S1mple is HLTV's Player of the Year

Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev was named CS:GO Player of the Year 2022 by HLTV. It is the third medal for the Ukrainian.

This year, s1mple played in 13 tournaments with an average rating of 1.25. Together with Oleksandr, Born to Win took first place at the BLAST Spring Final 2022, and also became runner-up at the PGL Major Antwerp and IEM Cologne 2022. In Cologne and Lisbon, the Ukrainian won two MVP medals, making him the record holder with 21 best player awards.

During his career, s1mple has become a regular NAVI representative at the top of HLTV. Oleksandr became the world's best player twice - in 2018 and 2021, and also ranked second - in 2019 and 2021. In addition, the Ukrainian was twice in the top ten: ranking eighth in 2017 and fourth in 2016.

During this year, our player has also not slowed down: before the start of the IEM Rio Major semifinals, he was recognized as the best player of the last decade according to ESL, and in mid-December s1mple received the Esports PC Player Of The Year award from the Esports Awards. Also, as part of the HLTV Award Show 2022, Alexander received the sniper of the year award!

We wish Oleksandr to remain the driving force of Ukrainian esports! #ObsessedWe