Hello everyone !

The last time, I focused on countries, this time it will be on players and teams. I'm not (completely) a robot, so I didn't count for every tournaments, I only took into account the major tournaments.

So what's a major tournament ? Easy. It is CPL Summer, CPL Winter, ESWC, WCG and IEM. Biggest prize money, highest number of teams and these are the tournaments players REALLY want to win.

I removed two of this tournaments for the same reason :

WCG 2001 - CPL Championship 2001 was played at the same time and no top3 team was at WCG.
CPL Summer 2005 - ESWC 2005 was played at the same time and had a way better teamlist.

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First, here is the top3 of every major tournaments. That's 33 events and 99 medals.

2012

IEM 6
1. ESC (Neo, TaZ, kuben, pasha, Loord) - $50,000
2. NaVi (Edward, markeloff, ceh9, starix, Zeus) - $20,000
3. Lions (threat, kHRYSTAL, niko, FYRR73, zneel) - $8,000

2011

WCG
1. ESC (Neo, TaZ, kuben, pasha, Loord) - $25,000
2. SK (GeT_RiGhT, f0rest, Delpan, RobbaN, face) - $6,000
3. M5 (Dosia, Fox, ROMJkE, edik, xek) - $3,000

ESWC
1. SK (GeT_RiGhT, f0rest, Delpan, RobbaN, face) - $12,000
2. NaVi (Edward, markeloff, ceh9, starix, Zeus) - $6,000
3. mouz (zonixx, gob b, karrigan, roman, ninja) - $4,000

IEM 5
1. NaVi (Edward, markeloff, ceh9, starix, Zeus) - $35,000
2. Fx (Neo, TaZ, kuben, pasha, Loord) - $17,000
3. mTw (trace, zonic, ave, ArcadioN, minet) - $8,500


2010

WCG
1. NaVi (Edward, starix, markeloff, ceh9, Zeus) - $25,000
2. mTw (zonic, minet, ave, Sunde, trace) - $10,000
3. Fx (pasha, Neo, TaZ, kuben, Loord) - $5,000

ESWC
1. NaVi (Edward, starix, markeloff, ceh9, Zeus) - $36,000
2. SK (GuX, face, RobbaN, allen, walle) - $18,000
3. mTw (zonic, minet, ave, Sunde, trace) - $9,000

IEM 4
1. NaVi (Edward, starix, markeloff, ceh9, Zeus) - $50,000
2. fnatic (cArn, dsn, GeT_RiGhT, f0rest, threat) - $20,000
3. SK (GuX, face, RobbaN, allen, walle) - $8,000

2009

WCG 2009
1. AGAiN (Neo, TaZ, LUq, kuben, Loord) – $35,000
2. fnatic (GeT_RiGhT, dsn, Gux, cArn, f0rest) – $18,000
3. mTw (zonic, Sunde, ave, Minet, trace) – $10,000

IEM 3
1. fnatic (GeT_RiGhT, dsn, Gux, cArn, f0rest) - $50,000
2. MYM (Neo, LUq, taz, kuben, Loord) - $25,000
3. mTw (zonic, mJe, Sunde, ave, whimp) - $15,000


2008

WCG 2008
1. mTw (zonic, mJe, Sunde, ave, whimp) - $50,000
2. SK Gaming (allen, Tentpole, RobbaN, zet, walle) - $25,000
3. eSTRO (solo, bail, hee, ari, termi) - $12,500

ESWC 2008
1. MYM (Neo, LUq, taz, kuben, Loord) - $40,000
2. e-STRO (solo, bail, hee, ari, termi) - $25,000
3. fnatic (dsn, Archi, f0rest, cArn, ins) - $14,000

IEM 2
1. mousesports (Kapio, cyx, gob b, gore, tixo) – $50,000
2. e-STRO (solo, hee, bail, ari, termi) – $25,000
3. ALTERNATE (mooN, Roman R., paN, approx, CHEF-KOCH) – $15,000


2007

WCG 2007
1. emuLate! (R!Go, mSx, HaRts, ioRek, MaT) - $50,000
2. NoA (hpx, Sunde, mJe, ave, zonic) - $25,000
3. A-Gaming (B1ad3, we1ss, strike, xaoc, starix) - $15,000

ESWC 2007
1. Pentagram (LUq, Neo, TaZ, kuben, loordb) - $40,000
2. NoA (hpx, Sunde, mJe, ave, zonic) - $24,000
3. fnatic (dsn, ins, cArn, Archi, f0rest) - $12,000

IEM 1
1. Pentagram (LUq, Neo, TaZ, kuben, loordb) - $50,000
2. H2k (whimp, KK, Morf4r, XciteD, zone) - $30,000
3. fnatic (dsn, ins, cArn, Archi, f0rest) - $12,000


2006

CPL Winter
1. fnatic (dsn, f0rest, Archi, Tentpole, cArn) - $30,000
2. MYM (elemeNt, xione, prb, juve9le, REAL) - $21,000
3. Pentagram (Neo, kuben, Loord, TaZ, LUq) - $14,000

WCG 2006
1. Pentagram (LUq, Neo, TaZ, kuben, Loord) - $60,000
2. NiP (SpawN, ins, zet, RobbaN, walle) - $30,000
3. hoorai (naSu, lurppis, contE, toNppa, ruuit) - $15,000

CPL Summer 2006 (ISC)
1. coL (sunman, Warden, fRoD, tr1p, Storm) - $40,000
2. aTTaX (silver, mooN, Tixo, CHEF-KOCH, Kapio) - $27,000
3. fnatic (cArn, dsn, Tentpole, f0rest, Archi) - $20,000

ESWC 2006
1. mibr (cogu, kiko, nak, fnx, bruno) - $52,000
2. fnatic (cArn, dsn, Tentpole, f0rest, Archi) - $36,000
3. aTTaX (silver, mooN, Tixo, CHEF-KOCH, Kapio) - $24,000


2005

CPL Winter 2005
1. SK.swe (SpawN, fisker, vilden, ahl, SnajdaN) - $18,000
2. Lunatic-Hai (rishNarchk, BeBe, cliper, enemy, mal) - $12,600
3. JMC (Smo0og1er, zid, da bears, royle, evan) - $8,400

ESWC 2005
1. coL (Warden, fRoD, sunman, Storm, tr1p) - $40,000
2. SK.dk (whiMp, zonic, spx, eGene, Drally) - $26,000
3. mouz ( PapsT, gore, Blizzard, neo, Roman R) - $18,000


2004

CPL Winter 2004
1. NoA (XeqtR, Naikon, elemeNt, shaGuar, method) - $30,000
2. EYE (walle, vilden, bullen, archie, GudeN) - $21,000
3. GamerCo (Ph33R, hanes, torrez, medias, exodus) - $14,000

WCG 2004
1. 3D (volcano, KSharp, Rambo, moto, boms) - $50,000
2. The Titans (KK, whimp, Drally, spx, eGene) - $25,000
3. MaveN (rishNarchk, BeBe, cliper, enemy, mal) - $10,000

CPL Summer 2004
1. EYE (Hyper, Guden, archie, vilden, IsKall) - $30,000
2. SK.swe (HeatoN, Potti, ahl, fisker, SpawN) - $21,000
3. Rival (Ph33R, hanes, torrez, medias, exodus) - $14,000

ESWC 2004
1. The Titans (KK, whimp, Drally, EraZ, eGene) - $40,000
2. spiXel (crypt, bullen, walle, Ilight, hyber) - $24,000
3. Virtus.pro (Snoop, Sally, groove, F_1N, LeX) - $12,000


2003

CPL Winter 2003
1. SK.swe (HeatoN, Potti, elemeNt, ahl, fisker) - $30,000
2. NoA ( shaGuar, Naikon, knoxville, bsl,, method) - $21,000
3. mousesports ( gore, neo, Johnny R, Roman R., Blizzard) - $14,000

WCG 2003
1. SK.swe (HeatoN, Potti, ahl, fisker, SpawN) - $40,000
2. 3D (moto, Bullseye, KSharp, boms, Rambo) - $20,000
3. team9.level (bitch, calc, Jerry, nituz, spx) - $10,000

CPL Summer 2003
1. SK.swe (HeatoN, Potti, elemeNt, ahl, fisker) - $60,000
2. team9 (vesslan, quick, Luciano, Lucchese, XeqtR) - $42,000
3. 3D (KSharp, Rambo, Bullseye, Steel, moto) - $28,000

ESWC 2003
1. team9 (vesslan, quick, Luciano, Lucchese, XeqtR) - $35,000
2. zEx (volcano, sunman, LeKtriK, shaGuar, boms) - $25,000
3. SK.swe (HeatoN, Potti, elemeNt, ahl, fisker, brunk) - $15,000


2002

CPL Winter 2002
1. 3D (KSharp, Rambo, moto, kane, Steel, Bullseye) - $30,000
2. GoL ( elemeNt, Souledge, Hyb, myssE, VicoN) - $20,000
3. SK.swe (HeatoN, Potti, Bengan, brunk, Medion) - $12,500

WCG 2002
1. M19 (NooK, KALb14, MadFan, Rado, Rider) - $40,000
2. nerve (bl00dsh0t, malone, MuG, PhaGe, quik) - $20,000
3. mouz (Johnny R, Roman R, Sebastian S, Nils K, Chris P) - $10,000

CPL Summer 2002
1. SK.sca (HeatoN, Potti, DarK, XeqtR, Xenon) - $25,000
2. GoL (Souledge, Hyb, Mson, gozie, elemeNt) - $15,000
3. eSu (ahl, vesslan, Notorious, brunk, ScreaM, Swift) - $10,000


2001

CPL World Championship 2001
1. NiP (vesslan, HeatoN, Potti, Hyb, Medion, ahl) – 50 000 $
2. X3 (KSharp, Rambo, Bullseye, BigDog, Chameleon) - 25 000 $
3. mTw.se ( XeqtR, Notorious, Gozie, smurfah, Souledge) – 15 000 $

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Players Ranking

Note : Players showed together won all their medals in the same team.

7 Gold Medals

1. Neo/TaZ/kuben/Loord (7-2-2 : 11)

Nobody can touch these guys. 7 wins is just a class above anyone else. And with 11 medals, only one player can compare to them.

5 Gold Medals

5. HeatoN/Potti (5-1-2 : 8)
5. ahl (5-1-2 : 8)
8. LUq (5-1-1 : 7)

HeatoN and Potti. The best duo of the early days of CS. 5 gold medals won in 3 years, that's better than the Poles if you look at the time span. ahl won 4 of his titles with the legendary duo, he added one more at the CPL Winter 2005. And LUq was the player cut from the Golden Five. It was enough to get 5 titles.

4 Gold Medals

9. starix (4-2-1 : 7)
10. Edward/markeloff/Zeus/ceh9 (4-2-0 : 6)
15. fisker (4-1-1 : 6)

Basically Na'Vi players and one former SK 2003. The Ukrainians won 4 major titles in a row, that's a record. It shows how dominant was that team. starix got one more medal thanks to his 3rd place with A-Gaming at WCG 2007.

3 Gold Medals

16. f0rest (3-4-4 : 11)
17. elemeNt (3-3-1 : 7)
18. XeqtR (3-1-1 : 5)

3 Gold Medals, 3 truly mythical players. First f0rest, same total of medals than the Poles. And the last player who could win the 4 major tournaments : CPL Winter 2006, IEM 3, ESWC 2011. With a WCG title, he would be the only player winning the 4 titles. Then you got the two greatest Norwegian players of all time. What's remarkable about them : they won medals with a lot of different players. 19 teammates for elemeNt, 16 for XeqtR. It shows how good they were, they improved a team immediately when they joined.

2 Gold Medals

19. cArn/dsn (2-3-4 : 9)
20. whimp (2-3-1 : 6)
21. GeT_RiGhT (2-3-0 : 5)
22. Rambo/KSharp (2-2-1 : 5)
23. SpawN (2-2-0 : 4)
24. vesslan (2-1-1 : 4)
24. moto (2-1-1 : 4)
24. pasha (2-1-1 : 4)
27. sunman (2-1-0 : 3)
27. vilden (2-1-0 : 3)
29. fRoD/Warden/tr1p/Storm (2-0-0 : 2)

9 medals for cArn and dsn. That total put them right behind the Poles and f0rest. But only two wins and 3 finals lost. Then we have the
first Dane, whimp. Same as cArn/dsn, he lost 3 finals. GeT_RiGhT never had a bronze medal, he played 5 finals, lost 3. Rambo and KSharp are the first american players. What's worth noticing is that he earned 4 of his 5 medals on home soil. Then we got 3 great Swedish players, SpawN, vesslan and vilden. And finally the former coL guys.

1 Gold Medal

Note : I only included players with at least 3 medals. Sorry MiBR/emL/M19/etc.

33. zonic (1-4-2 : 7)
34. RobbaN (1-4-1 : 6)
35. ave (1-3-4 : 8)
36. Sunde (1-3-3 : 7)
37. Gux (1-2-1 : 4)
37. Bullseye (1-2-1 : 4)
37. mJe (1-2-1 : 4)
37. face (1-2-1 : 4)
41. KK (1-2-0 : 3)
41. boms (1-2-0 : 3)
41. shaGuar (1-2-0 : 3)
41. Hyb (1-2-0 : 3)
45. Kapio/Tixo (1-1-1 : 3)
46. Archi (1-0-3 : 4)
47. gore (1-0-2 : 3)


In that group, we got players who lost a lot of finals. zonic and RobbaN where defeated in 4 of their 5 finals. Without surprise we got all the mTw 2008 players : ave, Sunde & mJe. We also got KK, the other star of The Titans team from 2004. Four great Swedish players are here : Gux, face, Archi and Hyb. Two former 3D Players are in that group too : boms and Bullseye. Three mouz players made the cut : Kapio, Tixo and gore. And we also have shaGuar, arguably the best Canadian player ever.


Where are they ?

Note : I added some fan favourite players who never won a major tournament or just one.

cogu/fnx/nak/bruno/KIKO (1-0-0 : 1)
walle : (0-5-1 : 6)
allen (0-2-1 : 3)
solo : (0-2-1 : 3)
zet (0-2-0 : 2)
ins : (0-1-3 : 4)
trace (0-1-3 : 4)
Johnny R (0-1-1 : 2)
REAL (0-1-0 : 1)

5 finals played, 5 lost for walle, that's pretty harsh. And players like solo or zet were never able to grab one major win !

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Team Ranking

Note : That ranking only shows teams with at least 3 medals. The flags show the nationality of the players who played for that organisation.

1. SK (6-5-4 : 15)
2. NaVi (4-2-0 : 6)
3. PGS (3-0-1 : 4)
4. fnatic (2-3-4 : 9)
5. 3D (2-1-1 : 4)
6. NoA (1-3-0 : 4)
7. MYM (1-2-0 : 3)
8. mTw (1-1-5 : 7)
9. mouz (1-0-4 : 5)
10. eSTRO (0-2-1 : 3)
11. ALTERNATE (0-1-2 : 3)


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Country Ranking

1. Sweden (11-13-10 : 34)
2. Poland (7-2-2 : 11)
3. USA (4-3-4 : 11)
4. Ukraine (4-2-1 : 7)
5. Denmark (2-6-5 : 13)
6. Norway (1-2-0 : 3)
7. Germany (1-1-6 : 8)
8. Russia (1-0-2 : 3)
9. Brazil (1-0-0 : 1)
9. France (1-0-0 : 1)
11. South Korea (0-3-2 : 5)
12. Canada (0-1-0 : 1)
13. Finland (0-0-1 : 1)


There might be some mistakes, don't hesitate to tell me in the comments.