m0NESY ranked 4th in list of best players of 2023

The reputable portal HLTV.org ranked AWPer Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov fourth in its own list of the world's best players of 2023. For the 18-year-old G2 representative, this is the second appearance among the best after finishing seventh in 2022.

Osipov's greatest achievements in 2023 are the IEM Katowice 2023 and IEM Cologne 2023 trophies. For his individual contribution to G2's success, he secured four EVP titles, which are awarded to the exceptionally valuable players at big tournaments.

m0NESY recorded an average rating of 1.19 in 2023. Among other things, he is one of the leaders of the pro scene in terms of K-D difference (3rd place in the world), number of AWP kills per round (4th place) and rating at Elite events (4th place).

Note that the top three of the presented top 20 will be revealed tomorrow, January 13, during the special event HLTV Award Show 2023. Experts agree that the first three places in the ranking of the strongest representatives of the Counter-Strike pro scene based on the results of 2023 will be taken by Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut (Vitality), Nikola "NiKo" Kovač (G2) and Robin "ropz" Kool (FaZe).

Top 20 players of 2023 according to HLTV.org are:

4.  Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov (G2)
5. Lotan "Spinx" Giladi (Vitality)
6.  Álvaro "SunPayus" García (ENCE/Falcons)
7.  Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev (NAVI)
8.  Dmitry "sh1ro" Sokolov (Cloud9/Team Spirit)
9.  Martin "stavn" Lund (Heroic/Astralis)
10.  Helvijs "broky" Saukants (FaZe)
11.  Nicolai "device" Reedtz (Astralis)
12.  David "frozen" Čerňanský (MOUZ/FaZe)
13.  Nemanja "huNter-" Kovač (G2)
14.  Guy "NertZ" Iluz (Endpoint/ENCE/Heroic)
15.  Jakob "⁠jabbi⁠" Nygaard (Heroic/Astralis)
16.  Benjamin "blameF" Bremer (Astralis)
17.  Emil "Magisk" Reif (Vitality/Falcons)
18.  Casper "cadiaN" Møller (Heroic/Liquid)
19.  Kaike "KSCERATO" Cerato (FURIA)
20.  Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken (FaZe/Liquid)