The best current CSGO teams in the world
Bogdan LashchenkoCSGO is an intriguing game that attracts players and punters alike. It has a massive community with fans from different parts of the world. There are hundreds of world-class teams in CSGO tournaments, but only those with better rosters perform well. Here are some of the big names in esports.
Faze Clan
Faze Clan is a professional esports and entertainment organization founded by current CEO, Thomas “Temperrr.” Launched in 2010 as a YouTube sniping team, FaZe has grown from its origins into an entertainment conglomerate with the most engaged communities across the globe. Currently, the team’s average global ranking is #10, but they were position #1 in May 2018 and #2 in April 2022 following their most recent win in the ESL Pro League Season 15 Final over ENCE.
The gaming organization has won over 180 tournament championships in CSGO, Call of Duty, and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG). They’ve won 3 majors, 2 ESL One championships, 2 BLAST Pro tournaments, 1 Intel Extreme Masters, 1 EPICENTER championship, 1 DreamHack Masters, and 1 StarLadder StarSeries championship.
Known for its innovative and athletic approach to first-person shooter games, FaZe’s players have amassed over 1 billion views on YouTube since its inception. Some notable professional players on the team’s roster include Havard “rain” Nygaard and Olof “olofmeister” Gustafsson. The organization currently fields teams in different esports, including Call of Duty, CSGO, PUBG, Rainbow Six Siege, FIFA, and Fortnite Battle Royale.
Team Liquid
Team Liquid is a professional esports organization founded in 2000, and it is one of the best teams in CSGO. They started competing in esports on January 6th, 2015, but they created their current roster on August 8th, 2017. The team is under the leadership of Nick “nitr0”, features some of the best players in the world and employs some of the best CSGO teamwork methodologies to compete against the other top teams.
Ninjas in Pyjamas
While they may not be the team with the most wins in modern CSGO, Ninjas in Pyjamas is perhaps the most legendary. The Swedish team has been playing since 2012, and it has featured among the best CSGO organizations in several tournaments.
The secret to their success is their systematic approach to Counter-Strike that emphasizes aggression and coordination on both sides of each map. The team’s strategy largely depends on the aims of its players. It has some of the best snipers in CSGO history, and among these ranks, you’ll find top players such as GeT_RiGhT and f0rest. Other great players include Friberg, Xizt, and other members who have been on NiP’s roster.
Natus Vincere
If you’ve followed CSGO for some time, you’ll know that Natus Vincere (Na’Vi) has consistently been in the conversation when it comes to the best teams in the game. The team from Ukraine has an illustrious history, with multiple Major championships and other top-level tournament wins.
Currently, Na’Vi has Ioann “Edward” Sukhariev and Danylo “Zeus” Teslenko as their two veterans who have stuck around since the Counter-Strike 1.6 era. The players were joined by Aleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev, Egor “flamie” Vasilyev, and Denis “electronic” Sharipov to round out one of the most talented rosters in all of CSGO right now.
The squad’s most significant victory was the IEM Katowice 2019, where they upset Team Liquid to win their first Premier-level tournament in nearly four years. They also made a run to the semifinals at StarLadder Berlin before falling short against Astralis, who won the contest.
Astralis
Astralis is a Danish esports organization founded in January 2016, and it has teams competing in CSGO, League of Legends, and Super Smash Bros. The team is well-known in esports, and it boasts a large fan base in the CSGO community. They created their first CSGO roster after acquiring Team SoloMid’s former Danish CSGO team in January 2016, which consisted of device, dupreeh, cajunb, karrigan, and Xyp9x. The team had previously been very successful on TSM CSGO before being succeeded by the North American lineup consisting of seang@res and co., who later became Optic Gaming.
After acquiring their new roster, Astralis began their journey to become the best CSGO team on the planet through tournament wins such as ESL Pro League Finals and ECS Season 2 Finals. However, they failed to win majors under this new roster due to internal issues within the organization, which affected players’ performances at these events. Since then, Astralis has gone through multiple iterations of its line-up. Their current lineup is widely regarded as superior to previous ones since it has quality players such as gla1ve, one of the best CSGO captains.
MIBR
MIBR, the team formerly known as SK Gaming, might be familiar to anyone who’s followed CSGO esports since 2016. It has featured among the top five teams in the world rankings since its inception in July 2016, but its recent roster changes have created doubt about its future. The lineup faced one of its first extensive tests at DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018, where they placed 6th after losing 2-0 to both Natus Vincere and Mousesports. Although it is too early to tell if the organization is ready to win titles in the future, it has a new roster that looks promising.
Final thoughts
Although many teams participate in esports, only a few have shown consistency in performance. If you are a bettor or just a fan, you should consider supporting any of the teams highlighted above since they strive to deliver good results.
Bogdan Lashchenko – content manager at EgamersWorld.Bogdan has been working at EGamersWorld since 2023. Joining the company, he began fillin the site with information, news and events.