The French player has officially surpassed the S1Mple on the number of MVP titles at offline tournaments.

Mathieu "⁠zywoo⁠" Herbaut has just won the HLTV X 1xbet MVP 23rd in his career after his excellent performance at Blast Open Lisbon. This is also his third consecutive MVP in 2025, after Iem Katowice and ESL Pro League Season 21, starting the new year with a destructive performance.

This achievement helped Zywoo bring the total number of MVP to 17, including 16 titles at Big Events, surpassing the 16th MVP offline record of Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev.

List of players with the most MVP Lan:

• Mathieu "⁠zywoo⁠" Herbaut: 17 (16 Big Events)
• Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev: 16 (14)
• Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz: 16 (11)
• Kenny "⁠kennys⁠" Schrub: 10 (3)
• Christopher "⁠get_right⁠" alesund: 10 (2)

Coach Rémy "⁠xtqzzz⁠" Quoniam shared with L'équipe after the ESL Pro League about the performance of the student:

"Usually Zywoo does not start the good season, it is normal in history. But I think he is a bit dissatisfied with only 3rd rank in the top 20 last year, even though he did not speak out. I said that we have recruited two new players this year: Ropz and a Zywoo version Top 3 [...] I think there are more new teammates that help him sublime."

Zywoo is starting the most explosive year ever, and lay the foundation for the fourth Player of the Year title in his career.

At Lisbon, his MVP title was not threatened, even when Mouz won the final 5 map. He ended the tournament with 1.44, +5.61 Round Swing and 90.3 damage each round, strengthening the number one position in CS2 village.