Ukrainian beast tops the charts in IEM Cologne 2021!

The first big LAN tournament in over a year, IEM Cologne, has reached the playoff stage, where the final six squads in the event remain standing in the fight for the title as champions.

We return on Friday for the #IEM Cologne playoffs ?

Friday, 16:00 CEST ?@virtuspro vs @AstralisCS
Winner plays @G2esports

Friday, 19:15 CEST ?@GambitEsports vs @FaZeClan
Winner plays @natusvincere

It all goes down on https://t.co/855hMZD7uj ? pic.twitter.com/4qdZKEQjJ2

— Intel® Extreme Masters (@IEM) July 11, 2021

A player who has been standing out from the rest, and helped his team stay undefeated in the group stage is the Ukrainian beast, s1mple. The 23-year-old NAVI player is currently the best performing player with an impressive 1.52 Rating. Abdul “degster” Gasanov from Spirit is the only player who comes close to the Ukrainian on the leaderboard with a 1.34 Rating.

Rating 2.0

1. {cflag:UA} s1mple (NAVI) | 1.52

2. {cflag:RU} degster (Spirit) | 1.34

3. {cflag:BR} KSCERATO (FURIA) | 1.29

4. {cflag:RU} electronic (NAVI) | 1.25

5. {cflag:BA} NiKo (G2) | 1.24

NAVI’s s1mple also takes the top spot in five other important categories such as KD-diff, Damage per round, Damage diff per round, Kills per round, and Impact rating.

Take a look at the leaderboards right here:

KD-diff

1. {cflag:UA} s1mple (NAVI) | +95

2. {cflag:RU} degster (Spirit) | +64

3. {cflag:RU} sh1ro (Gambit) | +47

4. {cflag:CA} Twistzz (FaZe) | +43

5. {cflag:LV} broky  (FaZe) | +42

Damage per round

1. {cflag:UA} s1mple (NAVI) | 94.6

2. {cflag:BR} KSCERATO (FURIA) | 93.9

3. {cflag:RU} electronic (NAVI) | 84.9

4. {cflag:RU} mir (Spirit) | 84.6

5. {cflag:CA} Twistzz (FaZe) | 84.6

Damage diff per round

1. {cflag:UA} s1mple (NAVI) | +29.3

2. {cflag:BR} KSCERATO (FURIA) | +20.1

3. {cflag:RU} degster (Spirit) | +19.4

4. {cflag:RU} sh1ro (Gambit) | +17.5

5. {cflag:RU} electronic (NAVI) | +14.5

Kills per round

1. {cflag:UA} s1mple (NAVI) | 0.96

2. {cflag:RU} degster (Spirit) | 0.88

3. {cflag:BR} KSCERATO (FURIA) | 0.85

4. {cflag:BA} huNter- (G2) | 0.79

5. {cflag:CA} Twistzz (FaZe) | 0.78

Impact rating

1. {cflag:UA} s1mple (NAVI) | 1.74

2. {cflag:BR} KSCERATO (FURIA) | 1.40

3. {cflag:LV} YEKINDAR (Virtus.pro) | 1.39

4. {cflag:RU} degster (Spirit) | 1.36

5. {cflag:DK} blameF (Complexity) | 1.35