List of Top 10 Legendary CSGO Esports Players Of All Time
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has a historic timeline, Counter-Strike is a first-person shooter game launched nearly 20 years ago with a vision of shaping the worlds of competitive gaming in many ways. Along the way, legends have been created who left their mark on this wonderful game, today we are going to rank the top 10 players to have ever played Counter-Strike: Global Offensive according to their skills and incredible impact on the game. Rankings are just a subjective opinion of an individual and are more intended towards having a healthy conversation that invokes the nostalgia and commemorates the legends who have contributed towards the growth of CSGO esports. Here’s a glance at the final rankings, followed by why they deserve it:
- Marcelo “Coldzera” David
- Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund
- Richard “shox” Papillon
- Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer
- Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz
- Kenny “kennyS” Schrub
- Janusz “snax” Pogorzelski
- Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
- Nikola “NiKo” Kovac
- Patrik “f0rest” Lindberg
- Marcelo “Coldzera” David
Brazilian professional CS:GO player Marcelo “coldzera” David is currently playing for FaZe Clan. Coldzera is also the co-owner of Yeah Gaming. Coldzera is considered as one of the best players of all time in CS:GO. Coldzera has been ranked #1 player by HLTV in 2016 & 2017.
- Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund
Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund is a Swedish professional CS:GO player and former professional Counter-Strike player currently playing with Dignitas. He has been ranked #1 player by HLTV in 2013 & 2014.
- Richard “shox” Papillon
Richard “shox” Papillon is a French professional CS:GO player currently playing for Team Vitality. He also played professional Counter-Strike: Source and Counter-Strike. Shox is one of the most popular players of CS:GO, having played for the top teams such as Epsilon, EnVyUs, G2 Esports, VeryGames and Team Vitality. He Was ranked the 3rd best player of 2013 by HLTV, 8th best player of 2014,13th best player of 2015 and 6th best player of 2016.
- Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer
Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer Gustafsson is an inactive Swedish professional CS GO player and former Counter-Strike player, he is currently an inactive player of FaZe Clan.Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer Was ranked #1 player of 2015 by HLTV.
- Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz
Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz ( formerly known as devve) is a Danish professional CS:GO player and former professional Counter-Strike: Source player. dev1ce is currently playing for Astralis as the AWPer. He is known as one of the best players of all time, consistently playing at a very high level since 2014.dev1ce Was ranked the 2nd best player of 2018 and 3rd best player of 2019 by HLTV.
- Kenny “kennyS” Schrub
French professional CS:GO player Kenny “kennyS” Schrub is currently playing for G2 Esports. KennyS was a former professional Counter-Strike: Source player. He was ranked under top 20 best player of 2013-2017 by HLTV. He’s also one of the most legendary AWPer in CS GO’s history.
- Janusz “snax” Pogorzelski
Janusz “Snax” Pogorzelski is a Polish professional CS:GO player. Snax is currently playing for Illuminar Gaming. He was ranked #4 best player of 2014,2015 & #5 best player of 2016 by HLTV. He also performed incredibly well with Pasha Biceps and Virtus Pro to win a major title.
- Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
Ukrainian Professional CS:GO player Oleksandr”s1mple” Kostyliev started playing in 2014.s1mple is currently playing for Natus Vincere. S1mple won the Red Bull’s eSports Player of the Year 2016. He was ranked #2 best players of 2019 by HLTV and is a phenomenon for all the fans of this game. However, s1mple is still in his quest for a Major title after coming close on 2 occasions.
- Nikola “NiKo” Kovac
Bosnian professional CS:GO and former professional Counter-Strike player Nikola “NiKo” Kovač is currently playing the role of an in-game leader and entry fragger for FaZe Clan. He was ranked the 2nd best player of 2017 & 3rd best player of 2018 by HLTV
- Patrik “f0rest” Lindberg
Patrik “f0rest” Lindberg is a Swedish professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player and former professional CS player who currently plays for Dignitas. He Was ranked the 6th best player of 2010,5th best player of 2011 and 2nd best player of 2013 by HLTV.
We are sure you would have loved many other players to be in this list of top 10 CS:GO players of all time, so let us know in the comments who do you think should have made it into this list!
