Before kicking off the new season, it’s time to take a look at the standout performers of 2025 so far.
Counter-Strike analyst and expert Alex “Mauisnake” Ellenberg has put together a list, ranking his Top 20 players of the year up to this point.
Something he did in a recent YouTube video.
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Unsurprisingly, Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut takes the top spot after a phenomenal season with Vitality.
Last month’s victory at the BLAST.tv Austin Major was the crown jewel on a run that already included six other trophies and an ESL Grand Slam title.
The list also includes names such as donk, NiKo, and XANTARES.
Full list
You can check out the full Top 20 below. A full breakdown of Mauisnake’s reasoning can be found at the bottom of this article.
Top 20 Players of 2025 so far, according to Mauisnake:
- ZywOo (Vitality)
- donk (Spirit)
- ropz (Vitality)
- sh1ro (Spirit)
- m0NESY (Falcons)
- flameZ (Vitality)
- Senzu (The MongolZ)
- Spinx (MOUZ)
- frozen (FaZe)
- NiKo (Falcons)
- xertioN (MOUZ)
- torzsi (MOUZ)
- mezii (Vitality)
- XANTARES (Aurora)
- apEX (Vitality)
- 910 (The MongolZ)
- zont1x (Spirit)
- HeavyGod (G2)
- EliGE (FaZe)
- woxic (Aurora)
