Best CS:GO Players in the World (2021): Top 5 Stars

The best CS:GO players of 2021 are drawn from the best-performing teams and star players in the world over the last twelve months. There will be no prize for guessing who is number one, but who best challenged for dominance in CS:GO this year?

Best CS:GO Players (2022)

Denis ‘electronic’ Sharipov

Denis began competing at a professional level in mid-2015 by joining the Evolution team. Between January and September 2016, he changed three teams: Rebels, Team Empire and NokSuKao. Denis was then invited to FlipSid3 Tactics: he replaced Shara on that team on September 21, 2016. In November 2017, electronic joined Natus Vincere, where he won five titles, and at the end of 2018 he ranked fourth in the HLTV.org ranking.

Dmitry ‘sh1ro’ Sokolov

The Russian player sh1ro, who began his career in 2018 with a sh1ro CS:GO team, was born in Russia in 2001. Quickly climbing the ranks in his career that began in 2018, sh1ro joined the youth roster of the Gambit CS:GO team, which he is currently part of, in 2019. Then, catching attention with his performance on the youth team, sh1ro was taken into the main Gambit team in 2020. The Russia-based CS:GO team Gambit is currently ranked first in the HLTV world ranking.

Mathieu ‘ZywOo’ Herbaut

Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut, the 19-year-old professional player of the Vitality team, won CS_Summit 4, ECS Season 7 and EPICENTER in 2019, while finishing second at ESL One Cologne and DreamHack Masters Malmö and third at IEM Chicago and IEM Beijing. He was named MVP a total of 10 times in the tournaments he took part in. ZywOo, who averaged a 1.30 KDA ratio, dealt 86.1 damage per round to his opponents. He recorded his best KDA ratio, 1.33, at a Major.

Nikola ‘NiKo’ Kovač

Nikola "NiKo" Kovac, one of the world's best-known esports players and streamers, has made a name in the CS:GO arena as a master of the Deagle. Many professional players and gamers agree that NiKo is the best shooter in the world. On the international stage, G2, whose jersey NiKo wears, continues to benefit from its player's talent.

Aleksandr ‘s1mple’ Kostyliev

Aleksandr, a Ukrainian born on October 2, 1997, is among the players who began their Counter Strike careers with Global Offensive. According to records, the player played his first match in 2013 for Ukraine. s1mple, who also competed in 2013 for a team called LAN DODGERS, later found a place in the rosters of teams such as Courage, Hashtag and Amazing Gaming. Having worn the jerseys of many teams during his career, Oleksandr's first important team was HellRaisers. The player, who transferred there in September 2014, played in many tournaments big and small for HellRaisers.