The starplayer of NAVI was declared the player of the decade
CS:GO Player of the Decade awarded to s1mple
A panel of the 75 most accomplished CS:GO players voted s1mple as the player of the decade. The award is organised by ESL in order to honor the ten year anniversary of CS:GO.
We will give you a short recap on the awarding process, the runner-up and future awards in this article. Feel free to also check out the official press release by ESL.

Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev
The currently 25 years old main AWP and starplayer of NAVI has already won 21 HLTV MVP medals and was awarded the best player of the world in 2018 and 2021.
"I feel good about getting the award although the Major trophy was important for me this time." ~ s1mple

The only real "competitor"
The Dane won four and with that the most Majors (together with dupreeh, Xyp9x, and gla1ve) and was awarded Major MVP twice (tied with coldzera). Furthermore dev1ce won a total of 19 HLTV MVP awards.
"And I still think that there is one player that deserved this award as much as I did – dev1ce. I will try my best to achieve the same results as he did. There's no limit to perfection." ~ s1mple
Annual CS:GO Player Awards
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