Since the first HLTV Awards show in 2021, HLTV has handed out a Player of the Year trophy to celebrate the best individual performer in Counter-Strike across the season. The award is tied to HLTV’s annual Top 20 ranking, where the #1 spot is crowned Player of the Year, and the other nominees are simply the other two players in the top three.
Below, you will find the full list of every HLTV Awards Player of the Year winner so far, updated year by year, so you can quickly see who topped the game each season.
Player of the year
| Year | HLTV Player of the Year winner | Other nominees |
| 2025 | Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut | donk, ropz |
| 2024 | Danil “donk” Kryshkovets | ZywOo, m0NESY |
| 2023 | Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut | NiKo, ropz |
| 2022 | Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev | ZywOo, sh1ro |
| 2021 | Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev | NiKo, ZywOo |
Women’s Player of the Year
| Year | HLTV Player of the Year winner | Other nominees |
| 2025 | ASTRA | vicu, bizinha |
| 2024 | Ana “ANa” Dumbravă | zAAz, tory |
| 2023 | Ana “ANa” Dumbravă | tory, vicu |
| 2022 | Ana “ANa” Dumbravă | olga, vilga |
