Final EVPs of 2019

26-12-2019 01:00

With the tournament season now over, we present you our list of the Exceptionally Valuable Players (EVPs) of the last four Big Events of 2019, from the ECS Season 8 Finals through EPICENTER.

The ECS Season 8 Finals, in Arlington, marked the beginning of the last stretch of the event season. The eight-team tournament culminated with a dream final between Astralis and Liquid, with the Danes running out 2-1 victors to collect the grand prize of $225,000. Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz won a record 15th MVP award for his heroics in Texas, with this being his fourth medal to come from ECS tournaments. Both Astralis and Liquid provided three players to the tournament's six-man EVP list.

The two ECS finalists would fall short at the ESL Pro League Season 10 Finals, where fnatic and MOUZ contested the final. After watching his team cruise to a 3-0 series victory, Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool picked up his first-ever MVP medal, with three of the Estonian's teammates also featuring on the list of the tournament's top performers.

EliGE added three more EVP mentions to his tally

The event in Odense would be the last time the 2018 player of the year, Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev, would make an EVP list. The Natus Vincere star ended 2019 with one MVP, from StarSeries i-League Season 7, and five EVP presences.

The four-team BLAST Pro Series Global Final rekindled the rivalry between Astralis and Liquid, though the outcome was the same as it had been in Arlington as the Danes came out victorious. This time around, it was Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen who was named the MVP, with his team also providing three of the five EVPs. The tournament in Riffa was the 12th this year in which Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski was either the MVP or among the EVPs.

EPICENTER saw Cédric "⁠RpK⁠" Guipouy earn his first EVP mention since we began revealing our picks for every Big Event, at the start of 2018. The 30-year-old was the third standout player from Moscow champions Vitality, together with MVP Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut and with team captain Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin, with losing finalist MOUZ providing two names to the EVP list.

Below you can find all the Exceptionally Valuable Players of the four Big Events that took place in December:

ECS Season 8 Finals

Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic

Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif

Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander

Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski

Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip

Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen

ESL Pro League Season 10 Finals

Ludvig "⁠Brollan⁠" Brolin

Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker

Chris "⁠chrisJ⁠" de Jong

Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov

Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev

Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski

David "⁠frozen⁠" Čerňanský

Freddy "⁠KRIMZ⁠" Johansson

Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif

BLAST Pro Series Global Final

Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif

Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic

Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz

Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth

Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski

EPICENTER

Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin

David "⁠frozen⁠" Čerňanský

Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool

Cédric "⁠RpK⁠" Guipouy

Yessir

2019-12-26 01:00

2 replies

ez top3 for Jonathan E

2019-12-26 01:08

2019-12-26 10:56

NICE

wow

2019-12-26 01:01

Rpk with the evp, LE TANK is backk

2019-12-26 01:02

13 replies

MORT MORT MORT

2019-12-26 04:08

Deserved evp

2019-12-26 08:53

So happy for him

2019-12-26 09:21

LE TANK

2019-12-26 12:07

the tank <3

2019-12-26 13:30

LE TANK <3

2019-12-26 13:56

Le bot

2019-12-26 15:10

6 replies

no one ask you to introduce yourself man

2019-12-26 17:42

5 replies

Good one

2019-12-26 20:18

Mad cuz no positive rating. Btw flair checks out

2019-12-26 23:27

I did

2019-12-26 23:40

Oof

2019-12-27 17:35

Clown9 OMEGALUL

2019-12-28 17:34

what is that like 9 evps for elige?

Correct.

2019-12-26 01:04

Yup, he’s tied with NAF at 9, but has an extra MVP over him, as well as more prestigious MVPs.

4 replies

Both are beasts. I'm a fan of NAF personally, great low-profile player.

2019-12-26 01:30

3 replies

+1 NAF GOD Most consistent NA player

2019-12-26 06:41

He might be a God, but the word consistent is not one I'd describe him with.

2019-12-26 19:52

1 reply

Look at stats lmao He rarely goes below 1.05 rating. Him and EliGE. Even when Liquid is losing. When he and EliGE are shut down, it doesn't even feel like Liquid is fighting. (Unless Twistzz' is mad fragging)

2019-12-27 14:49

S1MPLE #1

2019-12-26 01:03

19 replies

ZYWOO #1

2019-12-26 01:07

0/8 garbage playing on major and lost to SANJI

0/8 garbage playing on major and lost to peanut brain

2019-12-26 01:09

11 replies

hltv.org/matches/2333060/virtuspro-vs-vi.. top 1 btw

10 replies

hltv.org/matches/2338363/vitality-vs-nat.. top 1 btw

2019-12-26 01:10

9 replies

you really gonna make him looks like a loser liddat huh

2019-12-26 01:19

hltv.org/stats/matches/mapstatsid/93981/.. top 1 btw

2019-12-26 02:24

you are the most retard person I have seen on hltv, stupid kid

2019-12-26 07:58

na brain talking ULTRAMEGALUL

2019-12-26 08:35

stfu stupid and stop trash talking about everyone

2019-12-26 11:55

2019-12-26 13:32

stop acting like sam2k everybody knows that he is retard so keep your bullshit with you and stop trash talking about anyone

2019-12-26 13:35

2019-12-26 13:36

Fake flag spotted

2019-12-26 10:18

This is a bad bait. Please stop it, get some help. -NotSoFnaticGuy from Bad Bait Prevention Community of HLTV (BBPCH)

2019-12-26 09:31

Cri is fri tards hltv.org/stats/players?startDate=2019-01..

2019-12-26 12:58

Don't insist on this bad bait. Get some help. -NotSoFnaticGuy from Bad Bait Prevention Community of HLTV (BBPCH) hltv.org/stats/players?startDate=2019-01..

2019-12-26 13:50

0/8 s1mple better on lans and majors even allu better rating than trash zywhoo imagine losing to sanji top 1 btw they say pepelaugh

2019-12-26 15:44

You are, unfortunately my sir, a hopless case. I did our best to help you but that is it. Your addiction to bad baits has already reached a level that there is no coming back. -NotSoFnaticGuy from Bad Bait Prevention Community of HLTV (BBPCH)

2019-12-26 20:39

BROLLAN TOP2 NEXT YEARS POGGERS

pog

2019-12-26 01:48

+1111

2019-12-26 07:24

Yup u r right.

2019-12-26 07:38

Just looking at this end of year sample you couldn't be blamed for thinking Elige and Magisk were the best players this year. Good way to end it individually I suppose.

2019-12-26 01:05

They both were gods but they didn't dominate the whole scene like device, ZywOo and s1mple but i wouls place them somewhere between 5-8th

2019-12-26 08:11

easy top 10 for my boy ropz:)

exceptional player and of the utmost importance for his team

2019-12-26 01:20

Shame to see no BR player in this list.

2019-12-26 01:31

Top 5 1. Zywoo 2. Device 3. Elige 4. Simple (didnt deserve it) 5. Magisk

2019-12-26 01:38

29 replies

+111111

2019-12-26 01:41

imagine not having electronic in top5

2019-12-26 03:38

27 replies

Magisk and NAF in 2019 > electronic in 2019

2019-12-26 03:58

Magisk maybe NAF definitely not

2019-12-26 04:30

8 replies

They have nearly identical stats. Same amount of EVPs with MVPs on both. Why would one qualify, but not the other?

2019-12-26 05:03

7 replies

NAF couldnt deliver in majors so Magisk so much more relevant

2019-12-26 05:13

5. Magisk 6. NAF 7. electronic This is my prediction

2019-12-26 05:52

5. NAF 6. Magisk 7. Electronic mark

2019-12-26 06:56

Magisk got a major mvp

2019-12-26 09:37

Magisk has nearly the same stats as NAF but has done better at the majors. Flair checks out.

2019-12-26 10:01

I just said mark..

2019-12-27 14:36

1. Devveking 2. Zywoo 3. Elige 4. S1mple 5.magisk 6. Electronic 7. Naf

2019-12-26 16:18

Imagine thinking electronic deserves to be in the top 5.

2019-12-26 04:15

16 replies

4th best rating in big events in 2019 :)

15 replies

And how many titles? How many mvps?

2019-12-26 04:33

1 title, 0 mvps

And there’s your problem. Furthermore, he didn’t play enough. Magisk will easily beat him. Maybe not NAF, by it’s very possible.

2019-12-26 04:34

Yeah I don't think he's top 5 at all Idk how he got it last year as well, he played beastly for 2-3 months only. Then back to average

2019-12-26 04:58

Magisk has a major mvp, no way he isn’t over electronic.

kjaerbye had major mvp in 2017 and he ended up #15, it doesnt mean THAT much

2019-12-26 04:35

Magisk also has more evps and good rating.

2019-12-26 04:46

that amazes me how he has so many more evps but electronic still has rating so much higher. Doesnt make any sense but yeah. I would go with electronic although not all the number are backing it

2019-12-26 04:50

It means Magisk's team made deeper runs into tournaments more than electronic's. This means that Magisk performed against better teams more often than electronic, and did well as well. Same goes for NAF over electronic.

2019-12-26 05:57

It does not, it means that Magisk was part of a better team.

2019-12-26 09:29

Not specifically the team making deeper runs. He is playing against better opponents more often than electronic, which also helps his case.

He has 0.05 worse rating than electronic vs top 10 teams and 0.01 vs top 5 teams. But then again, he played a lot more maps against them. Just wanted to point out that electronic always did just as well as Magisk when he was pitted vs top teams, just that NaVi wasn’t good enough to face them as much.

2019-12-26 11:30

no, it means electronic farmed against groupstage teams

2019-12-26 11:37

How do you define ”groupstage teams”? Check #108

ok, cut the word teams

2019-12-26 13:45

so people think s0mple will be above ELiGE when ELiGE has 3 MVPS and like 8 EVPS while s0mple has 1 MVP and 3-4 EVPS? KKKKKK also NAF,Magisk should be above s0mple but I doubt it

2019-12-26 01:42

21 replies

s1mple's rating is a lot higher, so he could be above EliGE

2019-12-26 02:10

u cant get MVP when your team eliminated in semis every tournament

2019-12-26 02:22

Lol you can easily get evp. Evps are also very valuable.but s1mple has few evps too

2019-12-26 07:16

Cus pepole who gets to finals are deffo alot more qualified for evps than the ones in semis lol

2019-12-26 17:02

naf definitely not

14 replies

Look at stats bruh NAF has everything better or equal to Magisk only thing Magisk has, which is greater than NAF is Major MVP

2019-12-26 06:58

Less EVPs bruh

2019-12-26 16:11

NAF has highest EVPs this year, with EliGE at 9.

2019-12-27 14:44

Naf has 7

2019-12-27 22:25

NAF and EliGE both have 9 EVPs Also, yes, chances of Magisk being above NAF are like ~70% (also because hltv EU bias)

2019-12-27 22:44

2019-12-27 22:43

check the list dumas

Link it here :)

2019-12-27 22:47

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11GgP-9DD.. Even though you are baiting

2019-12-28 03:34

i cba about it..i know its 9

2019-12-28 07:28

NAF is the most underrated top 10 player

2019-12-26 21:20

Naf is overrated af, honestly so bad player, no wonder liquid is losing everything rn

2019-12-26 22:15

hahaha mad that hes far better than any player from ur country

2019-12-27 00:39

Yeah for sure man XD

2019-12-27 01:00

s0mple shouldnt be even in top10

2019-12-26 07:49

kk list me 10 players who are better individually than he is(as far as this top refers to players' skills(at least it should do))

2019-12-26 16:55

Where's the fcking cs_summit 5 MVP and the Champions Cup Finals MVP? HLTV can't even give one medal per 100.000 $ Tournament ?? So why Zywoo got a MVP medal for cs_summit 4? i don't understand, i think that's unfair.

2019-12-26 01:44

2019-12-26 13:14

both tournaments didn't have enough top10 teams to meet mvp criteria by hltv

2019-12-26 13:22

Summit will get a MVP, it was confirmed by Petar

2019-12-26 14:03

would be weird, summit5 had only one top10 team

2019-12-26 14:05

That’s the bare minimal for a mvp It think it needs a top10 team and $100k+ prize pool. There are some other requirements as well

2019-12-26 14:08

I think two is the minimum, otherwise dreamhack open rotterdam would also have an mvp as there was one top10 team there

2019-12-26 14:10

Elite club

2019-12-26 01:52

godpk

Expected from electronic and s1mple!

2019-12-26 02:28

s0mple no deserving of evp esl pro league

2019-12-26 04:06

NAF ELIGE TOP5 EZ ZYWHO TOP1 BTW

2019-12-26 04:54

So, it seems that the top5 is already settled 1. dev1ce 2. ZywOo 3. s1mple 4. EliGE 5. Magisk

2019-12-26 05:06

Why s1mple above elige? less mvp's and evp's. Sure better rating but less maps played.

2019-12-26 05:14

"u cant get MVP when your team eliminated in semis every tournament"

2019-12-26 05:43

You can atleast get EVPs tho

2019-12-26 07:46

Except S1mple 2018, mvp 50% depends on the team

2019-12-26 06:34

Look at the bookmakers odds its already decided

2019-12-26 05:41

zywoo 1.3 , devvy 2.9 lmao all in devvy

2019-12-26 06:26

+1 s0mple winning the top1 while being on the 2nd best team last year was bad enough. Imagine if a guy from a team that's not even top5 won it

2019-12-26 10:49

Flawless logic if u think the best player has to come from the best team lol

2019-12-26 17:07

Good for RpK. I'm always impressed when 30-yr-old+ players still contend against the young bucks. Maybe one day we'll see a Top 20 player in their 30s (by the way, this hasn't happened yet).

2019-12-26 08:10

Forest's never been there before?

2019-12-26 11:20

He's only 31 and he wasn't good enough last year or this.

2019-12-26 16:54

Swag. Record for youngest Top 20. What a wasted future, sadly. If only he and steel could have seen what kind of money 2015+ would get in CSGO. They'd have been superstars.

2019-12-27 11:41

Steel on Liquid would be fucking magic dude. Swag is just a sad story. A child banned for a couple hundred dollars in skins.

2019-12-27 17:46

hltv.org/news/25734/infographic-five-yea.. He was 28

2019-12-26 17:29

ZywOo easy #1

Personally i Think cadian should also have Been a evp of epicenter

2019-12-26 09:41

Lol they gave up past the finalists.

2019-12-26 10:09

noice

2019-12-26 09:49

Where is rejin?

2019-12-26 09:52

Nice, I can finally update my 2019 ranking predictions.

2019-12-26 10:13

elige top 1 imo

2019-12-26 10:52

no niko gg 2019

2019-12-26 11:53

niko in 2k19 ULTRALUL

2019-12-26 12:47

chrisJ pog champ the Astralis destroyer :e

2019-12-26 12:23

Ez for MagiskboY

2019-12-26 12:30

Nvm, I cant read haha

2019-12-26 13:57

Shox 0 EVP lmao what a trash player, why the fuck Vitality ruined the team by taking him...

2019-12-26 14:00

EZZZ for RPK

2019-12-26 15:32

no brazilian :( cry

2019-12-26 16:14

Stew_1_evp_s0mple_1_evp

2019-12-26 16:49

Stewie might actually finally break a top 20 list. Granted it'd be like 19 or 20. But 1.06 rating, 1.08 impact. He must be on like 3 evps now? Just looking at his tournament ratings he must have gotten one for Chicago and Blast LA at the very least. He had elite numbers at those two tournaments.

2019-12-26 17:01

this is like his 5th or 6th evp

2019-12-27 00:56

Where is magneficent zywoo

2019-12-26 17:27

MVP

2019-12-26 17:28

RpK <3

2019-12-26 17:40

WPWP elige

2019-12-26 18:02

Ez 4 Frozen and Elige No Hunter evp???

2019-12-26 19:20

NA BESTEST

2019-12-27 13:51

s1mple and electronic deserved

2019-12-27 16:57

how is EVPs awarded? look at EPL S10, the outright winner has MVP and 2 EVPs, the runner-up has 2 EVPs, a semifinalist has 3 EVPs, while another semifinalist has only 1 EVP. not mentioning that a 5-6 place team even has 1 EVP. so, how come a team with 3 EVPs eliminated by a team with 2 EVPs?

2019-12-30 03:44