Rankings
World and regional rankings: how each one is calculated and what it decides.
How Valve's CS2 Regional Standings Are Built and Used for Invites
A guide to Valve's Regional Standings for Counter-Strike 2: what goes into the points, when the lists update, how organizers and the Major use them, and the rule changes so far.
RankingsValve adds a three-month rule on region changes for Major invites
Valve amended its Major rulebook on October 6, 2026: a roster seen in another region's standings in the last three months gets no regional place. BC.Game won an exception a day later.
RankingsValve's October standings: Spirit stay first as Legacy climb to second
The Valve Regional Standings of October 5, 2026 keep Spirit on top with 2046 points, lift Legacy from sixth to second and set the invitations to BLAST Rivals and PGL Bucharest 2027.
RankingsSingapore Major invites a month away: where NAVI, FaZe and paiN stand
With the November 2 standings set to decide the 32 places, Natus Vincere sit 19th in Europe, FaZe 11th and paiN well outside the Americas places, HLTV's review shows.
RankingsChampions Shanghai 2026: eight of the 16 teams got in on points
The field of Valorant Champions Shanghai is complete. In each league two teams qualified as Stage 2 finalists and two on Championship Points, among them the title holders NRG.
RankingsValve's September CS2 standings arrive a day late and backdated
Valve released its September 2026 standings on a Tuesday, dated them to the Monday and then removed events unfinished on that day, leaving organizers with invite dates to reconcile.
RankingsAG.AL win the Esports World Cup Club Championship ahead of Falcons
AG.AL finished first in the 2026 Esports World Cup Club Championship with 5,300 points and US$7 million, after a Trackmania win on the closing weekend. Team Falcons, twice champions, are second.
RankingsSpirit overtake Falcons as HLTV's top-ranked Counter-Strike team
HLTV's Counter-Strike ranking of August 24, 2026 lists Spirit first with 998 points and Falcons second with 754. A week earlier Falcons led by 81 points.
RankingsHow the FC Pro World Rankings work: tiers, points and the three-year cycle
Six point tables, regional cups worth different amounts, half value online and a three-year memory: how EA turns FC Pro results into world ranking points.
RankingsSpirit lead Valve's August standings as Vitality slip to fifth
Valve's standings of August 3, 2026 have Team Spirit first with 2011 points and Team Vitality fifth, their first time outside the top four since August 2024. Six events draw invites from it.
RankingsFalcons take the top of HLTV's world ranking from Vitality
HLTV's Counter-Strike ranking of June 29, 2026 lists Falcons first with 883 points, 60 ahead of Vitality, eight days after the team won the IEM Cologne Major. Three weeks earlier it was fourth.
RankingsValve's May standings set the invites for DraculaN 7 and XSE Pro League
Valve's standings of May 4, 2026 decide who is invited to two summer events. Vitality lead with 2081 points, while FUT climb from 12th to 4th and Astralis enter the top six.
RankingsValve's April standings lock the ranking behind the Cologne Major
Valve's standings of April 6, 2026 fix the 32 invitations to the IEM Cologne Major. Vitality lead with 2063 points, Natus Vincere climb to second and FaZe finish 26th, outside the cut.
RankingsBilibili Gaming take first place in Riot's Global Power Rankings
Riot Games updated its League of Legends Global Power Rankings on March 23, 2026, the day after First Stand. Bilibili Gaming lead, Gen.G drop to second and G2 Esports reach third.
RankingsVitality overtake FURIA in Valve's March 2026 regional standings
Valve's standings of March 2, 2026 put Vitality first with 2029 points, 136 ahead of FURIA. The update sends invitations to four events and is the last but one before the Cologne Major.
RankingsIEM Krakow reshuffles the Valve standings: G2, FUT and Astralis climb
HLTV's count after IEM Krakow puts G2 tenth, FUT 16th and Astralis 11th in the Valve Regional Standings, while HEROIC, Passion UA and GamerLegion lost ground before key deadlines.