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[CS2] Best sticker positions for all guns - visual guide

By pinkxzy

This is a visual guide for the best sticker positions on all guns.

Knowing the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and sometimes 5th best sticker position on a gun is useful, as expensive stickers can add a lot of value if applied on some of the best positions of any given skin. A lower position ranking tends to mean a lower value added from the sticker.

A few notable stickers include Katowice 2014 stickers, Katowice 2015 stickers, the Crown (Foil), and the infamous Howling Dawn.

⚠️If you are dealing with pre-CS2 crafts or sticker positions please check out the legacy guide here.⚠️

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Equipment: Pistols, Rifles, Sniper Rifles, Shotguns, SMGs, MGs, Gear

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Guide Index

Overview

Introduction

Rifles

Sniper Rifles

SMGs

Pistols

Shotguns

MGs

Equipment

Notes

Comments

Introduction

This guide is to help anyone who wants to know the best sticker positions ranked for any gun. Expensive stickers use these ranked positions to calculate how much extra value a sticker (or stickers) adds to the gun, or to determine the best spot for overall sticker visibility when playing.

This guide takes the sticker positions ranking to it's core and will work with 99% of weapon skins, but certain very specific skins may have different best sticker positions depending on the art on the skin. For example the best preset sticker position for the M4A4 | Howl is widely considered to be on the back of the body, second to rightmost position. The AK-47 | Jaguar has similar properties yet only with certain very specific stickers.

Additionally, this guide ranks the preset positions from #1 to up to #5. While custom positions are not ranked, the most popular ones are shown in this guide. These popular custom positions are notable and hold a decent cosmetic and resell value. Custom positions cannot be ranked because they are unpredictable in both cosmetic value and in resale value.

Please note that this guide displays the new CS2 models, but there may be small visual differences on the same presets for legacy gun models.

Here is how the visual sticker position ranking works:

If a gun has a popular custom position this ghostly crown will represent it:

Rifles

Galil AR

1st best: back of the body, second to rightmost position
2nd best: above the mag, second to leftmost position
3rd best: on the barrel, leftmost position
4th best: on the stock, rightmost position

FAMAS

1st best: middle left of body, second to leftmost position
2nd best: front of the body, leftmost position
3rd best: middle right of body, second to rightmost position
4th best: back of body, rightmost position
Notes: Legacy FAMAS has very different preset positions, check legacy guide here.
All sticker preset changes are also detailed here.

AK-47

1st best: on the wood, leftmost position
2nd best: back of the body, rightmost position
3rd best: middle right of body, second to rightmost position
4th best: middle left of body, second to leftmost position
Notes: Popular custom position represented by ghostly crown.

M4A4

1st best: above the mag, leftmost position
2nd best: back of the body, second to rightmost position
3rd best: above the 1st best, second to leftmost position
4th best: on the stock, rightmost position
Notes: Popular custom position represented by ghostly crown.

M4A1-S

1st best: above the mag, middle position
2nd best: middle of the body, second to rightmost position
3rd best: back of the body, rightmost position
4th best: on the shroud, second to leftmost position
5th best: on the silencer, leftmost position
Notes: Popular custom position represented by ghostly crown.

SG 553

1st best: above the mag, leftmost position
2nd best: middle of the body, second to rightmost and leftmost positions
3rd best: above the handle, rightmost position
4th best: on the scope, top position

AUG

1st best: above the handle, second to leftmost position
2nd best: front of the body, leftmost position
3rd best: above the mag, second to rightmost position
4th best: on the stock, rightmost position
Notes: Controversial ranking. The #1 position placed is above the handle because although the #2 position is slightly bigger in size (if applied pre-CS2) and is placed in a slightly nicer spot, the #2 position also makes sizable holes in the applied sticker. Regardless sticker value wise #1 and #2 tend to have very similar overpay.

Sniper Rifles

SSG 08

1st best: above the mag, second to leftmost position
2nd best: front of the body, leftmost position
3rd best: middle right of the body, second to rightmost position
4th best: back of the body, rightmost position
Notes: Popular custom position represented by ghostly crown. Currently only possible on new CS2 model SSG 08 skins

AWP

1st best: on the scope, leftmost position
2nd best: below the scope, second to leftmost position
3rd best: middle of the body, second to rightmost position
4th best: on the stock, rightmost position
Notes: Popular custom position represented by ghostly crown.

G3SG1

1st best: in front of the mag, leftmost position
2nd best: middle of the stock, second to rightmost position
3rd best: on the scope, top position
4th best: above the handle, second to leftmost position on the body
5th best: back of the stock, rightmost position
Notes: Popular custom position represented by ghostly crown.

SCAR-20

1st best: above the mag, bottom left position
2nd best: below the scope, top left position
3rd best: middle of the body, second to rightmost position
4th best: on the stock, rightmost position
Notes: Popular custom position represented by ghostly crown.

SMGs

MAC-10

1st best: back of the body, rightmost position
2nd best: above the handle, second to rightmost and leftmost positions
3rd best: front of the body, leftmost position
4th best: on the handle, bottom position

MP9

1st best: back of the body, rightmost position
2nd best: front of the body, leftmost position
3rd best: above the handle, second to rightmost and leftmost positions
4th best: on the handle, bottom position

MP7

1st best: back of the body, rightmost position
2nd best: above the trigger, leftmost position
3rd best: above the handle, middle position
4th best: on the handle, bottom position
Notes: Legacy MP7 has very different preset positions, check legacy guide here.
All sticker preset changes are also detailed here.
Thanks to Snips for feedback!

MP5-SD

1st best: above the handle, rightmost position
2st best: above the trigger, second to rightmost position
3nd best: above the mag, third to rightmost position
4rd best: right side of the grip, third to leftmost position
5th best: left side of the grip, second to leftmost position
6th best: on the barrel, leftmost position
Notes: I don't know what Valve was smoking.

UMP-45

1st best: front of the body, leftmost position
2nd best: middle of the body, second to leftmost position
3rd best: above the handle, second to rightmost position
4th best: next to the stock, rightmost position

P90

1st best: above the handle, second to leftmost position
2nd best: above the front grip, leftmost position
3rd best: middle of the stock, second to rightmost position
4th best: back of the stock, rightmost position
Notes: Legacy P90 has very different preset positions, check legacy guide here.
All sticker preset changes are also detailed here.

PP-Bizon

1st best: above the handle, rightmost position
2nd best: above the mag, second to leftmost position
3rd best: middle of the body, second to rightmost position
4th best: on the mag, leftmost position

Pistols

Glock-18

1st best: above the handle, top right position
2nd best: on the tip, leftmost position
3rd best: above the trigger, middle position
4th best: on the handle, bottom right position

P2000

1st best: above the handle, top right position
2nd best: on the tip of the body, second to leftmost position
3rd best: above the trigger, middle position
4th best: on the silencer, leftmost position
5th best: on the handle, bottom right position

Dual Berettas

1st best: right hand's pistol above the trigger
2nd best: left hand's pistol above the handle
3rd best: left hand's pistol on the tip
4th best: right hand's pistol on the handle

P250

1st best: above the handle, second to rightmost position
2nd best: above the trigger, second to leftmost position
3rd best: above the mag, leftmost position
4th best: on the back, rightmost position

Five-Seven

1st best: above the handle, top right position
2nd best: above the trigger, middle position
3rd best: on the tip, leftmost position
4th best: on the handle, bottom right position

CZ75-Auto

1st best: next to the cylinder, second to leftmost position
2nd best: on the front of the cylinder, second to rightmost position
3rd best: on the tip, leftmost position
4th best: on the handle, rightmost position
5th best: on the back of the cylinder, back position

Shotguns

Nova

1st best: above the trigger, second to rightmost position
2nd best: middle of the body, second to leftmost
3rd best: front of the body, leftmost position
4th best: on the back, rightmost position
Legacy Nova has very different preset positions, check legacy guide here.
All sticker preset changes are also detailed here.

XM1014

1st best: above the trigger, rightmost position
2nd best: middle of the body, second to rightmost position
3rd best: front of the body, second to leftmost position
4th best: on the grip, leftmost position

Sawed-Off

1st best: above the handle, second to rightmost position
2nd best: back of the body, rightmost position
3rd best: above the trigger, second to leftmost position
4th best: front of the body, leftmost position

MGs

Negev

1st best: back of the body, rightmost position
2nd best: above the trigger, second to rightmost position
3rd best: on the mag, bottom position
4th best: front of the body, leftmost position

M249

1st best: above the handle, second to rightmost position
2nd best: above the mag, second to leftmost position
3rd best: next to the stock, rightmost position
4th best: on the mag, leftmost position

Equipment

Zeus x27

1st best: above the handle, top right position
2nd best: left of the body, middle left position
3rd best: above the trigger guard, middle right position
4th best: on the tip, leftmost position
5th best: on the handle, bottom right position

Notes

Please leave a comment below if you believe a preset position ranking is incorrect or if I am missing a popular custom position. Please state what it should be instead and why you think so.

Example:

I think the sticker position rankings for the _ are wrong. You should switch the 1st best and 2nd best positions because the current 2nd best position is more visible than the 1st best position when holding the gun normally in game.

THANK YOU FOR USING MY GUIDE!

49 Comments

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pinkxzy [author] 19 May @ 10:19pm

Happy to announce that the AK-47 wood position sticker holes has FINALLY been fixed by valve!

< bLank > 10 Mar @ 1:08pm

thanks

D4WJD 💲T/B/S CS2 SKINS💲 8 Mar @ 5:28pm

i recently purchased a titan holo ak blue lam with the sticker in slot 1. could you explain why handle position is best? you cant even really see it in game, only when inspecting while the above handle position is always visible

黑钻兔 8 Mar @ 5:44am

And while you're using the P250 in game, you cant really see the sticker above the handle, top right position.

I just don't get why people find that is the #1 slot for pistols or even the P250.

pinkxzy [author] 7 Mar @ 3:56pm

Sure! Remember that this guide covers the average best case, but it is still subjective to some extent aside from resale implications. I have explained this below before so I'll paste what I said before as it still holds.

"As far as preset positions, pistol #1 slots should be correct. The thumb has always covered partly when you inspect, but when you play the game it is by far the best looking spot and playing the game takes up 95% of the time you see your skin."

Let me know what you think!

黑钻兔 7 Mar @ 12:37am

Can I ask why the best sticker position for the P250 is above the handle, top right position?

When you try to inspect the weapon, it is covered by your hand.

yare 28 Feb @ 9:21am

6th sticker? wth valve

pinkxzy [author] 21 Sep, 2024 @ 8:36pm

Check legacy guide if your P90 has old sticker presets/old stickers

CSGO丁教授 19 Sep, 2024 @ 7:17pm

P90:NAH BRO

957 18 Sep, 2024 @ 6:54am

i need p90 big sticker back

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