An extremely in-depth pattern guide and tierlist for the AWP | “POP”
 
 

Intro

The AWP | “POP” has surprisingly been one of the most commonly requested guides I have been repeatedly asked to make for the community! I think what makes this AWP so popular is it’s relative affordability combined with amount of unique patterns available. I spent a LOT of time on this guide – so I hope it will serve the community well!
 
 
Obviously there is a large level of objectivity that must be acknowledged in regards to “tierlists” and I am not claiming that my opinion is the be-all-end-all in regards to the tier ranking – as everyone will have their own opinions and preferences. However, I have spent at least 35 or so hours making this guide over the past few weeks and have manually inspected all 1000 patterns to break them into categories and tiers – so I have seen my fair share of “POP” patterns.
 
 
 

Pattern Categories Explained

To begin, I sorted through every single “POP” pattern available to manually to pick out the top BTA (Better Than Average) patterns.
 
 
For this guide, I decided that using “in-game” screenshots like I usually do – would not be the best option because the AWP’s “inspect” animation does not give a really clear image of the entire gun. Instead – I decided to use CSMoney’s “Wiki” page to generated .png images that give a much clearer view of the pattern.
 
 
I then entered the top patterns into a spreadsheet and sorted / grouped them into categories based on the pattern categories I found. These are the patterns that I came up with:
 
 

“упражнят” Patterns

 
These are the patterns that feature the phrase “упражнят” in a grey circle on two different locations on the gun. These patterns are ranked higher based upon how centered the main section is and how much of the second circle is showing on the stock.
 
 
Example “упражнят” Pattern (#340)
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

MAX WHITE Patterns

 
These are the patterns that have the most surface area of white – although, the more desirable ones are not based purely on surface area, but also how “level” or “horizontal” the pattern is.
 
 
Example “Max White” Pattern (#87)
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

“bcя” Patterns

 
These are the patterns that feature the letters “bcя” on a white background. Because of how much white there is on these patterns – there is some crossover patterns from the “Max White” section. This section is broken up into 2 categories: “Body” and “Stock” Positions based on where the “bcя” is located. The higher ranked patterns are generally the patterns that are most centered in their respective section of the AWP.
 
 
Example Body “bcя” Pattern (#382)
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Example Stock “bcя” Pattern (#141)
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

“Hж6” Patterns

 
These are the patterns that feature the phrase “Hж6” on a black background. Similar to the “bcя” patterns – this section is also broken up into categories: “Body” “Stock” Positions as well as a third category – “Double ‘Hж6’ Patterns” based on where the “Hж6” is located. The higher ranked patterns are generally the patterns that are most “level” (horizontally) and centered in their respective section of the AWP.
 
 
Example Body “Hж6” Pattern (#807)
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Example Stock “Hж6” Pattern (#179)
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Example Double “Hж6” Pattern (#41)
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

CHECKERBOARD Patterns

 
These are the patterns that feature a bunch of small squares that make up a sort of “checkerboard” pattern. These patterns are ranked higher based on how centered the main checkerboard section is on the body of the gun.
 
 
Example “Checkerboard” Pattern (#873)
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

CURVED RETRO SPECTRUM Patterns

 
This category includes various patterns that have the curved “rainbow” of stripes that are bent around in various interesting ways. I named them “Retro Spectrum” because they reminded me of the similarities to the VHS / Camera logos and marketing of the 1970s-1980s. These patterns are not really “ranked” because of how much personal preference plays into it. These patterns will probably not incur a lot (if any) overpay – but they are definitely unique!
 
 
Example “Retro Spectrum” Pattern (#403)
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

STRAIGHT RETRO SPECTRUM Patterns

 
Similar to the “Curved” Retro Spectrum patterns – these include the rainbow stripes as well. However, these are the patterns that are just straight lines as opposed to the more curved “rainbow” designs of the “curved” category.
 
 
Example “Striped” Pattern (#491)
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

PICASSO Patterns

 
I thought I should make a small category for these patterns because of how few of them actually exist. These are the patterns that resemble Pablo Picasso’s Cubism paintings. I don’t expect these to be very popular – but they are very unique and would work very well in a loadout that features the AK-47 “Leet Museo.” These are generally ranked higher according to how “level” the pattern is horizontally.
 
 
Example “Picasso” Pattern (#344)
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

VERTICAL Patterns

 
These are the patterns that simply have the most vertical layouts. These are very niche – but there may be some cool things you could do with sticker crafts – so I thought they were worth including. These patterns are ranked based on how vertically “level” the art is.
 
 
Example “Vertical” Pattern #763
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SUS Patterns

 
Finally, I had to include these “meme” patterns because of how popular they have become – due in large part to them being featured on social media and youtube by collectors. These are the patterns that look like they have characters from “Among Us” on the front strap-mount section of the gun. Most of these have already been discovered – but I did find a few new ones that were not included in other people’s lists. These are VERY subjective, based on what each person “sees” so take these with a grain of salt – but they DO incur overpay! There are 4 separate color “SUS” patterns Blue, Purple, Red and White.
 
 
Example Blue “SUS” Pattern #951
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Example Purple “SUS” Pattern #209
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Example Red “SUS” Pattern #206
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Example White”SUS” Pattern #747
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
Note: There are a few patterns that fit into multiple categories, however I will generally put them into the category that they fit best into (with a few exceptions.)
 
 
 

“упражнят” Patterns

These patterns are ordered from BEST (at the top) to WORST (at the bottom)
 
 
Please note that I have only added the best patterns for each category to the tierlist. Any other patterns that did NOT make it into the top tiers but are BTA (Better Than Average) will be lisited numerically at the bottom of each category.
 
 
These are the patterns that
 
 

TIER 1

 
Pattern #340
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #48
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #5
 

 
 

 
Pattern #16
 

 
 

 
Pattern #770
 

 
 

 
Pattern #972
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

TIER 2

 
Pattern #578
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #728
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #764
 

 
 

 
Pattern #213
 

 
 

 
Pattern #858
 

 
 

 
Pattern #281
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #994
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #112
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

TIER 3

 
Pattern #125
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #876
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #632
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #766
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #14
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #60
 

 
 

 
 

OTHER BTA PATTERNS

 
29, 30, 34, 94, 129, 138, 142, 152, 182, 221, 405, 500, 637, 702, 773, 785, 791, 818, 826, 838
 
 
 

“Max White” Patterns

These patterns are ordered from BEST (at the top) to WORST (at the bottom)
 
 
Please note that I have only added the best patterns for each category to the tierlist. Any other patterns that did NOT make it into the top tiers but are BTA (Better Than Average) will be lisited numerically at the bottom of each category.
 
 
These are the patterns that
 
 

TIER 1

 
Pattern #87
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #911
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #636
 

 
 

 
Pattern #651
 

 
 

 
Pattern #910
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

TIER 2

 
Pattern #517
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #856
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #914
 

 
 

 
Pattern #834
 

 
 

 
Pattern #205
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

TIER 3

 
Pattern #925
 

 
 
 
 
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Pattern #46
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #422
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #824
 

 
 

 
 

OTHER BTA PATTERNS

 
19, 31, 46, 52, 55, 55, 69, 76, 79, 119, 130, 173, 181, 209, 210, 227, 234, 251, 295, 314, 466, 495, 542, 617, 647, 653, 762, 762, 782, 801, 801, 832, 839, 840, 874, 880, 883, 891, 938, 963
 
 
 

“bcя” Patterns

These patterns are ordered from BEST (at the top) to WORST (at the bottom)
 
 
Please note that I have only added the best patterns for each category to the tierlist. Any other patterns that did NOT make it into the top tiers but are BTA (Better Than Average) will be lisited numerically at the bottom of each category.
 
 
These are the patterns that
 
 

BODY POSITION Patterns

 
Pattern #382
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #955
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #191
 

 
 

 
Pattern #513
 

 
 

 
Pattern #666
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #946
 

 
 

 
Pattern #179
 

 
 

 
Pattern #518
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #201
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #825
 

 
 

 
Pattern #747
 

 
 

 
Pattern #981
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #703
 

 
 

 
Pattern #751
 

 
 

 
Pattern #827
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

STOCK POSITION Patterns

 
Pattern #141
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #73
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #798
 

 
 

 
Pattern #136
 

 
 

 
Pattern #103
 

 
 

 
Pattern #324
 

 
 

 
Pattern #478
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #943
 

 
 

 
 

OTHER BTA PATTERNS

 
19, 31, 46, 52, 55, 55, 69, 76, 79, 119, 130, 173, 181, 209, 210, 227, 234, 251, 295, 314, 466, 495, 542, 617, 647, 653, 762, 762, 782, 801, 801, 832, 839, 840, 874, 880, 883, 891, 938, 963
 
 
 

“Hж6” Patterns

These patterns are ordered from BEST (at the top) to WORST (at the bottom)
 
 
Please note that I have only added the best patterns for each category to the tierlist. Any other patterns that did NOT make it into the top tiers but are BTA (Better Than Average) will be lisited numerically at the bottom of each category.
 
 
These are the patterns that
 
 

BODY POSITION Patterns

 
Pattern #807
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #111
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #376
 

 
 

 
Pattern #211
 

 
 

 
Pattern #597
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #224
 

 
 

 
Pattern #289
 

 
 

 
Pattern #70
 

 
 

 
Pattern #901
 

 
 

 
Pattern #223
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

STOCK POSTITION Patterns

 
Pattern #179
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #955
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #191
 

 
 

 
Pattern #513
 

 
 

 
Pattern #893
 

 
 

 
Pattern #906
 

 
 

 
Pattern #257
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #379
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #586
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #762
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #145
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #871
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #255
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

DOUBLE “Hж6” Patterns

 
Pattern #41
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #897
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #961
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #575
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #468
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #639
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #936
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #396
 

 
 

 
 

OTHER BTA PATTERNS

 
47, 53, 75, 97, 100, 115, 155, 157, 158, 161, 166, 171, 181, 186, 245, 273, 276, 285, 293, 361, 386, 420, 440, 462, 548, 603, 648, 654, 689, 715, 734, 783, 786, 800, 811,821, 837, 842, 863, 872, 882, 884, 898, 902, 905, 921, 929, 942, 952, 968, 992
 
 
 

“Checkerboard” Patterns

These patterns are ordered from BEST (at the top) to WORST (at the bottom)
 
 
Please note that I have only added the best patterns for each category to the tierlist. Any other patterns that did NOT make it into the top tiers but are BTA (Better Than Average) will be lisited numerically at the bottom of each category.
 
 
These are the patterns that
 
 

TIER 1

 
Pattern #873
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #780
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #493
 

 
 

 
Pattern #545
 

 
 

 
Pattern #931
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #761
 

 
 

 
Pattern #412
 

 
 

 
Pattern #457
 

 
 

 
Pattern #8
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

TIER 2

 
Pattern #930
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #909
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #593
 

 
 

 
Pattern #705
 

 
 

 
Pattern #448
 

 
 

 
Pattern #378
 

 
 

 
Pattern #958
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #736
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #150
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

TIER 3

 
Pattern #590
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #583
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #337
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #454
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #452
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #988
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #966
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #206
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #216
 

 
 

 
 

OTHER BTA PATTERNS

 
37, 44, 49, 74, 89, 107, 109, 159, 256, 306, 309, 398, 407, 408, 418, 449, 450, 471, 489, 526, 530, 536, 559, 579, 582, 622, 668, 672, 719, 721, 767, 775, 777, 787, 795, 810, 846, 849, 866, 875, 953
 
 
 

“Circle” Patterns

These patterns are ordered from BEST (at the top) to WORST (at the bottom)
 
 
Please note that I have only added the best patterns for each category to the tierlist. Any other patterns that did NOT make it into the top tiers but are BTA (Better Than Average) will be lisited numerically at the bottom of each category.
 
 
These are the patterns that
 
 

TIER 1

 
Pattern #517
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #389
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #566
 

 
 

 
Pattern #993
 

 
 

 
Pattern #261
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #81
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

TIER 2

 
Pattern #837
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #510
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #862
 

 
 

 
Pattern #829
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

TIER 3

 
Pattern #654
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #458
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #533
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #878
 

 
 

 
 

OTHER BTA PATTERNS

 
144, 165, 278, 445, 507, 508, 511, 519, 524, 544, 670, 711, 724, 752, 755, 814, 867, 938, 959, 974
 
 
 

“Curved Retro Spectrum” Patterns

These patterns are ordered from BEST (at the top) to WORST (at the bottom)
 
 
Please note that I have only added the best patterns for each category to the tierlist. Any other patterns that did NOT make it into the top tiers but are BTA (Better Than Average) will be lisited numerically at the bottom of each category.
 
 
These are the patterns that
 
 

TIER 1

 
Pattern #403
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #602
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #805
 

 
 

 
Pattern #809
 

 
 

 
Pattern #473
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

TIER 2

 
Pattern #354
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #941
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #656
 

 
 

 
Pattern #614
 

 
 

 
Pattern #252
 

 
 

 
Pattern #976
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

TIER 3

 
Pattern #631
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #332
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #465
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #971
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #393
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #372
 

 
 

 
 

OTHER BTA PATTERNS

 
195, 197, 198, 317, 463, 529, 531, 547, 715, 717, 753, 854, 869, 986
 
 
 

“Straight Retro Spectrum” Patterns

These patterns are ordered from BEST (at the top) to WORST (at the bottom)
 
 
Please note that I have only added the best patterns for each category to the tierlist. Any other patterns that did NOT make it into the top tiers but are BTA (Better Than Average) will be lisited numerically at the bottom of each category.
 
 
These are the patterns that
 
 

TIER 1

 
Pattern #960
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #431
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #491
 

 
 

 
Pattern #904
 

 
 

 
Pattern #514
 

 
 

 
 

OTHER BTA PATTERNS

 
 
 

“Picasso” Patterns

These patterns are ordered from BEST (at the top) to WORST (at the bottom)
 
 
Please note that I have only added the best patterns for each category to the tierlist. Any other patterns that did NOT make it into the top tiers but are BTA (Better Than Average) will be lisited numerically at the bottom of each category.
 
 
These are the patterns that
 
 

TIER 1

 
Pattern #344
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #126
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #146
 

 
 

 
Pattern #230
 

 
 

 
Pattern #649
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #607
 

 
 

 
Pattern #621
 

 
 

 
 

OTHER BTA PATTERNS

 
 
 

“Vertical” Patterns

These patterns are ordered from BEST (at the top) to WORST (at the bottom)
 
 
Please note that I have only added the best patterns for each category to the tierlist. Any other patterns that did NOT make it into the top tiers but are BTA (Better Than Average) will be lisited numerically at the bottom of each category.
 
 
These are the patterns that
 
 

TIER 1

 
Pattern #763
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #93
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #326
 

 
 

 
Pattern #520
 

 
 

 
Pattern #341
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #348
 

 
 

 
Pattern #292
 

 
 

 
Pattern #380
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

TIER 2

 
Pattern #521
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #742
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #714
 

 
 

 
Pattern #428
 

 
 

 
Pattern #147
 

 
 

 
Pattern #793
 

 
 

 
Pattern #832
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #874
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #356
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

TIER 3

 
Pattern #664
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #494
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #975
 

 
 
 
 
Pattern #653
 

 
 

 
 

OTHER BTA PATTERNS

 
329, 459, 539, 561, 655, 683, 997
 
 
 

“SUS” Patterns

These patterns are ordered from BEST (at the top) to WORST (at the bottom)
 
 
Please note that I have only added the best patterns for each category to the tierlist. Any other patterns that did NOT make it into the top tiers but are BTA (Better Than Average) will be lisited numerically at the bottom of each category.
 
 
These are the patterns that
 
 

RED SUS Patterns

 
Pattern #206
 

 
 
 
Pattern #826
 

 

 
 
 
Pattern #373
 

 

 

 
Pattern #897
 

 

 

 
Pattern #866
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

BLUE SUS Pattern

 
Pattern #951
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

PURPLE SUS Pattern

 
Pattern #209
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

WHITE SUS Patterns

 
Pattern #747
 

 

 
 
 
Pattern #825
 

 

 
 
 
Pattern #201
 

 

 
 
 
Pattern #981
 

 

 
 
 
Pattern #266
 

 

 
 
 
Pattern #378
 

 

 
 
 
Pattern #146
 

 

 
 
 
Pattern #845
 

 

 

 
 
 

Conclusion

Thanks for taking the time to read my guide! I hope it will help everyone to find a “POP” AWP pattern that suits them! Let me know if the comments what your favorite pattern is!
 
 
Personally, my favorite patterns are:
 
 
#191 because it features all 3 “words” in very neat positioning!
 
 

 
 
and #87 because of how unique it is!
 
 

 
 
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CptnKraken out!
 
 
Special thanks to CS.Money for use of their pattern Wiki!
 
 

 
 
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