KSCERATO revealed as #9 in HLTV's Top 20 Players of 2025 list

FURIA's rifling star KSCERATO has been revealed as the ninth best player of 2025 after being revealed as #9 on HLTV's Top 20 Players of 2025. FURIA's 26-year old star also matches his best ever ranking on the HLTV Top 20 Players of the Year list, with #9 being his best-ever rank, which he had also achieved in the 2022 list. This is also the Brazilian's fifth appearance on the HLTV Top 20 Players of the Year lists.

Having made his debut with FURIA back in 2018, KSCERATO has slowly become one of Brazil's finest players, if not the best. In a year where FURIA became title contenders in the second half of the season, KSCERATO stepped up for his team throughout the year with a 1.20 rating in 2025. In fact, barring is 0.89 rating in the BLAST Open London 2025 Finals, where FURIA finished 3-4th, KSCERATO managed to put up ratings of 1.00 and above in all of the events he played in 2025. KSCERATO also had one MVP award in 2025, coming at the Thunderpick World Championship 2025, where FURIA picked up the title. He also had EVPs at BLAST Rivals Season 2, IEM Chengdu 2025 and FISSURE Playground 2.

FURIA ended 2025 with four LAN titles (FISSURE Playground 2, Thunderpick World Championship 2025, IEM Chengdu 2025 and BLAST Rivals 2025 Season 2) and KSCERATO had put up a rating of 1.18+ in all of those events. The BLAST Open London 2025 online stage was KSCERATO's highest ranked event of the year with a 1.36 rating.

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