{"id":428261,"date":"2026-09-24T13:26:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T13:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/?p=428261"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:36:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T13:36:36","slug":"donk-becomes-first-cs2-player-to-reach-5000-elo-in-faceit-season-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/donk-becomes-first-cs2-player-to-reach-5000-elo-in-faceit-season-9","title":{"rendered":"donk becomes first CS2 player to reach 5,000 Elo in FACEIT Season 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Danil \u201cdonk\u201d 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">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.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"article__content grid-cards-col xl-w-100\">\n    <p class=\"article-h3\">read more<\/p>\n    <div class=\"grid-1 gap-12 mb-12 club-section__load-more-parent xl-w-100\">\n        <article class=\"club-hover-connect-parent\">\n    <div class=\"club-top-line\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"club-row club-gutter-none\">\n                    <div class=\"club-col-4 club-col-6-xs\">\n                <figure class=\"picture-16x9 picture-with-gradient\">\n                    <a class=\"club-hover-connect club-hover-connect-img\" href=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/rumor-og-target-ex3rcice-and-chucky-for-rebuild\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n                        <picture class=\"\">\n<source class=\"\" media=\"(max-width: 640px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/800px-Ex3rcice_at_IEM_Rio_2026-768x513.jpg.webp 1x, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/800px-Ex3rcice_at_IEM_Rio_2026.jpg.webp 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\">\n<source class=\"\" media=\"(max-width: 640px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/800px-Ex3rcice_at_IEM_Rio_2026-768x513.jpg 1x, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/800px-Ex3rcice_at_IEM_Rio_2026.jpg 2x\">\n<source class=\"\" media=\"(min-width: 641px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/800px-Ex3rcice_at_IEM_Rio_2026-768x513.jpg.webp 1x, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/800px-Ex3rcice_at_IEM_Rio_2026.jpg.webp 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\">\n<source class=\"\" media=\"(min-width: 641px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/800px-Ex3rcice_at_IEM_Rio_2026-768x513.jpg 1x, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/800px-Ex3rcice_at_IEM_Rio_2026.jpg 2x\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/800px-Ex3rcice_at_IEM_Rio_2026-768x513.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/800px-Ex3rcice_at_IEM_Rio_2026.jpg 2x\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n<\/picture>                    <\/a>\n                <\/figure>\n            <\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"club-col-8 club-col-6-xs club-box-bg--gradient\">\n            <div class=\"club-box-def club-full-height\">\n                <div class=\"club-dynamic-dotted-wrap club-full-height\">\n                    <h3 class=\"club-h4-title\">\n                        <a class=\"club-link-primary club-hover-connect club-dynamic-dotted__text\" href=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/rumor-og-target-ex3rcice-and-chucky-for-rebuild\">\n                            Rumor: OG target Ex3rcice and Chucky for rebuild                        <\/a>\n                    <\/h3>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"club-bottom-line\"><\/div>\n<\/article>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>donk dominates his recent FACEIT matches<\/h2>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Across his last 30 matches, donk gained 269 Elo with a 21\u20139 record. Those games had an average match skill level of 3,572.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">His statistics over the same period:<\/p>\n<ul data-spread=\"false\" class=\"article-list-pink\">\n<li class=\"article-list-pink__item\">1.54 rating<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-list-pink__item\">26 \/ 14 \/ 5 K\/D\/A<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-list-pink__item\">1.79 K\/D<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-list-pink__item\">1.20 kills per round<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-list-pink__item\">119.1 ADR<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-list-pink__item\">75% headshots<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-list-pink__item\">+7.16% Swing<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-list-pink__item\">70% win rate<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-list-pink__item\">64% consistency<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_428266\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-428266\" style=\"width: 1197px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-428266\" src=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot_2-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1197\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot_2-3.png 1197w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot_2-3-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot_2-3-1024x609.png 1024w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot_2-3-768x457.png 768w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot_2-3-600x357.png 600w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot_2-3-1177x700.png 1177w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot_2-3-504x300.png 504w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot_2-3-1009x600.png 1009w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1197px) 100vw, 1197px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-428266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.faceit.com\/en\/players\/donk666\"> FACEIT<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The recent run also included several standout individual games. Over a five-day period, donk went 18\u20136 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.<\/p>\n<h2>Third consecutive season above 5,000 Elo<\/h2>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">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 \u201cMaiL09\u201d T\u00fcgel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">As of the latest leaderboard update, donk is also around 200 Elo ahead of Dmytro \u201cdem0n\u201d Myroshnychenko in second place, while Andrii \u201cnpl\u201d Kukharskyi follows with 4,729.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"article__content grid-cards-col xl-w-100\">\n    <p class=\"article-h3\">read more<\/p>\n    <div class=\"grid-1 gap-12 mb-12 club-section__load-more-parent xl-w-100\">\n        <article class=\"club-hover-connect-parent\">\n    <div class=\"club-top-line\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"club-row club-gutter-none\">\n                    <div class=\"club-col-4 club-col-6-xs\">\n                <figure class=\"picture-16x9 picture-with-gradient\">\n                    <a class=\"club-hover-connect club-hover-connect-img\" href=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/5-quick-things-valve-could-bring-back-to-put-the-spark-back-in-cs2\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n                        <picture class=\"\">\n<source class=\"\" media=\"(max-width: 640px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ss_198bc430aeebe466a82ff3f03172a55f08615bb5.1920x1080-768x432.jpg.webp 1x, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ss_198bc430aeebe466a82ff3f03172a55f08615bb5.1920x1080-1400x788.jpg.webp 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\">\n<source class=\"\" media=\"(max-width: 640px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ss_198bc430aeebe466a82ff3f03172a55f08615bb5.1920x1080-768x432.jpg 1x, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ss_198bc430aeebe466a82ff3f03172a55f08615bb5.1920x1080-1400x788.jpg 2x\">\n<source class=\"\" media=\"(min-width: 641px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ss_198bc430aeebe466a82ff3f03172a55f08615bb5.1920x1080-768x432.jpg.webp 1x, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ss_198bc430aeebe466a82ff3f03172a55f08615bb5.1920x1080-1400x788.jpg.webp 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\">\n<source class=\"\" media=\"(min-width: 641px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ss_198bc430aeebe466a82ff3f03172a55f08615bb5.1920x1080-768x432.jpg 1x, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ss_198bc430aeebe466a82ff3f03172a55f08615bb5.1920x1080-1400x788.jpg 2x\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ss_198bc430aeebe466a82ff3f03172a55f08615bb5.1920x1080-768x432.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ss_198bc430aeebe466a82ff3f03172a55f08615bb5.1920x1080-1400x788.jpg 2x\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n<\/picture>                    <\/a>\n                <\/figure>\n            <\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"club-col-8 club-col-6-xs club-box-bg--gradient\">\n            <div class=\"club-box-def club-full-height\">\n                <div class=\"club-dynamic-dotted-wrap club-full-height\">\n                    <h3 class=\"club-h4-title\">\n                        <a class=\"club-link-primary club-hover-connect club-dynamic-dotted__text\" href=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/5-quick-things-valve-could-bring-back-to-put-the-spark-back-in-cs2\">\n                            5 Quick Things Valve Could Bring Back to Put the Spark Back in CS2                        <\/a>\n                    <\/h3>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"club-bottom-line\"><\/div>\n<\/article>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Spirit prepare for ESL Pro League Season 24<\/h2>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">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\u201311 with 16 teams competing for a $1 million prize pool.<\/p>\n<p>donk will therefore return to LAN competition after reaching another FACEIT milestone and reclaiming the top position in the Season 9 leaderboard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Danil \u201cdonk\u201d 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":428263,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-428261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>donk becomes first player to reach 5,000 Elo in FACEIT Season 9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"donk became the first CS2 player to reach 5,000 Elo in FACEIT Season 9 and currently leads the leaderboard with 5,026 Elo after 114 matches.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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