The acronym CS GO stands for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and it’s a game that enjoys massive support and fans. It has risen to be one of the most popular competitive games in the world since coming on board. Back in August 2012, this game was pioneered by Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment but year after year, it keeps growing in popularity in the eSports sphere. Moreover, it boasts more eSports leagues and tournaments than any other esports title.

North America is a region known with raw skill and record outstanding success in CS GO in terms of more and more players choosing to stream their games on the franchise daily. The game experienced more refinement when Team Liquid and Evil Geniuses came along. Despite the huge number of players, the CS GO esports is unpredictable each season.

1. Jacob “Pimp” Winneche

Jacob « Pimp » Winneche famous by his alias Pimp is no doubt one of the finest players in the history of Counter-Strike Global Offensive. Already a professional player on Counter-Strike: Source, Pimp quickly was finally hired in a powerful team from North America and stood out thanks to his skills as a sniper. Pimp is a Danish citizen and he played for different teams in his home country, the most famous being Copenhagen Wolves, Team Dignitas, and SK Gaming, Team Liquid before proceeding to join CS GO in North America. He plays on CS GO every day to entertain his fans after deciding to go back home and become a full-time streamer under the tag of Team Dignitas.

2. Eric “adreN” Hoag

Next on the list is Eric “adreN” Hoag, and he started playing on Source. He established himself among the top 10 professional CS GO players in North America. Having played with iBUYPOWER and Team Liquid, two powerful teams in North America, adreN made a name for himself as one of the best in-game leaders of the North American scene. But in June 2016, adreN was evicted from the Team Liquid team, and since then he has been playing in a small team made of streamers.

3. Jordan “n0thing” Gilbert

Jordan Gilbert referred to as n0thing is a famous American player who enjoys a good reputation as a result of his achievement. Jordan Gilbert reached the stellar between August 2014 to August 2017 as an emblematic player of the North American team Cloud9 and encountered many successes at the most prestigious tournaments. Jordan Gilbert’s attribute of humility and nice character distinguished him and makes him acceptable among fans. You can see Gilbert either on CS GO or other popular games like Call of Duty or PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds.

4. Jake « Stewie2K » Yip

Among the top 10 professional CS GO players in North America is Jake ”Stewie2K” Yip. Jake started playing on CS GO in 2014 as a young American player, and quickly showed great talent in the game. Despite being was h

Hired by Cloud9 in early 2016, Jack was unknown on the professional scene. Since then, he has grown to be a remarkable player.

Because of his great performance on the professional scene, Stewie’s team recently won the most prestigious tournament on CS GO, a major one. He has since gained an important fan base. Since then, and streams now and then for them, when he’s not training with his teammates.

5. Jason “jasonR” Ruchelski

Jason “jasonR” Ruchelski is another top professional CS GO player that has come out of North America. Though born in Canada, he used to play on the North American scene. He started with Splyce as his first international experience level, then proceeded to Optic as a trial when the team was looking for its fifth player to enter the Major of Summer 2017.

6. Joshua “steel” Nissan

Joshua Nissan popularly known by his alias as steel is undoubtedly one of the top CS OG players from North America. Nissan is a Canadian player, who also started his career on Source, within the famous Team Dynamic. Steel later played for iBUYPOWER on CS GO, which was one of the best North American teams in 2014. After banning for match-fixing, steel returned to the professional scene and is currently playing with team Torqued.

7. Tarik  “Tarik” Celik

Arik started his professional from being a streamer and quickly proved to be a very talented player. Tarik moved to play for the renowned North American teams such as Counter Logic Gaming and Optic and more recently joined Cloud9 as their in-game leader. Tarik has built his reputation and is famous for streaming shirtless, eating cereals from one hand, and destroying his enemies from the other. Through hard work, and teamwork, Tarik has become a reference by leading his team to the top and winning the ELEAGUE Boston Major 2018, the most important tournament on CS GO.

8. Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev

Oleksandr Kostyliev, famous for his alias s1mple is no doubt one of the top professional CS GO players in North America. As a Ukrainian player, he has made a name for himself on CS GO. As a CS GO legend, he started playing on the professional scene at a young age and proved to be a very talented sniper. In 2016, s1mple joined Team Liquid in North America, after having difficulty with his characters and immature acts. Since then this player has gained more maturity. He is so renowned and popular on the professional scene today.  

9. Mohamad “m0E” Assad

Mohamad Assad recognized by m0E is a retired American professional player among famous counter strike players: GO. He was on the North American scene until late 2015 and is better known for his strong character than for his pro career. Thanks to his fun and skillful play, m0E is among the top 10 professional CS GO players in North America. m0E has career-best performance with GO, and since his retirement, he remained involved in the North American pro scene by managing team Echo Fox and casting a few tournaments.

10. Michael “shroud” Grzesiek

Michael “shroud” Grzesiek is Canadian and he played CS GO for Cloud9 between 2014 to 2017, which is considered to be one of the most powerful North American teams of all time. He can play aggressively if his team needs, and he knows how the enemy plays against him thanks to his humble character and his talent.

These are the top and the best 10 Professional CS GO Players in North America. Among them are the remarkable Stewie2K and Tarik which made great use of their extraordinary Major win with Cloud9, proving they are still to be reckoned with in this list. Let’s take a look at how the rest of the professional CS OG field. Which players are topnotch that make their fellow professionals shiver at the thought of facing them.