[Top 10] CSGO Best AWPers in the World

Best CSGO AWPers
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Wondering who is considered the best AWPers in the world currently? Look no further as these players are currently deemed to be among the top 10 best in the world.

10. Skadoodle

Tyler Latham, born on July 21st, 1993 is an American professional CS:GO player. Voted the 20th best player of 2015 by HLTV and recently awarded the MVP trophy at ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018, he has a solid reputation as a strong CS:GO player. However, where he shines the most is his brilliant AWP skills. He is considered one of the best AWPers in NA and the world.

Top Major Achievements:

  • ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 – 1st Place ($500,000 Prize)
  • ESL Pro League Season 4 Finals – 1st Place ($200,000 Prize)
  • iBUYPOWER Cup – 1st Place ($65,000)

Skadoodle’s Mouse Settings:

  • Mouse – Logitech G Pro Wireless
  • eDPI – 680
  • DPI – 400
  • Polling Rate – 500 Hz
  • Sensitivity – 1.7
  • Zoom – 1
  • Raw Input – On

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9. Zywoo

Mathieu Herbaut, born on November 9th, 2000 is a French professional CS:GO player for Team Vitality. Often considered being one of the best Counter-Strike players in the world, he continues to impress with his amazing AWP skills. At just 18 years old he has already been named MVP at 4 different tournaments and continues to show a lot of promise.

Top Major Achievements:

  • MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016 – 1st Place ($500,000)
  • ESL One: Cologne 2016 – 1st Place ($500,000)
  • Esports Championship Series Season 3 Finals – 1st Place ($250,000)

ZywOo’s Mouse Settings:

  • Mouse – ZOWIE by BenQ EC2-A
  • eDPI – 800
  • DPI – 400
  • Polling Rate – 1000 Hz
  • Sensitivity – 2
  • Zoom – 1.1
  • Raw Input – Off
  • Pointer Speed – 6/11

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8. Oskar

Tomáš Šťastný, born on June 27th, 1991 is a Czech professional CS:GO player. Ranked 6th and 14th on Thorin’s Top 10 CS:GO players and HLTV in 2018 respectively, he is regarded as a fearsome player and an even more deadly AWPer.

Top Major Achievements:

  • V4 Future Sports Festival Budapest 2018 – 1st Place ($247,161.40 Prize)
  • StarLadder & i-League StarSeries Season 4 – 1st Place ($130,000 Prize)
  • ESG Tour Mykonos 2017 – 1st Place ($120,280.07 Prize)

Oskar’s Mouse Settings:

  • Mouse – Razer DeathAdder 2013
  • eDPI – 1400
  • DPI – 400
  • Polling Rate – 1000 Hz
  • Sensitivity – 3.5
  • Zoom – 0.8
  • Raw Input – On

Highlights:

7. FalleN

Gabriel Toledo, born on May 30th, 1991 is a Brazilian professional CS:GO player currently playing as the AWPer and in-game leader for MIBR. Regarded as the most influential player in his country, he was also considered the best AWPer in the world at one point.

Top Major Achievements:

  • MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016 – 1st Place ($500,000 Prize)
  • ESL One: Cologne 2016 – 1st Place ($500,000 Prize)
  • EPICENTER 2017 – 1st Place ($250,000 Prize)

FalleN’s Mouse Settings:

  • Mouse – ZOWIE By BenQ EC1-B
  • eDPI – 840
  • DPI – 400
  • Polling Rate – 1000 Hz
  • Sensitivity – 2.1
  • Zoom – 1.2
  • Raw Input – On

Highlights: 

6. KennyS

Kenny Schrub, born on May 19th, 1995 is a French professional CS:GO player currently playing for G2 Esports since February 2017. Named eSports player of the year in 2015, he was considered the best AWPer in the world before the weapon went through changes in mobility. Today he still performs at an exceedingly high level and still considered one of the top.

Top Major Achievements:

  • World Electronic Sports Games 2016 – 1st Place ($800,000 Prize)
  • ESL Pro League Season 5 Finals – 1st Place ($225,000 Prize)
  • DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 – 1st Place ($100,000 Prize)

KennyS’s Mouse Settings:

  • Mouse – Logitech MX518
  • eDPI – 880
  • DPI – 400
  • Polling Rate – 500 Hz
  • Sensitivity – 2.2
  • Zoom – 1
  • Raw Input – On

Highlights: 

5. Allu

Aleksi Jalli, born on May 20th, 1992 is a Finnish professional CS:GO player currently playing for ENCE. Voted the 19th best player of 2015 by HLTV, he is consistently a top-performing player, especially with an AWP.

Top Major Achievements:

  • StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3 – 1st Place ($125,000 Prize)
  • StarSeries & i-League CS:GO Season 6 – 1st Place ($125,000 Prize)
  • BLAST Pro Series: Madrid 2019 – 1st Place ($125,000)

Allu’s Mouse Settings:

  • Mouse – ZOWIE GEAR EC1-A
  • eDPI – 1320
  • DPI – 400
  • Polling Rate – 1000 Hz
  • Sensitivity – 3.3
  • Zoom – 1
  • Raw Input – On

Highlights: 

4. Dev1ce

Nicolai Reedtz, born on September 8th, 1995 is a Danish professional CS:GO player since 2014. He is currently playing for Astralis as the AWPer.

Known as one of the best and successful players of all time, continually being ranked as a top 5 player and MVP by HLTV, he continues to be in his prime and playing at a very high level since 2014. With approximate personal total winnings of over $1,500,000, he is also one of the highest CS:GO earners of all time.

Top Major Achievements:

  • StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 – 1st Place ($500,000)
  • Intel Extreme Masters XIII – Katowice Major 2019 – 1st Place ($500,000)
  • FACEIT Major: London 2018 – 1st Place ($500,000)

Dev1ce’s Mouse Settings:

  • Mouse – ZOWIE by BenQ EC2-B
  • eDPI – 800
  • DPI – 400
  • Polling Rate – 1000 Hz
  • Sensitivity – 2
  • Zoom – 1.1
  • Raw Input – On

Highlights: 

3. Woxic

Özgür Eker, born on September 2nd, 1998 is a Turkish professional CS:GO player currently playing for mousesports as their AWPer. A unique left-handed mouse player with an insane DPI rate of over 1600, his reflexes and flick shots are considered top tier.

Top Major Achievements:

  • DreamHack Open Tours 2019 - 1st Place ($50,000 Prize)
  • Bets.net Masters: Season 1 – 1st Place ($50,000 Prize)
  • Europe Minor Championship Berlin 2019 – 1st Place ($30,000 Prize)

Woxic’s Mouse Settings:

  • Mouse – SteelSeries Sensei RAW
  • eDPI – 2430
  • DPI – 1620
  • Polling Rate – 1000 Hz
  • Sensitivity – 1.5
  • Zoom – 1
  • Raw Input – On

Highlights: 

2. GuardiaN

Ladislav Kovács, born on July 9th, 1991 is a Slovakian professional CS:GO player currently playing for Natus Vincere. He is known as one of the best players overall and as one of the best AWPers. He’s been named MVP in 8 different tournaments and was named 2nd best player of 2015 by HLTV.

Top Major Achievements:

  • ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2017 – 1st Place ($500,000 Prize)
  • Esports Championship Series Season 4 Finals – 1st Place ($250,000 Prize)
  • EPICENTER 2018 – 1st Place ($150,000 Prize)

GuardiaN’s Mouse Settings:

  • Mouse – SteelSeries Kinzu
  • eDPI – 520
  • DPI – 400
  • Polling Rate – 500 Hz
  • Sensitivity – 1.3
  • Zoom – 1.2
  • Raw Input – Off
  • Pointer Speed – 6/11

Highlights: 

1. s1mple

Oleksandr Kostyliev, born October 2nd, 1997 is a professional Ukrainian CS:GO player presently competing for Natus Vincere. S1mple is often mentioned as being one of the best Counter-Strike players in the world. Revered for his skills with rifles and snipers, s1mple has continuously been listed as an HLTV Top 20 player of the year, finishing at the top of the list in 2018 due to an amazing personal performance.

Top Major Achievements:

  • Starseries & i-League CS:GO Season 7 – 1st Place ($250,000 Prize)
  • BLAST Pro Series: Copenhagen 2018 – 1st Place ($125,000 Prize)
  • CS:GO Asia Championships 2018 – 1st Place ($150,000)

S1mple’s Mouse Settings:

  • Mouse – Zowie by BenQ FK1+
  • eDPI – 1236
  • DPI – 400
  • Polling Rate – 1000 Hz
  • Sensitivity – 3.09
  • Zoom – 1
  • Raw Input – On

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