French esports players

Bertrand Grospellier (; born 8 February 1981 in Melun), also known as ElkY , is a French poker player and former StarCraft: Brood War and Warcraft III esports player. As of February 2025, his total live poker earnings exceeds $15.4 million. He has won two World Series of Poker bracelets.

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.

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

French professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player

Marie-Laure Norindr (born 17 June 1991 in Paris), also known as Kayane (), is a French esports player and journalist. She specializes in fighting games, in particular in the Dead or Alive, Soulcalibur and Street Fighter series, and has been playing competitively since 2001. Since then, according to Guinness World Records in 2011, she has been the most successful female participant in fighting game tournaments, especially regarding the Soulcalibur games. She is currently sponsored by Red Bull.

professional Dota 2 player

Yoan "ToD" Merlo is a French former professional player of the real-time strategy games Warcraft III and Starcraft II. In WarCraft III he played as the Human race and in StarCraft he played as Protoss. He was signed to the top esports team in the United Kingdom, Four-Kings, until 7 November 2007, when he decided not to renew his contract for unspecified reasons. He later explained in an interview that the dissatisfying results of the Four Kings team were the reason for his departure. After much speculation, Merlo unexpectedly joined the team Mousesports on 1 December 2007.

French professional Valorant player