AWP | Lightning Strike Price
CS2 rifle prices, float values & marketplace comparison
Also priced separately: StatTrak™ Lightning Strike · Souvenir Lightning Strike
CSDB estimated value · Minimal Wear
$500–$560
Best current price
$498.66
DMarket · 42% below Steam
- Highest buy order
- $622Steam
- 30D sales
- 1Steam
- Liquidity
- 24/100Moderate
- Float range
- 0.07–0.08Minimal Wear
- Listings
- 130tracked markets
- Markets quoting
- 13
Marketplace prices from the daily snapshot · updated
Marketplace Prices
Minimal Wear · updated| Marketplace | Price | vs Steam | vs market median | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMarketBest price★ 4.0Review | $498.66 | −42% | -5.9% | Buy |
| CSFloat★ 4.8Review | $510.00 | −40% | -3.7% | Buy |
| Youpin (UU) | $514.47 | −40% | -2.9% | Buy |
| LIS-SKINS★ 4.8Review | $521.53 | −39% | -1.5% | Buy |
| Skin.Land | $522.05 | −39% | -1.4% | Buy |
| HaloSkinsReview | $529.71 | −38% | 0.0% | Buy |
| Tradeit.gg★ 4.8ReviewCode CSDB | $538.11 | −37% | +1.6% | Buy |
| Buff163Review | $552.00 | −35% | +4.2% | Buy |
| Steam Community MarketWallet funds | $854.88 | — | — |
Each price is that marketplace's lowest listing for this exact wear and variant. Buyer fees, where a marketplace charges them, are on top.
Individual Listings
Minimal Wear · CSFloatSee the actual items for sale — exact float, paint seed, stickers and screenshots — and how each is priced against the base value of this wear.
Price History
AWP Lightning Strike Prices by Wear
| Wear | CSDB value | Best price | Steam | 30D sales | Markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factory New | $440–$490 | $445 | $600 | 0 | 12 |
| Minimal Wear | $500–$560 | $499 | $855 | 1 | 13 |
StatTrak™
| Wear | CSDB value | Best price | Steam | 30D sales | Markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factory New | $800–$880 | $830 | $1,252 | 3 | 13 |
| Minimal Wear | $900–$1,950 | $1,034 | — | 0 | 7 |
CSDB value is an estimate from recorded sales and cleaned marketplace asks, shown as a range. "Best price" is the lowest listing that survived outlier checks. Where a wear has only a few asks and no recorded sales, CSDB shows the ask and declines to value it. Method
CSDB Market Score
Minimal Wear- Liquidity241 sales in 30 days, 130 listings
- Demand00.8% of listed supply sold in 30 days
- Market depth7412 marketplaces quoting, 130 listings
- Spread quality2622.1% between the cheapest and dearest cleaned ask
- Data confidence50current listings on 12 marketplaces — no recorded sale prices
How easy this market is to trade in at a fair price — not a view on where the price is going. Subscores appear only where the inputs exist for this wear.
Market Statistics
Minimal Wear- CSDB estimated value
- $500–$560medium confidence
- Lowest current listing
- $499
- Cash-market median ask
- $53012 markets
- Steam price
- $855wallet funds
- Steam median sale · 30D
- $620wallet funds
- Highest buy order
- $622728 wanted · Steam
- Steam bid/ask spread
- 27%
- Steam sales · 7D
- 1
- Steam sales · 30D
- 1
- Steam sales · 90D
- 3
- Active listings
- 130tracked markets
- Marketplaces quoting
- 13
- Cross-market spread
- 22.1%cleaned asks, Steam excluded
- Liquidity
- 24/100Moderate
Only figures the data supports are listed — a missing row means the feed does not report it for this wear, not that it is zero. How these are measured
Float Analysis
0.00–0.08| Wear | Floats this skin can roll | Share of its range | CSDB value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Factory New | 0.00–0.07 | 87.5% | $440–$490 |
| Minimal Wear | 0.07–0.08 | 12.5% | $500–$560 |
- No Battle-Scarred. Floats stop at 0.08, below the 0.45 Battle-Scarred floor.
- Float premium within a wear:not published yet. Measuring it needs completed sales with their exact floats, and CSDB does not hold enough of those for this skin to separate a float premium from ordinary price noise. Load the individual listings above to see how each item's float sits within its wear.
Lowest Floats on the Market
Used by Pro Players
17 of 859 tracked pros#10 most used AWP skin among the 859 pros we track (17 using it).
AWP Lightning Strike Details
- Weapon
- AWP
- Finish
- Lightning Strike
- Rarity
- Covert
- Category
- Rifle
- Found in
- CS:GO Weapon Case
- Collection
- The Arms Deal Collection
- First seen on market
- 7 Aug 2013
- Float range
- 0.00–0.08
- Paint index
- 51
- StatTrak™ available
- Yes
- Souvenir available
- Yes
- Case drop odds (grade)
- ~0.64%
- Rifle skins tracked
- 471
- Cheaper than 13% of AWP finishes, comparing each at its most affordable valued wear.
- #40 of 47 AWP finishes by Steam sales in the last 30 days (all wears).
Market Summary
AWP | Lightning Strike Minimal Wear has a CSDB estimated market value of $500–$560 (medium confidence), with the cheapest tracked listing at $499 on DMarket. Steam lists it at $855, so the best cash price is 42% lower. This wear recorded 1 Steam sales in the past 30 days and scores 24/100 for liquidity. Across the wears CSDB can value, AWP | Lightning Strike spans about $440–$560.
Other AWP Skins
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More From The Arms Deal Collection
About AWP | Lightning Strike
High risk and high reward, the infamous AWP is recognizable by its signature report and one-shot, one-kill policy. It has been painted with a lightning strike motif using anodizing effect paints over a metallic base coat. Sometimes you don't need to strike the same place twice— Official in-game description
AWP | Lightning Strike is a Covert rifle finish from the CS:GO Weapon Case, on the market since 2013. It drops in StatTrak™ as well as the standard version, and as a Souvenir item from Major souvenir packages.
The AWP is a rifle in CS2 that costs $4,750 in-game.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How much is AWP | Lightning Strike worth?
- AWP | Lightning Strike is worth roughly $440–$560 depending on wear, on CSDB's estimate. Factory New: $440–$490; Minimal Wear: $500–$560.
- What is the cheapest AWP | Lightning Strike?
- The cheapest tracked listing is Factory New at $445 on CSFloat, 26% below the Steam price of $600.
- What is the Factory New AWP | Lightning Strike price?
- Factory New AWP | Lightning Strike has a CSDB estimated value of $440–$490 (medium confidence); the cheapest tracked listing is $445 on CSFloat, against $600 on Steam.
- What is the Minimal Wear AWP | Lightning Strike price?
- Minimal Wear AWP | Lightning Strike has a CSDB estimated value of $500–$560 (medium confidence); the cheapest tracked listing is $499 on DMarket, against $855 on Steam.
- Is StatTrak™ AWP | Lightning Strike more expensive?
- Factory New: StatTrak™ $844 vs $463 (+82%); Minimal Wear: StatTrak™ $1,431 vs $530 (+170%). Compared on CSDB estimates for wears where both versions can be valued.
- What float can AWP | Lightning Strike have?
- AWP | Lightning Strike rolls floats from 0.00 to 0.08. Factory New 0.00–0.07, Minimal Wear 0.07–0.08.
- How liquid is AWP | Lightning Strike?
- Minimal Wear AWP | Lightning Strike scores 24/100 on CSDB's liquidity measure (moderate): 1 sales in 30 days against 130 active listings — about 3900 days of supply at that rate.
- When was AWP | Lightning Strike released?
- AWP | Lightning Strike first appeared on the Steam Community Market on 7 August 2013, in the CS:GO Weapon Case. That is its first market listing, which for most items is within a day of release.
- Which pro players use AWP | Lightning Strike?
- nexa, AdrieN, Annihilation, arrozdoce, cadiaN, DavCost, deko, dumau, es3tag, fANDER, kabal, Markeloff, Melavi, misutaaa, mwlky, sdy, zorte use AWP | Lightning Strike in their tracked CS2 loadout.
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