Next week, Counter-Strike 2 celebrates its first anniversary. Over the year, numerous competitive matches and tournaments have taken place, setting some noteworthy records. Today, CS.MONEY Blog covers some of the most remarkable player achievements and records in CS2.
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The Longest Map in CS2
Since one of the major changes in CS2 was the match format, it makes sense to reset the records. During the Global Offensive era, the longest map lasted 88 rounds. At the ESL UK Premiership 2015, XENEX beat exceL with a score of 46:42.
CS2 has its own record-holder. Recently, M80 and Fnatic played a 71-round match on Anubis. Even more impressively, this happened during the ESL Pro League Season 20 LAN tournament. While the teams battled it out (M80 won 37:34), another match between MOUZ and Imperial finished entirely! The map’s stats are impressive:
Most Kills/Frags in CS2 in Regulation Time
Another fresh record. While many achievements are set in extended matches with multiple overtime rounds, it’s more impressive to look at regulation time—specifically, the first 24 rounds. Many celebrated donk’s impressive 38 frags against Wildcard, but the young Swedish talent poiii, playing for EYEBALLERS, outdid him with 39 frags against Zero Tenacity.
Since this match was online and donk achieved his kills at a LAN event (also at ESL Pro League S20), the Russian still holds the record for kills in a LAN environment.
CS2 Tournament with the Largest Prize Pool
There are no surprises here. PGL Major Copenhagen boasted a prize pool of $1,250,000, the largest prize sum for a single tournament to date. There were rumours that the Esports World Cup was prepared to offer $5,000,000 of prize money, but in the end, their $1,050,000 prize pool secured second place.
Highest Earning Players in CS2
Interestingly, the players from Natus Vincere, who won the record-breaking CS2 tournament, rank only 10th-14th in earnings. The top four spots are held by the core of FaZe Clan. Karrigan, broky, ropz, and rain have each earned $316,000 (according to esportsearnings).
However, this could change soon—if Team Vitality wins BLAST Premier Fall Groups and FaZe Clan finishes last, the players of the French club will take the lead.
Players with the Most Maps and Rounds Played
Let’s take a look at the Tier 2 scene. While top teams can select which tournaments to compete in and optimize their schedules, those striving to climb the ranks don’t have that luxury. According to HLTV, the record holders are four players from Zero Tenacity (brutmonster, simke, Cjoffo, and aVN), who have each played 437 maps in the past year! That’s more than one map per day!
Their persistence has earned them $82,750 in prize money, or $16,550 per player, before taxes, coach cuts, and organization fees. Breaking this down per map, they’ve earned nearly $38 per map — a modest but honest earning. They’ve also played a record 9,625 rounds.
Most Kills/Frags in CS2 official matches
In absolute numbers, the top scorer is the fifth player from Zero Tenacity, nEMANHA, who played 435 maps and racked up 7,058 kills. However, in terms of kills per round, donk is the undisputed leader, with 0.94 kills per round. His closest challengers, smooya and malbsMd, have a ratio of 0.8!
Donk also dominates in average match rating, with a score of 1.41. Smooya and malbsMd, who hold second and third place, have an average rating of 1.25. Donk remains a strong contender for Player of the Year!
The first year of CS2 gave us lots of exciting competitions, but records are made to be broken. We’ll continue to follow the competitive scene and celebrate these incredible achievements!
