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AWP | Lightning Strike Price

CS2 rifle prices, float values & marketplace comparison

CSDB estimated value · Factory New

$400–$440

Medium confidenceBased on current listings on 14 marketplaces; 35 Steam sales in 30 days show it trades, but no cash sale prices are recorded.

Best current price

$408.39

CSFloat · 30% below Steam

Lowest recorded ask, 29 Oct 2026 · verify on the marketplace

Steam$583
Best cash market$408
Difference−$175
Cash discount ?30%
Highest buy order
$487Steam
30D sales
35Steam
Liquidity
60/100Liquid
Float range
0.00–0.07Factory New
Listings
2,235tracked markets
Markets quoting
14

Marketplace prices from the daily snapshot · updated

Marketplace Prices

Factory New · updated
MarketplacePricevs Steamvs market median
CSFloatBest price★ 4.8Review$408.39−30%-2.0%Open
LIS-SKINS★ 4.8Review$408.51−30%-2.0%Search
Skin.Land$410.38−30%-1.5%Search
Youpin (UU)$410.48−30%-1.5%Search
Buff163Review$413.68−29%-0.7%Search
HaloSkinsReview$416.65−29%-0.0%Search
Skins.com★ 3.8ReviewCode CSDB$416.69−29%0.0%View
DMarket★ 4.0Review$420.69−28%+1.0%Search
Steam Community MarketWallet funds$583.14——

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

Factory New · CSFloat

See 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

Factory New
Latest$792
30D-3.1%
High · 2026-08-27$865
Low · 2026-10-17$777

Factory New · CSDB daily cross-market lowest listing · 51 observations

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Full Price History

AWP | Lightning Strike (Factory New) Steam price and trading volume since Aug 2013 — 477 days tracked.

$627.44Latest
$1,090.04All-time high
$7.76All-time low
21,620Total sold
Aug 2013Trading volumeOct 2026

Full price & volume history via SteamWebAPI · Steam Community Market.

AWP Lightning Strike Prices by Wear

WearCSDB valueBest priceSteam30D salesMarkets
Factory New$400–$440$408$5833514
Minimal Wear$510–$560$470$820114

StatTrak™

WearCSDB valueBest priceSteam30D salesMarkets
Factory New$780–$880$792$1,334314
Minimal Wear$820–$1,720$939—09

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

Factory New
76/ 100Healthy market
  • Liquidity6035 sales in 30 days, 2,235 listings across tracked markets
  • Demand100109% of Steam's open offers sold in 30 days
  • Market depth9414 marketplaces quoting, 2,235 listings
  • Spread quality6211.4% between the cheapest and dearest cleaned ask
  • Data confidence65current listings on 14 marketplaces; 35 Steam sales in 30 days show it trades, but no cash sale prices are recorded

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

Factory New
CSDB estimated value
$400–$440medium confidence
Lowest current listing
$408
Cash-market median ask
$41714 markets
Steam price
$583wallet funds
Steam median sale · 30D
$595wallet funds
Highest buy order
$4871,760 wanted · Steam
Steam bid/ask spread
16%
Steam sales · 7D
13
Steam sales · 30D
35
Steam sales · 90D
126
Active listings
2,235tracked markets
Days to clear the book
27.4Steam offers at Steam sale rate
Marketplaces quoting
14
Cross-market spread
11.4%cleaned asks, Steam excluded
Liquidity
60/100Liquid

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

Recent Sales — What It Actually Sells For

Listed prices are asks; these are completed sales on Skinport over the last 7 and 30 days. The gap between the two is the real negotiating room.

WearSold (7d)Median (7d)Sold (30d)Median (30d)30d range
StatTrak™ Factory New2$798.926$825.24$683.46–$1,002
StatTrak™ Minimal Wear0—0——–—

Sold-price data via Skinport, refreshed daily (as of 29 Aug). One marketplace's completed sales — a floor on truth, not the whole market.

Float Analysis

0.00–0.08
0.00 FNMWFTWWBS1.00
WearFloats this skin can rollShare of its rangeCSDB value
Factory New0.00–0.0787.5%$400–$440
Minimal Wear0.07–0.0812.5%$510–$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

19 of 868 tracked pros

#10 most used AWP skin among the 868 pros we track (19 using it).

nexaFree Agent · awp slotLoadout verified 2026-10-26
AnnihilationThe Huns Esports · awp slotLoadout verified 2026-10-26
aragornNRebels Gaming · awp slotLoadout verified 2026-10-26
arrozdoceOG Esports · awp slotLoadout verified 2026-10-26
cadiaNOG Esports · awp slotLoadout verified 2026-10-26
cmtryAstralis · awp slotLoadout verified 2026-10-26
DavCostRetired · awp slotLoadout verified 2026-10-26
eraaAlliance · awp slotLoadout verified 2026-10-26
es3tagFree Agent · awp slotLoadout verified 2026-10-26
fANDERContent Creator · awp slotLoadout verified 2026-10-26
jamboFnatic · awp slotLoadout verified 2026-10-26
kabalATOX Esports · awp slotLoadout verified 2026-10-26

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
No
Unbox chance
0.64% one of 1 Covert finishes sharing 0.64%
Rifle skins tracked
471
  • Cheaper than 13% of AWP finishes, comparing each at its most affordable valued wear.
  • #40 of 46 AWP finishes by Steam sales in the last 30 days (all wears).

Market Summary

AWP | Lightning Strike Factory New has a CSDB estimated market value of $400–$440 (medium confidence), with the cheapest tracked listing at $408 on CSFloat. Steam lists it at $583, so the best cash price is 30% lower. This wear recorded 35 Steam sales in the past 30 days and scores 60/100 for liquidity. Across the wears CSDB can value, AWP | Lightning Strike spans about $400–$560.

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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.

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 $400–$560 depending on wear, on CSDB's estimate. Factory New: $400–$440; Minimal Wear: $510–$560.
What is the cheapest AWP | Lightning Strike?
The cheapest tracked listing is Factory New at $408 on CSFloat, 30% below the Steam price of $583.
What is the Factory New AWP | Lightning Strike price?
Factory New AWP | Lightning Strike has a CSDB estimated value of $400–$440 (medium confidence); the cheapest tracked listing is $408 on CSFloat, against $583 on Steam.
What is the Minimal Wear AWP | Lightning Strike price?
Minimal Wear AWP | Lightning Strike has a CSDB estimated value of $510–$560 (medium confidence); the cheapest tracked listing is $470 on CSFloat, against $820 on Steam.
Is StatTrak™ AWP | Lightning Strike more expensive?
Factory New: StatTrak™ $831 vs $417 (+99%); Minimal Wear: StatTrak™ $1,264 vs $538 (+135%). 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?
Factory New AWP | Lightning Strike scores 60/100 on CSDB's liquidity measure (liquid): 35 recorded sales in 30 days, and 2,235 active listings across the marketplaces we track. Those are separate counts from separate venues, so they are scored as separate signals rather than divided into one another. Within Steam alone, where the sales and the open offers are the same population, the current book would take about 27 days to clear 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, Annihilation, aragornN, arrozdoce, cadiaN, cmtry, DavCost, eraa, es3tag, fANDER, jambo, kabal, Markeloff, Melavi, misutaaa, mwlky, phzy, sdy, zorte use AWP | Lightning Strike in their tracked CS2 loadout.

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