Here is all HLTV's Top 20 CS:GO players through the years

Right now HLTV is doing its annual list of the best players of the past year in CS:GO. The website has done this since 2013, and here we bring you the list of all the players, who have been ranked among the top 20.

We start with 2022, where HLTV has currently reached the top 8 of the year. The number in () marks the number of appearances. At the bottom of the article, you can see which countries have the most players on the lists.

Top 20 - 2022

1. Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev (7)

2. Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut (4)

3. Dmitry "sh1ro" Sokolov (2)

4. Sergey "Ax1Le" Rykhtorov (2)

5. Nikola "NiKo" Kovač (7)

6. Helvijs "broky" Saukants (2)

7. Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov

8. Robin "ropz" Kool (5)

9. Kaike "KSCERATO" Cerato (3)

10. Martin "stavn" Lund (3)

11. Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken (4)

12. Benjamin "blameF" Bremer (3)

13. Håvard "rain" Nygaard (3)

14. Nemanja "huNter-" Kovač (3)

15. Mareks "YEKINDAR" Gaļinskis (2)

16. Valerii "b1t" Vakhovskyi (2)

17. David "frozen" Čerňanský

18. Lotan "Spinx" Giladi

19. Yuri "yuurih" Santos (2)

20. Dzhami "Jame" Ali (2)

Top 20 - 2021:

1. Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev (6)

2. Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut (3)

3. Nikola "NiKo" Kovač (6)

4. Dmitriy "sh1ro" Sokolov

5. Sergey "Ax1Le" Rykhtorov

6. Abai "HObbit" Hasenov (2)

7. Denis "electroNic" Sharipov (4)

8. Mareks "YEKINDAR" Gaļinskis

9. Valerii "b1t" Vakhovskyi

10. Dzhami "Jame" Ali

11. Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz (8)

12. Nemanja "huNter-" Kovač (2)

13. Benjamin "blameF" Bremer (2)

14. Keith "NAF" Markovic (3)

15. Kaike "KSCERATO" Cerato (2)

16. Martin "stavn" Lund (2)

17. Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken (3)

18. Robin "ropz" Kool (4)

19. Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski (5)

20. Helvijs "broky" Saukants

ZywOo did not have to climb the list. He went straight in as number 1 two years in a row after his debut in Tier-1.

Top 20 - 2020:

1. Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut (2)

2. Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev (5)

3. Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz (7)

4. Nikola "NiKo" Kovač (5)

5. Denis "electronic" Sharipov (3)

6. Benjamin "blameF" Bremer

7. Robin "ropz" Kool (3)

8. Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski (4)

9. Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen (7)

10. Florian "⁠syrsoN⁠" Rische

11. Emil "Magisk" Reif (4)

12. Martin "stavn" Lund

13. Nemanja "huNter-" Kovač

14. Yuri "yuurih" Santos

15. Ludvig "Brollan" Brolin (2)

16. Henrique "HEN1" Teles

17. Freddy "KRIMZ" Johansson (5)

18. Kaike "KSCERATO" Cerato

19. Justin "jks" Savage (2)

20. Vincent "Brehze" Cayonte (2)

Top 20 - 2019:

1. Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut

2. Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev (4)

3. Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz (6)

4. Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski (3)

5. Emil "Magisk" Reif (3)

6. Denis "electronic" Sharipov (2)

7. Keith "NAF" Markovic (2)

8. Vincent "Brehze" Cayonte

9. Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken (2)

10. Robin "ropz" Kool (2)

11. Nikola "NiKo" Kovač (4)

12. Özgür "woxic" Eker

13. Jere "sergej" Salo

14. Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth (4)

15. Justin "jks" Savage

16. Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen (6)

17. Freddy "KRIMZ" Johansson (4)

18. Tsvetelin "CeRq" Dimitrov

19. Ludvig "Brollan" Brolin

20. Ethan "Ethan" Arnold

s1mple was named the best in the world for the first time in 2018. Can he do it again in 2022?

Top 20 - 2018:

1. Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev (3)

2. Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz (5)

3. Nikola "NiKo" Kovač (3)

4. Denis "electronic" Sharipov

5. Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen (5)

6. Keith "NAF" Markovic

7. Emil "Magisk" Reif (2)

8. Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander

9. Freddy "KRIMZ" Johansson (3)

10. Marcelo "coldzera" David (3)

11. Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács (6)

12. Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken

13. Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth (3)

14. Tomáš "oskar" Šťastný (2)

15. Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski (2)

16. Miikka "suNny" Kemppi

17. Timothy "autimatic" Ta

18. Håvard "rain" Nygaard (2)

19. Robin "ropz" Kool

20. Valdemar "valde" Bjørn Vangså

coldzera spearheaded the Brazilian revolution in CS:GO by winning two Majors back to back.

Top 20 - 2017:

1. Marcelo "coldzera" David (2)

2. Nikola "NiKo" Kovač (2)

3. Fernando "fer" Alvarenga (2)

4. Håvard "rain" Nygaard

5. Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz (4)

6. Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo (2)

7. Kenny "kennyS" Schrub (5)

8. Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev (2)

9. Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács (5)

10. Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen (4)

11. Abai "HObbit" Hasenov

12. Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski

13. Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth (2)

14. Kristian "k0nfig" Wienecke

15. Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye (2)

16. Tomáš "oskar" Šťastný

17. Däuren "AdreN" Qystaubaev

18. Ricardo "boltz" Prass

19. Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer (4)

20. Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski (4)

Top 20 - 2016:

1. Marcelo "coldzera" David

2. Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo

3. Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz (3)

4. Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev

5. Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski (3)

6. Richard "shox" Papillon (4)

7. Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg (4)

8. Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer (3)

9. Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom

10. Robin "flusha" Rönnquist (4)

11. Nikola "NiKo" Kovač

12. Egor "flamie" Vasilyev (2)

13. Kenny "kennyS" Schrub (4)

14. Emil "Magisk" Reif

15. Fernando "fer" Alvarenga

16. Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye

17. Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács (4)

18. Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund (4)

19. Lincoln "fnx" Lau

20. Dennis "dennis" Edman

Top 20 - 2015:

1. Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer (2)

2. Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács (3)

3. Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz (2)

4. Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski (2)

5. Robin "flusha" Rönnquist (3)

6. Kenny "kennyS" Schrub (3)

7. Freddy "KRIMZ" Johansson (2)

8. Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer (2)

9. Nathan "NBK-" Schmitt (3)

10. Jesper "JW" Wecksell (3)

11. Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund (3)

12. Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen (3)

13. Richard "shox" Papillon (3)

14. Egor "flamie" Vasilyev

15. René "cajunb" Borg

16. Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg (3)

17. Filip "NEO" Kubski

18. Dan "apEX" Madesclaire (2)

19. Aleksi "allu" Jalli

20. Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham

GeT-RiGhT dominated the early days of CS:GO.

Top 20 - 2014:

1. Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund (2)

2. Robin "flusha" Rönnquist (2)

3. Jarosław "pashaBiceps" Jarząbkowski (2)

4. Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski

5. Jesper "JW" Wecksell (2)

6. Kenny "kennyS" Schrub (2)

7. Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg (2)

8. Richard "shox" Papillon (2)

9. Freddy "KRIMZ" Johansson

10. Vincent "Happy" Cervoni

11. Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács (2)

12. Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer

13. Paweł "byali" Bieliński

14. Adam "friberg" Friberg (2)

15. Dan "apEX" Madesclaire

16. Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen (2)

17. Nathan "NBK" Schmitt (2)

18. Braxton "swag" Pierce

19. Fabien "kioShiMa" Fiey

20. Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz

Top 20 - 2013:

1. Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund

2. Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg

3. Richard "shox" Papillon

4. Mikhail "Dosia" Stolyarov

5. Nathan "NBK" Schmitt

6. Richard "Xizt" Landström

7. Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom

8. Jesper "JW" Wecksell

9. Spencer "Hiko" Martin

10. Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács

11. Adam "friberg" Friberg

12. Kenny "kennyS" Schrub

13. Robin "flusha" Rönnquist

14. Nicolaj "Nico" Jensen

15. Yehor "markeloff" Markelov

16. Ioann "Edward" Sukhariev

17. Edouard "SmithZz" Dubourdeaux

18. Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen

19. Jarosław "pashaBiceps" Jarząbkowski

20. Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth

Despite never reaching the top 1 on HLTV's player of the year, Denmark and in particular device have set their mark on the world of CS:GO.

Countries with the most appearances:

1. Denmark - 36

2. Sweden - 30

3. France - 21

4. Brazil - 15

5. USA - 12

6. Russia - 11

7. Ukraine - 10

8. Bosnia and Herzegovina - 9

9. Poland - 8

10. Slovakia and Canada - 7