w0nderful: CS2 Career, Stats, NAVI and Major Win

w0nderful is Ihor Zhdanov, a 21-year-old Ukrainian AWPer who currently plays for NAVI. He joined the organization in October 2023 after s1mple had stepped away from the active roster and became a Major champion at PGL Copenhagen 2024. His time with NAVI has also brought titles at the Esports World Cup 2024, ESL Pro League Season 20, IEM Rio 2024 and IEM Atlanta 2026.

w0nderful CS2: Age, Real Name and Early Career

Born on December 14, 2004, Ihor “w0nderful” Zhdanov began competing professionally while still in his teens. His first recorded teams included MAJESTY and Project X in 2020, followed by Trasko and HellRaisers as he moved through the Ukrainian and wider European scene.

w0nderful is 21 years old in 2026. He has already spent roughly six years in competitive Counter-Strike and played at six Majors across CS:GO and CS2.

w0nderful was already playing primarily with the AWP during his early years in Ukrainian teams. In June 2022, Team Spirit signed him for its main roster and gave him his first regular place at tier-one events.

A few months later, the 17-year-old played his first Major. Spirit reached the quarterfinals of IEM Rio Major 2022 before losing to Heroic.

w0nderful NAVI Journey and Team History

w0nderful played for Team Spirit from June 2022 until the summer of 2023. Along with the Major quarterfinal in Rio, Spirit won FiReLEAGUE 2022 Global Finals and reached the final of ESL Challenger League Season 43 Europe during his time with the organization.

w0nderful joined Sprout in July 2023, but his stay lasted only three months. In October, NAVI needed a new AWPer after moving s1mple to the inactive roster. NAVI signed w0nderful as his replacement. The move coincided with the transition from CS:GO to CS2, making NAVI his first permanent team in the new version of the game.

At NAVI, w0nderful joined Aleksib, b1t, iM and jL in the starting five. The team finished 3rd–4th at the BLAST Premier World Final 2023 before winning PGL Major Copenhagen the following spring.

PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 made w0nderful a Major champion less than half a year after joining NAVI. The same roster then reached the IEM Cologne final and won the Esports World Cup, ESL Pro League Season 20 and IEM Rio during 2024.

Before moving to CS2, w0nderful played CS:GO for MAJESTY, Project X, Trasko, HellRaisers, Spirit and Sprout. All of his matches for NAVI have come in CS2.

NAVI changed the lineup again in 2025 when Makazze replaced jL. w0nderful remained the primary sniper and helped the rebuilt five win StarLadder StarSeries Fall 2025 and finish 3rd–4th at the StarLadder Budapest Major.

w0nderful CS2 Stats and Playstyle

w0nderful is NAVI’s main AWPer, although his style is less aggressive than that of many opening-focused snipers. His value comes from surviving rounds, converting favorable positions and finding picks without constantly forcing opening duels.

Across his recorded professional matches in CS:GO and CS2, HLTV lists more than 15,700 kills against roughly 12,200 deaths, producing a 1.29 K/D ratio. His career average sits at approximately 0.75 kills per round, with more than 6,700 sniper kills.

w0nderful has also won considerably more opening duels than he has lost, with an opening-kill ratio of around 1.71.

His 2026 season has included some sharp variation between events. At IEM Rio he recorded a 1.17 rating, followed by 1.27 at BLAST Rivals Season 1. The best tournament came at IEM Atlanta: w0nderful posted a 1.31 rating over 16 maps and a 1.36 rating in the playoffs. NAVI beat Vitality, BETBOOM and GamerLegion on the way to the title, and his performance earned him the first MVP award of his career.

Later results were quieter. His rating at the IEM Cologne Major 2026 was 1.04, while NAVI finished 9th–11th. At Esports World Cup 2026, he recorded a 1.08 rating across six maps.

His published settings have included 400 DPI, although sensitivity and other configuration details can change between events.

w0nderful Major Wins and Career Achievements

The first w0nderful Major win came at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024, the inaugural Counter-Strike 2 Major. NAVI entered the playoffs after a 3–2 run through the Elimination Stage, then beat Eternal Fire and G2 to reach the grand final.

FaZe took the opening map of the final on Ancient, but NAVI answered on Mirage and dominated Inferno to win the series 2:1. Across 18 maps at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024, w0nderful finished with a 1.14 rating, a +45 K/D differential and 0.72 kills per round. His total kill output helped make him NAVI’s second-highest-rated player at the event behind eventual MVP jL.

w0nderful added his first career MVP at IEM Atlanta 2026 after several years of winning tournaments without an individual MVP medal..

For w0nderful and Natus Vincere, Copenhagen remains the defining result: it gave NAVI the first CS2 Major title and gave Zhdanov a Major trophy at 19. Two years later, he remains the team’s primary AWPer, with six Major appearances, multiple international titles and a first career MVP now added to his record.