Ax1Le ranked 4th in HLTV's Best Players of 2022

The authoritative portal HLTV presented the name of the esportsman who took 4th place in the ranking of the best players of 2022. According to the editors, Ax1Le, one of the leaders of the young Cloud9 team, deserved to become it.

Last season, the 20-year-old Russian was recognized as the best player of the victorious Intel Extreme Masters XVII - Dallas, and also became the EVP following the results of Funspark ULTI 2021, Intel Extreme Masters XVI - Katowice and ESL Pro League Season 16.

Note that this is the second consecutive entry into the ranking of the best players of the season for Ax1Le, which, according to the results of 2021, is on the fifth line.

Last season, the young esportsman continued to demonstrate a stable game at all championships without exception. In particular, Ax1Le's influence helped first Gambit Esports and then Cloud9 win Funspark ULTI 2021 and Intel Extreme Masters XVII - Dallas. In addition, together with the team, the 20-year-old player made it to the top three at PGL Major Antwerp 2022: European RMR B, Roobet Cup 2022 and ESL Pro League Season 16, and also reached the quarterfinals of Intel Extreme Masters Rio Major 2022.

At the same time, Ax1Le himself invariably topped all kinds of charts for key characteristics, even despite some difficulties of his team during the season. This underlines the stability of the esportsman even during the general decline of Cloud9.

As the editors note, Ax1Le failed to get higher in the rankings for several important reasons: 1) relatively low performance in majors and large events, compared to players above; 2) a small difference between performance with a margin in favor of defense.

Earlier, representatives of the portal presented the evaluation criteria and the publication date of the TOP-20 best players in 2022. Keep track of the TOP 20 best players with us and don't forget to update our main page.

HLTV Top 20 Players of 2022

• 1st place - (to be announced on January 14)
• 2nd place - (to be announced on January 14)
• 3rd place - (to be announced on January 14)
• 4th place - Ax1Le
• 5th place - NiKo
• 6th place - broky
• 7th place - m0NESY
• 8th place - ropz
• 9th place - KSCERATO
• 10th place - stavn
• 11th place - Twistzz
• 12th place - blameF
• 13th place - rain
• 14th place - huNter-
• 15th place - YEKINDAR
• 16th place - b1t
• 17th place - frozen
• 18th place - Spinx
• 19th place - yuurih
• 20th place - Jame