w0nderful nominated for the title of the best sniper of 2026

NAVI sniper Igor "w0nderful" Zhdanov entered the five applicants for the prestigious AWPer of the Year award according to HLTV. The Ukrainian esports player finished the season with a rating of 1.11, 0.35 kills from AWP per round, and also won one MVP and three EVP awards.

Along with him, ZywOo, m0NESY, sh1ro and molodoy are also nominated for the title. Despite the highest competition and cosmic statistics of the French ZywOo (rating 1.40), w0nderful has a chance to win thanks to the coolness in clutches, game discipline and consistency against top teams.