FaZe star Nikola "NiKo" Kovač is HLTV.org's Most Valuable Player (MVP) of ESL One New York.

The Bosnian talent beat teammate Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard for the honour with his sensational performance in the final - averaging a 1.74 Rating and topping the scoreboard on all three maps - as the Norwegian player was leading the race prior to the title decider.

Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač, who had the highest Rating of the tournament at 1.70, also led in terms of KDD (+88), KAST (86.8%), percentage of rounds with at least one kill (61.6%), Damage difference per round (+45.5) deaths-per-round ratio (0.41) and clutches won (6).

NiKo wins his second MVP medal

Liquid's Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken also deserves a special mention as he averaged a 1.16 Rating - the highest of his team - despite the one-sided final, which hurt his numbers. Before the match against FaZe, the 17-year-old had only had one map out of ten with a below-average Rating.

This is the second MVP medal of NiKo's career, after he also scooped the honour at the StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3 event, where FaZe beat Astralis in the final.