Price ranking

Cheapest CS2 knives

The cheapest knife in CS2 right now is the Shadow Daggers | Bright Water (Well-Worn) at $45.00 on the Steam Community Market. Below: the lowest price for each of the 20 knife types, then the 40 cheapest finishes overall.

Cheapest knife

$45.00

Shadow Daggers | Bright Water · Well-Worn

Cheapest knife type

Shadow Daggers

from $45.00

Highest starting price

Butterfly Knife

from $509.05

Unboxing one instead

$1,071.34

average, Kilowatt Case

Cheapest finish of every CS2 knife type

#	Knife	Cheapest finish	Condition	Price	Priced finishes
1	Shadow Daggers	Bright Water	Well-Worn	$45.00	25
2	Navaja Knife	Night Stripe	Battle-Scarred	$51.01	19
3	Survival Knife	Safari Mesh	Minimal Wear	$53.71	19
4	Kukri Knife	Safari Mesh	Field-Tested	$54.37	13
5	Paracord Knife	Safari Mesh	Battle-Scarred	$54.65	19
6	Ursus Knife	Boreal Forest	Well-Worn	$55.38	19
7	Gut Knife	Boreal Forest	Battle-Scarred	$57.27	25
8	Huntsman Knife	Scorched	Field-Tested	$58.96	25
9	Bowie Knife	Forest DDPAT	StatTrak™ Battle-Scarred	$60.03	25
10	Falchion Knife	Boreal Forest	StatTrak™ Battle-Scarred	$75.68	25
11	Classic Knife	Forest DDPAT	StatTrak™ Battle-Scarred	$83.54	13
12	Nomad Knife	Safari Mesh	StatTrak™ Well-Worn	$94.70	19
13	Flip Knife	Forest DDPAT	StatTrak™ Battle-Scarred	$109.59	25
14	Bayonet	Rust Coat	Well-Worn	$114.19	25
15	Stiletto Knife	Boreal Forest	Well-Worn	$137.01	19
16	Skeleton Knife	Boreal Forest	Battle-Scarred	$148.13	19
17	Talon Knife	Scorched	Factory New	$167.34	19
18	M9 Bayonet	Scorched	StatTrak™ Field-Tested	$341.78	25
19	Karambit	Boreal Forest	StatTrak™ Well-Worn	$446.29	25
20	Butterfly Knife	Safari Mesh	StatTrak™ Battle-Scarred	$509.05	25

The 40 cheapest CS2 knives

#	Finish	Condition	Price	Drops from
1	Shadow Daggers \| Bright Water	Well-Worn	$45.00	Dreams & Nightmares Case, Operation Riptide Case
2	Shadow Daggers \| Safari Mesh	StatTrak™ Battle-Scarred	$45.67	Shadow Case
3	Navaja Knife \| Night Stripe	Battle-Scarred	$51.01	Danger Zone Case, Horizon Case
4	Navaja Knife \| Boreal Forest	Battle-Scarred	$51.34	Danger Zone Case, Horizon Case
5	Navaja Knife \| Forest DDPAT	Battle-Scarred	$52.67	Danger Zone Case, Horizon Case
6	Shadow Daggers \| Black Laminate	Well-Worn	$52.69	Dreams & Nightmares Case, Operation Riptide Case
7	Shadow Daggers \| Boreal Forest	Battle-Scarred	$52.83	Shadow Case
8	Navaja Knife \| Safari Mesh	StatTrak™ Well-Worn	$53.00	Danger Zone Case, Horizon Case
9	Shadow Daggers \| Rust Coat	Battle-Scarred	$53.58	Spectrum 2 Case, Spectrum Case
10	Survival Knife \| Safari Mesh	Minimal Wear	$53.71	Fracture Case, Shattered Web Case
11	Navaja Knife \| Scorched	Field-Tested	$53.96	Danger Zone Case, Horizon Case
12	Kukri Knife \| Safari Mesh	Field-Tested	$54.37	Gallery Case, Kilowatt Case
13	Shadow Daggers \| Forest DDPAT	Battle-Scarred	$54.44	Shadow Case
14	Paracord Knife \| Safari Mesh	Battle-Scarred	$54.65	Fracture Case, Shattered Web Case
15	Navaja Knife \| Rust Coat	Battle-Scarred	$54.67	Prisma 2 Case, Prisma Case
16	Shadow Daggers \| Scorched	Battle-Scarred	$54.82	Shadow Case
17	Shadow Daggers \| Ultraviolet	StatTrak™ Well-Worn	$55.02	Spectrum 2 Case, Spectrum Case
18	Ursus Knife \| Boreal Forest	Well-Worn	$55.38	Danger Zone Case, Horizon Case
19	Shadow Daggers \| Urban Masked	Field-Tested	$55.61	Shadow Case
20	Paracord Knife \| Forest DDPAT	Battle-Scarred	$55.81	Fracture Case, Shattered Web Case
21	Navaja Knife \| Stained	Well-Worn	$56.40	Danger Zone Case, Horizon Case
22	Kukri Knife \| Boreal Forest	Battle-Scarred	$56.96	Gallery Case, Kilowatt Case
23	Navaja Knife \| Urban Masked	Field-Tested	$57.12	Danger Zone Case, Horizon Case
24	Survival Knife \| Boreal Forest	Well-Worn	$57.25	Fracture Case, Shattered Web Case
25	Gut Knife \| Boreal Forest	Battle-Scarred	$57.27	Revolver Case, eSports 2013 Case +9 more
26	Survival Knife \| Forest DDPAT	StatTrak™ Battle-Scarred	$57.47	Fracture Case, Shattered Web Case
27	Paracord Knife \| Boreal Forest	Battle-Scarred	$58.33	Fracture Case, Shattered Web Case
28	Kukri Knife \| Scorched	StatTrak™ Well-Worn	$58.54	Gallery Case, Kilowatt Case
29	Huntsman Knife \| Scorched	Field-Tested	$58.96	Huntsman Weapon Case
30	Shadow Daggers \| Night	Battle-Scarred	$59.28	Shadow Case
31	Kukri Knife \| Forest DDPAT	Battle-Scarred	$59.49	Gallery Case, Kilowatt Case
32	Gut Knife \| Forest DDPAT	Battle-Scarred	$59.59	Revolver Case, eSports 2013 Case +9 more
33	Survival Knife \| Rust Coat	Battle-Scarred	$59.64	Fever Case
34	Survival Knife \| Scorched	Well-Worn	$59.81	Fracture Case, Shattered Web Case
35	Navaja Knife \| Ultraviolet	Battle-Scarred	$59.84	Prisma 2 Case, Prisma Case
36	Navaja Knife	Vanilla	$59.92	Prisma 2 Case, Prisma Case +2 more
37	Bowie Knife \| Forest DDPAT	StatTrak™ Battle-Scarred	$60.03	Operation Wildfire Case
38	Paracord Knife \| Scorched	Battle-Scarred	$60.21	Fracture Case, Shattered Web Case
39	Gut Knife \| Scorched	Well-Worn	$60.27	Revolver Case, eSports 2013 Case +9 more
40	Paracord Knife \| Rust Coat	Battle-Scarred	$60.84	Fever Case

Each row is that finish's lowest-priced wear and StatTrak™ combination in the csgotrader.app steam.json (Steam Community Market) snapshot, market data updated Oct 27, 2026. Listings whose price looks like a data error are excluded. These are Steam Market averages, not live buy orders.

Cheapest CS2 knives: common questions

What is the cheapest knife in CS2?

The Shadow Daggers | Bright Water in Well-Worn condition, at $45.00, followed by the Shadow Daggers | Safari Mesh (StatTrak™ Battle-Scarred) at $45.67. The cheapest knife type overall is the Shadow Daggers.

Is it cheaper to buy a knife or open cases for one?

Buying, by a wide margin. The cheapest knife costs $45.00, while unboxing one takes 391 openings on average (1 in 391 per case): about $1,071.34 even in the cheapest case for it, the Kilowatt Case. Work out your own odds with the knife chance calculator.

Can you trade up to a cheap knife?

Five Covert skins from one case trade up into one of that case's knives, chosen at random from its pool, so you cannot pick the finish. Contracts and their cost are on knife and glove trade-ups.

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