donk Moves Into Fourth Place for Career MVP Awards

Team Spirit player Danil “donk” Kryshkovets has climbed to fourth place on the list of esports players with the most MVP awards in their careers. After another successful tournament, the Russian star overtook three legendary names at once — Nikola “NiKo” Kovač, Kenny “kennyS” Schrub, and Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund.

donk now has 11 MVP awards to his name. This allowed him to establish himself directly behind the top three leaders in the all-time ranking. His next target is Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz, who currently holds 19 awards. To catch the Danish player, Kryshkovets needs to win eight more MVP medals.

donk’s latest step forward in the historical ranking came after Team Spirit’s victory at PGL Astana 2026. The tournament took place from May 9 to 17, with a prize pool of $1.6 million. In the grand final, Spirit confidently defeated Team Falcons 3:0 and won the championship for the second year in a row.

Leaders by number of MVP awards:

• Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut — 32 awards

• Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev — 21 awards

• Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz — 19 awards

• Danil “donk” Kryshkovets — 11 awards

• Nikola “NiKo” Kovač — 10 awards

• Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund — 10 awards

• Kenny “kennyS” Schrub — 10 awards

donk Earns 11th MVP Medal at PGL Astana 2026

Thus, 2026 continues to strengthen donk’s status as one of the defining players of the modern CS2 scene.