Danil “donk” Kryshkovets has become the first Counter-Strike 2 player to reach 5,000 Elo in FACEIT Season 9. The Team Spirit rifler currently leads the leaderboard with 5,026 Elo after 114 matches and holds a 65.8% win rate this season.
The milestone continues another strong FACEIT season for donk, who started Season 9 at 4,483 Elo following the seasonal reset and has already gained more than 500 points.
donk dominates his recent FACEIT matches
Across his last 30 matches, donk gained 269 Elo with a 21–9 record. Those games had an average match skill level of 3,572.
His statistics over the same period:
- 1.54 rating
- 26 / 14 / 5 K/D/A
- 1.79 K/D
- 1.20 kills per round
- 119.1 ADR
- 75% headshots
- +7.16% Swing
- 70% win rate
- 64% consistency
The recent run also included several standout individual games. Over a five-day period, donk went 18–6 across 24 FACEIT matches, including a 43-kill performance on Ancient and 34 kills on Mirage. In another Mirage victory, he finished with 25 kills in a 13:1 win and posted a 2.12 FACEIT rating.
Third consecutive season above 5,000 Elo
This is the third FACEIT season in a row in which donk has crossed the 5,000 Elo mark. He needed 114 matches to reach the milestone this time after beginning the season at 4,483.
Season 8 ended with an even higher mark. donk finished first with 5,494 Elo, setting a new historical CS2 record on FACEIT after surpassing the previous 5,415 mark held by Liam “MaiL09” Tügel.
As of the latest leaderboard update, donk is also around 200 Elo ahead of Dmytro “dem0n” Myroshnychenko in second place, while Andrii “npl” Kukharskyi follows with 4,729.
Spirit prepare for ESL Pro League Season 24
The FACEIT run comes during a break from official competition for Team Spirit. Their next scheduled event is ESL Pro League Season 24, which will take place in Katowice from October 3–11 with 16 teams competing for a $1 million prize pool.
donk will therefore return to LAN competition after reaching another FACEIT milestone and reclaiming the top position in the Season 9 leaderboard.
