E sports
- Plays one game of 2-3 hours (each map averages around an hour) and plays the next match after a week. Making it a total of 22.5 hours(average) in 2 months if the tournament format is round robin.
- If you qualify for play offs you play 4 matches(average) which is 10 hours(average).
- If you don't you get months together break.
- If you qualify for masters and Champs you play an average of 5 matches ( FNC played 6 in Masters Tokyo) which is against around 28 hours (average).
So in total top teams like FNC,PRX,LOUD played around 15 matches in league, 5 matches in Lock/IN, 4 matches in Tokyo and 6 matches in Champions which is 30 matches (+-5) that is around 90-110 hours entire year.
Bottom and mid tier teams play around 40 hours entire year.
Regular sports
Back when I used to watch ipl(Indian premier league) there were 8 teams and each team played 14 matches(twice against one team) for group stage in 3 months. Each game lasts around 4 hours. And matches are held even on weekdays. These guys played around 42 hours in 2 months and then there are multiple tours and world cups where they play much more time which might average around 200+hours. And they play all year
I don't see regular sports player going around complaining about burnout and if they do they get harsh criticism. But somehow valorant pro players get burnout after playing for 8 months with such a long break between matches and the fans blindly accept it.
P.S: Im not a pro player and i might have gotten things worng so take it with a grain of salt and I might be wrong comparing esport "athletes" to regular sports pro player.