Ksharp, solo, NEO and dupreeh Enter the HLTV Hall of Fame

The 2026 class of the HLTV Hall of Fame has been announced. Kyle "Ksharp" Miller, Keun-Chul "solo" Kang, Filip "NEO" Kubski and Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen will be inducted at the HLTV Awards ceremony in Belgrade on January 9, 2027. A 12-member panel of experts chose these four from a shortlist of ten candidates and said they form the third class of the list. The list previously had seven names, including Emil "HeatoN" Christensen, Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg, Yegor "markeloff" Markelov and Raphael "cogu" Camargo.

NEO was elected on the first vote after the eligibility rules were reviewed. The new rules opened the way for former players who are active in other roles, such as coaching, to be included. dupreeh and solo were elected in their second years. Ksharp was accepted in his third vote and became the first North American player to make the list.

Ksharp is remembered as the first true superstar to come out of North America. He stood out with his flashy AWP play. Like many players of his era, he gained popularity by publishing POV demos of his matches. His quad kill against iwa on Dust2 appeared in bds' film Frag or Die and became one of the most famous moments of the game's early years. Playing for X3 and later Team 3D, Ksharp won two CPL championships and back-to-back WCG medals in Condition Zero and Source. He quit the game in 2008, after CGS collapsed.

solo was a turning point in Asian Counter-Strike history. A third-place finish at WEG Season 3 introduced him to the world. He remained a top-level player for years and took on different roles as his team needed. He was the most important name of South Korea's golden generation, which had been competing against the best teams in the world since the mid-2000s. In 2010, he won the WEM with WeMade FOX, bringing Asian Counter-Strike its first tier-1 tournament title. It took another team 14 years to repeat that achievement.