Thunderpick World Championship 2026 affected not only team results but also the unofficial ranking of the best players of the year. After the tournament, molodoy strengthened his position in the top 10, kyousuke moved to tenth place, while YEKINDAR and latto overtook their closest competitors.
ZywOo remains the leader
The top of the ranking remained virtually unchanged after Thunderpick WC. ZywOo continues to hold first place, followed by donk and m0NESY. flameZ and ropz also complete the top five, meaning Vitality have three representatives among the five best players.
Sixth place belongs to KSCERATO, who won Thunderpick World Championship 2026 with FURIA. sh1ro follows in seventh, while the main changes begin in eighth place, where molodoy climbed after a successful stretch.
molodoy climbed two positions
molodoy gained two places and now sits eighth. The FURIA player moved ahead of NiKo and kyousuke, while his team’s victory at Thunderpick WC further strengthened his position in the overall 2026 ranking.
NiKo himself remained ninth, while kyousuke dropped two positions to tenth. However, even after this decline, the Falcons player managed to stay in the top 10, rounding out the first ten places in the ranking.
YEKINDAR overtook b1t
Another change took place just outside the top 10. Spinx remained eleventh, while YEKINDAR climbed one position and now occupies 12th place. This allowed the FURIA player to overtake b1t, who dropped to 13th.
Next are Wicadia and makazze, who occupy 14th and 15th places, respectively. HeavyGod remained sixteenth, while xertioN stayed seventeenth, meaning the main changes in this part of the ranking involved the YEKINDAR — b1t pair.
latto overtook w0nderful
Another noticeable change occurred in the lower part of the top 20. latto gained one position and climbed to 18th place, while w0nderful dropped one spot and now sits nineteenth.
torzsi rounds out the top 20, with his position remaining unchanged after Thunderpick WC. Thus, molodoy and kyousuke showed the biggest movements following the tournament — the former climbed two places, while the latter dropped two.
Top 10 after Thunderpick WC 2026
The current top 10 looks like this: ZywOo, donk, m0NESY, flameZ, ropz, KSCERATO, sh1ro, molodoy, NiKo, and kyousuke. The most noticeable change here is molodoy’s rise to eighth place following FURIA’s successful tournament run.
At the same time, this ranking is not the official final top players list of the year. The detailed statistics for the entirety of 2026 are being compiled by an enthusiast in a publicly available spreadsheet, so the positions reflect the current standings according to his methodology and could still change significantly before the season ends.
