The AT&T Annihilator Cup is back, and this time around, it promises a month of action as 20 of your favorite streamers duke it out across multiple esports titles. The four team captains and the participating talents have been chosen, and the draft to select the teams will be held tomorrow.
Which streamers are participating in the AT&T Annihilator Cup 2026?
The four team captains are TheBurntPeanut, Ludwig "Ludwig" Ahgren, Alexander "Adapt" Prynkiewicz and Tyler "loltyler1" Steinkamp. The remaining content creators participating in this edition of the streamer tournament are:
- Emily "Emiru" Schunk
- Lily "lilypichu" Ki
- Ali "Myth" Kabbani
- Brandi "DizzyKitten" Donaldson
- Ashlie "Gingy"
- Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng
- Bryce "HutchMF" Hutchinson
- Raj "Squeex"
- Jake "JakenBake" Abramson
- Emily "Emilyywang" Wang
- Matthew "Nadeshot" Haag
- Leslie "Fuslie" Fu
- Yvonne "Yvonnie" Ng
- Miyoung "Kkatamina" Kim
- Seth "Scump" Abner
- Jaryd "Summit1g" Lazar
When is the team selection draft for the AT&T Annihilator Cup 2026, and what is the prize pool?
The four team captains, TheBurntPeanut, Ludwig, Adapt and Tyler1, will be part of an April 30 livestream on the official ATT Twitch channel at 4:00 PM PT / 7:00 PM ET. It will be moderated by Jack "CourageJD" Dunlop, who will also serve as the special host for this entire influencer event.
The AT&T Annihilator Cup is back for its 6th year. We'll see you at the draft this Thursday, April 30th at 7pm ET as the captains pick their teams. Tune in on our Twitch channel - https://t.co/ZzfGxhTthf
— AT&T (@ATT) April 29, 2026
Your captains are: @ludwigahgren @loltyler1 @theburntpeanut @fazeadapt… pic.twitter.com/7HGWhW8Qty
As per the official website, teams and contestants have the opportunity to collectively earn $200,000. First-place earns an individual prize of $20,000, with the total purse for finishing as the winner coming to $100,000.
What games are part of the AT&T Annihilator Cup 2026?
The four teams will be battling it out in four games over four weeks, with the schedule as follows:
- May 7, 2026: Call of Duty Black Ops 7
- May 14, 2026: League of Legends
- May 21, 2026: 2XKO
- May 28, 2026: Counter-Strike 2
How will the format and points distribution work at the AT&T Annihilator Cup 2026?
Based on their team performance each week, teams will earn points towards an overall leaderboard. Each game will have the same impact on a side's final score, and the team with the most points after all four games will be crowned AT&T Annihilator Champion.
For all the games apart from 2XKO, teams will compete in a series of round robin matches against the other three opponents in the Qualifying Round. The top sides from the round robin will compete in a match to determine the winner of the Finals.
When it comes to 2XKO, the competitors will be split into four groups of five each for a best of 3 round robin. The top four players of each group will move on to a 16-player single-elimination bracket in the Qualifying Round, where all matches will be best of 3. In the Finals, each individual placement within bracket play will correlate to a position in the weekly overall scoring system.
What happened at previous editions of the AT&T Annihilator Cup?
The AT&T Annihilator Cup series first kicked off in 2021, and since then, it has become a popular hub for fans and viewers to catch their favourite creators and influencers in esports action. Across the five completed editions held so far, games from the 2025 event take pride of place as the most popular.
The League of Legends competition last year came close to becoming the first in the series to touch 200,000 Peak Viewers (PV). The Counter-Strike 2 tournament also surpassed 190,000 PV, with the Street Fighter event completing a podium of 2025 offerings.
Throughout its run, audiences have seemingly preferred seeing their favorite streamers compete in shooter titles. The top ten most popular events table has six entries from this genre, with one Dead by Daylight tournament from 2022 finding a place here as well.
In terms of past individual winners, JakenBake (2021 & 2022) and Doublelift (2024 & 2025) share the honor of being both multiple-time and back-to-back winners. The other AT&T Annihilator Champion is the Apex Legends professional, Timothy "iiTzTimmy" An, who won the 2023 edition.
In a year where we have already seen plenty of influencer-led events, the AT&T Annihilator Cup 2026 could provide some fresh content for viewers as they watch some top streamers battle it out esports-style. Streams Charts will keep track of the viewership of these events and provide updates on any other news that comes out of this tournament series.
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