HLTV Awards: nominees announced

The HLTV.org portal has introduced the categories for its annual awards, with 10 nominees in each category. The winners will be determined by staff members, renowned experts, and representatives of this year's top teams.

The awards will identify an "All-Star" team consisting of the best players for each position and a coach. Additionally, the best highlight of the past year will be selected.

The 3 finalists for each nomination will be announced on December 28, and the final voting results will be revealed during the HLTV Awards ceremony on January 10.

AWPer of the year 2025 nominees

• Usukhbayar "910" Banzragch
• Helvijs "broky" Saukants
• Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov
• Danil "molodoy" Golubenko
• Lucas "nqz" Soares
• Dmitry "sh1ro" Sokolov
• Ádám "torzsi" Torzsás
• Ihor "w0nderful" Zhdanov
• Özgür "woxic" Eker
• Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut

Opener of the year 2025 nominees

• Danil "donk" Kryshkovets
• Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski
• Shahar "flameZ" Shushan
• Maxim "kyousuke" Lukin
• Drin "makazze" Shaqiri
• Nikola "NiKo" Kovač
• Azbayar "Senzu" Munkhbold
• Ismailcan "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş
• Dorian "xertioN" Berman
• Mareks "YEKINDAR" Gaļinskis

Closer of the year 2025 nominees

• David "frozen" Čerňanský
• Mihai "iM" Ivan
• Kaike "KSCERATO" Cerato
• Bruno "latto" Rebelatto
• Matúš "MATYS" Šimko
• Robin "ropz" Kool
• Lotan "Spinx" Giladi
• Andrey "tN1R" Tatarinovich
• Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken
• Ali "Wicadia" Haydar Yalçın

Anchor of the year 2025 nominees

• Valeriy "b1t" Vakhovskiy
• Nikita "HeavyGod" Martynenko
• Jimi "Jimpphat" Salo
• Samet "jottAAA" Köklü
• William "mezii" Merriman
• Ayush "mzinho" Batbold
• Sodbayar "Techno" Munkhbold
• René "TeSeS" Madsen
• Yuri "yuurih" Santos
• Myroslav "zont1x" Plakhotia

IGL of the year 2025 nominees

• Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen
• Dan "apEX" Madesclaire
• Garidmagnai "bLitz" Byambasuren
• Ludvig "Brollan" Brolin
• Leonid "chopper" Vishnyakov
• Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo
• Nemanja "huNter-" Kovač
• Finn "karrigan" Andersen
• Damjan "kyxsan" Stoilkovski
• Engin "MAJ3R" Küpeli

Coach of the year 2025 nominees

• Andrey "B1ad3" Gorodenskiy
• Sezgin "Fabre" Kalaycı
• Sergey "hally" Shavaev
• Erdenedalai "maaRaa" Bayanbat
• Filip "NEO" Kubski
• Eetu "sAw" Saha
• Sid "sidde" Macedo
• Dennis "sycrone" Nielsen
• Rémy "XTQZZZ" Quoniam
• Danny "zonic" Sørensen

Highlight of the year 2025 nominees

• Danil "donk" Kryshkovets (1v4 vs Astralis)
• Danil "donk" Kryshkovets (1v5 vs Vitality)
• Yi "JamYoung" Yang (Deagle 4k vs MIBR)
• Bryan "Maka" Canda (1 Taps vs NAVI)
• Robin "ropz" Kool (2 second Ace vs 3DMAX)
• Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken (4K 1v3 vs NAVI)
• Ihor "w0nderful" Zhdanov (1v4 vs The MongolZ)
• Kacper "xKacpersky" Gabara (4K vs NAVI)
• Sike "z4kr" Zhang (1v5 vs paIN)
• Ivan "zweih" Gogin (Ace vs Falcons)