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.
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 |
Check out the full list of HLTV Awards 2023 winners.
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