HLTV Top 20 Players of the Year

Started in 2010, Top 20 Players of the Year is HLTV's annual tradition of ranking the 20 best players of each year based on players' individual performances and accolades with the exception of 2012 which was a transition year from Counter-Strike to Global Offensive.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (2013 – 2023)

2023

2023 (GO/2)
#	Player	Team(s)	Article
1	Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut		Link
2	Nikola "NiKo" Kovač		Link
3	Robin "ropz" Kool		Link
4	Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov		Link
5	Lotan "Spinx" Giladi		Link
6	Álvaro "⁠SunPayus⁠" García		Link
7	Oleksandr "⁠s1mple" Kostyliev		Link
8	Dmitry "⁠sh1ro" Sokolov		Link
9	Martin "stavn" Lund		Link
10	Helvijs "broky" Saukants		Link
11	Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz		Link
12	David "frozen" Čerňanský		Link
13	Nemanja "huNter-" Kovač		Link
14	Guy "⁠NertZ⁠" Iluz		Link
15	Jakob "⁠jabbi⁠" Nygaard		Link
16	Benjamin "blameF" Bremer		Link
17	Emil "Magisk" Reif		Link
18	Casper "cadiaN" Møller		Link
19	Kaike "KSCERATO" Cerato		Link
20	Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken		Link

2022

2022
#	Player	Team(s)	Article
1	Oleksandr "⁠s1mple" Kostyliev		Link
2	Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut		Link
3	Dmitry "⁠sh1ro" Sokolov		Link
4	Sergey "Ax1Le" Rykhtorov		Link
5	Nikola "NiKo" Kovač		Link
6	Helvijs "broky" Saukants		Link
7	Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov		Link
8	Robin "ropz" Kool		Link
9	Kaike "KSCERATO" Cerato		Link
10	Martin "stavn" Lund		Link
11	Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken		Link
12	Benjamin "blameF" Bremer		Link
13	Håvard "rain" Nygaard		Link
14	Nemanja "huNter-" Kovač		Link
15	Mareks "YEKINDAR" Gaļinskis		Link
16	Valerii "b1t" Vakhovskyi		Link
17	David "frozen" Čerňanský		Link
18	Lotan "Spinx" Giladi		Link
19	Yuri "yuurih" Santos		Link
20	Dzhami "Jame" Ali		Link

2021

2021
#	Player	Team(s)	Article
1	Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev		Link
2	Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut		Link
3	Nikola "NiKo" Kovač		Link
4	Dmitriy "sh1ro" Sokolov		Link
5	Sergey "Ax1Le" Rykhtorov		Link
6	Abai "HObbit" Hasenov		Link
7	Denis "electroNic" Sharipov		Link
8	Mareks "YEKINDAR" Gaļinskis		Link
9	Valerii "b1t" Vakhovskyi		Link
10	Dzhami "Jame" Ali		Link
11	Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz		Link
12	Nemanja "huNter-" Kovač		Link
13	Benjamin "blameF" Bremer		Link
14	Keith "NAF" Markovic		Link
15	Kaike "KSCERATO" Cerato		Link
16	Martin "stavn" Lund		Link
17	Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken		Link
18	Robin "ropz" Kool		Link
19	Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski		Link
20	Helvijs "broky" Saukants		Link

2020

2020
#	Player	Team(s)	Article
1	Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut		Link
2	Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev		Link
3	Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz		Link
4	Nikola "NiKo" Kovač		Link
5	Denis "electronic" Sharipov		Link
6	Benjamin "blameF" Bremer		Link
7	Robin "ropz" Kool		Link
8	Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski		Link
9	Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen		Link
10	Florian "⁠syrsoN⁠" Rische		Link
11	Emil "Magisk" Reif		Link
12	Martin "stavn" Lund		Link
13	Nemanja "huNter-" Kovač		Link
14	Yuri "yuurih" Santos		Link
15	Ludvig "Brollan" Brolin		Link
16	Henrique "HEN1" Teles		Link
17	Freddy "KRIMZ" Johansson		Link
18	Kaike "KSCERATO" Cerato		Link
19	Justin "jks" Savage		Link
20	Vincent "Brehze" Cayonte		Link

2019

2019
#	Player	Team(s)	Article
1	Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut		Link
2	Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev		Link
3	Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz		Link
4	Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski		Link
5	Emil "Magisk" Reif		Link
6	Denis "electronic" Sharipov		Link
7	Keith "NAF" Markovic		Link
8	Vincent "Brehze" Cayonte		Link
9	Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken		Link
10	Robin "ropz" Kool		Link
11	Nikola "NiKo" Kovač		Link
12	Özgür "woxic" Eker		Link
13	Jere "sergej" Salo		Link
14	Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth		Link
15	Justin "jks" Savage		Link
16	Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen		Link
17	Freddy "KRIMZ" Johansson		Link
18	Tsvetelin "CeRq" Dimitrov		Link
19	Ludvig "Brollan" Brolin		Link
20	Ethan "Ethan" Arnold		Link

2018

2018
#	Player	Team(s)	Article
1	Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev		Link
2	Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz		Link
3	Nikola "NiKo" Kovač		Link
4	Denis "electronic" Sharipov		Link
5	Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen		Link
6	Keith "NAF" Markovic		Link
7	Emil "Magisk" Reif		Link
8	Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander		Link
9	Freddy "KRIMZ" Johansson		Link
10	Marcelo "coldzera" David		Link
11	Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács		Link
12	Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken		Link
13	Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth		Link
14	Tomáš "oskar" Šťastný		Link
15	Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski		Link
16	Miikka "suNny" Kemppi		Link
17	Timothy "autimatic" Ta		Link
18	Håvard "rain" Nygaard		Link
19	Robin "ropz" Kool		Link
20	Valdemar "valde" Bjørn Vangså		Link

2017

2017
#	Player	Team(s)	Article
1	Marcelo "coldzera" David		Link
2	Nikola "NiKo" Kovač		Link
3	Fernando "fer" Alvarenga		Link
4	Håvard "rain" Nygaard		Link
5	Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz		Link
6	Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo		Link
7	Kenny "kennyS" Schrub		Link
8	Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev		Link
9	Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács		Link
10	Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen		Link
11	Abai "HObbit" Hasenov		Link
12	Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski		Link
13	Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth		Link
14	Kristian "k0nfig" Wienecke		Link
15	Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye		Link
16	Tomáš "oskar" Šťastný		Link
17	Däuren "AdreN" Qystaubaev		Link
18	Ricardo "boltz" Prass		Link
19	Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer		Link
20	Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski		Link

2016

2016
#	Player	Team(s)	Article
1	Marcelo "coldzera" David		Link
2	Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo		Link
3	Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz		Link
4	Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev		Link
5	Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski		Link
6	Richard "shox" Papillon		Link
7	Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg		Link
8	Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer		Link
9	Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom		Link
10	Robin "flusha" Rönnquist		Link
11	Nikola "NiKo" Kovač		Link
12	Egor "flamie" Vasilyev		Link
13	Kenny "kennyS" Schrub		Link
14	Emil "Magisk" Reif		Link
15	Fernando "fer" Alvarenga		Link
16	Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye		Link
17	Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács		Link
18	Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund		Link
19	Lincoln "fnx" Lau		Link
20	Dennis "dennis" Edman		Link

2015

2015
#	Player	Team(s)	Article
1	Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer		Link
2	Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács		Link
3	Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz		Link
4	Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski		Link
5	Robin "flusha" Rönnquist		Link
6	Kenny "kennyS" Schrub		Link
7	Freddy "KRIMZ" Johansson		Link
8	Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer		Link
9	Nathan "NBK-" Schmitt		Link
10	Jesper "JW" Wecksell		Link
11	Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund		Link
12	Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen		Link
13	Richard "shox" Papillon		Link
14	Egor "flamie" Vasilyev		Link
15	René "cajunb" Borg		Link
16	Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg		Link
17	Filip "NEO" Kubski		Link
18	Dan "apEX" Madesclaire		Link
19	Aleksi "allu" Jalli		Link
20	Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham		Link

2014

2014
#	Player	Team(s)	Article
1	Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund		Link
2	Robin "flusha" Rönnquist		Link
3	Jarosław "pashaBiceps" Jarząbkowski		Link
4	Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski		Link
5	Jesper "JW" Wecksell		Link
6	Kenny "kennyS" Schrub		Link
7	Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg		Link
8	Richard "shox" Papillon		Link
9	Freddy "KRIMZ" Johansson		Link
10	Vincent "Happy" Cervoni		Link
11	Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács		Link
12	Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer		Link
13	Paweł "byali" Bieliński		Link
14	Adam "friberg" Friberg		Link
15	Dan "apEX" Madesclaire		Link
16	Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen		Link
17	Nathan "NBK" Schmitt		Link
18	Braxton "swag" Pierce		Link
19	Fabien "kioShiMa" Fiey		Link
20	Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz		Link

2013

2013
#	Player	Team(s)	Article
1	Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund		Link
2	Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg		Link
3	Richard "shox" Papillon		Link
4	Mikhail "Dosia" Stolyarov		Link
5	Nathan "NBK" Schmitt		Link
6	Richard "Xizt" Landström		Link
7	Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom		Link
8	Jesper "JW" Wecksell		Link
9	Spencer "Hiko" Martin		Link
10	Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács		Link
11	Adam "friberg" Friberg		Link
12	Kenny "kennyS" Schrub		Link
13	Robin "flusha" Rönnquist		Link
14	Nicolaj "Nico" Jensen		Link
15	Yehor "markeloff" Markelov		Link
16	Ioann "Edward" Sukhariev		Link
17	Edouard "SmithZz" Dubourdeaux		Link
18	Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen		Link
19	Jarosław "pashaBiceps" Jarząbkowski		Link
20	Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth		Link

Counter-Strike (2010–11)

2011

2011
#	Player	Team(s)	Article
1	Filip "NEO" Kubski		Link
2	Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund		Link
3	Yehor "markeloff" Markelov		Link
4	Martin "trace" Heldt		Link
5	Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg		Link
6	Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas		Link
7	Michael "Friis" Jørgensen		Link
8	Finn "karrigan" Andersen		Link
9	Marcus "Delpan" Larsson		Link
10	Rasmus "Gux" Ståhl		Link
11	Karl-William "kalle" Haraldsen		Link
12	Eduard "ed1k" Ivanov		Link
13	Richard "Xizt" Landström		Link
14	Johan "face" Klasson		Link
15	Ioann "Edward" Sukhariev		Link
16	Andreas "MODDII" Fridh		Link
17	Timi "aslak" Verkkoperä		Link
18	Jarosław "pashaBiceps" Jarząbkowski		Link
19	Mikhail "Dosia" Stolyarov		Link
20	Serhii "starix" Ishchuk		Link

2010

2010
#	Player	Team(s)	Article
1	Yehor "markeloff" Markelov		Link
2	Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund		Link
3	Martin "trace" Heldt		Link
4	Serhii "starix" Ishchuk		Link
5	Ioann "Edward" Sukhariev		Link
6	Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg		Link
7	Filip "NEO" Kubski		Link
8	Danny "zonic" Sørensen		Link
9	Andreas "MODDII" Fridh		Link
10	Marcus "Delpan" Larsson		Link
11	Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert		Link
12	Rasmus "Gux" Ståhl		Link
13	Christophe "sixeR" Xia		Link
14	Danny "fRoD" Montaner		Link
15	Roman "roman" Ausserdorfer		Link
16	Johan "face" Klasson		Link
17	Bum-Ki "peri" Jung		Link
18	Richard "Xizt" Landström		Link
19	Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko		Link
20	Harley "dsn" Örwall		Link

Players With Multiple Appearances (CS:GO & CS2)

Player	1st	2nd	3rd	4–5th	6–10th	11–20th	Total
s1mple	3	2	-	1	2	-	8
ZywOo	3	2	-	-	-	-	5
coldzera	2	-	-	-	1	-	3
GeT_RiGhT	2	-	-	-	-	2	4
olofmeister	1	-	-	-	1	2	4
NiKo	-	2	2	2	-	2	8
dev1ce	-	1	4	1	-	3	9
flusha	-	1	-	1	1	1	4
GuardiaN	-	1	-	-	2	3	6
f0rest	-	1	-	-	2	1	4
FalleN	-	1	-	-	1	-	2
sh1ro	-	-	1	1	1	-	3
ropz	-	-	1	-	3	2	6
shox	-	-	1	-	2	1	4
pashaBiceps	-	-	1	-	-	1	2
fer	-	-	1	-	-	1	2
Snax	-	-	-	3	-	1	4
electroNic	-	-	-	2	2	-	4
Ax1Le	-	-	-	2	-	-	2
dupreeh	-	-	-	1	2	4	7
JW	-	-	-	1	2	-	3
EliGE	-	-	-	1	1	3	5
Magisk	-	-	-	1	1	3	5
NBK-	-	-	-	1	1	1	3
m0NESY	-	-	-	1	1	-	2
rain	-	-	-	1	-	2	3
Spinx	-	-	-	1	-	1	2
kennyS	-	-	-	-	3	2	5
KRIMZ	-	-	-	-	3	2	5
stavn	-	-	-	-	2	2	4
NAF	-	-	-	-	2	1	3
broky	-	-	-	-	2	1	3
Happy	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
ScreaM	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
Twistzz	-	-	-	-	1	4	5
KSCERATO	-	-	-	-	1	3	4
blameF	-	-	-	-	1	3	4
Brehze	-	-	-	-	1	1	2
HObbit	-	-	-	-	1	1	2
Jame	-	-	-	-	1	1	2
b1t	-	-	-	-	1	1	2
YEKINDAR	-	-	-	-	1	1	2
Xyp9x	-	-	-	-	-	4	4
huNter-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4
friberg	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
apEX	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
flamie	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Kjaerbye	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
oskar	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
jks	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Brollan	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
yuurih	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
frozen	-	-	-	-	-	2	2

Appearances per Countries (CS:GO & CS2)

Country	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	Total
Denmark	3	2	3	3	5	6	4	5	3	2	6	42
Sweden	6	7	6	5	1	1	2	2	-	-	-	30
France	4	6	5	2	1	-	1	1	1	1	1	23
Brazil	-	-	-	4	4	1	-	3	1	2	1	16
Russia	1	-	1	1	-	1	1	1	4	4	2	16
USA	1	1	1	-	1	2	3	2	1	-	-	12
Ukraine	2	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	12
Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	12
Poland	1	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Canada	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	2	1	1	8
Slovakia	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	8
Estonia	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	6
Latvia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	5
Finland	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	3
Kazakhstan	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	3
Norway	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	3
Israel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3
Belgium	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Czech Republic	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2
Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	2
Turkey	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
Bulgaria	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
Spain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1