ZywOo, NiKo an ropz are the final nominees for Player of the Year at the HLTV Awards 2023.

The highly coveted HLTV Player of the Year at the HLTV Awards 2023 in Belgrade. This is an evolution of the traditional HLTV top 20 the Counter-Strike website hosts, except this time the final three podium places will be revealed live on stream and through social media.

Ahead of the HLTV Awards 2023, the three finalists for the HLTV Player of the Year Award were revealed. However, CS fans have yet to know who placed #1.

Ropz, ZywOo and NiKo remain (Image via HLTV's X)
Ropz, ZywOo and NiKo remain (Image via HLTV's X)

Player of the Year (HLTV Awards 2023)

The three candidates for Player of the Year are:

  • Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut
  • Robin "ropz" Kool
  • Nikola "NiKo" Kovač

ZywOo was part of the Paris Major winning Vitality roster, who took home five 1st place finishes in 2023. Should ZywOo win he would follow in the footsteps of Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev in achieving three HLTV top 1s of the year.

The next nominee is FaZe Clan's Robin "ropz" Kool, whose stock has risen in 2023, placing 8th in 2022's top 20. The final nominee is Nikola "NiKo" Kovač, who continues his consistent journey. Entering the top 20 since 2016, the Bosnian has five top-5s since 2017.

The winner will unveiled during tonight's broadcast:

Check out the updated list of the 20 best players in the world by HLTV:

Position
Player
Team
1st
Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut
Team Vitality
2nd
Nikola “NiKo” Kovač
G2 Esports
3rd
Robin “ropz” Kool
FaZe Clan
4th
Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov
G2 Esports
5th
Lotan "Spinx" Giladi
Team Vitality
6th
Álvaro "SunPayus" García
Team Falcons
7th
Oleksandr "⁠s1mple"⁠ Kostyliev
Natus Vincere
8th
Dmitry "sh1ro" Sokolov
Team Spirit
9th
Martin "stavn" Lund
Astralis
10th
Helvijs "⁠broky⁠" Saukants
FaZe Clan
11th
Nicolai "device" Reedtz
Astralis
12th
David "frozen" Čerňanský
FaZe Clan
13th
Nemanja "huNter-⁠" Kovač
G2 Esports
14th
Guy "NertZ" Iluz
Heroic
15th
Jakob "⁠jabbi⁠" Nygaard
Astralis
16th
Benjamin "blameF" Bremer
Astralis
17th
Emil "Magisk" Reif
Team Falcons
18th
Casper ⁠"cadiaN"⁠ Møller
Team Liquid
19th
Kaike "KSCERATO" Cerato
FURIA
20th
Russel ⁠"Twistzz"⁠ Van Dulken
Team Liquid
HLTV Player of the Year 2023 Award

Check out the full list of HLTV Awards 2023 winners.

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