b1t reaches impressive milestone as the first teenager in history
The 19-year-old Ukrainian is the 21st player to surpass $1M in tournament winnings!
For many years, NAVI’s CS:GO team had been on the brink of greatness. No matter how many legendary players had been a part of the roster, that one crucial piece that would push them over the edge was always missing. When b1t joined NAVI’s lineup, few people thought the inexperienced rookie could help take the squad to the top of CS:GO. But already at his first Major at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021, b1t proved that he was exactly what NAVI needed to win.
That’s why the now 19-year-old Ukrainian rifler, Valeriy “b1t” Vakhovskiy, in his second year as a pro player for Natus Vincere has gone on to earn $1,003,324.36 in tournament prize money. His success has led him to become the second highest-earning Ukrainian CS:GO player just after Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev who has $1,672,721.98 to his name.
To compare it to other pro players, he’s just been in the pro Counter-Strike landscape for two years. Even Vitality’s ZywOo, who is undoubtedly one of the best to ever touch the game made it to $564k in twice the time it took b1t. ZywOo is now 22 years old. Then there’s sh1ro, who is currently 21 years old. He has played at the top level of Counter-Strike for a similar time and made $523k. This shows exactly how crazy b1t’s achievement actually is.
