2024 started with an insane run from Danil "donk" Kryshkovets, who has taken the Counter-Strike world by storm. 

The 18-year-old Team Spirit player is leading the ratings in front of the likes of Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut and Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov going into the last part of the year.

You can see the list of the best players in CS2 down below.

Highest-rated CS2 players of 2024: (Updated 18th of November 2024)

Ranking filter: (min. 105 maps - top 50 teams)

12. {cflag:SK} David "frozen" Čerňanský - 1.14 rating (165 maps)

19. {cflag:CA} Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken - 1.13 rating (150 maps)

24. {cflag:FI} Jimi 'Jimpphat' Salo – 1.12 rating (139 maps)

57. {cflag:ES} Alvaro "SunPayus" Garcia - 1.08 rating (131 maps)

69. {cflag:DK} Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz – 1.07 rating (122 maps)

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After a 132-day break from competitive Counter-Strike, Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyljev returned to the server in the opening round of BLAST Premier Spring Showdown. The Ukrainian represented Team Falcons on a loan deal from Natus Vincere.

On paper, Metizport was supposed to be a comfortable opponent for the ambitious Saudi-backed organization. On Mirage everything went according to the script with Emil "Magisk" Reif delivering yet another impressive performance leading his team to a 13-9 win.

Overpass however was a near disaster for Falcons, who could not get anything going against the young Swedes from Metizport, who dominated the map. Linus 'nilo' Bergman and Adam "adamb" Ångström are two of the players from the roster that we have seen floating around the top 10 list of highest-rated players of 2024, and on Overpass the two Swedes showed why. Metizport won the map 13-4 before heading onto Vertigo.

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For the just second time in a competitive match, we saw Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyljev play a game of Vertigo! An astonishing fact! In a nail-biter of an ending to the match, it was the young Swedes that made the last push to win the match 13-11. Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyljev finished the match with a 0.94 rating with 38-49 in K-D.

Results of Day 1 of BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2024:

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