Career assets & trophy cabinet
League & cup titles
Individual awards
Clubs & teams
- mousesports2015–2017
- FaZe Clan2017–2021
- G2 Esports2021–2024
- FaZe Clan2024–present
Total career numbers
- Career HLTV rating
- 1.16
- Maps played
- 2,000+
- Top-20 finishes
- 8
- Prize money
- $1.6M
Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Form index per season
Editorial season form index (0–100), not raw goals or points. Raw season-by-season statistics are shown only where fully verified.
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 2 |
Data sources
Last verified: 2026-09-14
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Nikola "NiKo" Kovač ranks #48 in Esports
Nikola "NiKo" Kovač ranks #48 in Esports and #3598 of 5087 across all sports. The verified GOAT Score is 86.4/100.
The verified career covers 2015–present and 10 documented seasons. Peak is 92/100, with Statistics the strongest category at 94/100 (15% weight). Key metrics: HLTV top-20 appearances 9, Big event finals 22, Career rating 2.0 1.17, Big event MVPs 10.
Nearest context: ahead Mareks "YEKINDAR" Gaļinskis (86.5); behind Ryu "Keria" Min-seok (86.4). Rankings update whenever verified records change.
Nikola "NiKo" Kovač GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Dominance: 86/100, based on the verified career record.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Peak: 92/100, based on the verified career record.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Longevity: 88/100, based on the verified career record.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Honours: 74/100, based on the verified career record.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Statistics: 94/100, based on the verified career record.
Top NiKo comparisons
Nikola "NiKo" Kovač — frequently asked
- Is Nikola "NiKo" Kovač the GOAT?
- According to GOAT Rank's current data model, Nikola "NiKo" Kovač ranks #48 in Esports with a GOAT Score of 86.4/100, behind Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok (97.5).
- What is Nikola "NiKo" Kovač's GOAT Score?
- 86.4/100, calculated from the verified career record: Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%).
- Where does Nikola "NiKo" Kovač rank all time?
- #3598 of 5087 eligible athletes across all sports and #48 in Esports.
- Nikola "NiKo" Kovač vs Mareks "YEKINDAR" Gaļinskis: who ranks higher?
- Mareks "YEKINDAR" Gaļinskis ranks higher at 86.5 versus Nikola "NiKo" Kovač at 86.4, a margin of 0.1 points.