NiKo receives EVP title 50 times – record on CS pro scene

Falcons's Nikola "NiKo" Kovač has become the first player on the Counter-Strike pro scene to secure 50 EVP titles in tournaments, according to the authoritative portal HLTV.org. The Bosnian esports sports received his 50th EVP award at the recent PGL Bucharest 2025 tournament in Romania.

The second and third places by this stat are occupied by Nicolai "device" Reedtz and Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev – both esports stories have earned 36 EVPs in their careers. The top 5 also includes Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski and Denis "electroNic" Sharipov (35 EVPs each).

Note that the EVP title according to HLTV.org is awarded to players who show outstanding results at events, but do not receive the MVP title. For example, at the recent PGL Bucharest 2025, representatives of Falcons, G2, FaZe and Complexity were among the EVPs.

Origin: t.me