Counter-Strike players

American soccer player

Oleksandr Olehovych Kostyliev (born 2 October 1997), better known as s1mple, is a Ukrainian professional Counter-Strike 2 player who currently plays for BC.Game Esports. He is widely considered as one of the greatest players in Counter-Strike history, particularly in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO), having been ranked the No. 1 player in the world by HLTV in 2018, 2021 and 2022.

Canadian streamer

Nicolai Hvilshøj Reedtz (born 8 September 1995), better known as dev1ce (pronounced and sometimes spelled as device, formerly devve), is a Danish professional Counter-Strike 2 player for 100 Thieves. On his first stint in Astralis, he became the first (along with three of his then-teammates) to win 4 majors in CS:GO, and to win 3 majors consecutively. He is regarded as one of the best players of all time, consistently playing at a very high individual level since 2014.

Patrik Lindberg (born June 10, 1988), known by the pseudonym f0rest, is a Swedish esports player who is considered to be one of the best Counter-Strike players in the world. Having played competitively since 2005, Lindberg has been widely regarded within the esports scene as the greatest player in Counter-Strike history. Lindberg is best known for his four years of tenure on the Fnatic roster, which he helped bring to prominence as the dominant team of 2009, during which year the team broke the record for the highest-earning team in Counter-Strike history. Near the end of 2010, Lindberg left F

Swedish electronic sports player

Counter-strike player

Swedish electronic sports player

Marcelo Augusto David (born 31 October 1994), better known as coldzera, is a Brazilian professional Counter-Strike 2 player and a former professional Counter Strike: Global Offensive player who currently plays for Fake do Biru. He is widely considered as one of the greatest players in Counter Strike history, He was named the best CS:GO player in both 2016 and 2017 by CS:GO news website HLTV.

Olof Kajbjer Gustafsson (born 31 January 1992), better known as olofmeister, is a Swedish professional Counter-Strike 2 player for FaZe Clan. He has previously played for H2k, Absolute Legends, LGB eSports, Fnatic, and FaZe Clan. Gustafsson is widely regarded as one of the best CS:GO players in history. He has won two CSGO Majors, ESL One Katowice 2015 and ESL One Cologne 2015, as well as many other tournaments.

Gabriel Toledo de Alcântara Sguario (born May 30, 1991), better known as FalleN, is a Brazilian professional Counter-Strike 2 player for Furia Esports and former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Counter-Strike: Source and Counter-Strike 1.6 player. In 2015 he was chosen the most influential person in Brazilian eSports. He was also nominated PC personality of the year by the eSports Industry Awards in 2016. He is the owner of Brazilian eSports organization Games Academy. During 2016 and 2017, Fallen was described as one of the top AWPers, in-game leaders, and overall players in the world. He i

Nikola Kovač, better known as NiKo, is a Bosnian professional Counter-Strike 2 player who plays for Team Falcons. NiKo is often cited by many professionals and analysts alike as one of the greatest Counter-Strike players of all time and the best rifler in the history of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. He has been named a Top 20 Player Of The Year by HLTV ten times, the most top 20 player appearances in Counter-Strike history.

Kenny Schrub (born May 19, 1995 in Sarrebourg (Moselle, France)), better known as kennyS, is a French former professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player. He was named "eSports Player of the Year" at The Game Awards 2015. He was considered the best sniper in the game, and Duncan Shields, a Counter-Strike analyst, has called him the best player in the game prior to the sniper being changed. Some of his previous teams include Titan, VeryGames, Team LDLC.com, Recursive eSports, Clan-Mystik, Team EnVyUs and G2 Esports. He was a professional Counter-Strike: Source player before transitionin

Russian esports player

Mathieu Herbaut (born 9 November 2000), better known as ZywOo, is a French professional Counter-Strike player for Team Vitality. Considered one of the greatest players in Counter-Strike history, he has been ranked the No. 1 player in the world by HLTV in 2019, 2020, 2023 and 2025. He is the second-youngest ever HLTV Player of the Year at 19 years old, and one of only three players, alongside coldzera and donk, to be named the HLTV Player of the Year in their first full year as a professional player.

Peter Rothmann Rasmussen (born 26 March 1993), better known as dupreeh, is a Danish former professional Counter-Strike 2 player who most recently played for Team Falcons. He has played for Team Dignitas, Team SoloMid, Astralis, Team Vitality and Heroic. In 2023 with Team Vitality, he became the first and only player to win five majors in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive history, beating his own record of four majors (shared with three of his teammates) reached with Astralis in 2019. Rasmussen is the only player to have participated in every CS:GO Major.

Canadian esports player and Director of Esports Franchise Development and Outreach at Counter Logic Gaming

Robin Kool (born 22 December 1999), better known as ropz, is an Estonian professional Counter-Strike 2 player for Team Vitality. Kool has played in twelve Majors, winning the PGL Major Antwerp 2022, the Blast Austin Major 2025 and the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025, as well as two ESL Grand Slams.

Swedish professional gamer

Russel David Kevin Van Dulken (born November 14, 1999), better known as Twistzz, is a Canadian professional Counter-Strike 2 player for FaZe Clan. He has previously played for top teams such as Team SoloMid, Misfits, and Team Liquid. Twistzz was named the MVP of ESL One New York 2018 and IEM Sydney 2019 by HLTV.

French professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player

Ladislav Kovács (born July 9, 1991), known professionally as GuardiaN, is a Slovak former professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO), Counter-Strike: Source (CS:S) and Counter-Strike (CS) player. He is known for being one of the best players with the AWP and one of the best players overall. He played for team Natus Vincere (Na'Vi) for most of his career in CS:GO until entering free agency in February 2021. He announced his retirement in March 4, 2025.

Danish pro gamer

Richard Landström, better known as Xizt, is a Swedish former professional Counter-Strike player and coach who is the current head coach of Ninjas in Pyjamas.

Finn Andersen (born 14 April 1990), better known as karrigan, is a Danish-German professional Counter-Strike 2 player and in-game leader for FaZe Clan. He has also played for other teams including Fnatic, Team Dignitas, Team SoloMid, Astralis and Mousesports. Andersen was a founding member of Astralis, a player-owned team established in 2015. He began playing competitively in 2006 during the Counter-Strike 1.6 era. He is widely considered to be one of the best in-game leaders in Counter-Strike history.

Wiktor Wojtas, better known as TaZ, is a Polish Counter-Strike 2 coach and former Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player, who is currently the head coach for BC Games. He is one of the "Golden Five" group of Polish CS players who won many tournaments with a number of different esports teams. He has played for Virtus.pro, AGAiN, Universal Soldiers, ESC Gaming, Frag eXecutors, Vitriolic, Wicked eSports, Meet Your Makers, and Pentagram G-Shock. Wojtas has been playing professionally since 2004.

Andreas Højsleth, better known as Xyp9x (), is a Danish former professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player and current assistant coach for Counter-Strike 2 team MOUZ. He became the first (along with three of his teammates) to win four majors in CS:GO, and to win three majors consecutively during his stint with Astralis.

Helvijs Saukants (born February 14, 2001), better known as broky, is a Latvian professional Counter-Strike 2 player for FaZe Clan as the AWPer and a former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player.

Ilya Vyacheslavovich Osipov (, born May 1, 2005), better known as m0NESY, is a Russian professional Counter-Strike 2 player for Team Falcons.

Norwegian professional eSports player

Lukas Egholm Rossander (born 7 June 1995), better known as gla1ve, is a Danish professional Counter-Strike 2 coach and former player who is the head coach of 100 Thieves. Considered one of the best captains in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, he became the first (along with three of his teammates) to win 4 majors in CS:GO, and to win 3 majors consecutively.

İsmailcan Dörtkardeş (born 7 August 1995), better known as Xantares (stylized in all caps), is a Turkish professional Counter-Strike 2 player for Aurora Gaming. Playing as an entry-fragger, Xantares is considered the best Turkish FPS player. He started his career in Turkish Space Soldiers in 2015, where he played until late 2018. After signing for BIG Clan later that year, the team climbed up in HLTVs world ranking and peaked at number 1 in July 2020 after winning several tournaments. In August 2021, he returned to Turkey to play with Eternal Fire.

Mikail Bill (born 3 May 1991), better known as Maikelele, is a Swedish retired professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player. He has played in teams like qwerty, G2 Esports, Team Kinguin, LGB eSports, Ninjas in Pyjamas, mousesports, UnWanted, ESG!, FaZe Clan, SK Gaming, Team Property, Red Reserve, Digital Chaos and GODSENT.

Jacky "Jake" Yip (born January 7, 1998), better known as Stewie2K, is an American streamer and a professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Counter-Strike 2 player. As a member of Cloud9, he became the first North American (along with four of his teammates) to win a Valve-sponsored major in CS:GO.

Robin Rönnquist (born August 12, 1993), better known as flusha, is a Swedish former professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player. He previously played for teams such as fnatic and Cloud9. flusha has won 3 CS:GO majors: Dreamhack Winter 2013, ESL One Katowice 2015 and ESL One Cologne 2015.

French professional Valorant player

Polish Counter-Strike player