[Top 15] CSGO Best American Players 2021 Who Are Truly Amazing

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30 Nov 2021

15. Stewie2K

Best of Stewie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqQgOgUmuKE

Stewie has had a long career in CSGO that really started in 2015-12-02 when he joined a team called ‘Splyce.’ During his time in Splyce, Stewie was slowly getting the attention of the CSGO’s player base. However, Splyce wasn’t the team that led Stewie to having as much attention as he does now. His whole career only really started when he got signed to Cloud9 in 2016. He played alongside other great players such as n0thing, shroud, freakazoid and autimatic. Whilst in Cloud9 he quickly made a name for himself as the smoke criminal, for his “online” play style no matter the tournament. Stewie’s playstyle always had you on your toes, simply because you never knew what Stewie was up to.

The last Major that Stewie competed in was in 2018 with Cloud9 where in the Finals they beat FaZe 2:1 and went home with $500,00.

One of his biggest prize winnings was in 2019 where he won against IGS whilst playing for Team Liquid, and the prize pool for that tournament was a whopping $1,000,000

Jacky Yip

Twitter: https://twitter.com/stewie

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/stewie2k

14. shroud

Best of shroud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aajJvyJ7aJU

Shroud is very known in the CSGO pro scene as being one of the “most mechanically skilled motherf&^($rs” in the game, as freakazoid once said. Shroud was mostly known for his perfect aim and flashy plays. He was so good in fact, his clips would end up on reddit a lot and they would pretty much always show up on the top of the trending page. And so, shroud got the acronym “King of Reddit.” One thing that most people don’t know about Shroud, is that he is in fact half-Polish, which comes from his father.

Shroud alongside Cloud9 won the ESL Pro League Season 4 against SK Gaming with a prize pool of $200,00

A tournament at which Shroud did a great job was at the Ibuypower Invitational where they won a prize pool of $10,000

Michael Grzesiek

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/shroud

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/shroud

13. swag

Best of swag: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4kpKAbP-kE

Swag is one of the people that got to the point in the professional scene where he pretty much got the celebrity appeal. Swag is known for being insanely good at the game, having amazing raw aim and a big brain. Swag was the player that mostly in Ibuypower and Swole Patrol.

Swag won the RGN Pro Series with Cloud9 earning $15,000

Swag also won the Fragadelphia 11 and 12 compiling an earning of $28,250

Braxton Pierce

Twitter: https://twitter.com/brax1wnl

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/brax

12. Nifty

Best of nifty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaTPtBWUE6c

Nifty has a big call of duty background and actually got into CSGO fairly recently. Nifty is an AWPer and got his name whilst playing for Renegades. His mostly recallable play was on de_cache, where he got a wallbang from heaven on bombsite B under the metal platform, and then got an amazing wallbang through mid which shocked everybody present. Nifty is currently playing for Team EnVy

Nifty won the StarLadder i-League Invitational alongside Renegades against Virtus.Pro 2:0 and earned a prize of $75,000

Nifty also won the Asia Minor Championship – London alongside Renegades against Tyloo 2:0 with together winning the prize of $30,000

Noah Francis

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Envy_Nifty

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/niftyLIVE

11. n0thing

Best of n0thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQjr5ppH7E4

N0thing has made a name for himself in his early days in Cloud9. N0thing is known for being a really smart player, and a really scary player. There are a bunch of videos on youtube showing just how good he is, being able to literally read his enemy like a book.

N0thing, alongside Cloud9 won the ESL Pro League Season 4 against SK Gaming with a prize pool of $200,00

A tournament at which n0thing did a great job was at the Ibuypower Invitational where they won a prize pool of $10,000

Jordan Gilbet

Twitter: https://twitter.com/n0thing

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/n0thing

10. Skadoodle

Best of skadoodle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWwK6B1bf-4

Skadoodle got really famous when he started playing for Cloud9, however his career didn’t start there. He used to play on Ibuypower back in the day, alongside people like “swag.” Skadoodle is known for making sick AWP plays, and being able to pull of some of the nastiest shots out there.

Ska won the ELEAGUE Major: Boston alongside Cloud9 against FaZe Clan 2:1, and earned the prize of $500,000.

Skadoodle also won the Ibuypower Masters with Cloud9 earning $50,000 and also the DreamHack Open Denver, again winning $50,000.

Tyler Latham

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ska

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/skadoodle

9. Hiko

Best of Hiko: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu37doVG9sk

Hiko started back in Cloud9 and went through plenty of team changes in his career. He went from Cloud9 to ibuypower, then to GX, Nihilum Gaming, Maximum Effort, Team Liquid and then finally Rogue. Hiko got known for being a smart player, but there is one clip that makes him really stand out from the crowd. And that is his insane, 180 blind flick on dust2.

Hiko played the ESL One: Cologne alongside Team Liquid and won a prize of $150,000

Hiko also played in the ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 with Team Liquid and they won $18,000

Spencer Martin

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hiko

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/Hiko

8. fREAKAZOID

Best of fREAKAZOID: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z5p02Nfr5o

fREAKAZOID is mostly known for his time playing in Cloud9 alongside n0thing, shroud, Stewie and autimatic. He shows off great knowledge of the game, more than most pro’s do. His decision making and clutch-ability is what made him stand out in Cloud9.

fREAKAZOID won the Ibuypower Cup alongside Cloud9 earning $65,000

fREAKAZOID also played the ESL ESEA Pro League Season 1 alongside Cloud9 and they earned $60,000

Ryan Abadir

Twitter: https://twitter.com/freakazoidA

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/freakazoid

7. EliGE

Best of EliGE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHIfiD3mCI0

EliGE known as the King of NA CS, is an outstanding player that currently plays for Team Liquid. He’s known for being an outstanding rifler and making the impossible, very possible.

EliGE, alongside Team Liquid has won the Intel Grand Slam Season 2 and earned a whopping $1,000,000!

He also won the ESL Pro League Season 9 against G2, and earned $250,000

Jonathan David Jablonowski

Twitter: https://twitter.com/EliGE

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/elige

6. Nitr0

Best of Nitr0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SYJZC60Ko0

Nitr0 aKa The upcoming start of Team Liquid. Nitr0 was an IGL an was known for being one of the best in the role. Leading Team Liquid to numerous victorious tournaments, he is one of CSGO most successful IGL’s to date.

Nitr0, alongside Team Liquid won the Intel Grand Slam Season 2, earning a whopping $1,000,000

They also managed to win the ESL Pro League Season 9 earning $250,000

Nicholas Cannella

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nitr0

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/nitr0

5. Tarik

Best of Tarik: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvOrT7RIwRE

Tarik, mostly known for playing for Cloud9 and Optic Gaming, is a fenomenal player with great experience. Showing off not only in LAN tournaments but also in online FPL games, and that is clearly visible in his Faceit demos, or youtube highlights.

Tarik has won the StarSeries & i-League CSGO Season 8 alongside Evil Geniuses, with that earning $250,000

Tarik also won the ELEAGUE Major Boston alongside Cloud9 and earned a prize of $500,000

Tarik Celik

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tarik

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tarik

4. s0m

Best of s0m: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAWhQRroaWs

S0m aKa as the Human Aimbot is another person that’s worthy of being up there with the best aimers ever. He made his name due to highlights that people would post all-over reddit, that consisted of his aim based insane gameplay.

S0m won the DreamHack Open Anaheim alongside Gen.G Esports earning $50,000

He also managed to win the ESL One: Road to Rio with Gen.G against FURIA and won a prize of $18,000

Sam Oh

Twitter: https://twitter.com/s0mcs

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/s0mcs

3. jdm64

Best of jdm64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQocLjntZnI

Jdm64, known as the “American Sniper” is another fenomenal AWPer that always proves, why everybody is talking about him. There can’t be a game where he shows off how insane he is.

Jdm64 played the ESL One Cologne with Team Liquid and earned $150,000

Jdm64 won the Americas Minor Championship Boston alongside Team Liquid $30,000

Joshua Marzano

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jdmarzano

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jdmarzano

2. adreN

Best of adreN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paHlfCMira0

adreN being known for being an amazing Rifler and an amazing Coach, he has proven why he’s considered one of the best many times. Throughout his career he has numerously proven why he deserves to be named one of the best ever.

adreN won the Intel Grand Slam Season 2 alongside Team Liquid earning $1,000,000

He also won the ESL Pro League Season 9 with Team Liquid an earned $250,000

Eric Hoag

Twitter: https://twitter.com/adreN_Hoag

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/adren_tv

1.Autimatic

Best of autimatic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xjhWWyFR8w

Autimatic is known for being one of the top Cloud9 rising stars, that played amongst legends such as stewie2k, skadoodle, shroud and n0thing. After joining Cloud9, he has shown remarkable gameplay throughout all of the tournaments he has ever played.

Autimatic has won the ELEAGUE Major Boston alongside Cloud9 with that earning $500,000

He also managed to win the ESL Pro League Season 4 alongside Cloud9 earning $200,000

Timothy Ta

Twitter: https://twitter.com/autimaticTV

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/autimaticTV