Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Trophies per season
| Season | Trophies per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 70 | |
| 2020 | 88 | |
| 2021 | 96 | |
| 2022 | 88 | |
| 2023 | 84 | |
| 2024 | 82 | |
| 2025 | 80 |
Data sources
- HLTV ↗
- Valve Major records
- Esports Earnings ↗
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Sergey "Ax1Le" Rykhtorov ranks #187 in Esports
Sergey "Ax1Le" Rykhtorov ranks 187th among Esports athletes on GOAT Rank and 3764th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 90, Longevity 74, Honours 78, Statistics 86. Those categories are normalised against the full Esports reference universe of 326 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2019–present with 7 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2021, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes big event titles 6, hltv top-20 placements 4, major appearances 8, best rating seasons 2.
Immediately ahead sits Michael "shroud" Grzesiek on 81.1, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Life on 80.6. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Sergey "Ax1Le" Rykhtorov GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ax1Le stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Esports cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2021. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 7 years of competition and 7 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
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Sergey "Ax1Le" Rykhtorov — frequently asked
- Is Sergey "Ax1Le" Rykhtorov the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Sergey "Ax1Le" Rykhtorov ranks 187th in Esports with a GOAT Score of 80.8, behind Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok on 97.5.
- What is Sergey "Ax1Le" Rykhtorov's GOAT Score?
- 80.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Sergey "Ax1Le" Rykhtorov rank all time?
- 3764th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 187th within Esports.
- Sergey "Ax1Le" Rykhtorov vs Michael "shroud" Grzesiek: who ranks higher?
- Michael "shroud" Grzesiek, on 81.1 against Sergey "Ax1Le" Rykhtorov's 80.8 — a margin of 0.3 points.