Electronic Sports World Cup 2010 was one of the most followed tournaments in years and it deserves a proper finish to its coverage by seeing who the best individual performers were. Also, as the event did not give out any individual awards, at the end of this article we will nominate a few players for you to vote on and decide the unofficial MVP, so be sure to read on and see many interesting stats related to your potential choices and also other top performers.

Seeing as there were many world-class teams and players in attendance and many of them performed very good, we had to expand the usual top 10 to a bit more. Also, for the same reason only players from teams that made it to playoffs were considered. So, without further ado, let's see who those best of the best were and what made them stand out.

Best rated players

16) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Filip 'Neo' Kubski Frag eXecutors 0.77 0.66 1.11

1 x MotM, Highest rating: 1.59 vs KaoS (Group stage 1)

The Polish superstar Filip "Neo "Kubski was once again the key player for his team's success, helping Frag eXecutors get to semi-final after a long spell of unsuccessful tournaments. He was always among the best for his team, illustrated by the fact that he was 12% better than team average. Kubski was one of the best clutch players in the event with total 8 rounds won when left alone. The most memorable such rounds happened at the ending of the match against mousesports, where he got a ninja defuse and then a 1on3 in last two rounds to bring his team the victory (video).

15) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Dennis 'walle' Wallenberg SK 0.77 0.60 1.15

0 x MotM, Highest rating: 1.51 vs coL (Quarter-final, train)

SK recently made a change in the team by taking away in-game leadership responsibilities from Dennis "walle" Wallenberg in order to allow him to play more freely and use the awp more. Although his awp wasn't as lethal as it can be, he was still the 6th best with it at the event. More importantly, he played much better all around than in previous tournaments this year, getting an event-rating over 1.00 for the first time in 2010. The big difference in his game was being one of the most regular fraggers (6th in the event) by getting at least one kill in 54% of his rounds, compared to 46% in the past. Also, he was very good as entry fragger, with 41 first kills (0.12 per round).

14) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Jimmy 'allen' Allen SK 0.74 0.58 1.16

3 x MotM, Highest rating: 1.76 vs FireGamers (Group stage 2)

Another player that was a big reason for SK's great display was Jimmy "allen" Allen, who, just as Wallenberg, had his best tournament yet this year. Allen was best rated in a match 3 times, and was also one of the players hardest to kill with 0.58 DPR. He was very successful in entry kills (3rd in event), even though he was his team's least utilized player for that task.

13) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Oliver 'minet' Minet mTw 0.80 0.63 1.16

2 x MotM, Highest rating: 1.94 vs EG (Group stage 2)

Another great tournament in a row for mTw's Oliver "minet" Minet is beginning to establish a new trio of main stars in the Danish team. He had a very good 0.80 KPR, was the team's best pistol round player and a very good entry killer (48 first kills). Another way he stood out was the use of AK47, as he was event's second best with the weapon and he used it for 50% of his kills.

12) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Johan 'face' Klasson SK 0.77 0.61 1.17

1 x MotM, Highest rating: 1.56 vs coL (Quarter-final, train)

Another SK member that played great is Johan "face" Klasson, one who we are already used to doing well this year. His main trait was his consistency, as he had rating of at least 1.00 in 11 of 13 maps, only doing bad in the two losses against Na´Vi in the final.

11) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Sergey 'starix' Ischuk Na´Vi 0.80 0.56 1.19

2 x MotM, Highest rating: 1.77 vs mTw (Semi-final, train)

Sergey "starix" Ischuk continued with great form he showed at DH, and even though he wasn't the best rated Ukrainian this time, he was a very important part of their machinery. Again the model of consistency with 11 of 12 maps over 1.00, Ischuk was also one of the best pistol round players in the event (5th) and the hardest to kill with 0.56 DPR. It might also be interesting to note that he was left in 1on1 situations 7 times and won all of them for his team.

10) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Renato 'nak' Nakano FireGamers 0.77 0.61 1.20

0 x MotM, Highest rating: 1.57 vs Lions (Group stage 1)

One of three FireGamers' members who had won an ESWC title in 2006 with MiBR, Renato "nak" Nakano, was the player who carried their team the most in the entire tournament. He basically didn't have a bad game and was an incredible 31% better than team average, so there wasn't much more he could have done to help his team progress further. He was also the third most dominant player in the event when we consider who had most rounds with multiple kills, and he was also quite clutch with 6 rounds won in 1onX situations.

9) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Danny 'zonic' Sørensen mTw 0.80 0.56 1.20

4 x MotM, Highest rating: 1.71 vs k1ck (Group stage 1)

The MVP of DH Summer, Danny "zonic" Sørensen, had a tough task of repeating the incredible performances from Jönköping, but even though he didn't do quite that well, he still continued with great form as one of the best players in this event. Four times highest rated in a match, 11 of 13 times over 1.00, 8 clutch rounds won, great 0.56 DPR and being by far the best player with M4A1 are the stats that best describe his performance and playing style in this tournament.

8) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Ioann 'Edward' Sukhariev Na´Vi 0.86 0.66 1.21

4 x MotM, Highest rating: 1.95 vs mTw (Semi-final, dust2)

The Ukrainian killing machine and pistol king, Ioann "Edward" Sukhariev, was surely one of the stars of this tournament as the 3rd best fragger with 0.86 KPR and by being the 3rd best player in pistol rounds, which can best be witnessed in his amazing pistol ace against mTw in semi-final (video). On top of that he was top rated in 4 maps, second best at amount of rounds with kills with 56%, and 4th best entry killer of the tournament.

7) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Rasmus 'Gux' Ståhl SK 0.84 0.59 1.21

2 x MotM, Highest rating: 1.60 vs coL (Quarter-final, train)

Ever since arriving to SK in mid-February, Rasmus "Gux" Ståhl established himself as the star of the team and this tournament was no different. Up until the final, he was the best rated player in the entire event, but the slight under-performance dropped him to 7th place. Regardless of that, he was crucial to his team's success as the most regular fragger of the event with 57% of rounds with at least one kill, 2nd best pistol round player, 5th best KPR of 0.84 and the best AK47.

6) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund fnatic 0.87 0.64 1.23

2 x MotM, Highest rating: 1.75 vs Lions (Group stage 1)

Just like in DH Summer, Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund displayed incredible fragging ability, but again his team didn't make it past quarter-final. Second-best 0.87 KPR, and being the best pistol round player of the event made Alesund stand out by 13% compared to his team's average rating, but wasn't enough to make it past Na´Vi.

5) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Yegor 'markeloff' Markelov Na´Vi 0.81 0.56 1.23

4 x MotM, Highest rating: 2.17 vs mTw (Semi-final, train)

Without a doubt the best player in the final itself, Yegor "markeloff" Markelov, was just as good throughout the whole event, as he shares the most consistent player title with his teammate Ischuk with 11/12 maps with rating above 1.00 (top rated in 4 of those) and also shares the hardest to kill title with the same teammate with 0.56 DPR. Known best for his awping skills, Markelov was the second best in that category with 0.32 awpKPR, although he did have the most total kills with the weapon (101). He also had 3 aces with the awp in the tournament, 2 in the final against SK (video #1 and  video #2) and the third against mTw (video). His display in the semi-final against mTw on de_train was the best individual performance in the playoffs.

4) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Engin 'MAJ3R' Kupeli BURNING! 0.82 0.65 1.24

2 x MotM, Highest rating: 1.87 vs DELTA (Group stage 1)

The French team BURNING! surprised many with their great play and it was partly thanks to amazing performances from Engin "MAJ3R" Kupeli who was the most dominant player in the whole event with his incredible number of 3-kill rounds (23) and four 4-kill rounds. Also, he was 13% better than his team's average and was very consistent.

3) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Martin 'trace' Heldt mTw 0.85 0.58 1.25

3 x MotM, Highest rating: 2.13 vs k1ck (Group stage 1)

The best player from 3rd place finishers mTw was definitely Martin "trace" Heldt, as he continued his great form from DH Summer. He was one of the best fraggers of the event with 0.85 KPR (4th) and 56% of rounds with at least one kill (3rd), and has definitely established himself as one of the best entry killers in the world after being 2nd best here and 3rd in that category at DH.

2) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Christophe 'sixeR' Xia BURNING! 0.82 0.58 1.27

4 x MotM, Highest rating: 1.72 vs Playzone (Group stage 2)

Another player from quarter-finalists BURNING! who has definitely proven himself on a world-class level is Christophe "sixeR" Xia. He was one of the most important players for their team, 16% better than team average, and was top rated in a match 4 times. Xia was also the best entry killer of the tournament, the 4th best awper, 5th most dominant player and practically did not have a bad game, as his worst rating was, a slightly below average, 0.90 in his last map of the tournament, while in his 8 other maps he had at least 1.09.

1) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg fnatic 0.91 0.61 1.34

2 x MotM, Highest rating: 1.71 vs Alternate (Group stage 2)

Somewhat unexpectedly, the top rated player comes from a team that ended their campaign in quarter-final, as Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg surely didn't deserve to finish his participation in the tournament that early considering his outstanding form. Lindberg had by far the best KPR of 0.91 and was the second most dominant player in the tournament. Apart from his bad display in the 16-1 loss to Na´Vi, his lowest rating in the other 6 matches was a great 1.22. That consistent good play made him 24% better than his team's average.

Top Awpers

Markelov played incredible with the big green during this tournament and had some amazing actions, but he wasn't the most lethal awper. Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo from FireGamers had a stunning 0.38 awpKPR and used it for 54% of his kills, which made him the best awper of the event, at least stats-wise.

#	Player	Team	awp Kills	awpKPR	% of kills
1.	Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo	FG	70	0.38	54%
2.	Yegor 'markeloff' Markelov	Na´Vi	101	0.32	39%
3.	Harley 'dsn' Örwall	fnatic	46	0.24	32%
4.	Christophe 'sixeR' Xia	BURNING!	41	0.16	19%
5.	Jarosław 'pasha' Jarząbkowski	FX	52	0.14	22%

Top Pistol Round players

Alesund from fnatic was the best pistol round player this event, which also helped his team be the best in first rounds (10 out of 14 won). SK's Stahl is second, while pistol king Sukhariev is third this time. Derek "dboorN" Boorn from complexity also stood out, although his team won only 5 of 12 pistol rounds despite his great play in them.

#	Player	Team	PR KPR	PR DPR	PR Rating
1.	Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund	fnatic	1.36	0.71	1.79
2.	Rasmus 'Gux' Ståhl	SK	1.19	0.58	1.61
3.	Ioann 'Edward' Sukhariev	Na´Vi	1.00	0.67	1.56
4.	Derek 'dboorN' Boorn	coL	1.25	0.83	1.44
5.	Sergey 'starix' Ischuk	Na´Vi	1.04	0.58	1.43

Top Entry-kill players

The best entry killer of the tournament was BURNING!'s Xia, who had most entry kills per round, best entry kill-death difference and was most successful by winning 77% of first duels. Right behind him is Heldt who was great in this field in another event in a row. After him is SK's Allen who did not strike first often, but when he did he was very successful.

Also, here are a few interesting stats involving entry kills:

• BURNING! lost 21 of 22 rounds when Geno died first
• pasha was the player who took part in most first duels for his team (28%) and won 51% of them
• zonic was the player who least attacked (or was attacked) first with 14% of his team's entry kills involving him
• walle was the best (or luckiest) entry killer option for his team, as they won 90% of rounds when he got a first kill, and lost only 54% of rounds he died first, meaning they won 73% of time he was involved in the entry kill of a round.

#	Player	Team	EKpR	EDpR	EK-DpR	Won%
1.	Christophe 'sixeR' Xia	BURNING!	0.18	0.05	+0.13	77%
2.	Martin 'trace' Heldt	mTw	0.16	0.06	+0.10	74%
3.	Jimmy 'allen' Allen	SK	0.11	0.05	+0.06	68%
4.	Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo	FireGamers	0.15	0.10	+0.05	60%
5.	Ioann 'Edward' Sukhariev	Na´Vi	0.14	0.09	+0.05	62%

Summary and honorable mention

In addition to the top rated players who made it to the playoffs, there was one player whose team got held up at group stage, but who has to be complimented for his performance. That player is Wemade FOX's latest addition, Bum-Gi "peri" Jung, who played great in all 6 of his team's matches and had an amazing 0.88 KPR and just as amazing 0.53 DPR. Jung is surely going to be a player to watch in the future, as this was only his second international event with the team, and he was their best player on both occasions.

As far as choosing the Most Valuable Player of ESWC 2010 goes, it would be too hard to decide from all of these great performers, so we will nominate only a few that we selected from the top three placed teams. Those are two guys from the winning team Na´Vi, Sukhariev and Markelov, and one player from each of the second and the third placed team, Ståhl from SK and Heldt from mTw.

Now that you can consider all the things that made these players stand out and you probably watched some of their matches, who do you think performed  best in the entire tournament and deserved to be named the MVP?

ESWC 2010 MVP?

Ioann 'Edward' Sukhariev: (26%) (456)

Yegor 'markeloff' Markelov: (46%) (803)

Martin 'trace' Heldt: (10%) (179)

Rasmus 'Gux' Ståhl: (18%) (314)

Total Votes: 1752

This concludes our coverage of ESWC 2010 along with uploading the remaining POV demos. If you want to see some more stats from this event click here and explore. Stay tuned to HLTV.org as we will continue to bring you top notch coverage from many future events.