Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Trophies per season
| Season | Trophies per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 50 | |
| 2013 | 61 | |
| 2014 | 71 | |
| 2015 | 82 | |
| 2016 | 92 | |
| 2017 | 83 | |
| 2018 | 73 | |
| 2019 | 64 | |
| 2020 | 54 | |
| 2021 | 45 |
Data sources
- Valve Major records
- Riot Games esports archive
- Liquipedia tournament results
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Denis "seized" Kostin ranks #137 in Esports
Denis "seized" Kostin ranks 137th among Esports athletes on GOAT Rank and 3657th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 88, Longevity 82, Honours 80, Statistics 88. 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 2012–2021 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2016, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes big tournament titles 8, major finals 2, seasons played 10, hltv top-20 placements 1.
Immediately ahead sits iceiceice on 83.0, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Kristian "k0nfig" Wienecke on 82.7. 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.
Denis "seized" Kostin GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far seized stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Esports cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2016. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top seized comparisons
Denis "seized" Kostin — frequently asked
- Is Denis "seized" Kostin the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Denis "seized" Kostin ranks 137th in Esports with a GOAT Score of 82.7, behind Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok on 97.5.
- What is Denis "seized" Kostin's GOAT Score?
- 82.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Denis "seized" Kostin rank all time?
- 3657th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 137th within Esports.
- Denis "seized" Kostin vs iceiceice: who ranks higher?
- iceiceice, on 83.0 against Denis "seized" Kostin's 82.7 — a margin of 0.3 points.