Team Ranking: May 2022
The first Monday of a new month means it's time to look at the most important ranking shakeups of the past four weeks.
In what has been the biggest month of 2022 so far, May played host to the PGL Major Antwerp and IEM Dallas, which saw the world's No. 1 ranked team FaZe ultimately lift the trophy in Belgium and Vladislav "nafany" Gorshkov's Cloud9 taking home the gold in Dallas.
Naturally, the two aforementioned competitions have contributed the largest to the world rankings, which has seen certain teams jump quite a few ranks and into the top ten, and others slowly dropping off in points.
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 ongoing 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, June 6, 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.
POINTS
Please note that the +/- gain on this table differs from our weekly rankings page, and it is related to the ranking update of May 2.
FaZe solidify their place on top
Following up on their hot start to the year, having already taken home first-place finishes at ESL Pro League and IEM Katowice, FaZe continued riding their wave of momentum heading into the PGL Major, eventually overcoming every opponent in their way, including then-reigning champions Natus Vincere in the grand final, becoming the first international team in history to be crowed Major winners.
The win allowed them to reach the maximum number of possible points with 1000 and widened their gap to Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev's squad in second place, who were also among the favorites to emerge victorious at the Valve-sanctioned competition and defend their title.
Despite looking almost unbeatable after their success at the Major, the team faced their first roadblock of the season at IEM Dallas, where they bowed out in the quarter-final stage, falling to eventual champions Cloud9. The loss marked the first unsuccessful event of the year for Finn "karrigan" Andersen's side, and though they're still undeniably the world's best team, it's definitely an indicator that FaZe are not invincible.
ENCE overtake NAVI as the world No. 2
ENCE enjoyed massive success over the past four weeks as they put up a 3-4th place finish at the PGL Major, along with attaining the runner-up spot at IEM Dallas, only losing to Cloud9 in the grand final. Their strong results were enough to see them overtake Natus Vincere in the world rankings as the second highest-ranked team, matching their organization's best-ever ranking way back in July of 2019, where they only held the spot for a single week.
It's also worth noting that ENCE will only receive 80% of their total points gained from IEM Dallas due to Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski being a stand-in for Lotan "Spinx" Giladi, who was unable to participate in the tournament due to visa issues.
The last time an ENCE lineup had enjoyed this level of success was during the days of their all-Finnish roster, which featured a young Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen and experienced AWPer Aleksi "allu" Jalli leading the way. That team made a Cinderella run at IEM Katowice by reaching the grand finals, with any hopes of a dream Major victory being stopped by Astralis.
Nowadays, ENCE's mixed European team has consistently proved their worth against the very best the competitive scene has to offer, even handing FaZe back-to-back losses in their last two matchups against each other. Almost three years in the making with a completely different set of players, the organization has finally found its way back to its 2019 peak.
Spirit land at eighth in the rankings
A name overlooked by many entering the Major in Belgium was Spirit, a young squad led by veteran Leonid "chopper" Vishnyakov, whose journey in the tournament brought them all the way to the semi-finals. Eventually, they lost out to FaZe, but not without putting up a fight and giving the international team a run for their money.
They started the year with the addition of Pavel "S1ren" Ogloblin to the roster in February, along with mixed results, taking first place at Malta Vibes Knockout Series 6, before barely qualifying for the Major through the Europe RMR, placing eighth to secure the final Challengers stage spot.
While at the Major, they made their way through the Challengers stage with a 3-1 record, suffering a narrow loss to G2 before sending Astralis to the elimination pool following a win over the Danes. Their Legends stage performance was even better as they went flawless, overcoming higher-ranked opponents such as HEROIC and FURIA to earn their spot in the playoffs.
It was during the playoffs where the young Russian squad really showed what they were capable of, as they sent Brazil's last representative in FURIA home in the quarter-finals, and delivered a phenomenal series against FaZe in the semi-finals. Even though their campaign ended at the hands of the world's best team, their run at the Major was nothing short of impressive and is a big reason as to why they're currently eighth in the world rankings.
Astralis and Outsiders fall outside the top ten
If May was a month to remember for FaZe and Spirit, the opposite could be said for both Astralis and Outsiders, whose dismal showing at the PGL Major caused them to drop out of the top ten in the rankings as they now sit at 13th and 15th, respectively.
Astralis had their worst Major result in the organization's history by placing outside the top 16 for the first time ever after failing to reach the Legends stage, falling to old rivals Liquid in their elimination series. Their result at IEM Dallas wasn't much better either, as they failed to make it out of Group A after being eliminated by G2 and finished a mere 9-12th place out of 16 teams.
On the other hand, Outsiders fared better than Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander and company by making it out of the Challengers stage at the Major, only to be eliminated in the Legends stage with a 1-3 record, their lone win coming against Vitality.
It was also the beginning of the end for the roster who had been together for well over a year, marking the last time Mareks "YEKINDAR" Gaļinskis and Timur "buster" Tulepov would compete with the team as the two have since been benched by the organization. No longer having two of their players is also a big reason why the team has fallen down the ranking, losing 40% of their total points due to roster changes alone.
Honorable Mentions:
- FURIA back in the top five
- Imperial sit at 14th overall
- Bad News Eagles break into top 20
- Finest make first top 30 appearance
Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov
Guy 'anarkez' Trachtman
Kristjan 'shokz' Jakobson
Pavle 'Maden' Bošković
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen
Christopher 'dexter' Nong
David 'frozen' Čerňanský
Jon 'JDC' de Castro
Ádám 'torzsi' Torzsás
Aurimas 'Bymas' Pipiras
Abay 'HObbit' Khassenov
Maximiliano 'max' Gonzalez
Martin 'rox' Molina
David 'dav1deuS' Tapia Maldonado
Rafael 'zakk' Fernandes
Rigon 'rigoN' Gashi
Keith 'NAF' Markovic
Klesti 'stikle-' Kola
Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou
Håvard 'rain' Nygaard
Helvijs 'broky' Saukants
Laurențiu 'lauNX' Țârlea
Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski
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