HLTV has revealed its list of Exceptionally Valuable Players and the All-Star lineup of the Counter-Strike 2 tournament at Esports World Cup 2026. Cybersport In reports, citing HLTV, that Spirit star Danil «donk» Kryshkovets topped the overall player ranking after another dominant individual performance, while ten other players received EVP awards.
donk finished the tournament as its standout player and MVP. According to HLTV, Esports World Cup 2026 became the ninth event at which he posted a rating of at least 1.50 while earning an MVP award. donk once again confirmed his status as one of the leading players in professional Counter-Strike.
The highest-ranked EVP was Legacy AWPer Santino «try» Rigal, who ended the tournament with a 1.26 rating and played a major role in his team’s run to third place. Ilya «m0NESY» Osipov followed him after posting an event-high 1.56 rating across seven maps for Falcons.
FURIA duo Danil «molodoy» Golubenko and Kaike «KSCERATO» Cerato also earned EVP honors after helping the Brazilian organization reach the top four. molodoy received his fourth EVP award of the 2026 season.
Ukrainian player Dmytro «dem0n» Myroshnychenko was another name on the list. The FUT player impressed during the team’s run to the Grand Final and finished as the highest-ranked EVP from the runners-up. dem0n was recognized by HLTV following FUT’s run to the Esports World Cup final.
The remaining EVP awards went to Yasin «xfl0ud» Koç, Dmitry «sh1ro» Sokolov, Bruno «latto» Rebelatto, Mathieu «ZywOo» Herbaut and Nikita «tenzy» Kochenyuk. For xfl0ud, try and tenzy, the tournament resulted in their first career EVP awards.
HLTV also selected its All-Star lineup based on player roles and performances at the event. donk and Boris «magixx» Vorobiev represented Spirit in the best five, while try was chosen as the AWPer ahead of m0NESY, molodoy and sh1ro. Spirit won the Counter-Strike 2 tournament at Esports World Cup 2026.
KSCERATO was selected for the closer role after narrowly beating dem0n, while Vinicius «n1ssim» Pereira completed the lineup as the anchor. HLTV noted that n1ssim earned the spot ahead of Džiugas «dziugss» Steponavičius due to a higher number of standout maps.
The individual awards underline the variety of teams represented among the tournament’s best performers. Esports World Cup 2026 brought together many of the world’s leading Counter-Strike teams, with players from Spirit, Legacy, Falcons, FURIA, FUT and several other organizations appearing among HLTV’s top performers.
