Prime 10 CSGO Gamers at IEM Cologne 2023

Listed here are your high 10 CSGO gamers who dominated IEM Cologne 2023 


The final ever IEM of CSGO has concluded with G2 winning the event in a fierce undefeated journey. With 24 groups taking part within the occasion, we noticed among the better of the FPS world compete from the Play-In stage to the Playoffs – and from over 100 gamers, listed below are the highest 10 names who dominated the HLTV chart by wonderful performs. Be aware that we chosen a single participant per crew to make this rating.

Nikola “NiKo” Kovač – G2 Esports

Nikola "NiKo" Kovač – G2 Esports - One of the top 10 CSGO Players at IEM Cologne 2023

Credit score: ESL

  • HLTV Ranking: 1.35
  • Impression Ranking: 1.40
  • Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 77.0%
  • Common Injury per Spherical: 88.5
  • Kills Per Spherical: 0.82

The 26-year-old entry fragger for G2 has constantly been one of many high 20 gamers on the earth since 2016, and he’s holding onto this glory this yr as nicely. NiKo is one of the best participant of IEM Cologne 2023, with an HLTV score of 1.35. He handed his teammate Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov by solely a 0.01 score, and each have been the heroes of G2 on the occasion.

NiKo’s greatest efficiency at this occasion, fascinatingly, was through the Grand Last match, the place he secured a 1.87 rating on Nuke by a Ok-D of 22-8, serving to his crew reserve an excellent begin on the Bo5.

Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz – Astralis 

  • HLTV Ranking: 1.29
  • Impression Ranking: 1.32
  • Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 76.4%
  • Common Injury per Spherical: 84.1
  • Kills Per Spherical: 0.82

Undoubtedly one of many best CS gamers of all time, dev1ce appears to nonetheless be holding onto his golden years after his return to the aggressive scene by taking Astralis to nice heights on the IEM Cologne. The four-time Main winner outperformed his youthful teammates by a margin, turning into the event’s third-best participant proper after NiKo and m0NESY. 

The Quarterfinal sequence in opposition to Heroic was the 27-year-old AWPer’s greatest efficiency of the occasion, the place he secured a 1.67 score and a Ok-D of 26-11 on Historic, adopted by one other nice map with a 21-11 Ok-D.

Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut – Workforce Vitality

  • HLTV Ranking: 1.25
  • Impression Ranking: 1.37
  • Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 74.7%
  • Common Injury per Spherical: 79.0
  • Kills Per Spherical: 0.76

The Paris Main MVP has proved as soon as once more that he’s one of the best participant of 2023 by one other unbelievable event efficiency on the IEM. Though Vitality didn’t safe the Grand Last at this occasion, ZywOo’s brilliance helped them attain the Semifinals. 

From the beginning of the Cologne journey, the French prodigy confirmed a powerful type which all of us are accustomed to by now. Nonetheless, his greatest stats derive from Vitality’s second match of the Group Stage, the place ZywOo secured a 1.90 rating in opposition to MOUZ on Inferno with a 22-10 Ok-D. 

Dmitriy “sh1ro” Sokolov – Cloud9

  • HLTV Ranking: 1.23
  • Impression Ranking: 1.14
  • Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 77.0%
  • Common Injury per Spherical: 76.1
  • Kills Per Spherical: 0.80

With over 304 kills on the occasion, this 22-year-old AWPer did essentially the most for Cloud9 of their journey to reaching the Playoffs of the IEM. sh1ro has been one of many high 5 gamers on the earth for the final two years, and performances like these are the explanation why. 

The Russian’s greatest stats at this occasion comes from the thrilling Cloud9 vs GamerLegion battle, the place the winner was shifting ahead to the Playoffs. After a good map 1 with a 21-18 Ok-D, sh1ro determined to dominate on map 2, selecting up 28 kills on Historic with solely simply 12 deaths, securing a rating of 1.81

David “frozen” Čerňanský – MOUZ

  • HLTV Ranking: 1.18
  • Impression Ranking: 1.25
  • Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 68.3%
  • Common Injury per Spherical: 81.3
  • Kills Per Spherical: 0.79

Not too way back, frozen earned the third-best participant title of IEM Dallas 2023, and along with his efficiency at Cologne, he’s proving to be some of the constant members of MOUZ. Regardless that the German squad didn’t make it to the Playoffs, they’d an extended journey as a consequence of their Play-In participation.

The rifler for MOUZ solely performed six maps on the occasion, and his greatest efficiency comes from the thrilling battle in opposition to NAVI, the place frozen was the hero of  Historic, dominating the primary map with a 28-14 Ok-D and a rating of 1.62.

Alvaro “SunPayus” Garcia – ENCE

  • HLTV Ranking: 1.17
  • Impression Ranking: 1.19
  • Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 79.8%
  • Common Injury per Spherical: 79.8
  • Kills Per Spherical: 0.72

Though ENCE made it to the Grand Last of the occasion, there aren’t many gamers from the squad who secured a high 10 spot, primarily due to how their journey was an excellent crew collaboration. Nonetheless, one of the best member of the roster was 24-year-old AWPer SunPayus, who led his crew to a near-flawless journey. 

The Spanish participant carried out one of the best in opposition to the strongest contender of this yr – Vitality. Within the Semifinal Bo3, SunPayus began out sizzling with a 21-20 Ok-D efficiency on Mirage, doing even higher on Nuke with a 31-17 Ok-D. Nonetheless, one of the best stats come from the final map, Vertigo, the place the participant’s wonderful 24-9 Ok-D helped him safe a win and a 1.74 rating

Aurélien “afro” Drapier – Fnatic

  • HLTV Ranking: 1.16
  • Impression Ranking: 1.13
  • Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 69.7%
  • Common Injury per Spherical: 77.2
  • Kills Per Spherical: 0.74

Fnatic had a brief journey on the occasion as they fell out of the Group Stage after doing nicely within the Play-In, and many of the crew’s success, whereas not many, might be attributed to their 24-year-old AWPer afro. The French participant joined Fnatic final month and has already confirmed himself to be a helpful member of the crew and somebody to maintain below your radar within the crew’s future tournaments.

The Fnatic vs GamerLegion battle was one of the best efficiency from afro, the place he did wonderful on all three maps, particularly on Vertigo, with a 1.39 rating. Sadly, his crew didn’t sustain, shedding the battle and the prospect to compete additional within the IEM.

Garidmagnai “bLitz” Byambasuren – The MongolZ

  • HLTV Ranking: 1.16
  • Impression Ranking: 1.20
  • Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 70.9%
  • Common Injury per Spherical: 85.8
  • Kills Per Spherical: 0.75

Much like Fnatic, The MongolZ additionally handed the take a look at of the Play-In, solely to lose out within the Group Stage. The 26-year-old bLitz grew to become one of the best participant on the crew throughout this brief stint whereas solely enjoying two sequence for the squad. 

The Mongolian IGL for the crew had one of the best numbers in opposition to Heroic, with a 1.37 rating on Mirage by his 23-16 Ok-D efficiency. 

Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyljev – Natus Vincere

  • HLTV Ranking: 1.14
  • Impression Ranking: 1.05
  • Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 72.1%
  • Common Injury per Spherical: 74.8
  • Kills Per Spherical: 0.70

Whereas NAVI have been struggling to carry out nicely this yr, s1mple is making an attempt to maintain his glory alive and has barely made it into this record of high 10 CSGO gamers at IEM Cologne 2023. The legendary AWPer did all the things he may for the crew, particularly through the match in opposition to FaZe. Nonetheless, NAVI nonetheless failed to maneuver previous the Group Stage, shedding to Astralis within the Decrease Bracket Last.

As we talked about, s1mple’s most notable sequence of this event was in opposition to FaZe, the place the AWPer was on fireplace on Overpass, securing 40 kills in 19 deaths and a rating of 1.64

Viktor “sdy” Orudzhev – Monte

  • HLTV Ranking: 1.12
  • Impression Ranking: 1.12
  • Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 74.5%
  • Common Injury per Spherical: 80.8
  • Kills Per Spherical: 0.68

The ultimate spot goes to sdy, who remains to be in search of excellent achievements in his new roster after coming from an excellent yr as a stand-in for NAVI. Monte had an excellent run within the Play-In however solely managed to win a single match within the Group Stage, having an early exit from Cologne.

The 26-year-old IGL for the crew performed six maps on the occasion, and his greatest efficiency was on Mirage in opposition to GamerLegion, the place sdy secured a 1.54 score by 22-11 Ok-D. 

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Author: Ronnie Neal