Fun facts about the HLTV top 20

• Denmark has the most HLTV top 20 appearances (42)

• Sweden has the most HLTV top 20 appearances in a single year (7)

• Denmark is the only country to have a top 20 player in every year for CSGO

• Estonia is the country with the most appearances (7) while only ever having a single top 20 player (ropz)

• Out of the 7 countries with only 1 appearance, 4 of them have been last year. Those countries being Romania (iM), Lithuania (JL), Hungary (torszi), and Guatemala (malbs).

• Niko and Device are tied for the most overall appearances (9)

• Niko has the most top 5 appearances (7). Zywoo has the most consecutive top 5 appearances (6). S1mple has the most top 10 appearances (8)

• Olofmeister is the only top 1 CSGO player to ever win the award once.

• Coldzera is the number 1 player with the least HLTV appearances (3)

• Tarik is the only major MVP to have NEVER been ranked in the top 20

• Donk is the youngest HLTV number 1

• Zywoo is the ONLY player to ever be either HLTV number 1 or 2 without having a single teammate in the top 20.

• Slovakia is the country with most appearances (9) without having more than 1 player ranked in a given year

• Astralis is the ONLY team to have all 5 players in the HLTV top 20 in the same year. (2018)

• Fallen is the highest rated IGL of all time (2)

• Dosia is the highest ranked player (4) with only a single appearance (not counting Donk for obvious reasons)

• Cloud 9 and Outsiders are the only two teams to win a major while only having one top 20 player (atimatic and Jame)

• XANTARES is the oldest (29) player to ever make his first HLTV appearance

• There isn't a single HLTV number 1 player who hasn't won a major.

• Niko, M0nesy and Guardian are the only number 2 players who never won a major

I know these facts are pretty well known, but I thought it would be fun to compile them here. If you have more, comment them