Ax1Le is the top 5 best players of 2021 according to HLTV

Representatives of the HLTV portal continue to present us with the strongest players of 2021. Yesterday it was time to open the top five, and according to experts from HLTV, Sergey "Ax1Le" Rykhtorov will do it best.

The Gambit Esports player became the second representative of the club in the top twenty. Earlier, H0bbit got into the TOP-20 of HLTV.

In 2021, Ax1Le showed the highest level of individual play: his HLTV rating was 1.18 points. Alexander received the EVP award at 7 tournaments, including IEM Katowice, EPIC League CIS, IEM Fall CIS, IEM Winter and others.

In terms of tournaments, Alexander, like his team, turned out to be just right: Gambit Esports got into the TOP-3 of major championships 11 times, of which 6 were won. Awarded the MVP title at ESL Pro League Season 13 and IEM Summer.

Earlier, HLTV placed Natus Vincere player Denis "electronic" Sharipov in 7th place.

Top 20 best players of 2021 according to HLTV

• 1st place -? (to be announced January 23)
• 2nd place -? (to be announced January 23)
• 3rd place -? (to be announced January 20)
• 4th place -? (to be announced January 19)
• 5th place — Sergey 'Ax1Le' Rykhtorov
• 6th place - Abai 'H0bbit' Khasenov
• 7th place — Denis 'electronic' Sharipov
• 8th place - Marek 'YEKINDAR' Galinskis
• 9th place — Valery 'b1t' Vakhovsky
• 10th place - Ali 'Jame' Jami
• 11th place - Nikolai 'device' Reedtz
• 12th place - Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovacs
• 13th place - Benjamin 'blameF' Bremer
• 14th place - Keith 'NAF' Markovic
• 15th place - Kaike 'KSCERATO' Serato
• 16th place - Martin 'stavn' Lund
• 17th place - Russell 'Twistzz' Van Dalken
• 18th place - Robin 'ropz' Cool
• 19th place - Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski
• 20th place — Helviis 'broky' Saukants

Tonight there will be information about who will take 10th place in the top 20 from HLTV. Every year in January, the editors of the portal sum up the results of the past season and name their version of the best players in CS:GO. Team Vitality member Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbault took 1st place in 2019 and 2020.