French sniper kennyS spoke in the HLTV podcast about the current elite of Counter-Strike and the debate for the title of best player of the year. In his opinion, with a fair assessment, it makes more sense to award the title to ZywOo rather than donk.
kennySIf we maintain balance, the title of best player in the world this year makes more sense to give to ZywOo. His superiority looks more convincing right now.
kennyS reminded that a year ago the situation was similar, but everything was decided by the major in Budapest. He added that in 2024 the top-1 was taken by donk after winning the tournament in Shanghai, and evaluating that season was even more difficult.
Separately, kennyS noted that a player of donk's level sometimes has to compensate for the team's actions, and two kills per round can be insufficient. He also highlighted sh1ro.
kennySsh1ro is one of the most underrated players of all time.
Comparing players from different eras is considered a difficult task by kennyS. According to him, in his time, sharp and individually-oriented snipers were assessed more by their mistakes than by their impact, whereas now there is much more structure and analytics in the game.
Recall that earlier, the sticker with donk's autograph for the IEM Cologne Major 2026 increased in price to 40 thousand rubles and became more expensive than the stickers of ZywOo and NiKo.
