TOP 10 best players in 2021: 5th place - electronic

The EGamersWorld portal continues a series of materials dedicated to the best players of the season. The top five of our rating is opened by a player who, as it seems, has long deserved to go down in the history of the discipline. However, electronic is completely undeservedly deprived of attention, since his contribution to the game of NAVI and the success of the team this season could not go unnoticed.

You can familiarize yourself with the criteria and see a description of the assessment parameters in our previousmaterial.

electronic started the season rather poorly, clearly not recovering after a long period without LAN tournaments. At this time, the 23-year-old Russian kept a very modest bar, consistently coping only with the assigned duties on the server and not dropping above the psychological bar set in previous years.

The first breakthrough for electronic happened during DreamHack Masters Spring 2021, when the player himself awakened the beast in himself and finished the championship with a rating of 1.10. The two subsequent tournaments can hardly be included in the asset of the Russian, however, closer to the break, Denis again reminded of himself, showing two individually strong championships.

Here NAVI finally broke through, as the team won StarLadder CIS RMR 2021 and IEM Cologne 2021 without competition. For the first time this season, electronic himself showed the level that everyone expected of him for six months, finishing tournaments with a rating of 1.18 and 1.23, respectively.

The September stage in Denis's career can hardly be considered an esportsman's asset, but elec himself held two fairly even championships, once again not giving in to doubt.

A new statistical rise happened later, when electronic and NAVI made history by winning PGL Major Stockholm 2021. Denis himself became the fourth best player in the championship, finishing him with a rating of 1.28. At the same time, the player blossomed on the big stage like never before, charging the whole team with his confidence.

At the end of the season, elec continued to confidently keep the bar raised in Stockholm, showing two more strong championships. At the same time, no one even remembered that the season for Denis began poorly, while NAVI finally developed its own era.

Why did electronic take fifth place?

If you remember history, Denis has always circled around the TOP-3 best players of the year. Once again, electronic had a strong season, the ending of which made them forget all their failures at the start and shut their mouths to critics.

Electronic statistics for the season:

• Rating - 5.6.
• ADR - 79.7.
• K/D - 1.10.
• Impact - 1.14.
• The number of clutches is 51.
• The number of cards played is 186.

At the same time, electronic never gave a reason to doubt its level, invariably doing its work at an exorbitant level. This is evidenced by the statistics of the Russian at the main tournaments of the season.

Yes, Denis did not take any MVP medals. However, the fact that the player has consistently been among the best players in the championships, as well as the number of trophies won with NAVI in a year, neutralize all of electronic's statistical blunders.

In addition, the Russian made a huge contribution to the success of NAVI, actually pulling out dead rounds for the team. At the same time, electronic never dropped out in big matches, becoming the main weapon against such rivals as Vitality or Heroic.

All this allowed the player to take the fifth line of our rating. Nevertheless, despite the huge influence on the game of NAVI, this season there were players who left a much more significant imprint after themselves.