Best CSGO Player – Who Are The Top 10 CS:GO Players Of All Time

If you like games, especially PC and controller games, you might have heard of CS:GO because it has been the talk of the town for many years now.

CS:GO players get celebrity-like treatment, and their gameplay gets millions of likes and views on streaming platforms like MLG.tv, Twitch.tv, and YouTube.

But of course, you would know that already if you are a die-hard fan of eSports gaming. In this post, we will talk about the best CS:GO players of all time and share their interesting stories.

Top 10 Best Counter Strike Players of All Time

Coldzera

Considering the sheer number of excellent players who all claim to be the best CS:GO players, you might think it must be hard to pinpoint the best CS:GO players of all time. However, it is quite the opposite.

Marcelo Augusto David, aka Coldzera is hailed as the king among all CS:GO players. Judging by his gameplay, it’s crystal clear that he is a killing machine, and you won’t find any better player than him.

David belongs to Brazil, and early in his career as a professional CS GO player, he was supported by Luminosity Gaming.

Coldzera signed a contract with Luminosity Gaming back in 2015, and that boosted his fame and introduced him to the international limelight.

He was chosen by the team captain Gabriel ‘Fallen’ Toledo for his unmatched aiming capabilities and explosive gameplay, where he simply annihilated everyone in the gameplay around him.

Shortly after signing with Luminosity Gaming, David started showing results that shocked the team and the world.

Finally, people knew that a new star was born in the world of eSports gaming. Coldzera earned the title of MVP (Most Valuable Player) in two tournaments in 2016, the first in MLG Columbus 2016 and the second in ESL One Cologne 2016.

He was also declared number one by HLTV in 2016 and 2017. This is because he single-handedly carried his team from being a small-time CS:GO team to the world’s best team.

In addition, Coldzera was voted the MVP of eight different tournaments in which two of them were Major MVPs. So next time if someone asks you – who’s the best CSGO player, you know the name!

Dev1ce

Dev1ce is the name of the Danish playing sensation for those who stand against him on the CS:GO battlefield. Nicolai “Dev1ce” Reedtz is a sniper of the highest calibre.

Some consider sniping very hard as the reload time is extremely high, but once you master the art of snipers like Dev1ce, one of the best AWPers out there, you will be unstoppable.

Regarding awards, he has been awarded the MVP title 19 times. He has won several tournaments like BLAST Pro Series: Global Final 2019, StarLadder Berlin Major 2019, Intel Extreme Masters XIII – Katowice Major 2019, and more.

Dev1ce was ranked the 3rd best player of 2020 by HLTV. Nicolai started his career in the CS:GO world with the team called Copenhagen Wolves.

Dev1ce or Devve came into the limelight after he joined the team Astralis for five years. He won most of his awards and MVP titles during his time there.

However, those who have seen Nicolai playing before must know that he has played most of his matches with his all-weather teammates named Xyp9x and Dupreeh.

They are the longest-standing 3-man squad in the history of CS:GO. In addition, Dev1ce is ranked second on our list of top CSGO players with extreme agility and sharpshooting abilities.

GeT_RiGhT

Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund is a popular Swedish Counter Strike player with millions of fans worldwide.

GeT_RiGhT was once considered the best CSGO player when he was with the team ‘Ninjas in Pyjamas’. However, his spot was taken over by Coldzera.

Christopher started his professional CSGO gameplay back in 2007, and he is one of the first generations of professional CSGO players.

As once the best Counter Strike player of all time, GeT_RiGhT has been a part of many popular CSGO teams like Begrip Gaming, Dignitas, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Fnatic, and SK Gaming.

Moreover, Christopher was also crowned as the best CS 1.6 player. After he graduated from CS 1.6, he started playing CSGO and was spotted by Ninjas in Pyjamas for his skills.

GeT_RiGhT signed with Ninjas in Pyjamas and began playing as a fellow team member. He created the record of winning 87 games consecutively, which is still unbeaten by anyone.

His gameplay is unique, and he was the one who first developed the lurker role in CS GO, which is quite popular nowadays. He excelled at high-pressure situations and could pull his team in dire need.

The clutches of Christopher were something one should not miss watching. He was basically a clutch king who could go toe to toe with multiple players at once. Christopher was ranked #1 by HLTV for two consecutive years, 2013 and 2014.

Olofmeister

“Olofmeister” is a household name known to every fan of CSGO worldwide. Olof’ olofmeister’ Kajbjer Gustafsson was born on 31 January 1992 and is a Swedish professional CSGO player.

Olof’s CS GO journey was launched by two major teams Absolute Legends and H2k.

However, at the start of his career, he did not get the fame he deserved. Like all the other CSGO top players, he came into the limelight after some time playing as a professional CSGO player.

His time to shine came when he joined LGB eSports in June 2013. During his prime time, Olofmeister was a very versatile player with mastery in almost all the roles he played.

Especially as a fragger, lurker and an AWPer, he shined the most and killed enemies much more efficiently. His precise aiming capabilities made him one of the CSGO top players.

Olof started as a CS 1.6 player. However, he was unsuccessful in gathering a crowd with his gameplay.

Once he switched to CSGO, people started following him and loved his capabilities as a fast pace player.

If we were to name a few of his achievements, the best would be the back-to-back winning in two major tournaments back in 2015.

He won ESL One Cologne 2015 and ESL One Katowice 2015. What made him a superstar was the MVP title and his actions to back that title in ESL One Katowice 2015.

S1mple

Oleksandr Olehovych Kostyliev, or Aleksandr Olegovich Kostilev, aka S1mple, is truly a beast when he enters the CSGO tournaments. S1mple is considered one of the top CS GO players out there.

Some also consider him the next best Counter Strike player of all time! Oleksandr Olehovych Kostyliev (S1mple) is a Ukrainian citizen born on 2 October 1997.

He started playing as a professional CSGO player back in 2014, and his first professional team was Hellraisers.

With his impressive movement and sleight of hand, he was able to master all the weapons available at his disposal.

Aleksandr Olegovich Kostilev has a record of winning eight Premier Tournament MVPs awards! Some of his notable achievements from the start of his career as a professional CS GO player to date are:

Ranked third on MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016
Ranked second on ESL One Cologne 2016
Won the ESL One: New York 2016
Ranked #1 on StarSeries Season 5 2018
Won the 2018 CAC
Undefeated in ESL One Cologne 2018
Consecutive year winner of StarSeries Season 7 2019.
Placed first at BLAST Premier: Spring 2020 Regular Season
Runner up in IEM Beijing-Haidian 2020: Europe
Won the IEM Katowice 2020
Ranked second in Blast Premier: Spring Finals 2021
Placed first DreamHack Masters Spring 2021
Ranked first in ESL Pro League Season 14 2021
Undefeated in BLAST Premier: Spring Finals 2022

Snax

Janusz “Snax” Pogorzelski is a Polish professional CSGO player. Born on July 5, 1993, Janusz Andrzej Pogorzelski, aka Snax, is one of the best CSGO players in Poland, and his worldwide popularity is also quite big.

Pogorzelski, like all the senior CSGO top players, started professional gaming in CS 1.6 but later on switched to CSGO and found fame.

He started playing CSGO back in 2013 when he signed with the ESC Gaming team. His talent in the early days did not go unnoticed.

While playing for ESC Gaming, he was recognised by the team AGAiN, Poland’s top CSGO team. While playing there, he was introduced to his future teammate, who would help him break many records.

He was acquainted with Pasha, Taz, Neo and Byali. They formed a five-man squad, winning many tournaments and making new records.

This five-man squad pulled the team AGAiN out of the boundaries of Poland and made them one of the top CSGO teams in the world. They also signed with the big E-Sports organisation, Virtus.Pro.

Snax is known among the fans as one of the top CSGO players for his contribution to the Polish Virtus.pro squad from January 2014 to June 2018.

Playing both as a rifler and an AWPer, Snax could easily overpower his enemies quickly, allowing the other team members to assist him. He has a very aggressive playing style which results in quick matches.

GuardiaN

Ladislav “GuardiaN” Kovács is a popular player and ranked seventh on our list of best CSGO players. Ladislav Kovács is a Slovak CS GO professional player and one of his homeland’s best CSGO players.

Now playing as a member for Sampi as an AWPer, he is a former Counter-Strike: Source (CS:S) and Counter-Strike (CS) player.

Judging by his gameplay, it is considered that GuardiaN is one of the top ten AWPer in the world and can carry a team to the winning pedestal alone.

As he started his gaming career by signing into some of the mid-tier CS GO teams, Ladislav “GuardiaN” Kovács was away from the spotlight and could not find what he was looking for.

It was only when he signed with Virtus.Pro in 2013, he was put in the limelight. However, their journey together came to an end pretty quickly, and Ladislav “GuardiaN” Kovács joined Natus Vincere (Na’Vi).

In Na’Vi, GuardiaN found his dream team who could support his gameplay the way he wanted.

Soon he became the backbone of the Na’Vi team by providing excellent results using his AWPer skills. Back in his prime in 2013, he was named the 10th best player of 2013 by HLTV.

In 2014, he was named the 11th best player of 2014 by HLTV.

By 2015 he was considered one of the CSGO top players, and it was confirmed by the HLTV 2015 rank where he was ranked second. To date, Ladislav “GuardiaN” Kovács has eight MVPs under his name.

KennyS

‘KennyS’, short for Kenny Schrub, is a French professional CSGO player who is currently playing for G2 Esports. Kenny “KennyS” Schrub was born on May 19, 1995, and had a long career as a professional CS GO player.

Previously Kenny was a popular Counter-Strike: Source player, but he switched to CS GO in 2012.

He had previously played for several popular teams such as Recursive eSports, Titan, VeryGames, Team EnVyUs, Clan-Mystik, and Team LDLC.com. CSGO fans consider Kenny the living legend for his sniping skills.

He is a god-level AWPer. His flick-shots are copied by emerging professional CS GO players. Kenny is able to achieve high kill rates thanks to his quick scope skills, which come in very handy during skirmishes.

Kenny’s AWPer skills shined the most in the Titan team, where the team was formed around him. His teammates during his time at Titan were supportive and gave him tons of opportunities to shine.

During his stay at Titan, he won the Gamers Assembly 2015. After that, Kenny won a lot of other tournaments like DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca in 2015; at that time, he was playing for Team EnVyUs.

He also once got the first rank in World Electronic Sports Games.

In addition, while playing for G2 Esports, he consecutively won a lot of tournaments like DreamHack Tours 2017, HTC 2vs2 Invitational by PGL, DreamHack Open Austin 2017, ESL Pro League Season 5, and DreamHack Masters Malmö 2017.

NiKo

‘NiKo’ is a Bosnian professional who is currently affiliated with G2 Esports. His real name is Nikola Kovac. Nikola “NiKo” Kovac was born on 16 February 1997 and has played Counter Strike professionally since 2011.

In the early stage of his career as a professional player, he was first signed by the FullProof team and then with some not-so-popular teams such as eu4ia, neWave, maksnet and DEFUSE.maksnet.

He gained a little popularity during the early stage of his professional career. By 2014, Nikola completely shifted to playing only CS GO and was soon sniffed by some of the mid-tier teams of that time.

He initially gained most of his fame after joining iNation. His amazing performance in the team iNation skyrocketed his fan following.

NiKo mostly plays as a rifler and sometimes as an AWPer; his skills with rifles put all the European CSGO fans in awe.

In 2015, playing as a member of Mousesports, he could not achieve any major win in any of the tournaments. However, his performance did not go unnoticed, as he was ranked #11 in 2016’s HLTV Top 20 Players.

In 2017, NiKo rose up ranks to everyone’s surprise, and it was now obvious that Mousesports could not nurture him anymore, so he joined team Faze.

In team Faze, NiKo quickly gained everyone’s trust as a star player, and his colleagues started depending on his fragging capabilities.

2017 HLTVs Top 20 Players Ranking rewarded his extraordinary performance that year, where he snatched the #2 position.

ZywOo

Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut aka ‘The Chosen One’ is last on our list of top 10 CSGO players. He got his nickname, The Chosen One, because he was born on the day when the first Counter Strike game was released.

Born on 9 November 2000, ZywOo is one of the world’s youngest professional CS GO players with a huge fan following.

ZywOo is a French CS GO professional player who is currently a member of Vitality and plays the role of AWPer.

After completing his graduation, Mathieu was one of the best CS GO players. “The Chosen One” quickly joined Team Vitality in 2018.

Soon after joining, he started producing results, and fans knew that they had found their next role model.

He won DreamHack Open Atlanta 2018. In 2019, ZywOo and his team finished 9-11th in Katowice Major and 5-8th in StarLadder Berlin Major. However, their win at two top-tier tournaments that year overshadowed all their losses.

These tournaments were ECS Season 7 Finals and EPICENTER 2019. Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut also finished 2nd twice at ESL One Cologne 2019 and DreamHack Masters Malmö 2019.To date, he has been voted MVP for 12 different tournaments.

In addition, he was also voted the best player out of 20 by HLTV in 2019 and 2020, consecutively. Again, he was voted as the second best player of 2021 by HLTV.

Final Thoughts

Our list of the top 10 best Counter-Strike players of all time has been curated after considering a series of qualifications.

So with confidence, we can say that Marcelo “Coldzera” David is the all-time best player of CS GO, followed by Nicolai “Dev1ce” Reedtz and Christopher GeT_RiGhT.