ZywOo earns IEM Krakow 2026 MVP with his best-ever Big Event rating
The Frenchman takes home a 21st Big Event MVP medal.
Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut has won his 29th HLTV x 1XBET Most Valuable Player (MVP) medal after leading Vitality to glory at the inaugral IEM Krakow.
His 1.59 rating in Poland was 0.00015 ahead of ZywOo's previous peak at ESL Pro League 19 in 2024, making it his best-ever Big Event by rating.
That rating is backed up by remarkable raw statistics like 1.26 kills per round win, +6.17% round swing, and a 29.3% multi-kill rate. His median map rating was a 1.67, and he was top of the scoreboard on 58% of his maps, with 1.67 in playoffs.
A 1.66 rating over the grand final was then the cherry on top of an already exceptional performance across every metric.
The medal is the 29th of ZywOo's career, and first of 2026 after his tally of eight rocketed him to a Player of the Year title in 2025.
He has also gone back to back at winter IEM events, after taking the medal at Katowice in 2025, as the four-time number one player takes aim at yet another record-breaking year.
