FUT’s 19-year-old Ukrainian now leads the CS2 ladder by 26 Elo, though donk’s season 8 peak is still a long way off.
Dmytro “dem0n” Myroshnychenko is the highest-rated Counter-Strike 2 player on FACEIT. When we checked FACEIT’s leaderboard at , the FUT Esports rifler was first with 5,306 Elo, 26 ahead of Danil “donk” Kryshkovets on 5,280.
NarT was first to spot the change early on Sunday morning.
Behind the two of them, the gap is wide. Third place is almost 200 Elo behind dem0n.
| # | Player | Elo |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  dem0n ( FUT) | 5,306 |
| 2 |  donk ( Spirit) | 5,280 |
| 3 | bluewh1te | 5,112 |
| 4 | z1Nny | 4,901 |
| 5 | xKacpersky | 4,873 |
Who is dem0n?
dem0n was born on 2 October 2007 and came up through NAVI’s academy. He joined NAVI Youth as a substitute in February 2021 and spent most of 2022 to 2025 on NAVI Junior. On 1 August 2025, FUT Esports benched their roster and signed the NAVI Junior lineup almost as it was: dem0n, Krabeni, cmtry, dziugss and coach coolio.
Two of them are still with him. FUT added xfl0ud from HEROIC in July and SunPayus from G2 Esports in October, when cmtry moved to the bench before joining Astralis.
His LAN form backs it up. At PGL Masters Bucharest last week, dem0n went 43-19 with 110.8 ADR in FUT’s 2-0 over Team Liquid, and FUT went through the Swiss stage 3-0 as the first team into the playoffs. Nemiga Gaming ended their run in the quarter-finals.
Still short of donk’s peak
donk has owned the top of FACEIT for most of the CS2 era. He won his sixth FACEIT season in August and set the platform’s CS2 record along the way.
MaiL09 broke donk’s earlier record in November 2025 and took it to 5,415 Elo. donk passed it on 28 July with 5,434 and pushed it past 5,480 before season 8 finished in early August. dem0n is still more than 170 Elo below that mark.
Not the first to pass him
dem0n is not the first player to take the top spot from donk this season. In September, npl of B8 led the ladder with 4,770 Elo against donk’s 4,757, Hawk Live reported. donk was back on top later in the month and the first to reach 5,000 Elo this season.
The difference now is the level. dem0n has gone past donk well above 5,000, and with 26 Elo between them, one bad evening of pugs can swap the order again.
