dziugss tops HLTV's rising stars ranking

FUT esports athlete Džiugas "dziugss" Steponavičius has climbed to first place in HLTV.org's ranking of the most promising rookies on the CS2 professional scene.

Second place is now held by Kacper "xKacpersky" Gabara of NIP, while Dmytro "dem0n" Myroshnychenko of FUT sits third. The top five also includes Uuganbayar "cobrazera" Anarbileg of The MongolZ and Klimentiy "kl1m" Krivosheev of MIBR.

FURIA's Danil "molodoy" Golubenko was previously named Rookie of the Year 2025 by HLTV.

Origin: www.hltv.org