HLTV Awards 2025 Reveal Nominee list ahead of biggest edition yet

HLTV shares the nominees for the HLTV Awards 2025, as the prestigious celebration returns to Belgrade on January 10th 2026. Building on the success of previous editions, the 2025 HLTV Awards promise to be the biggest and most ambitious yet. Check out the HLTV Awards 2025 Nominee List below.

To accommodate growing interest and an expanded program, the HLTV Awards 2025 will move to the Blue Hall of the Sava Centar, one of Belgrade’s most iconic landmarks. The new venue allows the event to increase capacity from 600 to 1,000 attendees, while maintaining its exclusive, industry-focused, and invite-only nature. Attendees will include the biggest teams and content creators including Scream, Potti, Furia, Spirit, olofmeister, Cogu, Team Vitaliy, dona, Ohne, dimawallhacks, and more.

HLTV Awards 2025 Nominees

The HLTV Awards are divided into three categories: Community Awards, Panel Awards, and HLTV-decided awards. Panel Award winners are selected by a group of industry representatives, including top broadcast talent, team players and coaches, and HLTV staff. Community Awards are determined by HLTV readers through a voting process which ends December 31st, and the remaining HLTV awards are decided internally by the team at HLTV.

The Panel Award nominees will be narrowed down to a group of finalists on December 28, while the finalists for the Community Awards will be announced on December 31. Lastly, some of the HLTV Awards finalists have already been published including the Women’s categories, with the rest to follow in coming weeks.

Panel Awards

Closer of the Year
- David “frozen” Čerňanský
- Mihai “iM” Ivan
- Kaike “KSCERATO” Cerato
- Bruno “latto” Rebelatto
- Matúš “MATYS” Šimko
- Robin “ropz” Kool
- Lotan “Spinx” Giladi
- Andrey “tN1R” Tatarinovich
- Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken
- Ali “Wicadia” Haydar Yalçın
Anchor of the Year
- Valeriy “b1t” Vakhovskiy
- Nikita “HeavyGod” Martynenko
- Jimi “Jimpphat” Salo
- Samet “jottAAA” Köklü
- William “mezii” Merriman
- Ayush “mzinho” Batbold
- Sodbayar “Techno” Munkhbold
- René “TeSeS” Madsen
- Yuri “yuurih” Santos
- Myroslav “zont1x” Plakhotia
IGL of the Year
- 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
- Engin “MAJ3R” Küpeli
AWPer of the Year
- Usukhbayar “910”Banzragch
- Helvijs “broky”Saukants
- Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov
- Danil “molodoy” Golubenko
- Lucas “nqz” Soares
- Dmitry “sh1ro” Sokolov
- Ádám “torzsi” Torzsás
- Ihor “w0nderful” Zhdanov
- Özgür “woxic” Eker
- Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut
Opener of the Year
- Danil “donk” Kryshkovets
- Jonathan “EliGE” Jablonowski
- Shahar “flameZ” Shushan
- Maxim “kyousuke” Lukin
- Drin “makazze” Shaqiri
- Nikola “NiKo” Kovač
- Azbayar “Senzu” Munkhbold
- Ismailcan “XANTARES” Dörtkardeş
- Dorian “xertioN” Berman
- Mareks “YEKINDAR” Gaļinskis
Coach of the Year
- Andrey “B1ad3” Gorodenskiy
- Sezgin “Fabre” Kalaycı
- Sergey “hally” Shavaev
- Erdenedalai “maaRaa” Bayanbat
- Filip “NEO” Kubski
- Eetu “sAw” Saha
- Sid “sidde” Macedo
- Dennis “sycrone” Nielsen
- Rémy “XTQZZZ” Quoniam
- Danny “zonic” Sørensen
Highlight of the Year
- donk – 1v4 vs Astralis
- donk – 1v5 vs Vitality
- JamYoung – Deagle 4K vs MIBR
- Maka – 1 Taps vs NAVI
- ropz – 2 second Ace vs 3DMAX
- Twistzz – 4K (1v3) vs NAVI
- w0nderful – 1v4 vs The MongolZ
- xKacpersky – 4K vs NAVI
- z4kr – 1v5 vs paIN
- zweih – Ace vs Falcons

HLTV Awards 2025: Community Awards

Talent of the Year
- Freya “⁠Freya⁠” Spiers
- Harry “⁠JustHarry⁠” Russell
- Hugo “⁠Hugo⁠” Byron
- Jacob “⁠Pimp⁠” Winneche
- Chad “⁠SPUNJ⁠” Burchill
- Alex “⁠Machine⁠” Richardson
- James “⁠BanKs⁠” Banks
- Janko “⁠YNk⁠” Paunović
- Mohan “⁠launders⁠” Govindasamy
- Conner “⁠Scrawny⁠” Girvan
- Alex “⁠Mauisnake⁠” Ellenberg
- Tres “⁠stunna⁠” Saranthus
Streamer of the Year
- Vadim “⁠Evelone192⁠” Kozakov
- Erik “⁠fl0m⁠” Flom
- Luciano “⁠forg1⁠” Forgione
- Alexandre “⁠gAuLeS⁠” Chiqueta
- Ömer “⁠imoRR⁠” Karataş
- Piotr “⁠izak⁠” Skowyrski
- Justinas “⁠jL⁠” Lekavicius
- Sebastien “⁠KRL⁠” Perez
- Mark “⁠ohnePixel⁠” Zimmermann
- Ivan “⁠StRoGo⁠” Shurpatov
Creator of the Year
- 3kliksphilip
- Anomaly
- bysTaXx
- Cachorro1337
- dima_aimbots
- Murzofix
- NadeKing
- shoke
- Sparkles
- Virre CS2
Event of the Year
- IEM Katowice 2025
- PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025
- PGL Astana 2025
- BLAST.tv Austin Major
- IEM Cologne 2025
- FISSURE Playground 2
- BLAST Rivals 2025 Season 2
- StarLadder Budapest Major
Skin of the Year, presented by Skin.Club
- AWP | Ice Coaled (REINCARNATION)
- AWP | Printstream (JTPNZ)
- FAMAS | Bad Trip (HEWOK)
- Glock-18 | Shinobu (Horameow)
- M4A1-S | Liquidation (Mei)
- M4A4 | Full Throttle (dwern)
- MAC-10 | Cat Fight (Maloo)
- MAC-10 │ Derailment (Tolik_Wask)
- MP7 | Smoking Kills (48)
- UMP-45│Late Night Transit (cimota)
Women’s Player of The Year
- Mayline-Joy “⁠ASTRA⁠” Champliaud
- Bruna “⁠bizinha⁠” Marvila
- Wiktoria “⁠vicu⁠” Janicka
Women’s Team of The Year
- BIG EQUIPA
- FURIA fe
- MIBR fe
Rookie of The Year, presented by HLTV
TBA
Team of The Year
TBA
Player of The Year
TBA