Most Expensive CS2 Skins

Questions about expensive CS2 skins

What is the most expensive CS2 skin right now?

By lowest current listing it is AWP | Gungnir at $5,898.82 for the standard version. Rare patterns, StatTrak and Souvenir copies of other skins sell for more, but as single items rather than a whole skin.

What was the most expensive CS2 skin ever sold?

Reported private sales, not market listings, hold the records: in 2024 a StatTrak AK-47 | Case Hardened with the #661 blue gem pattern sold for about $1 million, and the Karambit | Case Hardened #387 drew offers above that. These are one-of-a-kind items; the ranking above only covers regular market listings.

Why are knives and gloves so expensive?

A knife or glove is the rare special item in a case, with odds of roughly 1 in 400 openings. A trade-up contract of 5 Covert skins can also produce one, but it uses up five Covert skins each time. Each model also comes in many finishes, so the supply of any single knife skin is small. The price then depends on the finish, the float and, for Doppler, the phase.

Do StatTrak and Souvenir versions cost more?

Usually. StatTrak drops about one time in ten, and Souvenir skins only come from Major souvenir packages, with tournament stickers attached, so both are rarer than the standard version. A Souvenir AWP | Dragon Lore is the best known example. For a few cheap skins the StatTrak premium is small.

How often is this ranking updated?

Prices refresh through the day from the markets we track, and the page rebuilds on every visit, so the order can change between two visits. The date under the title shows when the prices you see were pulled.