HLTV Prospects ranking: October 2026
Daniel "syph0" Ageyev is the big story in this month's HLTV Prospects ranking after leading Nemiga to the CIS LAN Season 7 title.
HLTV8 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
The 18-year-old Kazakh, a Spirit Academy graduate who once trialled for Cloud9 , also has 4558 ELO on FACEIT, which has helped him jump from tenth last month to second by the end of September.
Check out the new Prospects page on-site There's a small reshuffle around syph0 , with David "Dawy" Bibik retaining his number one spot and players moving up or down one or two spots below him.
Klimentii "kl1m" Krivosheev is a big faller, down five places as his inactivity starts to bite. He's overtaken by compatriots Danila "kashl1d" Dronov and Vladimir "b1st" Krasikov who both hit their Prospect ranking peaks inside the top seven.
Read more HLTV Prospects spotlight: kl1m As we go down the list, there's more big changes. Egor "ayuki" Ershov has climbed ten places after some strong online form, with Artur "pleynnn" Syzdykov (+9) and Nikolai "Nikodeon" Sørensen (+8) joining him in the top 20.
Zolbayar "tikuak" Chimedtseren and Vyacheslav "slaxejezzz" Vinokurov both struggled to maintain their tier two form after being signed to big teams, and tumble down the ranking as a result. The same is true for Roman "n0te" Hamze , further down.
Zhassulan "Botpa1" Assembek , meanwhile, has become a local LAN specialist.
Opinion
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Team Spirit still has to answer for this: "The 18-year-old Kazakh, a Spirit Academy graduate who once trialled for Cloud9 , also has 4558 ELO on FACEIT, which has helped him jump from tenth last month to second by the en…" That is the soft spot on the card. Nothing else in these lines closes it.
Mara Voss · pessimist
