s1mple (Oleksandr Kostyliev)

Ukrainian CS:GO/CS2 legend s1mple (Oleksandr Kostyliev) holds career earnings exceeding $1.4 million in prize money and is the only player to win the HLTV #1 ranking five times consecutively (2018-2022). A two-time Major champion and nine-time Major MVP, his peak rating of 1.39 in 2021 is the highest ever recorded in top-tier CS competition. He took a competitive break in 2023 before returning to CS2 with NAVI in 2024-2025, still performing at an elite level in his late 20s.