Note: This list takes into consideration roles and how good their team has done. Also, it is for the entire year, not just recent events, and being good on LAN wasn't a huge factor(i.e. I'm not gonna put keloqz on there just cause he played great at Berlin)
- cNed: cNed has consistently been one of the top duelists in the world, specifically on Jett, and is undeniably the best awper in the world. However, he's also a good rifler and won Champs, as well as multiple EMEA events, including Masters 1.
- nAts: nAts is just a freak. The things that he does as a sentinel main is outstanding and unheard of. He is an extremely smart player with great aim and he is a phenomenal lurker and site anchor. To add to his individual skill, he also won Masters Berlin and came 1 map away from winning Champs.
- TenZ: Despite a bad showing at Champs, TenZ was a top 5 player this year. He dominated the rest of NA throughout the entire year, dominated some of the best teams in the world at Masters Reykjavik and Berlin, and won Masters Reykjavik(alongside pretty much every NA tournament this year).
- ShahZaM: No other team has consistently found as much success while having an IGL as skilled as ShahZaM anywhere in the world, throughout the year. Sentinels have dominated NA for the large majority of this year, won Masters Reykjavik, and were only 1 of 3 teams to make Masters Reykjavik, Berlin, and Champs. They did all of this without a coach for most of the year. There's no one else to attribute this consistent success to than the IGL who also had to fill the role that a coach normally would. Shahz also has done great despite swapping roles from Jett to Sova/breach.
- ScreaM: ScreaM is one of the most consistent players in the world and is a top 3 rifler in the world. Not only has he proved his skill against EMEA, but he has also shown it against the rest of the world at Reykjavik and Champs.
- yay: yay has dominated NA all year and, after he was acquired by Envy, dominated the best teams in the world at Masters Berlin. yay turned an Envy team known for finishing 3rd and 4th in pretty much every NA event into a team that made it to the finals at Masters Berlin. Not only is he one of the best Jett players in the world, but he is also a great rifler and a great awper.
- Chronicle
- crashies
- Sacy
- heat
- Redgar
- stax
- SicK
- zeek
- Asuna
- nitr0
- nukkye
- dapr
- Derke
- keznit
HM: Patiphan, Marved, leaf, Boaster, Laz, mwzera
Edit: Yay #2->#6
2nd Edit: zeek -> #14: The more I've thought about zeek, the more I've realized that I have just overlooked how great he has played, the role he's done it on and the success he has had. When making the list I counted him out because of his time on G2 but the more I've thought about it, zeek just didn't fit into G2 and he still put up good numbers there. He also was one of the best players at both Masters Berlin and Champs while mostly playing Sova and kayo. If this were a list for the best players of the 2nd half of 2021, honestly zeek would probably even be above crashies but because of his time on G2, I'm only going to put him at 14.