In cooperation with select members of the StarCraft 2 e-sports media, ESFI presents the December StarCraft 2 media poll player ranking. Members of the poll filled in ballots for their top 25 players as they see them based on their current form.
| Rank | Player | Points | Prev |
|
1
|
StarTale.PartinG (2)
|
94
|
7
|
|
2
|
FXO.Leenock (1)
|
91
|
6
|
|
2
|
MVP.Sniper
|
91
|
NR
|
|
4
|
TSL.HyuN (1)
|
85
|
9
|
|
5
|
StarTale.Life
|
76
|
2
|
|
6
|
Prime.Creator
|
76
|
12
|
|
7
|
SKT-T1.Rain
|
75
|
1
|
|
8
|
AZUBU.Violet
|
72
|
21
|
|
9
|
TSL.Polt
|
68
|
16
|
|
10
|
Liquid.TaeJa
|
58
|
5
|
|
11
|
Liquid.HerO
|
57
|
11
|
|
12
|
LG-IM.Mvp
|
56
|
3
|
|
13
|
StarTale.Bomber
|
48
|
NR
|
|
14
|
EG-RC.Stephano
|
41
|
NR
|
|
15
|
STXSouL.InNoVation
|
39
|
NR
|
|
16
|
Axiom.Ryung
|
29
|
NR
|
|
17
|
Prime.MarineKing
|
25
|
17
|
|
18
|
KT.Flash
|
23
|
NR
|
|
19
|
StarTale.Squirtle
|
22
|
18
|
|
20
|
TSL.Symbol
|
19
|
10
|
|
21
|
MVP.DongRaeGu
|
18
|
4
|
|
22
|
WesternWolves.Sting
|
15
|
NR
|
|
23
|
Acer.Nerchio
|
15
|
14
|
|
24
|
Grubby
|
13
|
NR
|
|
25
|
EG-RC.Suppy
|
11
|
NR
|
|
25
|
StarTale.Curious
|
11
|
NR
|
| Others receiving votes: SK-MC 10, Mouz.Mana 9, LG-IM.Seed 9, Millenium.ForGG 8, Acer.Scarlett 8, Millenium.Adelscott 7, WoongjinStars.Soulkey 7, FXO.Gumiho 5, TheStC 4, Karont3.VortiX 2, Sen 1, FXO.LoWeLy 1, NaNiwa 1 | |||
Past media polls
| Rank | Player | Points | Prev |
|
1
|
Liquid.TaeJa (3)
|
193
|
N/A
|
|
2
|
SK.MC
|
179
|
N/A
|
|
3
|
LG-IM.Mvp (3)
|
177
|
N/A
|
|
4
|
LG-IM.Seed (2)
|
173
|
N/A
|
|
5
|
MVP.DRG
|
129
|
N/A
|
|
6
|
Startale.Squirtle
|
125
|
N/A
|
|
7
|
Acer.Nerchio
|
118
|
N/A
|
|
8
|
Stephano
|
109
|
N/A
|
|
8
|
Prime.Creator
|
101
|
N/A
|
|
10
|
AZUBU.ViOLet
|
101
|
N/A
|
|
11
|
StarTale.PartinG
|
83
|
N/A
|
|
12
|
Liquid.HerO
|
82
|
N/A
|
|
13
|
TSL.Symbol
|
77
|
N/A
|
|
14
|
Prime.MarineKing
|
75
|
N/A
|
|
15
|
FXO.Leenock
|
73
|
N/A
|
|
16
|
SlayerS.Alicia
|
57
|
N/A
|
|
16
|
mTw.SuperNoVa
|
57
|
N/A
|
|
18
|
StarTale.Bomber
|
45
|
N/A
|
|
19
|
NaNiWa
|
44
|
N/A
|
|
20
|
LG-IM.NesTea
|
40
|
N/A
|
|
21
|
Prime.ByuN
|
37
|
N/A
|
|
22
|
Karont3.VortiX
|
36
|
N/A
|
|
23
|
SlayerS MMA
|
34
|
N/A
|
|
23
|
TSL.Polt
|
34
|
N/A
|
|
25
|
StarTale.Curious
|
31
|
N/A
|
| Others receiving votes: FXO.GuMiho 30, SKT-T1.Rain 28, StarTale.Life 27, Mouz.MaNa, 22, LG-IM.First 21, Fnatic.Oz 21, Grubby 20, Samsung-KHAN.RorO 20, LG-IM.YongHwa, 14, WesternWolves.SortOf 13, MVP.Keen 12, EG.ThorZaIN 12, Millenium.ForGG 11, SlayerS.Genius 11, Samsung-KHAN.Reality 10, Empire.Kas 9, EG.PuMa 9, NSH.jjakji 8, SlayerS.Puzzle 8, Sting 8, Fnatic.aLive 7, SlayerS.Ryung 7, mTw.DIMAGA 6, CJEntus.EffOrt 6, CJEntus.herO 6, EG.JYP 6, Acer.Scarlett 6, SKT-T1.FanTaSy 4, Prime.BBoongBBoong 3, Liquid.Ret 3, TeamGamersLeague.Snute 3, Team8.Jaedong 2, Fnatic.Moon 2, Virtus.pro.sLivko 2, Quantic.Sase 1, MVP.Sniper 1, ALTERNATE.Socke 1. | |||
| Rank | Player | Points | Prev |
|
1
|
Liquid.TaeJa (6)
|
198
|
1
|
|
2
|
LG-IM.Mvp
|
160
|
3
|
|
3
|
EG-RC.Stephano
|
150
|
8
|
|
4
|
StarTale.Life
|
142
|
N/A
|
|
5
|
SKT-T1.Rain (2)
|
137
|
N/A
|
|
6
|
TSL.Symbol
|
132
|
13
|
|
7
|
SK.MC
|
119
|
2
|
|
8
|
Prime.MarineKing
|
116
|
14
|
|
9
|
Liquid.HerO
|
114
|
12
|
|
10
|
Prime.Creator
|
112
|
9
|
|
10
|
FXO.Leenock
|
112
|
15
|
|
12
|
MVP.DongRaeGu
|
100
|
5
|
|
13
|
LG-IM.Seed
|
84
|
4
|
|
13
|
StarTale.Squirtle
|
84
|
6
|
|
15
|
Millenium.forGG
|
62
|
N/A
|
|
16
|
LG-IM.YongHwa
|
58
|
N/A
|
|
17
|
TSL.Polt
|
54
|
23
|
|
18
|
Karont3.VortiX
|
53
|
22
|
|
19
|
Acer.Nerchio
|
48
|
7
|
|
20
|
StarTale.PartinG
|
43
|
11
|
|
21
|
Quantic.TheStc
|
42
|
N/A
|
|
22
|
Karont3.LucifroN
|
37
|
N/A
|
|
23
|
AZUBU.Violet
|
34
|
10
|
|
24
|
Mindfreak.Targa
|
30
|
N/A
|
|
24
|
SlayerS.MMA
|
30
|
23
|
| Others receiving votes: Complexity.Heart 23, StarTale.Curious 19, StarTale.Bomber 18, KT.Flash 18, LG-IM.Happy 17, Quantic.SaSe 17, EG-RC.JYP 16, TSL.HyuN 15, mTw.SuperNova, STXSouL.Last 14, NaNiwa 13, WoonjinStars.Flying 11, mouz.MaNa 11, CJEntus.herO 10, Fnatic.aLive 9, Prime.ByuN 9, Fnatic.Oz 8, LG-IM.YoDa 6, SlayerS.Alicia 5, RoX.KIS.TitaN 5, LG-IM.Nestea 4, FXO.Lowely 3, STXSouL.Last 2, SlayerS.Ryung 2, FXO.GumiHo 2, FXO.BabyKnight 1, EG-RC.PuMa 1 | |||
| Rank | Player | Points | Prev |
|
1
|
SKT-T1.Rain (7)
|
222
|
5
|
|
2
|
StarTale.Life (2)
|
213
|
4
|
|
3
|
LG-IM.Mvp
|
209
|
2
|
|
4
|
MVP.DongRaeGu
|
179
|
12
|
|
5
|
Liquid.TaeJa
|
167
|
1
|
|
6
|
FXO.Leenock
|
147
|
10
|
|
7
|
StarTale.PartinG
|
146
|
20
|
|
8
|
SK.MC
|
129
|
7
|
|
9
|
TSL.HyuN
|
111
|
NR
|
|
10
|
TSL.Symbol
|
106
|
6
|
|
11
|
Liquid.HerO
|
95
|
9
|
|
12
|
Prime.Creator
|
93
|
10
|
|
13
|
EG-RC.Stephano
|
85
|
3
|
|
14
|
Acer.Nerchio
|
82
|
19
|
|
15
|
LG-IM.Seed
|
81
|
13
|
|
16
|
TSL.Polt
|
66
|
17
|
|
17
|
Prime.MarineKing
|
62
|
8
|
|
18
|
StarTale.Squirtle
|
59
|
13
|
|
19
|
STXSouL.Last
|
56
|
NR
|
|
20
|
Fnatic.Oz
|
46
|
NR
|
|
21
|
AZUBU.Violet
|
43
|
23
|
|
22
|
EG-RC.JYP
|
42
|
NR
|
|
23
|
Samsung KHAN.RorO
|
40
|
NR
|
|
24
|
Startale.Curious
|
33
|
NR
|
|
25
|
FXO.GuMiho
|
28
|
NR
|
|
25
|
WoongjinStars.Soulkey
|
28
|
NR
|
| Others receiving votes: KT.Flash 27, SKT-T1.soO 26, EG-RC.ThorZaiN, 25, CJEntus.herO 24, NaNiWa 21, Fnatic.aLive 18, mousesports.MaNa 18, LG-IM.Younghwa 16, Prime.Maru 13, Acer.Bly 13, XMG.monchi 12, StarTale.Bomber 12, Fnatic.NightEnD 11, LG-IM.YoDa 10, MMA 10, MVP.Finale 10, Millenium.ForGG 10, San 9, Complexity.Heart 9, Acer.Scarlett 7, Team 8.BaBy 7, Karont3.LucifroN 7, ROOT.ViBE 6, QuanticTheStC 6, ROOT.MajOr 5, Gubby 4, StarTale.Hack 4, Prime.ByuN 4, MVP.Keen 3, TSL Revival 3, mTw.SuperNova 3, Western Wolves.StarNaN 2, Axion.Crank 1, Genius 1 | |||
Poll members
Brent Ruiz, ESFI Editor-in-chief
Dustin Steiner, eSports Editor at GameZone
Kwanghee Woo “WaxAngel”, Editor-in-chief at TeamLiquid
Dan Chou “Frodan”, Broadcaster at NASL
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