Table 1.

A range of terminology used in existing literature pertaining to esports.

Discipline	Paper/Authors	Terminology used	Definition
Business	Reitman et al., (2)	Video game players; cybersport	N/A
	Huttermann et al., (9)	Esports athletes or players	N/A
Psychology	Trotter et al., (10)	Esports Athletes (e-athletes)	“We define e-athletes as those who play an esport and have an official ranking for that esport.”
	Poulus et al., (11)	“Elite” esports athletes	N/A
	Leis et al., (12)	Esports Players; “Professional” Esports Players	N/A
	Smith et al., (13)	Players; Gamers; Elite esports competitors	N/A
Physiology	DiFrancisco-Donoghue et al., (14)	Esports players	N/A
	McNulty et al., (15)	Esports Players; Professional League of Legends Players	N/A
	Kari & Karhulahti (16)	E-athletes; professional e-athletes	“As defined by their team contracts or achievements in international tournaments”.
Injury & Health	McGee & Ho., (17)	Esports competitors; Professional players	N/A
	McGee et al., (18)	Esports competitors; competitive gamers	N/A
	Trotter et al., (19)	Esports player; Esports athlete	Esports are video games specifically designed with competition in mind. Video games, on the other hand, are a leisure activity designed to entertain.
Computer Sciences	Tȕrkay et al., (20)	Collegiate Players; Esports Players	N/A
	Khormov et al., (21)	Esports Athletes; Esports Players	“In this research, we define an athlete as a professional player with a work contract with a professional eSports team… A player is a person without the eSports contract while having relevant game skills or status.”
Coaching	Watson et al., (22)	Esports players	N/A
	Bubna et al., (23)	Esports Athletes; professional players; professional gamers	N/A