HLTV No. 1 players through the years

13-1-2023 21:45

As the HLTV Awards Show powered by 1xBet and SteelSeries draws near and with it the revelation of 2022's best player, we take a look back at the historic HLTV number one players.

In 2009 HLTV.org introduced the statistics section to the website and in the next year the section grew exponentially, allowing viewers and writers alike to get a better understanding of player performance. With access to these statistics Petar "Tgwri1s" Milovanović created the very first top 20 players ranking in 2010, which would become a yearly HLTV feature.

2020 saw a close fight for the number one spot

Three years later, in 2013, the very first CS:GO top 20 rankings came out. Since that time we have had nine years of the rankings, with 2022 now becoming the tenth. In the last nine years of rankings, there have been five players ranked No. 1 in the world, and four of them have achieved the feat twice.

The 2022 ranking could capture a moment of history as Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut and Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev both have the opportunity to be the first player to be crowned the HLTV No. 1 in three separate years. As we close in on the 2022 HLTV top 20 rankings, let's take a look back at the nine CS:GO number ones through the years.

2013
Christopher "⁠GeT_RiGhT⁠" Alesund

GeT_RiGhT was the first to become the best CS:GO player in the world

At the age of 23, GeT_RiGhT became the first ever player ranked number one in HLTV's CS:GO top 20 after his team, Ninjas in Pyjamas, dominated the early days of CS:GO. It started with their 87-0 run that had begun in 2012 and ended in April 2013. Although their streak ended, their domination did not and they continued to win in large part due to the performances of GeT_RiGhT.

Despite not winning the only CS:GO Major of 2013, DreamHack Winter 2013, GeT_RiGhT was the best player in six other events; Mad Catz Vienna, RC EMS One Spring, ESEA Season 13 and 14, DH Bucharest, and SLTV StarSeries VI Finals. The Swede was individually ahead of the competition whilst also being a part of one of the most dominant teams to ever exist.

2014
Christopher "⁠GeT_RiGhT⁠" Alesund

GeT_RiGhT completed his goal of lifting a Major trophy at ESL One Cologne 2014

Ninjas in Pyjamas's stranglehold on events started to fade in 2014, especially in the second half of the year. The Swedish side were no longer winning everything they entered, but they were still one of the top competitors in the world. Meanwhile, the year saw the rise of fnatic, Virtus.pro, and LDLC.

Regardless of the fact that the team was not as dominant in 2013, GeT_RiGhT continued to show why he was the best player in the world. He was the Man of the Match in all three finals that NIP won and he continued to stand out in big matches with a 1.11 rating, making him the third-highest-ranked big match player in the world.

GeT_RiGhT's statistics and ability to show up in the biggest moments eventually paid off for Ninjas in Pyjamas in August. The second half of the year was not commanded by Ninjas in Pyjamas, but they did win their first, and only, CS:GO Major at ESL One Cologne 2014.

2015
Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer

olofmeister helped facilitate fnatic's rise to the top of Counter-Strike in 2015

2015 marked the beginning of a new era. fnatic had spent their previous years in CS:GO shifting back-and-forth out the spotlight, but in 2015 they completely stole the show. Winning two Majors and multiple other big events, fnatic took over where Ninjas in Pyjamas had left off in 2013.

olofmeister was the leading man behind fnatic's takeover of CS:GO as he averaged a 1.20 rating at big events and Majors. He stepped up huge when it mattered the most, winning the MVP medal for ESL One Katowice 2015.

The Swedish rifler is the only player on this list that has achieved the number one ranking only once, but the year of 2015 will always go down as the year that fnatic dominated with olofmeister at its helm.

2016
Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David

coldzera led the way as Brazil dominated CS:GO in 2016

The next number one ranked player was coldzera, who achieved a feat rarely seen in Counter-Strike as in the space of just 18 months he went from virtually unknown to a worldwide phenomenon.

Following in the footsteps of olofmeister and fnatic, the young Brazilian also won back-to-back Majors with Luminosity and SK. MLG Columbus was the first Major of the year and the first CS:GO Major that a Brazilian team had ever won. Straight out of the gate coldzera showed he deserved that number one spot with an MVP performance and that form continued throughout the year, as became the only player in 2016 with three MVP awards.

coldzera was not only the most consistent player in all regards, he did not just win two Majors, he also displayed impressive fragging ability when it mattered the most. He took a leading role in all of his team's greatest achievements which is a huge reason as to why the 22-year-old finished the year with the No. 1 spot.

2017
Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David

coldzera continued to represent Brazil at the highest of levels

coldzera continued his reputation as a big event performer in 2017 as he, once again, earnt three MVPs at big events: IEM Sydney, EPICENTER, and ESL Pro League Season 6 Finals. Overall, the number of MVPs and EVPs coldzera garnered in this year, 13, and the fact that he was statistically ahead of all the competition gave him the number one spot back-to-back.

SK might not have won a Major in 2017, but it was not for lack of trying of coldzera's behalf as he averaged a 1.32 rating over the two Majors that year. Despite not winning one of the Majors, SK did continue to win multiple events over the year as they continued to put Brazilian CS:GO on the main stage. Over the year, coldzera had the highest rating at big events, 1.24, putting him far above the competition.

2018
Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev

s1mple reshaped what we thought was statistically possible for a player to achieve

In 2018 the Ukrainian AWPer playing on Natus Vincere changed what we thought was statistically possible to consistently achieve in CS:GO. s1mple had a historic year that would set expectations at a new level at which a player could perform.

s1mple's numbers speak for themselves and leave no room for debate as to who deserved to sit at the top of the ranking in 2018. He was by far the highest-rated player of 2018 at Big Events, standing out in practically every way and on both sides, averaging the best T-side rating (1.34) and the second-best CT-side rating (1.33).

The Ukrainian not only had stats to his name but achievements too, his six MVPs in 2018 doubled impressive amount that coldzera garnered in his first No. 1 ranked year. All in all, it was a historic year that, at the time, ranked as the best ever by any player in Counter-Strike history in a calendar year.

2019
Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut

ZywOo was named the number one played in the world in his first full year as a professional player

It is only fitting that one historic year be followed up by another. ZywOo became the youngest player to ever be ranked No. 1 by HLTV after he performed to a level only rivalled by s1mple in 2018 and GeT_RiGhT in 2013.

ZywOo was a top performer on the biggest stages as he obtained five MVP medals and just as many EVPs whilst maintaining a 1.30 average rating. Two of his MVP medals, ESL One Cologne and DreamHack Masters Malmö, came at big events and he claimed more MVPs than any other player overall. His other three MVPs came at less competitive tournaments, but he achieved them in utterly convincing displays including a 1.53 rating at EPICENTER 2019.

As mentioned, ZywOo's performances in 2019 made him the youngest player to be ranked first in an HLTV top 20, replacing coldzera, and matching the Brazilian's feat of being named the best player in the world in his first full year as a professional player.

2020
Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut

ZywOo and s1mple treated us to a close race for first which the Frenchman won

2020 provided the closest rankings to date as ZywOo and s1mple could hardly be separated due to both players having extraordinary years. In the end, the French AWPer barely edged out s1mple due to being more impactful in the bigger matches. There might not have been any Majors in 2020 but the race for number one between the two star AWPers set an exciting storyline for the online era.

ZywOo obtained six MVP medals (one more than in 2019) and four EVP awards, an unmatched feat in that year, and one which is especially impressive when you consider that they all came from Elite and Big events. He ranked second for rating, damage per round and kills per round, but he was ahead of the pack in terms of impact rating.

2020 was the last time that the Frenchman was ranked number one, but he has not gone quietly into the night. ZywOo was ranked number two last year and, alongside s1mple, is a favourite to be the first player ever to be ranked number one in three separate years.

2021
Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev

s1mple won the PGL Stockholm Major with an MVP performance

Once again s1mple broke previously unbreakable ground and put into question just how dominant a player could be. In yet another historic year, s1mple was Natus Vincere's best player at every single event they attended and earnt at least an EVP each time and a total of eight MVPs — a record-breaking number in a calendar year.

The 24-year-old recorded mindboggling numbers, such as a 1.35 rating (#1), 0.88 KPR (#1), and 88.2 ADR (#1). He was able to post these statistics due to his unrivalled consistency, putting up a 1.21 or higher rating at each event and recording at least a 1.00 rating on 89% of maps. This consistency meant that Natus Vincere would achieve something that the Ukrainian had been seeking for a long time. At the first Major after COVID, PGL Major Stockholm, Natus Vincere won and s1mple was finally named a Major MVP and a Major winner.

In 2018, s1mple shocked the world and put up a year-long display that put him alongside GeT_RiGhT, but in 2021 he went even further and showcase dominance that only he could achieve.

2023-01-13 21:46

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when s1mple had good haircut

2023-01-13 23:21

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2023-01-14 10:44

hahahah +1 so true

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2023-01-14 22:10

+1 sadly :D

2023-01-15 10:42

goat right

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agreed, the man who introduced lurking into the game.

2023-01-13 22:42

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And true spray control

2023-01-13 23:09

yes he was so good on lurking and made that name for him. D2 in the lower tunnel. Untochable

2023-01-14 17:42

I can't believe I TOTALLY FORGET GET_RIGHT was 2 times number 1.

2023-01-13 23:26

2023-01-14 00:07

hltv robbed flusha's 2014 top1 i will never forget this

2023-01-13 21:47

cheater

2023-01-13 22:05

Hltv robbed GuardiaN's 2015 top1 I will never forget this

2023-01-14 03:57

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same

2023-01-14 08:46

I also agree with that but at least olof/fnatic had crazy year. Again tho you can look at 2018 and 2015 and clearly see hltv bias lol. they gave olof when guardian was better in terms of skill but in 2018 they gave it to s0mple lol

2023-01-14 11:23

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Even tho I hate s1mple and would hate to see him win 3rd Top 1 which is very likely to happen. 2018 s1mple had absolutely insane stats which 2015 Guardian could not match even in his dreams, you can’t compare those 2 years

2023-01-14 18:35

agree

2023-01-14 10:34

Flusha biggest cheater in the world. so no

S1mple 2018 and 2021 are easily the best top 1s

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2023-01-13 22:08

2019 w00 > 2021 s1mp

2023-01-13 22:11

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0 in zyw00 represents total major he won

2023-01-13 22:15

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It represents number of playoffs games won at major*

2023-01-13 23:20

Represent both cuz there are two 0 for a reason

2023-01-14 08:25

No the other 0 represents how many real top 1 he got

2023-01-14 08:58

lol rekt

2023-01-14 02:17

Own that fraud

2023-01-14 03:04

de_stroyed

2023-01-14 03:58

s1mple won his first major at age of 24 and was mocked with s0mple before it. Zywoo is still 2 years younger than s1mple when he won major, so he has plenty of time

2023-01-14 18:38

yes but simple will win 2-3 more majors while zyw00 will be 00

2023-01-14 21:30

Speak when it happens, pulling random shit out of your ass is easy. Zywoo is younger and wasn’t on proper top team just yet, so imo he shows more potential to win multiple majors

2023-01-14 22:17

no way i know you are baiting but still,...

2023-01-13 22:16

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nope

2023-01-13 22:19

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then you dont understand cs and have probably been watching just since like 2019 , cause 2018 and 2021 simple was something else, any analyst you ask says that, only you ahveyou stupid opinions expected from a fan of Uranus

2023-01-13 22:21

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flair checks out

2023-01-13 22:32

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tell me why zywoo 2019 > S1mple 2021 or 2018, all the stats s1mple has better, zywoo 2019 5 MVPs, S1mple 2021 8 MVPs, more frags, more opening, more impact, more damage, more clutches, JUST GOAT

2023-01-13 22:33

bro s1mple had a worldclass team, zywoo had absolute dogshit

2023-01-13 23:02

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dev1ce had universeclass team in 2018, and still he didn't get top1

2023-01-14 09:52

ofc, because device is more of a passive awper, and he's just not as good as zywoo and s1mple

2023-01-14 09:57

zywoo in 2019 had the players with the MOST experience like RPK NBK and later Apex and other old legends who taught him everything about the game

2023-01-14 12:59

nbk was decent and rpk was good at his role, and they did indeed have experience but its nowhere close to comparable to the likes of electronic (top 5 rifler), b1t (top10 rifler), perfecto (top3 support) and boomich top5 igl

2023-01-14 13:17

He’s not wrong though. Watching s1mple those two years was like something we had never seen in terms of consistency and the ability to win nearly every game solo

2023-01-13 22:54

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what youre describing is 2018 s1mple and 2019 zywoo 2021 s1mple had lantronic, b1t with fluke year, best support perfecto, and decent igl boombitch. there was no solo wins there, in fact i think b1t had the most impact for navi in that year even 2018 s1mple still had lantronic. and flamie was still decent back then. what did zywoo have in 2019? nothing man, it was legit 1v9

2023-01-13 23:17

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yes man but just ignore them, they know they are wrong don't worry :) Zywoo is much better than s1mple proof that Zywoo has always been the only one of his team in the TOP20 hltv except this year with spinx unlike s1mple where there has always been 1 or 2 people from his team in addition to him x)

2023-01-14 00:30

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debate me on discord live and we will stream it on twitch. you will get fucked

2023-01-14 09:26

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why should i waste my time with a rosebeef like you x)

2023-01-14 09:34

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What does that even mean? Everyone thinks zywoo fans are usually braindead and delusional. You're not making a good case. s1mple 2021 shits on zywoo 2019. Especially when you consider ALEX himself said that they play around him and hope another person steps up. It literally means he took most of the resources from his team just to perform at a way worse level where another player who is almost entirely self-sufficient. Furthermore, s1mple in 2018 only had electronic but in 2019 zywoo had ALEX(good fragging for an IGL), apex (still good) and shox, rpk (the consensus was that he was underrated). If we consider this, he had a pretty good cast around him. If it was a top 50 ranking in the world, vitality would have had like 3/4 players shox, zywoo, ALEX, apex in any order but NaVi would have had only 2. The skill on the other members on Vitality was more spread out instead of just on one person like NaVi did with elec for a long ass time. s1mple had a good team in 2021 ofc but dont act like zywoo hasn't had any good pieces before. He had shox, apex, ALEX, misutaa, nivera, spinx, magisk, dupreeh. way better players than what s1mple has had apart from electronic.

2023-01-14 09:43

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i never said that zywoo's teammates sucked x) i said that s1mple's teammates were much better and if you don't believe me you can watch the hltv ranking or every time s1mple with 2 or 3 people in the TOP20 while Zywoo has 0 except this year with spinx. moreover how you can compare two different years when it is not the same circumstances, the same teams, the same difficulty x)

2023-01-14 09:53

x) x) x) x) x) x) x) x) x) x) x) x) x) x) x) x) x) x) x) x) x) x) x) x) stfu bro. the only years where s1mple has had teammates on par with or better than zywoo was 2021 and 2022. That's it. And one year he had the Ukraine conflict. HLTV ranking doesnt take into account intangibles and you don't refute the fact that the skill distribution on NaVi other than s1mple was on 1 really good guy and 3 dogshit players, and the skill distribution on Vitality was on 4 pretty good-average guys. If you want an ideal team environment, the latter is way better.

2023-01-14 09:59

You are so much biased towards ZywOo just like all of his fans. Thing is ZywOo fans can't be objective otherwise it is blatant that s1mple is the best using stats, awards, consistency, results in tournament. What you all forget to mention when you compare 2018 navi to 2019 Vita is that s1mple had Zeus who is BY FAR worse than any of the 4 team mates of ZywOo in 2019, as well as Edward being slightly worse than any of them also. Meaning on average their teammates were pretty close and s1mple was just a step above in 2018. It's incredibly impressive still that ZywOo performed this good for his first year ofc, but stop downplaying s1mple.

2023-01-14 17:40

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youtu.be/5-i7aStkJ08 never forgetti

ahaha :D remember the infamous "ZEUS!!! HE DOES SOMETHING!!" in the grand finals where even electronic was so underwhelming and s1mple was HARD CARRYING them to a level I had never seen and that I did not see afterwards either. It was the litteral definition of a 1vs9. And he almost won, by himself.

2023-01-14 17:45

hahahah gotta love Henry. i occasionally go back to watch that starladder tourney because s1mple was so fking good that year. I remember when NaVi would sometimes play with edward/zeus on ak and s1mple on deag for some reason on some rounds and s1mple would still pull some nasty shots off and win probably the 2nd best individual year of csgo ever if not the best

2023-01-14 17:53

Honestly for his raw individual ability I think he was slightly better in 2018 than 2021, but in 2021 he was for sure a better player overall, better communication, more experience, better rotations.. But his raw aim and flicks were crispier back then. He simply never ever missed. It was unbelievable and a joy to watch.

2023-01-14 17:59

I agree 100%

2023-01-14 18:12

I agree

2023-01-15 17:56

+1 actually a proper argument.

2023-01-14 17:37

zywoo has good team now, where he is no where seen.. also s1mple to damn yiks

2023-01-14 08:57

Yeah and that why we will see the difference in 2023 when s1mple will struggling

2023-01-14 09:31

true, but at this moment now they can beat each other

2023-01-14 09:33

+1 yes but I give Vitality a little more advantage because last time npl was not very good

2023-01-14 09:36

true, cant argue about that

2023-01-14 09:38

"b1t had the ost impact for navi that year" XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

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you didnt watch many games did you? b1t was the x-factor in so many rounds and games not to say that s1mple wasn't impactful, he always is, it's s1mple. so was electronic. but s1mple himself hasn't won that many tournaments or a major without that x-factor

2023-01-14 09:55

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I literally watch every NaVi game. s1mple is the most impactful player on NaVi. No discussion. Without s1mple, NaVi probably aren't a top 20 team. Without b1t, NaVi are probably a top 7/8 team. If you're saying b1t was the FINAL PIECE then i'd agree with you but to say b1t is more impactful than s1mple is purely just bullshit lol. Going by that logic you would have to say ropz is the most important player on FaZe, taco/fnx were the most important players on SK/LG, magisk was the most important player on prime astralis, etc Your logic is really trash. Not to mention s1mple literally wins them games singlehandedly. He was the reason for some of these victories they had in LAN events this year. He wins games singlehandedly. I can't say the same for b1t.

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Well obviously if you compare a star player who gets full freedom to a rifling anchor, you already know who's more impactful Doing a direct comparison like that is obviously flawed It's like saying prime xyp or even current perfecto are less impactful than their star players, which is dumb as fuck. They are/were worldclass within their roles and very very impactful

2023-01-14 10:04

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Then why are you going off into bullshit territory by saying b1t is more impactful than s1mple? By your own admission, he isn't. Why is that thought process flawed when we talk about impact? Impact is solely how much of a say you had on winning the game. If s1mple is dropping 30+ frags every game and b1t is at "only" 22 on average, it stands to say that s1mple had the most say on NaVi winning matches. Whether you have the freedom or not to do so is a different matter and I guarantee you b1t could never do what s1mple does.

2023-01-14 10:09

because s1mple can't do 1v4 clutches every single round? duh your way of looking at it is beyond narrow-minded. but if you only look at stats it's the only way to reach your conclusion. to reach mine you would actually have to watch the games

2023-01-14 10:14

You don't tho. You think b1t is the most impactful player on NaVi. Blatantly wrong.

2023-01-14 17:55

Prime xyp WAS less impactful than dev1ce. They were world class within their role but they're not the main reason their team won games. No-one is arguing against their impact being good. It's just not AS GOOD as the single best players in all of history who would on routine carry their team. If Astralis 2018 didn't have dev1ce they probably weren't going to be a top 10 team. Without xyp, they were probably a top 3 team in 2018. Think about that.

2023-01-14 10:13

Without xyp they would be far less clean than they were. You would never be able to actually compare players within a team with your logic. You have to weigh each individual players' impact within their respective roles, otherwise the star player will always be the most impactful. It's just flawed. If you can't understand that, then I'll just agree to disagree

2023-01-14 10:19

Is that the extent to which xyp's impact was? Far less clean? Without dev1ce they wouldn't have won anything, homie. You can compare players within a team ofc in their roles but being the 2nd best awper in 2018 at dev1ce's level was way more impressive and impactful than being the best support in 2018 at xyp9x's level. It's way more nuanced than that.

2023-01-14 10:31

Was it more impressive? Yes Did he have more impact? Not necessarily. I won't speak on that though. I will only speak on b1t in 2021. From what I saw in the games, he was the reason navi won as much as they did

2023-01-14 10:51

No it wasn't. S1mple was the reason they won as much as they did followed by the rest of the supporting cast of NaVi.

2023-01-14 17:56

ok bro! ur opinion is right and mine is wrong!

2023-01-14 18:05

If NaVi had no s1mple what rank would they be as opposed to with s1mple and without b1t?

2023-01-14 18:13

well without b1t they never achieved much on a consistent basis. what does that tell u about s1mple? i know fpl =/= real games, but what does s1mples kd-to-win ratio in fpl tell you about his impact? compared to zywoo for example?

2023-01-14 18:57

ain't no way ure using FPL lmao. Also I could say that about taco/fnx. We're they the most impsctful players on SK/LG?

2023-01-14 18:58

does s1mples playstyle differ from fpl to his real games? is it not then a legitimate comparison?

2023-01-14 19:00

it does lol wtf. I'm done talking to you

2023-01-14 19:01

how so?

2023-01-14 19:08

#61

2023-01-13 22:44

0/8

2023-01-14 09:25

2019 zywoo > 2021 s0mple

2023-01-13 22:14

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S1mple 2018/21 has a better rating and more MVPs than both of his top 1s in 2019/20

mvps cant count as a stat when zywoos team is ass

2023-01-13 22:59

the only thing that matters at the end is how the overall stats and individual accolades look, it doesnt matter how good your team is, in both cases 2018 and 2021 s1mples stats easily exceed zywoos 2019 and 2020 stats therefore s1mples top 1 are the best

2023-01-13 23:15

I will not deny that S1mple played much better in the last two years, but definitely we could expect better results from ZywOo if he had 2 top 10 players on his side like electronic and b1t

2023-01-14 01:53

he had magisk, dupreeh, spinx and apex lol. He literally has 2 of the GOAT riflers, a rifler who is meant to be a top 20 player in the world (at least until before he joined vitality) and one of the best french players ever. You cannot make the argument he doesn't have good teammates.

2023-01-14 09:46

The discussion was about 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 in #111. As far as I remember, the Danes joined only in early 2022. And Spinx has been in the team for less than 6 months. You can't be serious to use it as an argument for ZywOo career lol apEX is dogshit most of the time nowadays. So were RpK, shox, Kyojin and NBK. Misutaa and ALEX were half-decent but still mediocre for T1. You just can't be honest and compare this with the like of b1t and electronic mate.

2023-01-16 13:10

As for 2022, I would add that the Danes (and it comes from a guy with dupreeh tag) have been mostly mediocre. None of them are even in the top 20 and they were quite far given their performances: dupreeh averaged 1.02 rating in Vitality (making him as dogshit as apEX so far) and Magisk is decent with 1.07, but nothing incredible. Let's compare this to b1t 1.10 rating and electronic 1.15, such ratings with more map played overall and more maps against top 10 because of deeper runs... Yeah. Just another level of a team. Even talent Spinx has been bad. 1.02 rating so far. Just remember he only made it to top 20 because of the first half of the year playing for ENCE, which was indeed stellar. Then after joining Vitality, nothing. At that point I start to believe the team in itself is just dogshit and ZywOo should move somewhere else.

2023-01-16 13:18

It's incredibly dumb to say your team performance doesn't affect your personal stats... If your team sucks it is obviously harder to perform

2023-01-14 08:14

ofc it has an impact but we cant just go "if zywoo had better teammated he would hve better stats" fact is that both s1mple top 1s exceed the stats and mvps/evps of zywoos top 1

2023-01-14 11:02

Another fact is Zywoo is top 1 without anyone else on his top in top 20 hltv. At the end, Zywoo will be the goat. Since he started playing he was always at least top2

2023-01-22 13:36

You bring up facts that are completely irrelevant in a goat debate. "zywoo will be the goat" is a typical attribute of zywoo fans knowing the future already. He never will be the goat if his best achievement is pro league. You take a possibility and make it the reality and that's not how it works

2023-01-22 13:53

You need to make up your mind, first you say only stats matter to determine the goat, then you use teams achievements to support your point. You don't win a major alone, you need a team behind, and when we tell you Zywoo's team is far to be as good as simple's one, you say it doesn't matter ? Just say you are just a fanboy like everyone else.

2023-01-22 14:49

Ofc a team matters but you zywoo fans are like "if zywoo had a better team he would be the goat" and you take this thought and pretend its the reality as long as he didnt win anything he didnt win anything there are no "ifs" and "but". s1mple also clears zywoo in stats so from which angle you start the debate s1mple is superior in everything. its really ironic to call me a fanboy while you are pretending to be "neutral french" person lmao

2023-01-22 15:00

Never said I'm neutral tho. I say personnal stats also depends on the performance of your team. Anyway, time will tell.

2023-01-22 15:33

Zywoo 2019 is close to s1mple 2018 it is debetable but s1mple win cologne+major finals edges him

2020 WAS COVID ONLINE ERA AND S1MPLE WAS ROBBED TOP 1 BECAUSE ZYWHOO FARMING FREE MVP IN RMR HAAHHAAHAH

2023-01-14 05:44

2013 get_right erasure

2023-01-14 00:26

+1 by far

2023-01-14 00:33

2023-01-14 03:02

2018 S1MPLE IS THE GOD LIKE S1MPLE THAT NOBODY CANT STOP HIM AT THAT TIME

2023-01-14 05:43

watch the demos of s1mple 2018 and compare with s1mple 2021, s1mple 2021 is wayyyyy better than s1mple 2018, retard.

2023-01-14 15:14

s1mple 2018 the best? hahahha what a clown

2023-01-14 15:13

2023-01-14 20:00

congratz s1mple for his 3rd top1

2023-01-13 21:56

bro does NOT check out as a c9 fan

I'm not sh1ro_top1_2022

5th top 1*

2023-01-13 23:23

2023-01-13 21:57

i wonder what made coldzera disappear from tier 1 so damn quickly

2023-01-13 21:58

true

2023-01-13 21:59

Players got better and adapted to his playstyle and he fell off

2023-01-13 22:01

Going to FaZe and playing as a supporting role for NiKo and broky.

2023-01-13 22:04

He's been bad for quite a while before going there. But the layoff didn't help him for sure. But I think two things : - not having his jack TACO baiting for him and ultra strong partners ( prime Fallen, fer ) - clearly lost some motivation ( GF iirc ) and it was obvious he didn't train his aim half as much... He gentrified, like Rocky in Rocky III but had no Apollo to ignite back the eye of the tiger...

2023-01-13 22:31

Factually incorrect. 2018 with SK/MIBR: hltv.org/stats/players/events/9216/coldz.. 2019 MIBR/FaZe: hltv.org/stats/players/events/9216/coldz.. 2020 FaZe: hltv.org/stats/players/events/9216/coldz..

2023-01-13 22:34

2018 of course he farmed most of his stats in SK/MIBR the first six monthes then did'nt play for the last six monthes.. 2019 : hltv.org/stats/players/9216/coldzera?sta.. 2020 : hltv.org/stats/players/9216/coldzera?sta.. 2017 ; hltv.org/stats/players/9216/coldzera?sta.. If you don't see a major drop off then I don't know what to say xD Guy went from green everywhere to orange everywhere ( or even red impact in 2020 ) boosting his rating while farming eco kills as evidence by his impact being considerably lower than his rating while having averageish ratings... I won't even insult him anymore by putting his awful 2019-2020 stats against top 5 / 10 at big events... Go check it by yourself ... :D

If you think low impact mean more ecofrags you dont understand how it works (is litteraly the opposite). Also if you read what yourself wrote you would notice the lack of brains behind it: "He's been bad for quite a while before going there." - he wasnt, his rating got significantly lower after joining FaZe, and if you watched FaZe at the time you would see he was baiting for broky and put in static positions so NiKo could be the mobile player.

2023-01-13 22:56

Long break destroyed cold

2023-01-14 01:48

New? Coldzera was still good in 2018. His team just fell off. In 2019 he was good until a bit after he joined FaZe then he fell off heavily when he became an IGL after NiKo left

2023-01-14 09:27

his role in LG/SK supported him a lot, he was very very skilled, deserved top1 2 times, but not godlike mechanics/reflexes like s1mple, NiKo or ZywOo, more like device, although device is definitely better mechanically in the long run, so when the support of a perfect systems disappears the performance goes as well, instead of guys like s1mple, NiKo and ZywOo who play at their best with different rosters and different roles

2023-01-13 22:12

More like his team fell of and playing international made him fell off

he did not deserve the top 1 spot in 2017 at all, fer should have gotten it in that year. Compare their stats and have a look at their impact ratings, that #1 spot was pure bs because noone cared about boosting stats by baiting back then.

2023-01-13 23:05

burnout

2023-01-13 22:17

Self benching himself in mibr for 6+ months and online era is probably why

2023-01-13 22:30

Himself

2023-01-13 23:50

True

Farlig 2023

2023-01-13 22:02

I thought i read Far_right 2023 Chuckled a bit

2023-01-13 23:37

hahaahahahaha xd

2023-01-14 00:04

2022 sh1ro

In your dreams maybe

2023-01-13 23:24

why no 1.6?

2023-01-13 22:13

It's fascinating that the first 5 years were riflers, and then from 2018-on it's been all AWPs. Granted ZywOo is much more of a hybrid, he still classifies closer to an AWP than a rifle.

Blame device

Device has nothing to do with it really. You could argue he pioneered the gameplay style that enables AWPs to thrive, but Valve built that into the game by removing AWP movement speed. It was always going to come to this.

2023-01-13 22:28

Awpers used to play like entry fraggers who tries opening kills and dies for overpeeking Nobody does it anymore thx to device peeking falling back and repeeking is better option no matter which speed awp is one shot one kill weapon with high survivality

The people who pioneered that aggressive style were people like KennyS and JW. Valve made the aggressive tactics much less viable. As I said, device's playstyle was always going to be the ultimate conclusion once you couldn't run and gun with an AWP. It's very similar to 1.6 AWP play in that regard, device didn't pioneer it.

2023-01-13 22:38

All riflers because the awp wasn’t used the same way it is now. I think they pay attention to stats more than anything now and awpers will always have the best stats because it’s set up for them to do so. Riflers are undervalued in todays cs imo.

It's funny because Valve intentionally nerfed the AWP movement in 2015 (or was it 14, I can't remember) because players like KennyS and JW were so incredibly aggressive with it. Yet even with their playstyle, they never got a #1 player of the year award (KennyS probably should've). It makes me wonder where AWPers would be with more options to be aggressive, even though they're already the statistically strongest players. Also, I agree. A rifler with a rating like Ax1Le's or Niko's is insanely rare, almost to the point it's kind of depressing that they don't earn higher spots, or a #1 placing, because the statistics will always favor a weapon that rewards surviving due to cost and round-changing impact.

2023-01-13 22:27

Yeah it is insane. I think this year top 20 was a joke tbh. B1t shouldn't have been on the list. I would have put twistzz over ropz and m0nsey over br0ky. Yekindar got snubbed hard. Naf and Elige had good years and could have been 19-20. Maybe a little NA bias but idk.

2023-01-14 02:47

Olof was also a hybrid awp

He was a hybrid rifler. He'd AWP, but he was always a rifle first. JW was fnatic's AWP, obviously. Very different from someone like ZywOo or s1mple, both of whom are strong riflers in their own right.

That’s what I meant, hybrid rifler not awp sorry

2023-01-13 23:27

No worries! Yeah. As #72 said, cold was too.

2023-01-14 05:15

cold as well

Been an awper every year since 2018 zzz Great players but awping sure stat pads everything

There have only been two top 1 players since 2018 and let's not act as if they aren't miles ahead the compétition, in a league of their own. Both are equally good with rifles/pistols too and are hybrids to begin with, and ZywOo didn't even use the awp that much this year ( compare his stats to '' true '' fulltime awpers )

2023-01-14 10:38

2023 -> apEX for sure

2023 s1mple

>The Swedish rifler [olofmeister] is the only player on this list that has achieved the number one ranking only once. Well, that won't be the case several days after today as the new upcoming GOAT sh1ro will earn his first top 1 player award in his career

cold without beard looks so dorky

2023-01-13 22:20

-d +p

2023-01-14 10:39

Nice1

2023-01-14 13:49

Excellent nick btw Les Inconnus FTW

2023-01-14 21:37

Thanks fellow Frenchman

2023-01-15 11:05

What

Mb : Without beard cold looks so dorky

2023-01-15 11:04

Mods silencing jOELZ being robbed... Truth hurts.

s1mple - 1 ZywOo - 2 sh1ro - 3

2023-01-13 22:24

GOAT S1MPLE

2023-01-13 22:43

2022 Dmitry "sh1ro" Sokolov

ahhahaa

2023-01-14 00:00

+1 str8 faxx bruda

2023-01-14 09:19

nice bait

2023-01-14 20:22

Imagine ZywOo takes down s1mple and takes 3rd top 1 the butthurt would ve been insane and it would've been called the greatest steal of centuries by many. But at this point im just gonna say GL to everyone

2023-01-13 22:45

But that literally would be the biggest robbery of centuries

2023-01-14 08:28

You don't know what a robbery is then. Please look at their stats , apart from the subjectives HLTV awards they are virtually identical.

2023-01-14 10:42

Yes I see the stats, just as I see zywoo having sample size of 14 (16) maps in playoffs this year xd. Sample size is also a part of statistics, it's not "subjective", those are straight numbers

2023-01-14 11:33

Also zywoo have EPL 16, i think this will determinate who will be top1 of 2022.

2023-01-14 15:10

where is 1.6 nr 1 pros?????

2023-01-13 22:52

Botkeloff would be like hades today

2023-01-14 09:20

Epic, hall of fame

2023-01-13 23:11

s1mple was still robbed in 2020

+1 Robbed in 19 and 20

what a retard...

2023-01-14 00:29

Cry is free

2023-01-14 09:29

Nope

s1mple #1 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 GOAT 5 years in a row unreal

zywoo #1 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 GOAT 5 years in a row unreal

+1 but GOATwOo wasn't playing in 2018 so 4 years in a row

2023-01-14 09:21

-1 zywoo only top 1 in 2019

C R Y I S F R E E

2023-01-14 10:24

zywoo top 1 2019 and 2020, cry kid.

2023-01-14 15:05

S1mple stat 2022 > Zywo stat2022 > Shiro stat 2022

I miss GTR man, such a legendary player

2023-01-13 23:49

Fr i miss gtr too, GOATed Nissan

Pas mal

2023-01-14 11:19

olof goat

2023-01-13 23:51

it could be 5 years in a row if not fluke 2019 and 2020...

2023-01-13 23:56

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not fluke, zywoo was better in 2019 and 2020

2023-01-14 00:31

no, he wasnt

2023-01-14 02:07

s1mhow many mvps did s1mple won in 2019 and 2021? That's it

2023-01-14 05:01

lmao, s1mple had 8 mvps in 2021, what are you talking about but its not about mvps at all, zywoo wasnt true top 1

2023-01-14 11:50

He obviously meant 2020 dude tf

2023-01-14 11:54

he could edit

2023-01-14 12:07

everyone who has a brain knows s1mple is way better than zywoo in 2021, but 2019 and 2020 is year of zywoo.

2023-01-14 15:08

#200

2023-01-14 15:43

#195

2023-01-15 02:23

Flag and flair….cry is free

2023-01-14 18:41

so 2019 and 2020 wasnt fluke top 1?

2023-01-14 18:47

No it wasn’t fluke. Zywoo was clearly better that’s why HLTV picked him as number one player, with reasons why they did so under his top1 articles. I get it. It is probably hard to get proper education in english in your country, so go and pls use google to learn meaning of word “fluke”. You can fluke one tournament with short-term overperforming, but it is not possible to fluke into top20 list which is based on year long stats and long term performance, not to mention zywoo managed to get top1 two years in row which proves your “fluke” comment being even more stupid. With your logic I could say s1mple’s whole career since 2014 is a fluke or that Navi’s run in 2021 was fluke, because Astralis broke up and left power vacuum. But as I said “Mr. S1mple’s biased fangirl” your flair and flag says it all

2023-01-14 20:59

"clearly" even hltv said that in 2020 was hard to decide who was #1(btw s1mple had much better lan and big events stats) you can fluke whole year, or even 2, like it did zywoo, just look at his demos

2023-01-14 21:01

In 2019 he was clearly better and yeah it was hard to decide for 2020, but HLTV picked Zywoo at the end so Zywoo clearly won 2020 award as well, it is HLTV’s list based on their rating and they call the shots. It is funny so when Zywoo wins 2020 top1 by small margin it is fluke, but if s1mple woud have won it by small margin in 2020 it would be DESERVED WIN, just listen to yourself. Biased delusional s1mple fangirl as I said

2023-01-14 22:24

yeah ofc, cuz vitality never had atleast 1 good player for whole year(4 bad teammates so your stats are boosted)

2023-01-14 22:31

I like how you mention stats that were in s1mple’s favor “much better lan and big events stats” while absolutely ignoring fact zywoo had 6 MVPs that year while s1mple had only 2. That is 3times more.

2023-01-14 23:23

online mvps, ONLINE, it is not cool, 2020 was worst year for cs

2023-01-15 12:19

Yeah I agree 2020 was worst year not just in cs, but almost for everyone because you know there was this thing called COVID??? Still it doesn't take away anything from Zywoo, it is not his fault tournaments were held online, he got those mvp fair and square and s1mple had same chance to get them just like zywoo, but he didn't. If 2020 was so bad then HLTV should have canceled TOP20 just like for example France Football canceled 2020 Ballon d'Or, but HLTV didn't. So they gave 1st place to Zywoo since he was indeed slightly better in 2020 fair and square. Potential value of 2020 top1 award being slighty lower then other years is within reason, but that's not what we are arguing here about. So pls stop this biased "robbed" and "fluke" bullshit.

2023-01-15 22:38

I suggest you to go to phsycologist... you clearly have mental problems

2023-01-15 02:26

And I suggest you to pull your head of our s1mple’s ass and go touch some grass

2023-01-15 04:57

why?

2023-01-15 12:20

2023-01-15 02:24

i'm reading these articles and i don't understand a few things, maybe someone in the know can help me: 1. what does "Peaks" mean (it is often written about as one of the important indicators when compiling the top 20) 2. what does "VP" mean? (I understand what MVP and EVP are, but VP?) 3. is it possible to turn on the filter somewhere, which tournaments are considered Elite - Events and Big Matches, I could not find it (I found only Big Events, but I understood it differently)

2023-01-14 00:38

sh1ro deserved 2022

2023-01-14 00:47

this article came too soon, 2022 top 1 still waiting (tough we all know who will be)

2023-01-14 00:48

Where boombla

2023-01-14 00:52

working on a new track with kanye

2023-01-14 08:29

S1mple and Zywoo will probably be like Ronaldo and Messi sharing ballon do'rs

2023-01-14 01:14

I think 2023 will be the fall of s1mple.

2023-01-14 15:15

Congrats to 'Miikka "Firepower" Kemppi' on #1 2022

2023-01-14 01:49

hltv.org/news/35362/s1mple-sh1ro-karriga.. HLTV already revealed top 1 2022 even though it was much closer than last year

2023-01-14 01:52

Wait in article it says: Also in attendance are a plethora of nominees including Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen, Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev, Dmitry "⁠sh1ro⁠" Sokolov ….they present karrigan as nominee for top3 spot lmao???

2023-01-14 18:44

Nope, karrigan is there to collect the team of the year award. s1mple - player of the year and sh1ro - AWP of the year

2023-01-14 18:49

watch HLTV yoink S1mple's #1 again

2023-01-14 01:58

s1mple and zywoo POGGERS

2023-01-14 03:51

Ezzz for the goat

2023-01-14 04:17

W zywoos gums

2023-01-14 04:50

2023-01-14 05:24

I'm looking forward to the award show. I hope Zywoo will get the ultimate prize, but something deep down in my mind tells me it's gonna be s1mple.

I'm gonna spoil it for you : it is 100% s1mple, non arguable and basically already confirmed by prof, striker themselves

2023-01-14 17:33

That's so stupid

2023-01-14 18:39

How ? s1mple has been better ZywOo made playoffs at none of the elite events? Pro league was without a crowd and a silver event s1mple's top 1 is 100% deserved and undisputed.

2023-01-14 18:50

I meant that those leaks were stupid :)

2023-01-14 18:53

I mean honestly it is pretty evident it is s1mple this year. It's not 2020

2023-01-14 20:02

I miss 2020

2023-01-14 20:09

s0mple will be number 2 this year

2023-01-14 13:56

yes and zywoo will be top 1 since he didnt die a single time in elite playoffs, what a goat

2023-01-14 14:12

Man... Coldzin....What a gamer turned in to nothing. Money chiks and alcohol guysssssssss

2023-01-14 14:55

What?

2023-01-14 20:01

2023-01-14 15:59

2013-2017 was much better in terms of top20 player imo since rifles are more balanced and we saw better competition. This awp abuse meta which has been present since 2018 is much less exciting since every year is always same shit “is it going to be s1mple or zywoo”. I honestly thing HLTV should revamp their system of awarding top20 because it is clear that if you are not awper you have no chance of being top3 let alone top1. I get that awpers have best stats, but there is zero consideration of other aspects which different players bring in like for example IGLs with their tactics and leadership without which these top3 players would be nowhere near this high.

2023-01-14 18:51