatives, some in collaboration with the Swedish government. Additionally, Ninjas in Pyjamas is also a founding member of the World Esports Association (WESA).
Ninjas in Pyjamas Major Results
CSGO
The team competed in Counter-Strike until their dissolution in 2007. In 2012, the team returned with a now heavily renowned Counter-Strike: Global Offensive squad.
Shortly after their return NiP won the DreamHack Winter 2012 against VeryGaming and 4 months later they won the ESL Major Series One – Spring 2013 against Fnatic.
NiP won 7 DreamHacks in total. Their major result are shown down below:
| Date | Event Name | Place | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17.10.2019 | Esports Championship Series Season 7 – Europe | 1st | $17,750 |
| 24.08.2018 | Esports Championship Series Season 6 – Finals | 1st | $65,000 |
| 11.09.2016 | StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 2 | 1st | $130,000 |
| 19.11.2017 | Intel Extreme Masters XII – Oakland | 1st | $129,000 |
| 02.11.2019 | BLAST Pro Series: Copenhagen 2019 | 1st | $50,000 |
Dota 2
Ninjas in Pyjamas disbanded their Dota 2 team on 30.11.2020 but we still want to have a look at their best matches and tournaments won.
| Date | Event Name | Placement | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16.06.2019 | StarLadder ImbaTV Dota 2 Minor Season 2 | 1st | $125,000 |
| 28.04.2019 | OGA Dota PIT Minor 2019 | 1st | $125,000 |
| 18.11.2018 | The Kuala Lumpur Major | 4th | $80,000 |
| 11.05.2019 | MDL Disneyland® Paris Major | 5-6th | $60,000 |
| 20.10.2019 | DreamLeague Season 12 | 3rd | $40,000 |
Ninjas in Pyjamas Current Winnings
In terms of total winnings, Ninjas in Pyjamas have collected almost $5,5 M US dollars from all the tournaments they participated in according to Esports Earnings.
- CSGO Earnings: $2,877,971
- Dota 2 Earnings: $1,000,100
Ninja in Pyjamas’s Active Squads
The NiP CSGO and Dota 2 rosters are the organization’s best performing teams, the Dota 2 team recently winning the StarLadder ImbaTV Dota 2 Minor Season 2 and the OGA Dota PIT Minor 2019. In terms of total winnings
CSGO Active Squad
| Player | Name |
|---|---|
| REZ | Fredrik Sterner |
| Plopski | Nicolas Gonzalez Zamora |
| nawwk | Tim Jonasson |
| hampus | Hampus Poser |
| THREAT (Coach) | Björn Pers |
Dota 2 Former Squad
| Player | Name |
|---|---|
| CharlieDota | Charlie Arat |
| Supream^ | Ondřej Štarha |
| SabeRLight- | Jonáš Volek |
| Era | Adrian Kryeziu |
| SoNNeikO | Akbar Butaev |
