s1mple denies $120K salary claims

Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev addresses salary rumors during his time with BC.Game in CS2. Blogger Garmour claimed the star AWPer was “wasting” a reported $120,000 monthly salary given his recent results. In response, s1mple denied the figure, stating his actual earnings are at least twice lower.

“There’s no way people actually believe I’m making $120K a month. It’s not even half of that,” he said.

Rumors about s1mple earning over $100K per month at BC.Game first surfaced in September 2025. Later, in March 2026, Konstantin “leniniw” Sivko claimed the player had requested $120K monthly to become the highest-paid CS player. S1mple jokingly replied that the number was “much higher.”

The AWPer also previously stated that his salary at NAVI was below $50,000 per month.