Counter-Strike 2 record
Youngest active CS2 player
xelex of MOUZ — 18 as of Oct 18, 2026, born Jun 3, 2008. The oldest, apEX of Team Vitality, is 33; the median of the sample is 24.
- sample
- rosters of 8 teams of the season, age as of Oct 18, 2026; birth date known for 38 of 40
Counter-Strike 2 record “Youngest active CS2 player”: 18 years old. xelex of MOUZ — 18 as of Oct 18, 2026, born Jun 3, 2008. The oldest, apEX of Team Vitality, is 33; the median of the sample is 24. Among 40 players of this season’s teams; sample: rosters of 8 teams of the season, age as of Oct 18, 2026; birth date known for 38 of 40. Sqady, https://sqady.com/cs2/records/age/
every player in the sample by age
for 2 players birth date not published — they sit at the bottom, with a dash
This table by player country (by citizenship):
- Israel — 5 players; median — 24 years; highest — xertioN, 11th place (shared by 4).
- Denmark — 4 players; median — 22.5 years; highest — JBOEN, 5th place (shared by 6).
- Ukraine — 4 players; median — 21 years; highest — r1nkle, w0nderful and zont1x, 5th place (shared by 6).
- France — 3 players; median — 25 years; highest — Neityu, 5th place (shared by 6).
- Mongolia — 3 players; median — 24 years; highest — Techno4K, 5th place (shared by 6).
- Russia — 3 players; median — 23 years; highest — donk, 2nd place (shared by 3).
- Hungary — 2 players; highest — xelex, 1st place.
- Slovakia — 2 players; highest — frozen and matys, 19th place (shared by 6).
- Belarus — 1 player: tN1R, 25th place (shared by 4).
- Bosnia & Herzegovina — 1 player: huNter-, 36th place.
- Canada — 1 player: Twistzz, 29th place (shared by 3).
- Czechia — 1 player: PR, 2nd place (shared by 3).
- Estonia — 1 player: ropz, 29th place (shared by 3).
- Finland — 1 player: Aleksib, 35th place.
- Kosovo — 1 player: makazze, 2nd place (shared by 3).
- Lithuania — 1 player: ryu, 11th place (shared by 4).
- Poland — 1 player: jcobbb, 11th place (shared by 4).
- Romania — 1 player: iM, 32nd place (shared by 2).
- Sweden — 1 player: phzy, 19th place (shared by 6).
- United Kingdom — 1 player: mezii, 34th place.
«—» — This figure is not published.
Age is computed as of Oct 18, 2026. The table is ordered by date of birth rather than by the rounded number of years: two players showing the same age can be almost a year apart.
Tikuak and DarkMeister show a dash: their date of birth is not published, so they enter none of the figures here and the sample is 38, not 40.
The table holds players only: 8 coaches of the active rosters — NEO, B1ad3, hally, XTQZZZ, enkay J, sAw, maaRaa, sycrone — are not in it. The oldest of them is B1ad3 at 39, older than any player in the sample. The coaches are in the list of active rosters, with their role, age and years pro.
how old they were on their first roster
age on the earliest date in the roster table
ZywOo started earliest: 13.1 years old on the first roster date, Jan 1, 2014. The median of the sample is 17.4.
Facts and records
17.4
median age at first roster
38 players with a known date of birth
The median age at which players in this sample joined their first professional roster is 17.4, across the 38 with a known date of birth. The earliest start in the table belongs to ZywOo: about 13.1, in 2014.
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Fifteen years separate the youngest and the oldest player here, and the gap is easiest to picture through careers rather than birthdays: when apEX joined his first roster in February 2011, xelex was two years and eight months old.
Age clusters by club. MOUZ has the two youngest players in the sample and the lowest average age of the eight lineups, just under 22. Team Vitality sits at the other end with an average of 27, and flameZ is its only player under 25. The other six lineups fall between 22.6 and 25.2.
Most of these players were 15 to 18 when they first joined a roster, but a late start has not kept anyone out of the top clubs. Three players started after 21, and two of them — NertZ, the latest starter in the table at 22, and huNter-, the second latest — now play together at G2 Esports. The newest arrival in the scene, xelex, debuted in September 2024 at 16 and was on the MOUZ roster a year and a half later.