Team ranking: August 2023

4-9-2023 19:35

A myriad of changes plays out among the top 30 in this month's team ranking as Vitality return to No. 1.

Vitality are kings of the hill

August was the first full month of competition in the fall season, having played host to Gamers8 and marked the beginning of ESL Pro League Season 18. The Saudi event has contributed the biggest shift to the world rankings, which has seen several moves around the top ten and a few new names in the top 30.

A handful of smaller tournaments also unfolded, including IESF World Championship 2023, PARI Dunav Party, PGE Polish Esport League Supercup 2023, and several online competitions and local LAN tournaments held in different parts of the world.

For new readers or those in need of a refresher, here's a summary of how the HLTV World Ranking by 1xBet works:

Our team ranking is based on teams' achievements over the past year (with severe decay in points throughout each month), recent form over the last two months, and performance in recent events in the last 3 months.

Each team is required to have a three-man core in order to retain their points. Due to the coronavirus outbreak, online results, which previously had a minimal effect, now carry more weight as they are also included in the 'Achievements' and 'Recent Events' sub-categories.

Below is the current top 30 table as of Monday, September 4, which goes more in-depth into how the points are distributed — or you can check our special page, where you will be able to find the latest, weekly version of our ranking. You can see the lineup for each team by hovering over their name in the table.

Counter-Strike World ranking on September 4th, 2023

RANK

TEAM

ACHV

FORM

LAN

TOTAL
POINTS

+/-

Vitality

500

200

300

1000

Heroic

444

230

768

-1

405

153

185

743

ENCE

358

179

201

738

Astralis

142

147

369

FaZe

209

367

-1

GamerLegion

111

106

282

Cloud9

135

278

Natus Vincere

118

260

10.

Ninjas in Pyjamas

193

11.

MOUZ

180

-1

12.

Virtus.pro

159

13.

Liquid

157

-1

14.

Monte

150

15.

fnatic

133

-1

16.

Apeks

126

-3

17.

9INE

106

18.

Imperial

103

-1

19.

FURIA

102

20.

Spirit

+13

21.

Complexity

-1

22.

BIG

23.

24.

TheMongolz

-2

25.

1WIN

26.

SAW

-1

27.

Movistar Riders

+16

28.

Grayhound

29.

Aurora

30.

Eternal Fire

Vitality return to No.1 in the rankings

Vitality returned to the top of the rankings for the first time since June during this past month. The Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire-lead squad went into the player break as the No.1 team in the world following their titles in IEM Rio and the BLAST.tv Paris Major, but were leapfrogged by Heroic after the removal of Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen in favor of Shahar "⁠flameZ⁠" Shushan in June.

Vitality return to No.1 after adding flameZ

The change meant Vitality spent two months at the No.2 spot before returning to the top of the pile after a semi-final finish at IEM Cologne and their trophy lift at Gamers8, where they plowed through MIBR, Natus Vincere, G2, and ENCE, to solidify their claim at the title of the best team in the world.

Their summer roster change garnered a lot of criticism given that Vitality just won the Major with dupreeh in the lineup, but their results after the summer break confirm the organization made the correct decision by going for youthful star power in favor of experience.

Vitality return to No.1 in the rankings following Gamers8 triumph

Vitality are showing no sign of stopping either, as they breezed through ORKS, Ninjas in Pyjamas, and Movistar Riders to win their ESL Pro League S18 group without a single dropped map. Their success has secured them a spot in the playoffs of the Maltese tournament, with Vitality re-entering the competition at the quarter-final stage.

FaZe drop out of the top five

FaZe have trended downwards for quite some time, their last trophy win coming five months ago at ESL Pro League S17 alongside their Intel Grand Slam title. Their form after that was nothing to write home about as they only appeared in the playoffs once before the season ended — a semi-final exit at IEM Dallas.

FaZe's struggles continue after the summer break

Since returning from the break, a loss to Natus Vincere meant that FaZe missed out on the IEM Cologne playoffs, and their next outing at Gamers8 also didn't change their fortunes. The Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen-led squad went out in the first round after a loss to Virtus.pro and have now been overtaken by Astralis in the rankings, who entered the top five for the first time since September 2022.

New-look Spirit return to the rankings

Spirit's academy project once again provided several reinforcements for the main team during the summer break after Robert "⁠Patsi⁠" Isyanov transferred to Liquid and Ihor "⁠w0nderful⁠" Zhdanov and Pavel "⁠s1ren⁠" Ogloblin found themselves on the chopping block. That left the team three players short, meaning three Spirit Academy players got the call-up to complete the roster.

The squad debuted in several online competitions, such as Pinnacle Cup V and CCT 2023 Online Finals 2, placing second in the latter. Danil "⁠donk⁠" Kryshkovets has been the star for Spirit, as the 16-year-old ravaged his opponents in an online setting.

Spirit's PARI Dunav Party victory secured them a top-20 spot

Spirit then played their first LAN tournament at PARI Dunav Party in Belgrade and won the title alongside a myriad of ranking points, winning the final against Virtus.pro thanks to another fantastic performance by young prodigy donk.

One for the future: donk

Movistar Riders re-enter top 30

The Spanish squad struggled to regain their momentum after losing Alvaro "⁠SunPayus⁠" Garcia to ENCE and dropped out of the top 30 following the inclusion of Tiago "⁠JUST⁠" Moura and Adam "⁠adamS⁠" Marian to their lineup. Nevertheless, they swiftly bounced back with a remarkable performance in ESL Pro League S18, amassing sufficient points to place themselves just inside the top 30.

Movistar Riders qualified for the playoffs after victories against FURIA and GamerLegion before a loss to Vitality meant they finished second in the group and will enter the playoff stage in the second round.

Two more new rosters have secured their spots on the fringes of the top 30. 1WIN did so due to their win at CCT Central Europe Series 7 and a top-four placing at PARI Dunav Party, while Eternal Fire's online form means they come in at No. 30.

Other notable changes:

Astralis return to top five for first time since September 2022
Ninjas in Pyjamas overtake MOUZ to enter top 10
Into the Breach and Bad News Eagles drop out of the top 30

why is nip top 10???!

2023-09-04 19:35

8 replies

blast fall groups mainly

2023-09-04 19:37

3 replies

Wtf Imperial is ahead of furia hahahaha

2023-09-05 02:06

2 replies

Blast Semi-Finals still counting

2023-09-05 02:31

furia was on a slump before the summer break and only got worse after it, their only "success" was qualifying for the EPL playoffs which doesn't count much until the tournament is finished. They only beat other lower ranked teams anyway (apart from GL)

2023-09-06 09:56

nip gaining a spot for his recent performances is laughable :D

2023-09-04 20:06

I assume it's from beating vita-astralis recently, but yeah they aren't a top 10 team atm

2023-09-04 20:31

Read the points each team has: Top1 nearly,often or almost always 1000 points. Top2-4 roughly or around 750. Top 5-10: 500-200. Top11-20: 200-100. Top21-30: 100 and below. Obviously the lower ranked teams fluctuates more than the "usual suspects" at the top: They gain several 100s of points by going deep in most if not all tournaments. It's only normal that a team gains or drop a spot or two. You may have noticed, MouZ gained a spot as well. Astralis top5? Hurray! Good, great, fine, super! Until you notice, FaZe is only two points behind at top6, and they haven't been playing the last week. Liquid is only 2 points behind Virtus Pro and so on. "Laughing" at a spot up or down is like laughing at the sun rising every day.

2023-09-05 10:18

Im wondering why gl and furia didn't move

2023-09-04 23:28

NiP :((

4 replies

They'll get back to top 5 one day just require to +nilo +nawwwk -konfig -headtr1ck

2023-09-04 23:55

Headtr1ck is good wym

2023-09-05 08:03

I mean full swedish lineup

2023-09-05 15:28

1 reply

aight -rez -brollan and add someone consistant

2023-09-05 16:35

Deserved

2023-09-04 19:36

NiP top100 max wtfk this bot team do in 10

Biased maybe, but i expected betboom to be in here

2023-09-04 19:39

Top 30? Yeah probably

I mean yeah the points are still there from major but GamerLegion doesn't deserve to be in top 10 anymore sorry not sorry.

2023-09-04 19:40

They will lose huge amount of points for placing 17-20 in EPL and will likely drop out of TOP10 in couple of weeks.

2023-09-04 19:55

Top8 Cologne+Top8 Gamers8 = They deserve to be there Losing with Furia and missing EPL playoffs will bring them down in October ranking

2023-09-04 20:17

okay thanks for explaining man.

2023-09-05 14:24

I doubt they'll be placed outside the top 10, they still have a lot of points and they won't lose points for not qualifying to EPL playoffs, it'll depend on the other teams performance, I'm expecting them to be #9 though.

2023-09-06 10:02

GL top7 is a joke

5 replies

It's from their major run - iem cologne

2023-09-04 20:08

+ Gamers8 top8

2023-09-04 20:18

LMAO they won 1 game against another fluke team

2023-09-04 20:47

They had top8 seed, they placed top8 , their ranking respected their seading, they deserve to be top8

2023-09-04 20:51

GL placed higher than faze last tournies and faze are still #6, why only GL getting hate? :D

2023-09-05 00:03

EPL needs to end soon so we can get actual rankings.

2023-09-04 19:41

if you want real rankings take a look at volvo's rating

2023-09-04 20:50

You're welcome to calculate your own ranking system if you like. Then you can respect it as much as you like

2023-09-05 10:46

welcome back Spirit

2023-09-04 19:44

NIP top10 with Worst Roster in 10years bruh

2023-09-04 19:45

We all know they are around 20 ;-;

2023-09-04 20:05

more like 30

2023-09-04 21:14

Chill guys NiP will drop out of TOP10 soon enough after placing 21-28 in EPL

2023-09-04 19:52

astralis top5 is a massive meme

2023-09-04 19:54

Name a better candidate

2023-09-04 21:15

No. Astralis is looking really good right now. And the points show that they are only very narrowly on number 5 and very far away from the Top 4. It's okay.

2023-09-04 21:43

They're doing better than everyone behind them

2023-09-05 12:04

GamerLegion Top 7 so many weeks even though the Major was over 4 months ago and they lost 2 players is a mystery

2023-09-04 19:58

13 replies

cologne top 7 + the major run

2023-09-04 20:09

6 replies

Major 200 years ago, Cologne = wins against C9 (Top 13 at the time), Fnatic (Top 15 at the tame), and a lose to Monte

2023-09-04 20:32

who cares who they beat in cologne, its about placement and they were top8 and also top8 in gamers8

2023-09-05 09:25

Not to mention that they don't participate in open qualifiers and t2 events so they don't lose ranking, otherwise they would lose to top 20/25+ online teams. They are using the ''If I don't play, I don't lose ranking'' tactic

2023-09-04 20:33

that's also hurting them since just showing up gets you points

2023-09-04 20:40

Always, ALWAYS, a team risking playing games they shouldn't should benefit more in scoring than a team that refuses to play in order not to lose points

2023-09-04 21:09

Monte is an example, it's a team that changed 1 player less than GL (they should already lose less points for that), but they risked playing games they shouldn't have, and today they are top 14. It's unfair that ' 'if I don't play, I don't lose points''

2023-09-04 21:11

Top8 Cologne + Top8 Gamers8 ... they deserve to be top 8 Sure they lost to Furia yesterday and missed the EPL playoffs , but that will reflect in the ranks for next month

2023-09-04 20:12

#34, #36

Both very wrong, they had top 8 seed at both events, they placed top8 , they deserve to be top8

because of 1 event? If so Astralis should be top 4 by your logic. You are a clown if you are considering Gamers8, they had the worst placement possible

2023-09-04 21:12

In which S-Tier event from last month did Astralis place top4 ? Cause I only remember G2,Vitality, Heroic and Ence placing top 4 ? I think you are the only clown in this room, talking out of your ass without actual facts.

2023-09-04 21:50

all teams below have worse results lmao

2023-09-04 23:54

FAZE LOL

2023-09-04 19:59

G2 should be #2

2023-09-04 20:01

astralis?!?!?

Top 8 Cologne and they are rank 5 now ... how does that happen ?

2023-09-04 20:10

Top 4 cologne and good showing at EPL its obvious

2023-09-04 21:53

hltv pushing their boys :)

2023-09-04 22:54

#102

2023-09-05 12:06

Welcome back to top 30 Movistar Lan'ers Someone care to explain why is Astralis Rank so inflated ? They had a top 8 at Cologne , how in this world does that amount to rank 5 ?

top4 cologne, +good show at blast fall+ good show at epl+ iem dallas top5

2023-09-05 07:18

Hell yeah Australia cs back in top 30. And top 3. Jks #1 2023

2023-09-04 20:02

movistar fluking top 30 again............

2023-09-04 20:13

They proved themselves on LAN, they are top 30

2023-09-04 20:19

LANers man

2023-09-04 20:59

EPL Riders

2023-09-05 04:14

how mouz +1 and nip +1 this ranking system its broken

NiP Top 10 btw Partner teams in a nutshell

2023-09-04 20:27

Lol nip 10th? More like 35…

EZ4NIP

2023-09-04 20:34

lmao Astralis over FaZe what a joke

2023-09-04 20:54

Faze sucks rn

2023-09-04 23:46

Astralis 5 lmao

asstralis 5 and GL 7 LMFAO

2023-09-04 21:00

Why are all of you getting Astralis' Cologne placement wrong? They were top 3-4th.

2023-09-04 21:05

How is grayhound even in top30 after that pro league Only win was vs ORKS

2023-09-04 21:06

GL 7 hahahahaha clown rank

should just rename to blast ranking at this point

vitality won't lose their spot anytime soon

2023-09-04 21:42

wtf furia just won two top10 teams and didnt move 1 position? really? at least top15 bro

2023-09-04 21:46

Technically 1 top 10 team, NIP were #11 when you beat them. You also lost to #71 and #6.

2023-09-04 22:08

Also, FURIA actually went from #23 to #19 since the start of EPL. They just went from #19 to #21 on 21 August and from #21 to #23 on 28 August so it shows as "-" since it's a monthly difference, not a weekly difference.

2023-09-04 22:13

404 error on your special page lol

2023-09-04 21:55