TOP 10 best players in 2021: 1st place - s1mple

EGamersWorld continues its series of materials dedicated to the best players of the season. In our opinion, s1mple was the best player of the season. Once again, the NAVI sniper made him talk about himself as the greatest player in the history of the discipline. Eight MVP awards, PGL Major 2021 Champion title, and exceptional consistency are the hallmarks of s1mple in the 2021 season.

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

As in the case of the second line of our rating, there is little point in reliably retelling the entire season in the context of a single player. s1mple showed its full readiness to return the TOP-1 title already from the first tournaments, winning the January BLAST Premier Global Final 2020 for NAVI, and at the same time taking the first of eight MVP medals of the season.

Until DreamHack Masters Spring 2021, Alexander kept a consistently high bar, finishing tournaments with a rating of at least 1.30. At the same time, in May, s1mple once again made people remember about themselves, having finished the championship with a rating of 1.41, adding to their collection of individual awards.

Another breath of fresh air came before the break, when NAVI won StarLadder CIS RMR 2021 and IEM Cologne 2021, while s1mple grabbed another MVP medal, ending the championships with a rating of 1.35 and 1.51, respectively.

The end of the season deserves to be included in the textbooks on CS world history, since s1mple won four out of five tournaments for NAVI, becoming the best everywhere. At the same time, PGL Major Stockholm 2021 became the place for the next statistical breakthrough in Alexander's career, who finished the main tournament of the season with a rating of 1.47, leaving behind all his pursuers.

Why s1mple took first place?

The past season was the best in s1mple's career, both in terms of team achievements and in terms of individual awards and personal statistics.

Eight MVP medals allowed the Ukrainian to surpass device in terms of the total number of awards, and at the same time equalize in the number of titles won per season.

At the same time, one cannot fail to notice that s1mple has invariably remained the main violin of NAVI, doing seemingly obvious things, but without unnecessary nervousness.

S1mple statistics for the season:

• Rating - 10.
• ADR - 88.2.
• K/D - 1.47.
• Impact - 1.44.
• The number of clutches is 62.
• The number of cards played is 186.

Such indicators only emphasize the importance of the player for the team that went down in history. At the same time, s1mple always created a spice, which helped to take important rounds.

For these reasons, s1mple became the best player in the CS: GO discipline according to our portal. And we have no doubt that many other sources will turn out to be of similar opinion, highlighting the huge contribution of one player this year.