BLAST Premier reveals top 5 highest-rated players from Open Porto

Danil ‘donk’ Kryshkovets isn’t just having a good year. He’s having the kind of year that makes other professional Counter-Strike players reconsider their career choices. BLAST Premier released its top five highest-rated players from the Open Porto 2026 tournament, and donk sits comfortably at the top with an HLTV Rating 3.0 of 1.62. For context, anything above 1.20 is considered elite-level play. Donk cleared that bar by a mile and then kept running. The top five and what the numbers mean The full list reads like a who’s-who of CS2 talent right now. Team Spirit’s donk led the pack at 1.62, followed by Ilya ‘m0NESY’ Osipov at 1.40. Rounding out the top five were dem0n, Starry, and sh1ro, with other notable performances from xelexcs (1.37) and HeavyGod (1.28) during the group stage. The gap between donk and the second-place finisher is worth pausing on. A 0.22 rating difference at the professional level is enormous. Donk’s performance earned him MVP honors for the event. His consistency across maps and matchups made him the clear standout in a field of 16 teams competing for a $1.1 million prize pool. M0NESY’s 1.40 rating deserves its own mention. On any other day, at any other tour...