donk Takes His Second 2026 MVP at the Esports World Cup

His 1.50 playoff rating included eight Player of the Map honors and a 1.87 rating on map four of the grand final.

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Danil “donk” Kryshkovets finished the Esports World Cup as its MVP, collecting his second HLTV x 1XBET MVP award of 2026 after a tournament that left very little room for debate. He posted a 1.50 rating and 1.32 KPRW, with no map below the 1.00 mark.

His form held across the bracket. donk was named Player of the Map eight times, finished the playoffs with a 1.50 rating, and recorded a 1.46 rating in the quarterfinal against Vitality.

donk adds another medal to his collection

The Esports World Cup award is the 12th medal of donk’s career and his ninth at Big Events. That puts him level with Nikola “NiKo” Kovač in fourth place on the all-time leaderboard.

The result also came after poor elimination series at IEM Cologne and BLAST Bounty’s grand final. donk responded at the Esports World Cup with a 1.87 rating on map four of the grand final, adding another huge performance to an already imposing event résumé.

The award keeps donk in the year-end top 20 race

donk has never finished outside the top two in the year-end top 20. His medal from the $2,000,000 event gives him another strong result as he tries to maintain that record against Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut and Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov, who remain his usual rivals for the top individual honors.

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