The Cheapest Gloves in CS2 (2026)

This list covers the cheapest gloves in CS2: 22 pairs under $100 with their SkinsMonkey prices on 26 October 2026 and the wear we would buy for each. The cheapest pair, Hydra Gloves | Mangrove, costs $39.21. Out of all CS2 gloves, 28 of the 94 finishes start under $100, and five start under $50.

The most useful thing to know before you buy a cheap pair is how little the wear changes the price. On most gloves released since 2018, Battle-Scarred, Well-Worn and Field-Tested cost almost the same, and on the cheapest pairs the difference is a few cents. You can usually buy Field-Tested for the price of Battle-Scarred. The sections below go up in price and name the pair we would pick in each.

How We Picked the Cheapest CS2 Gloves

Cheapest here means the lowest price you can pay for the finish, which is almost always Battle-Scarred. Each section below is a price range by that number. Inside each section we name the pair we would buy and the wear we would buy it in, because the cheapest wear is not always the best value. Prices are SkinsMonkey prices checked on 26 October 2026, normal pairs only, and they change with the market.

Every glove type has a cheapest finish, and the difference between types is large. Hydra and Driver Gloves start under $40, while the cheapest Sport Gloves cost more than twice that. If you want a specific glove model, the table shows where each one starts.

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Under $45: The Cheapest Gloves in CS2

Three pairs cost less than $40, and the difference between them is 31 cents. All three come from the Clutch Case and the Revolution Case, which drop the same set of gloves. The Clutch Case came out in 2018 and the Revolution Case in 2023, so these gloves have been dropping for years and many pairs are on the market. On all of them, Field-Tested costs seven to nine cents more than Battle-Scarred.

• Hydra Gloves | Mangrove, $39.21 to $179.06, from the Clutch Case and the Revolution Case. The cheapest gloves in CS2. Olive and brown Hydra Gloves with a snakeskin texture and a metal snake emblem on the back. Field-Tested costs $39.29, so there is no reason to buy a worse wear.
• Hydra Gloves | Rattler, $39.39 to $204.28, from the same two cases. The same Hydra model in lighter tan and grey snakeskin. It is the lighter of the two, so it shows dirt more, but at this price Field-Tested is still the wear to buy.
• Hydra Gloves | Emerald, $44.80 to $413.03, from the same two cases. Dark grey Hydra Gloves with a green detail at the cuff. Darker than Mangrove and Rattler, so it matches black and dark green knives better.

$45 to $60: More Glove Types for a Little More

Between $45 and $60 you get Moto Gloves, Hand Wraps, Specialist Gloves and more Driver Gloves. This is the range with the most choice of colour, and most pairs here still cost about the same in Field-Tested as in Battle-Scarred.

• Moto Gloves | Transport, $47.44 to $350.18, from the Clutch Case and the Revolution Case. The cheapest Moto Gloves. Yellow and tan leather in almost one colour, so it is easy to match with a knife.
• Hand Wraps | Arboreal, $50.78 to $262.49, from the same two cases. The cheapest Hand Wraps: green and brown camo cloth. It works with camo knives and a green loadout.
• Specialist Gloves | Buckshot, $53.81 to $317.42, from the same two cases. The cheapest Specialist Gloves, in brown and green camo. Good for a military-style loadout.
• Hand Wraps | Duct Tape, $57.99 to $451.91, from the same two cases. Silver grey tape wrapped around the hand. A neutral pair that goes with grey, white and black knives.
• Hand Wraps | Giraffe, $54.27 to $302.92, from the Operation Broken Fang Case, the Snakebite Case and the Recoil Case. Brown and orange giraffe print on cream cloth, the most unusual pattern in this range.

$60 to $80: Where Cheap Gloves Get Colour

Above $60 the finishes get brighter: green, red, yellow and black and white. A few pairs here cost noticeably more in Field-Tested than in Battle-Scarred, so check the wear before you trade.

• Broken Fang Gloves | Yellow-banded, $61.72 to $510.62, from the Operation Broken Fang Case, the Snakebite Case and the Recoil Case. Black and yellow spots on the Broken Fang model. A good match for yellow and black knives.
• Driver Gloves | Queen Jaguar, $64.52 to $657.87, from the same three cases. A jaguar print in yellow and brown on Driver Gloves. An animal print, like Giraffe in the section above.
• Driver Gloves | Rezan the Red, $76.30 to $842.38, from the same three cases. Dark red leather with a gold woven panel. The cheapest red Driver Gloves and a good choice for a red loadout.
• Broken Fang Gloves | Unhinged, $68.21 to $433.74, from the Operation Broken Fang Case, the Snakebite Case and the Recoil Case. Black and grey with silver details. The most neutral pair in this range, and Field-Tested costs about a dollar more than Battle-Scarred.
• Moto Gloves | Finish Line, $71.23 to $575.45, from the Operation Broken Fang Case, the Snakebite Case and the Recoil Case. Black and white checks with lime green lines. White shows wear, so this is a pair to buy in Field-Tested or better.

$85 to $100: The Cheapest Sport Gloves and the Newest Finishes

Just under $100 you can buy the cheapest Sport Gloves, the cheapest pair from the 2016 glove collection and two finishes from the Dead Hand terminal, which Valve added on 12 March 2026. With this section, every glove type is available for under $100. For our picks above $100, see the best CS2 gloves for every budget, and for the highest prices, the most expensive gloves in CS2.

• Broken Fang Gloves | Jade, $91.90 to $947.35, from the Operation Broken Fang Case, the Snakebite Case and the Recoil Case. Shiny teal green leather with a gold emblem. Field-Tested costs twenty cents more than Battle-Scarred.
• Driver Gloves | Seigaiha, $91.96 to $1,140.40, from the Sealed Dead Hand Terminal. Light blue wave pattern on the back of the hand and dark grey fingers. The cheapest of the 22 gloves from the Dead Hand terminal.
• Specialist Gloves | Chocolate Chesterfield, $97.75 to $1,295.96, also from the Dead Hand terminal. Black quilted Specialist Gloves with gold yellow lines.
• Bloodhound Gloves | Guerrilla, $91.18 to $684.69, from the Glove Case and the Operation Hydra Case. The cheapest pair from the 2016 glove collection, in green and brown camo. On this pair Field-Tested costs $241.24, more than twice Well-Worn at $117.49, so Well-Worn is the better value.
• Hand Wraps | Overprint, $85.91 to $551.28, from the Clutch Case and the Revolution Case. Turquoise and black geometric print on cloth wraps. Field-Tested costs $120.10 here, so Battle-Scarred is the better value.

Which Cheap Gloves Look Best in Game

In first person you see the back of the hand and the fingers, so a cheap pair looks good when the colour covers that part. Many cheap gloves are camo or dark leather, which match well but are hard to notice. These five are the cheap pairs we think look best on screen.

Does Wear Matter on Cheap Gloves

Less than most players expect. On the cheapest pairs, Battle-Scarred, Well-Worn and Field-Tested cost almost exactly the same: Hydra Gloves | Mangrove costs $39.21 in Battle-Scarred and $39.29 in Field-Tested. Field-Tested looks much better, so it is the wear to buy. Minimal Wear costs more, and Factory New is several times the price, because glove floats start at 0.06 and Factory New ends at 0.07, so very few Factory New pairs exist.

There are two exceptions. On some finishes, such as Hand Wraps | Overprint, the prices of the three cheaper wears are further apart, and Battle-Scarred saves real money. On the 2016 gloves from the Glove Case and the Operation Hydra Case, Field-Tested often costs twice as much as Well-Worn.

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How to Get Cheap CS2 Gloves

Opening cases is the most expensive way to get a cheap pair. Gloves are the rare special item in a case, and Valve’s published odds put that slot at 0.26% per case, so most players will spend far more on keys than a $40 pair costs. Since 22 October 2025 you can trade up five Covert skins into gloves from the collection of one of those skins, as our look at the trade-up update one year later explains, but you cannot choose which pair you get.

The Steam Community Market is a reasonable option at these prices, but Valve takes a fee from every sale and the money stays in your Steam Wallet. Trading is the faster way to get a specific pair. On SkinsMonkey you log in through Steam, add skins from your inventory, pick the gloves and the bot sends the trade offer. You can see the float of each pair before you trade, which is how you get a clean Field-Tested pair for the Battle-Scarred price. If you are not sure what your skins are worth, our CS2 Inventory Value Checker shows it in about a minute. To build the rest of a cheap loadout, see the cheapest CS2 knives and the cheapest CS2 skins.

Our pick in each price range

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Bottom line

Racing Green for under $40, Bronze Morph for the Sport Gloves model

The cheapest gloves in CS2 are Hydra Gloves | Mangrove at $39.21 on 26 October 2026. Our pick at that price is Driver Gloves | Racing Green in Field-Tested at $39.60: dark green leather that looks like a real pair of gloves, and only eight cents more than Battle-Scarred.

If you want a specific glove model, Sport Gloves | Bronze Morph is the cheapest Sport Gloves at $91.72, and Specialist Gloves | Buckshot the cheapest Specialist Gloves at $53.81. On almost every cheap pair, buy Field-Tested. The exceptions are a few finishes such as Hand Wraps | Overprint and the 2016 gloves, where Battle-Scarred or Well-Worn save real money.

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