HLTV Reveals Nominees for Individual Awards at HLTV Awards 2025

HLTV has officially announced the nominees for the individual awards at HLTV Awards 2025, along with the full list of jury members who will determine the winners across seven categories based on the 2025 CS2 season.

AWPer of the Year Nominees, Entry Fragger of the Year Nominees, Lurker of the Year Nominees, Anchor of the Year Nominees, IGL of the Year Nominees, Coach of the Year Nominees, Highlight of the Year Nominees, HLTV Awards 2025 Jury Announced

AWPer of the Year Nominees

The AWPer of the Year category features a highly competitive lineup, including Usukhbayar “910” Banzragch, Helvijs “broky” Saukants, Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov, Danil “molodoy” Golubenko, Lucas “nqz” Soares, Dmitry “sh1ro” Sokolov, Ádám “torzsi” Torzsás, Igor “w0nderful” Zhdanov, Özgür “woxic” Eker, and Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut.

Entry Fragger of the Year Nominees

Among the nominees for Entry Fragger of the Year are Danil “donk” Kryshkovets, Jonathan “EliGE” Jablonowski, Shahar “flameZ” Shushan, Maksim “kyousuke” Lukin, Drin “makazze” Shaqiri, Nikola “NiKo” Kovač, Azbayar “Senzu” Munkhbold, İsmailcan “XANTARES” Dörtkardeş, Dorian “xertioN” Berman, and Mareks “YEKINDAR” Gaļinskis.

Lurker of the Year Nominees

The Lurker of the Year award sees David “frozen” Čerňanský, Ivan “iM” Mihai, Kaike “KSCERATO” Cerato, Bruno “latto” Rebelatto, Matúš “MATYS” Šimko, Robin “ropz” Kool, Lotan “Spinx” Giladi, Andrey “tN1R” Tatarinovich, Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken, and Ali “Wicadia” Haydar Yalçın competing for the title.

Anchor of the Year Nominees

Nominated for Anchor of the Year are Valeriy “b1t” Vakhovskiy, Nikita “HeavyGod” Martynenko, Jimi “Jimpphat” Salo, Samet “jottAAA” Köklü, William “mezii” Merriman, Ayush “mzinho” Batbold, Sodbayar “Techno4K” Munkhbold, René “TeSeS” Madsen, Yuri “yuurih” Santos, and Miroslav “zont1x” Plakhotya.

IGL of the Year Nominees

The IGL of the Year category includes Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen, Dan “apEX” Madesclaire, Garidmagnai “bLitz” Byambasuren, Ludvig “Brollan” Brolin, Leonid “chopper” Vishnyakov, Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo, Nemanja “huNter-” Kovač, Finn “karrigan” Andersen, Damjan “kyxsan” Stoilkovski, and Engin “MAJ3R” Küpeli.

Coach of the Year Nominees

The nominees for Coach of the Year are Andrey “B1ad3” Gorodenskiy, Sezgin “Fabre” Kalaycı, Sergey “hally” Shavayev, Erdenedalai “maaRaa” Bayanbat, Filip “NEO” Kubski, Eetu “sAw” Saha, Sid “sidde” Macedo, Dennis “sycrone” Nielsen, Rémy “XTQZZZ” Quoniam, and Danny “zonic” Sørensen.

Highlight of the Year Nominees

HLTV also shortlisted ten moments for Highlight of the Year, featuring standout plays by Danil “donk” Kryshkovets against Astralis at PGL Astana and Vitality at BLAST Rivals Fall, JamYoung against MIBR at ESL Pro League Season 21, Maka versus NAVI at ESL Pro League Season 22, ropz against 3DMAX at the BLAST Austin Major, Twistzz versus NAVI at the StarLadder Budapest Major, w0nderful against The MongolZ at the Thunderpick World Championship, xKacpersky versus NAVI at IEM Cologne, z4kr versus paiN at FISSURE Playground 1, and zweih against Falcons at the StarLadder Budapest Major.

HLTV Awards 2025 Jury Announced

In addition to the nominees, HLTV revealed the jury that will decide the winners. The panel includes representatives from top-tier teams, as well as players, coaches, analysts, commentators, and HLTV staff members, ensuring a broad and expert evaluation process.

The HLTV Awards 2025 ceremony will take place on January 10, 2026, in Belgrade, where the best individuals of the CS2 season will be officially crowned.