ZywOo delivered a tournament performance for the history books, finishing with an extraterrestrial 1.59 rating and a +140 K-D difference across 12 maps. His performance once again ignited the discussion about who the best player in the world is. Many felt that donk was robbed of the award in 2025, but with the performance ZywOo displayed in Kraków, the Frenchman gave an answer back to the skeptics, proving that he is still able to take up the fight with donk as the no. 1 player in the world.
Here are the final player ratings from IEM Kraków 2026.
IEM Kraków 2026: Highest-Rated Players
| Player | Team | Maps | Rating 3.0 |
| ZywOo | Vitality | 12 | 1.59 |
| donk | Spirit | 12 | 1.38 |
| Graviti | 3DMAX | 6 | 1.30 |
| sh1ro | Spirit | 12 | 1.28 |
| kyousuke | Falcons | 10 | 1.25 |
| flameZ | Vitality | 12 | 1.23 |
| m0NESY | Falcons | 10 | 1.21 |
| 910 | The MongolZ | 5 | 1.16 |
| KSCERATO | FURIA | 20 | 1.15 |
| zweih | PARIVISION | 6 | 1.14 |
| Krabeni | FUT | 8 | 1.14 |
| Spinx | MOUZ | 14 | 1.13 |
| phzy | Astralis | 11 | 1.13 |
| MATYS | G2 | 10 | 1.13 |
| NiKo | Falcons | 10 | 1.11 |
