The best-rated player from the Baltic region is no surprise Helvijs “broky” Saukants. The 21-year-old FaZe AWPer has been playing lights out during big events. The Latvian sniper has secured himself with two MVP titles in 2022, IEM Katowice, and most recently in BLAST Premier Fall Finals. broky was also a key player in FaZe´s success during the first six months of 2022 when the team managed to take home tournament wins at IEM Cologne, IEM Katowice, PGL major Antwerp, and ESL pro league season 15.
Another Baltic player who has been playing well in 2022 is Justinas “jL” Lekavicius. The 23-year-old was averaging 1.15 rating / 80.9 ADR / 1.20 IMPACT / 0.76 KPR throughout the entire year. jL also helped his new team Apeks to secure their first tournament win at ESEA Advanced Season 43 Europe.
In third place is Mareks “YEKINDAR” Gaļinskis who came from Virtus pro to team Liquid back in July 2022. Since his arrival on the team has Liquid been performing much better during top-tier tournaments. YEKINDAR and Liquid managed to secure themselves a second place and $250.000 in prize money at BLAST Premier World Finals which was the last tournament of 2022.
Launders’ top 20 players of 2022
Top 7 Baltic players
(vs Top 50 teams)
1. 
broky (FaZe) | 168 maps / +709 K-D Diff / 1.26 K-D / 1.16 Rating.
2. 
jL (Apeks) | 95 maps / +226 K-D Diff / 1.14 K-D / 1.14 Rating.
3. YEKINDAR (Liquid) | 131 maps / +174 K-D Diff / 1.07 K-D / 1.14 Rating.
4. 
ropz (FaZe) | 161 maps / +577 K-D Diff / 1.22 K-D / 1.14 Rating.
5. Jyo (K23) | 36 maps / +4 K-D Diff / 1.01 K-D / 1.06 Rating.
6. Bymas (MOUZ) | 82 maps / +46 K-D Diff / 1.03 K-D / 1.06 Rating.
7. shokz (ex-Finest) | 127 maps / +21 K-D Diff / 1.01 K-D / 1.02 Rating.
broky named MVP of BLAST Fall Finals
Read about why YEKINDAR´s journey from Virtus Pro to Team Liquid:
