s1mple (Oleksandr Kostyliev)

s1mple (Oleksandr Kostyliev) is the only player to win the HLTV #1 ranking five times consecutively (2018-2022), outperforming #4 ZywOo who has three such titles. His career earnings exceed $1.4 million in prize money, and he is a two-time Major champion with nine Major MVP awards. In 2021, his peak rating of 1.39 was the highest ever recorded in top-tier CS competition, faster than the average top-20 player's best rating by over 0.15. 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.