According to HLTV the CS:GO world ranking of the top 10 team
1.Team Natus Vincere (830 points)
Team Natus Vincere
NAVI or Natus Vincere, also known as the Ukrainian team, is the top pick for the CSGO team to watch in 2021. The team was able to enter four major Grand Final competitions in 2020, winning one – the coveted IEM Katowice. NAVI is also the first team in Counter-Strike history to win three major tournaments in one calendar year – IEM Season IV, ESWC 2010, and WCG 2010. The organization (whose name derives from Latin – born to win) was founded around the CS:GO team in 2009. By adding a DOTA 2 roster, it became a multi-gaming org in October 2010. NAVI’s Counter-Strike gang is actually one of the most successful in winning more than $4 million in prize money. Their world rankings according to Hltv is 2nd.
NAVI Recent Tournament Results
IEM XV– Beijing Online: Europe
2nd
$30,000
ESL Pro League Season 12: Europe
2nd
$54,000
WePlay! Clutch Island
1st
$15,000
ICE Challenge 2020
1st
$50,000
IEM XIV – World Championship
1st
$250,000
BLAST Premier: Spring
2nd
$50,000
NAVI Members – flamie,s1mple, electronic, boombl4, perfecto
B1ad3
Andrii Gorodenskyi (Coach)
Boombl4
Kirill Mikhailov (Captain)
flamie
Egor Vasilev
s1mple
Oleksandr Olehovych Kostyliev
electronic
Denis Sharipov
Perfecto
Ilya Zalutskiy
2.Team Astralis (888 points)
Team Astralis
Astralis is one of the largest and most successful CS:GO teams in the history of games and for a good cause. The all-Danish roster soared to fame in 2018 when it absolutely dominated the CSGO calendar and won no fewer than 15 top-level competitions. It currently holds the record for most wins and the most-watched CSGO team. In 2020, the team managed to win three major occasions: the ESL One: the Road to Rio – Europe, the 12th season of the ESL Pro League Europe, and the tremendous Intel Extreme Masters XV – the Global Challenge. In 2019, the group introduced its FIFA team, and in 2020 the Astralis team re-branded Origen’s old roster as its star. At the end of 2020, the group also launched its own academy team Astralis Talent. Their world rankings according to Hltv is 1st.
Astralis Recent Tournament Outcome
Intel Extreme Masters XV – Global Challenge
1st
$200,000
DreamHack Masters Winter 2020: Europe
1st
$60,000
ESL Pro League Season 12: Europe
1st
$99,000
ESL One: Road to Rio – Europe
1st
$33,000
ESL Pro League Season 11: Europe
3rd
$53,000
IEM Katowice 2020
3rd
$40,000
Astralis Members – xyp9x dupreeh gla1ve device Magisk
zonic
Danny Sørensen (Coach)
Xyp9x
Andreas Højsleth (Captain)
Magisk
Emil Hoffmann Reif
DBubzkji
Lucas Andersen
dev1ce
Nicolai Hvilshøj Reedtz
dupreeh
Peter Rothmann Rasmussen
3.Team Vitality (563 points)
Team Vitality
Team vitality, a French team is one of the strongest CS:GO teams in Western Europe and a clear candidate for the best team of the year. Consistently ranked among the top 10 CSGO teams world rankings, Vitality had a spectacular 2020 finish, making no less than 8 finals and capturing 3. The roster, led by apEX, has won around $400,000 in prizes over the past 12 months, most recently beating NAVI at the IEM Beijing finals and taking home $60,000.
Vitality Recent Tournament Results
IEM XV – Beijing Online: Europe
1st
$60,000
BLAST Premier: Fall 2020 Regular Season
1st
$25,000
DreamHack Open Fall 2020
2nd
$21,500
ESL One: Cologne 2020 Online – Europe
2nd
$50,000
cs_summit 6 Online: Europe
2nd
$22,000
BLAST Premier: Spring 2020 European Finals
2nd
$65,000
Vitality Members – apEX,RpK,ZywOo,shox,misutaaa,Nivera
XTQZZZ
Rémy Quoniam (Coach)
apEX
Dan Madesclaire (Captain)
RpK
Cédric Guipouy
ZywOo
Mathieu Herbaut
shox
Richard Papillon
misutaaa
Kévin Rabier
Nivera
Nabil Benrlitom
4.Team Big (489points)
Team Big
Abbreviated from Berlin International Gaming, BIG is a German sports organization founded in 2017 by retired NRG Esports members. Corporation fields divisions in many tournaments alongside CSGO such as League of Legends, Starcraft, Trackmania, FIFA, and Quake, but the CS:GO teams remain the most successful. At its inception, BIG has played in more than 110 CSGO competitions, winning over 30 and collecting more than $1 million in prizes.
2020 was perhaps the best year for the gang, with 12 tournaments won, including the coveted DreamHack Open Leipzig. Does Major continue to hold this shape back in 2021? We believe that!
BIG Recent Tournament Results
Merkur Masters Season 2
1st
$24,000
DreamHack Open Summer 2020: Europe
1st
$35,000
cs_summit 6 Online: Europe
1st
$34,000
DreamHack Masters Spring 2020: Europe
1st
$54,000
HomeSweetHome: Week 2
1st
$30,000
BIG Members – tabsen,tizian,syrson,Xantares,k1to
tow b
Tobias Herberhold (Coach)
tabseN
Johannes Wodarz (Captain)
tiziaN
Tizian Feldbusch
XANTARES
İsmailcan Dörtkardeş
syrsoN
Florian Rische
k1to
Nils Gruhne
5.Team Virtus.pro (615 points)
Team Virtus.pro
Virtus.pro (VP) is a Russian-based sporting organization. Created in 2003, the company currently has players playing in such games as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, Rainbow Six Siege, PlayerUnknown’s Battlefields, Fortnite, Apex Legends, Starcraft II, Hearthstone, Paladins, Quake Champions, and Heroes Of The Storm. In November 2015, the team received over USD $100,000,000 from Alisher Usmanov’s USM Holdings. Since 2015, Virtus.pro has been a member of the ESforce esports collection. The Dota 2 group of Virtus.pro has played in several Majors, earning the record (Group Secret) 5 of them by becoming the best Dota Pro Circuit group in the first season. The League of Legends team won the LCL Spring 2017. In may 2020, Virtus.pro will inherit their star “YEKINDAR” from pro100 as “buster” moves back from the starting lineup. In addition, “Flatra” enters as an assistant coach. On August 4 VP most of the way with “AdreN.” According to HLTV, the world ranking of this team is third.
Heroic is the second Danish Squad on our list, after Astralis, and is one of the emerging stars of the professional CS:GO teams. Established in 2016, the Valiant CSGO lineup was nearly disbanded in 2020 when it was almost absorbed by FunPlus Phoenix. The deal dropped, and Valiant held his squad in place. Heroic has continued to mine some of the biggest events over 4 years of being involved. Months after its formation, this teams won the 2016 International Gaming League and the 2017 European World Cyber Arena stage a year later. The greatest successes were certainly accomplished in 2020 when HEROIC qualified for 28 tournaments to win 8.
Heroic Recent Tournament Results
DreamHack Open Fall 2020
1st
$33,000
ESL One: Cologne 2020 Online – Europe
1st
$150,000
DreamHack Open Summer 2020: Europe
2nd
$20,000
LOOT.BET/CS Season 6
1st
$30,000
HomeSweetHome: Week 5
1st
$30,000
Heroic Members- stavn,b0RUP,cadiaN,TeSeS,niko
stavn
Martin Lund
b0RUP
Johannes Borup
cadiaN
Casper Møller (Captain)
TeSeS
René Madsen
niko
Nikolaj Kristensen
7.Team Liquid (525 points)
Team Liquid
Team Liquid is a multi-regional professional sports organization headquartered in the Netherlands, established in 2000. The Liquid League of Legends squad won four LCS championships, and their Counter-Strike Global Offensive team has won the Intel Grand Slam trophy in 2019, a feat accomplished in just four matches. In 2017, Liquid Group completed the construction of its Alienware Training Facility in Los Angeles, built to serve as a training field for the CS:GO and League of Legends gangs, along with their sports headquarters.
Complexity Gaming is an American professional esports association (CS:GO Teams) that competes in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Call of Duty, Dota 2, Hearthstone, Gwent: Witcher Card Game, Rocket League, Clash Royale, Fortnite, and Madden. The association is also connected with the World of Warcraft Competition Raiding Guild Complexity Limit. CompLexity was created as the Counter-Strike 1.6 clan by Jason “1” Lake in 2003.
There’s nothing wrong with this North American esports organization, but there’s a lot of talent to do. EG was founded in 1999 and is one of the oldest professional gaming organizations in the country. There are many e-sports roosters underneath the EG banner, from Dota 2 to the Rocket League or Street Fighter. The organization first joined Counter-Strike in the early 2000s, hosting a number of teams till 2011. The division was closed down in 2012, but on 26 September 2019 Evil Geniuses joined CSGO with the purchase of NRG E-sports. The new CS:GO Teams managed to win five big events in 2019, including the StarSeries & i-League CSGO Season 8 which brought them $250,000. Last year, the North American regional finals dominated the BLAST Premier, Counter-Strike summit, and ESL Cologne events, earning over $380,000 in winnings.
EG Recent Tournament Results
ESL Pro League Season 12: North America
3rd
$36,000
ESL One: Cologne 2020 Online – North America
1st
$65,000
cs_summit 6 Online: North America
1st
$22,000
BLAST Premier: Spring 2020 American Finals
1st
$160,000
ESL Pro League Season 11: North America
2nd
$45,000
Evil Geniuses Members
zews
Wilton Prado (Coach)
stanislaw
Peter Jarguz (Captain)
Brehze
Vincent Cayonte
CeRq
Tsvetelin Dimitrov
Ethan
Ethan Arnold
tarik
Tarik Celik
10.Team G2 Esports (287 points)
Team G2 Esports
G2 Esports is a Spanish esports company of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams. G2 Esports is a Spanish esports company with teams in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Paddy, Valorant, Fortnite, and RocketLague. It is one of the strongest CS:GO teams in the world, with a worldwide lineup that has accumulated over $2.3 million in prize money since its inception in 2015. 2017 was a fantastic year for G2, the team that managed to win the ESL Pro League Season 5 – the finals were worth $225,000. 2018 didn’t bring any major win points, however, the team was back on course in 2019, earning four major tournaments. G2 qualified to reach the finals of the IEM Katowice in 2020 but eventually lost to NAVI in the Grand Final matches.
G2 Esports Recent Tournament Results
IEM XV – Beijing Online
3rd
$12,000
ESL One: Cologne 2020 Online
3rd
$25,000
ESL One: Road to Rio – Europe
2nd
$21,500
IEMs XIV – World Championship
2nd
$100,000
BLAST Premier: Spring 2020 Regular Season
1st
$50,000
G2 Esports Members – maLeK,nexa,huNter,NiKo,kennyS,AmaNEk
