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Danil Kryshkovets, Team Spirit's Entry Rifler, Before Singapore
The entry rifler of the team Valve ranks first in the world. His titles, his MVP awards, how Spirit came through 2026 and what that means for prices at the PGL Major Singapore.
Written by: Elin Varga·Checked by: Maren Holt·Updated:
Danil Kryshkovets, known as donk, is the entry rifler of Team Spirit, and Spirit go into the PGL Major Singapore (25 November to 13 December 2026) as the team Valve ranks first in the world. They won the Esports World Cup in August and BLAST Open Porto in September, and he was the HLTV MVP at both. When a bookmaker prices a Spirit series, or sets a kills line on a Spirit player, his recent numbers are where the line starts.
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donk at a glance
| Real name | Danil Kryshkovets |
| Born | 25 January 2007 (19) |
| Country | Russia |
| Team | Team Spirit, main roster since July 2023 |
| Role | entry fragger, rifler |
| HLTV Top 20 | 1st in 2024, 2nd in 2025 |
| HLTV MVP awards | 13, one of them at a Major |
| Spirit in Valve's standings | 1st worldwide, 2,046 points (5 October 2026) |
Spirit's current five, as Valve lists it: donk, magixx, sh1ro, tN1R and zont1x. Magixx and zont1x came back to the team for the 2026 season.
Record
| Date | Event | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 2023 | BetBoom Dacha Dubai | Won; his first HLTV MVP |
| Feb 2024 | IEM Katowice | Won; MVP, the youngest at a Big Event |
| 2024 | PGL Major Copenhagen | Lost the first playoff series to FaZe |
| Jun 2024 | BLAST Premier Spring Final | Won; MVP |
| Dec 2024 | Perfect World Shanghai Major | Won; Major MVP, youngest Major champion |
| 2025 | BLAST.tv Austin Major | Stopped in the playoffs by MOUZ |
| Aug 2025 | IEM Cologne | Won, 3–0 over MOUZ in the final; MVP |
| Aug 2025 | BLAST Bounty Season 2 | Won; MVP |
| Dec 2025 | StarLadder Budapest Major | Third; 1.57 rating over nine maps, a Major record |
| 2026 | IEM Rio | Runner-up, 0–3 to Vitality in the final |
| May 2026 | PGL Astana | Won, 3–0 over Falcons; MVP |
| Jun 2026 | IEM Cologne Major | Lost the semi-final to Falcons |
| Aug 2026 | Esports World Cup | Won; MVP |
| Sep 2026 | BLAST Open Porto | Won, 3–1 over MOUZ; MVP |
The running record is in Valve's own numbers. Its 5 October standings count 38 Spirit series played between 13 April and 6 September 2026: 33 won, 5 lost. The last eleven in that list are all wins, including Vitality, Legacy, FURIA, Falcons and MOUZ.
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What is known about donk
He plays first contact. An entry fragger walks into the site before his teammates and trades his life for information or space when the opening duel goes wrong. HLTV gave him its Opener of the Year award in both 2024 and 2025, the prize for the player who does that job best.
His peaks are the highest in CS2. At the Budapest Major he posted a 1.57 rating across nine maps, the best figure ever recorded at a Major, and at PGL Astana in May he finished on 1.61. He is the youngest HLTV Player of the Year, chosen in 2024 at 17 years and 352 days.
Aces come in clusters. In Porto he became the first player to reach 20 aces at HLTV MVP-level events in CS2, and two of them came on Cache in a single map against DENDELE. Cache is in the Singapore map pool.
The weak spot is the late stage of a Major. His one Major title came in Shanghai in 2024. At the other four Majors he has played, Spirit went out in the playoffs: to FaZe in Copenhagen, to MOUZ in Austin, in the semi-finals in Budapest and to Falcons in Cologne. When HLTV placed him second for 2025 despite the highest raw output in its top 20, it pointed to ZywOo's deeper playoff runs.
PGL Major Singapore 2026: chances and why
Our view, not a bookmaker price: Spirit have about a 22% chance to win the Major, which makes a fair price close to 4.50. A price above that is the only one we would call value.
- Ranking. First in Valve's standings, ahead of Legacy and Vitality. On the rules Liquipedia lists for this Major, the top six European teams after the qualifiers go straight to Stage 3. Spirit hold that place today; the invite is expected but not yet confirmed.
- Momentum. Two titles in a row over the summer, and Valve's list shows wins over Falcons on 5 September and MOUZ on 6 September.
- Map pool. Cache is in the Singapore pool, where Cologne had Overpass. Spirit played it in Porto, and he made two aces on it there.
- The case against. Vitality beat them 0–3 in the Rio final and Falcons knocked them out in Cologne. The playoffs in Singapore are single elimination, best-of-three until a best-of-five final, and one bad series ends the run.
The other two contenders on this site are profiled as well: ZywOo of Vitality and m0NESY of Falcons. The event itself, stage by stage, is on the PGL Major Singapore page.
How to bet on donk
You cannot back one player to win a team event, so his form reaches you through four markets.
- Match winner. The price on Spirit in a series. His rating is one input; the map veto is a bigger one.
- Map handicap. Spirit -1.5 maps is a bet on a 2–0 win in a best-of-three. It pays more than the match price and loses if Spirit drop a map. Our handicap betting guide covers the arithmetic.
- Total rounds. Over or under a line on a map. A long map is not good or bad for Spirit as such; it depends on the opponent.
- Player kills. An over/under on his kills, usually for a named map or for maps one and two. An entry player gets the first chance at a kill in many rounds, and also dies first in many. Read the rules: some sportsbooks count overtime rounds and some do not, and the line moves with that.
Before you stake, turn our 22% into a price with the odds calculator and compare it with what you are offered. Kills lines move during a match, so the live betting guide is worth reading too.
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Spirit beyond the Major
Spirit's next steps, and those of every other team, are on the CS2 betting hub. The esports section covers Dota 2, League of Legends and Valorant.
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How old is donk?
Danil Kryshkovets was born on 25 January 2007, so he is 19 at the PGL Major Singapore.
What role does he play for Team Spirit?
Entry fragger and rifler: he is usually the first Spirit player into a fight. HLTV named him Opener of the Year in 2024 and 2025.
Has he won a Major?
One: the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024, where he was also the HLTV Major MVP and became the youngest Major champion.
Is Team Spirit confirmed for the PGL Major Singapore?
Not yet. Invites follow Valve's standings after the regional qualifiers. Spirit are first in Europe on the 5 October list, the position that leads to a Stage 3 invite, but the field is not final.
Where this comes from
- Spirit global rank, points, roster and 2026 series recordValve Regional Standings, github.com/ValveSoftware/counter-strike_regional_standings (standings and team details, 5 October 2026)2026-10-05
- Major dates, format, stage invites, map pool, broadcast channelsliquipedia.net/counterstrike/PGL/2026/Singapore2026-10-05
- Birth date, role, team history, list of HLTV MVP awards, recordsliquipedia.net/counterstrike/Donk2026-10-05
- Career results 2023-2026, ratings, HLTV awards, acesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donk_(gamer)2026-10-05
- Spirit 2026 results: IEM Rio, PGL Astana, Cologne Major, EWC, BLAST Open Portoen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Spirit_(esports)2026-10-05
- Cologne Major 2026 result and map poolen.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEM_Cologne_Major_20262026-10-05
- Photo, Team Spirit media day, 19 January 2025, CC BY-SA 4.0commons.wikimedia.org2026-10-05
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