There’s more talent than ever in pro CS.

It means that in order to pick the best players in the world you need clear, specific criteria.

Let’s first take a look at some of the big names who barely missed the cut of being in the top 10 CS:GO players.

10. Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub

In late 2014 and early 2015 kennyS was arguably the number one player in the world as the game’s most dominant AWPer.

Despite playing on a team barely in the top eight, he constantly put up performances that allowed Titan to compete with all of the world’s best teams, and even score some strong tournament finishes.

9. Tyler 'Skadoodle' Latham

While fans go crazy about shroud’s exciting flick shots, the true star of Cloud9 and the player who makes the team who in the summer was a legitimate threat to contend for titles go, is Skadoodle.

He’s the best North American player—at least until Hiko fully returns—by far the most consistent player on Cloud9 and the team relies on his strong play more than anyone else’s.

8. Aleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev

Easily one of the most explosive players in the world, s1mple has been outside of the spotlight since he left FlipSid3, seemingly out of the blue, after the team was knocked out of ESWC.

Once his ESL ban is up and he matures a little, he will become the number one player in the ex-CIS region, and you can expect him settle much higher in this ranking once he reaches his peak—he’s still only 17.

7. Robin 'flusha' Ronnquist

Flusha was the best player in fnatic for a long time, and his overall performance throughout 2014 was incredible.

For one, he has the best stats overall across all the CS:GO majors to-date, and he is one of just three players ever to three majors—and one of five to win two.

6. Freddy 'KRiMZ' Johansson

No one could have predicted the breakout performances KRiMZ had in late 2014.

He was a role player on the successful LGB team, and had been without a team before fnatic picked him up last summer.

That KRiMZ went onto have some of the best individual performances on that team is truly remarkable.

5. Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski

There is no clear superstar in the Polish team Virtus.pro, and at times all five of their players have good enough games to receive MVP awards.

In any case, over the long haul the best player in Virtus.pro, and the most important one as well, has been Snax.

He is an extremely versatile player, a part-in-game-leader, and probably the game’s trickiest player.

4. Vincent 'Happy' Cervoni

Happy might be the first in-game leader in Counter-Strike’s history to have the kind of success individually that he has had.

In any case, he is the best player on EnVy, who have been a top three team for most of the past year, and has become the game’s best lurker after GeT_RiGhT’s decline.

He can AWP, lead the world’s best team, and play with just about every weapon out there.

3. Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovacs

The lone Slovakian player has been among the world’s best since 2012.

He has probably been the biggest carry in a top five team since Na`Vi broke through as a top tier squad in May 2014.

Simply put, Na`Vi often lived and died with GuardiaN’s performances.

GuardiaN has been the most important player, on a team that was recently ranked second-best in the world, for a long time.

2. Nicolai 'device' Reedtz

It’s safe to say that device has finally arrived. It seemed only his nerves were holding him back from becoming an absolute force in the Counter-Strike world.

Much like peak-f0rest, he can both AWP and rifle at an elite level. No longer is he the player who goes MIA in big games and needs to be pulled across the finish line.

1. Olof 'olofm' Kajbjer

This should come as no surprise to anyone who has been actively following the scene.

Currently—and for a while now—the king of Counter-Strike has been fnatic’s olofm, the player who has been the brightest star in the world’s best team

He is probably the game’s most versatile player—able to play both passively and aggressively on both halves, and handle every weapon, both rifles and snipers, at an elite level.

Enjoy it while it lasts, because we do not get to enjoy players like this too often.

(source:pcgamer)