Key statistics from PGL Masters Bucharest 2026: zorte became the best player; Dust2 and Mirage were the most popular maps
PGL Masters Bucharest 2026 came to a close today. As the event wrapped up, the top players and teams were determined, and the maps once again demonstrated an uneven balance between the sides. The main figures and key metrics of the tournament are detailed below.
Alexander “zorte” Zagodyrenko led the individual stats at PGL Masters Bucharest 2026—the BetBoom Team sniper played 9 maps with a rating of 1.31. Second place went to Marek “YEKINDAR” Galinskis, who finished the event with an average rating of 1.27. Mathieu “ZywOo” Erbo came in third with a rating of 1.26. Next were Álvaro “SunPayus” García (1.26), Dmitry “dem0n” Miroshnichenko, as well as Danil “donk” Kryshkovets and Igor “w0nderful” Zhdanov (both 1.21).
Four teams tied for the title of the strongest team at the end of the championship: FURIA, FUT Esports, BetBoom Team, and MOUZ—their players’ average ratings were 1.11. Team Vitality took second place with a rating of 1.08. Natus Vincere (1.05) and Nemiga Gaming (1.04) also ranked among the best.
The most popular maps at PGL Masters Bucharest 2026 were Dust2 and Mirage, where teams played 18 matches each. Nuke came in second (15), while Inferno and Cache tied for third (14 each). Anubis proved to be the least popular map of the tournament, having been selected only 7 times. It is known that the defense dominated on six of the seven maps—on Mirage and Inferno, the gap between the sides exceeded 13%.
The match between Nemiga Gaming and FURIA was the most-watched game of the championship. According to Esports Charts, the final peaked at 667,736 viewers. The event’s average live viewership was 264,558, and the total watch time for the matches reached 20,150,476.
Most Popular Matches of PGL Masters Bucharest 2026
- Nemiga Gaming vs. FURIA — 667,736 (final);
- Natus Vincere vs. Team Spirit — 590,066 (group stage);
- Team Spirit vs. FURIA — 560,657 (group stage);
- MOUZ vs. Team Spirit — 513,052 (group stage);
- MOUZ vs. FURIA — 482,153 (semifinal).
Read also: YEKINDAR — MVP of PGL Masters Bucharest 2026
PGL Masters Bucharest 2026 took place from October 24 to 31 in Romania. Sixteen teams competed in the tournament, splitting a prize pool of $1,250,000. FURIA claimed the LAN event title after defeating Nemiga Gaming 3–2 in the final.
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