HLTV has published its ranking of the most-viewed professional Counter-Strike 2 player profiles for 2026. The statistics are based on the number of unique users who visited each player's profile on the website.

Danil "donk" Kryshkovets topped the ranking, with his profile attracting 2.3 million unique visitors.

Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut finished second with 2.1 million visitors.

Ukrainian player Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev completed the top three with 1.8 million profile views.

Top 10 most popular CS2 players of 2026 (according to HLTV):

  1. donk — 2.3 million
  2. ZywOo — 2.1 million
  3. s1mple — 1.8 million
  4. m0NESY — 1.7 million
  5. NiKo — 1.6 million
  6. karrigan — 1.5 million
  7. kyousuke — 1.4 million
  8. ropz — 1.2 million
  9. apEX — 1.1 million
  10. molodoy — 928 thousand

HLTV noted that it rarely shares this type of internal data. According to the editorial team, profile views are not a universal measure of popularity, but they provide a strong indication of audience interest in individual esports players.

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