All CS:GO Major winners in photographs
With the launch of Counter-Strike 2, a 10-year chapter of CS:GO Majors closes. Can you remember all 19 of the game's Major winners?
DreamHack Winter 2013 - fnatic
Jesper "JW" Wecksell Robin "flusha" Rönnquist Jonatan "Devilwalk" Lundberg Andreas "znajder" Lindberg Markus "pronax" Wallsten Patrik "cArn" Sättermon (coach)
Nearly a year and a half after CS:GO launched, the first Major in the game took place as part of DreamHack Winter in Jönköping, Sweden.
Ninjas in Pyjamas had been the dominant side and were heavy favorites to take the title after taking down their biggest rivals, VeryGames, in the semi-finals. fnatic denied the legendary roster the biggest piece of silverware, though, after an underdog run spearheaded by JW.
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EMS One Katowice 2014 - Virtus.pro
Jarosław "pashaBiceps" Jarząbkowski Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas Filip "NEO" Kubski Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski Paweł "byali" Bieliński
Four months later, a core of the famed Golden Five from Counter-Strike 1.6 times embellished by the additions of fresh blood in Snax and byali took the first Major of 2014 by storm in front of their home crowd in Katowice, Poland.
ESL One Cologne 2014 - Ninjas in Pyjamas
Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund Richard "Xizt" Landström Adam "friberg" Friberg Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson
Faruk "pita" Pita (coach)
After twice finishing runners-up, the third time was the charm for Ninjas in Pyjamas at the second Major of 2014 in Cologne, Germany. The Swedes, powered by an MVP-winning performance from friberg, wrestled through the playoff bracket winning three series that rested on a knife's edge against Cloud9, LDLC, and fnatic.
DreamHack Winter 2014 - LDLC
Nathan "NBK-" Schmitt Fabien "kioShiMa" Fiey Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer Edouard "SmithZz" Dubourdeaux Richard "shox" Papillon
Emmanuel "MoMaN" Marquez (coach)
The Major returned to DreamHack Winter for the second consecutive year in 2014. The tournament will forever be marked by the olofboost incident and fnatic forfeiting their quarter-final bout against LDLC, but no one can take away the Major title from the French squad.
ESL One Katowice 2015 - fnatic
Jesper "JW" Wecksell Robin "flusha" Rönnquist Markus "pronax" Wallsten Freddy "KRIMZ" Johansson Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer Jonatan "Devilwalk" Lundberg (coach)
fnatic forfeited their chance to win a second Major trophy at DreamHack Winter at the height of their era, but they only had to wait four months to convert their next opportunity. flusha and company clinched the Katowice trophy in March 2015, doing so at the expense of Ninjas in Pyjamas just like they had at the first-ever CS:GO Major.
ESL One Cologne 2015 - fnatic
Jesper "JW" Wecksell Robin "flusha" Rönnquist Markus "pronax" Wallsten Freddy "KRIMZ" Johansson Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer Viktor "vuggo" Jendeby (coach)
A new challenger to fnatic's reign arrived halfway through 2015 with the rise of TSM, but the Swedes still reigned supreme when the second Major of the year came around to become the first back-to-back Major winners and the first team to take home three Major trophies.
DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 - EnVyUs
Nathan "NBK-" Schmitt Fabien "kioShiMa" Fiey Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer Dan "apEX" Madesclaire Kenny "kennyS" Schrub
A French revolution that ended with AWPer kennyS and apEX joining Envy turned out to be the key to usurping fnatic's throne. The flashy AWPer spearheaded the French team's run to the title at DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca just two months after the change took place.
MLG Columbus 2016 - Luminosity
Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo Fernando "fer" Alvarenga Lincoln "fnx" Lau Epitacio "TACO" de Melo Marcelo "coldzera" David Wilton "zews" Prado (coach)
Luminosity had yet to win an international tournament before MLG Columbus, having just missed out on titles at the two preceding events. In a hard-fought run through the playoff bracket, FalleN and company broke their title duck and forever inscribed Brazilian Counter-Strike in the Major history books.
ESL One Cologne 2016 - SK
Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo Fernando "fer" Alvarenga Lincoln "fnx" Lau Epitacio "TACO" de Melo Marcelo "coldzera" David Wilton "zews" Prado (coach)
After their switch from Luminosity to SK, the Brazilians became the second team to win back-to-back Majors at ESL One Cologne 2016. This was the first year in which only two Valve-sanctioned tournaments took place instead of three (not counting the solo Major in 2013).
coldzera became the first two-time Major HLTV MVP after receiving the award a few months earlier due to his performance in Luminosity's title run in Columbus.
ELEAGUE Major 2017 - Astralis
Nicolai "device" Reedtz Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander Danny "zonic" Sørensen (coach)
Denmark's best team became accustomed to winning top events, but the biggest title on the calendar eluded the core that formed Astralis in early 2016. It wasn't until gla1ve came to the team that they found the right mix and won the ELEAGUE Major.
The Fox Theatre in Atlanta, USA, witnessed one of the biggest Major comebacks to date when Astralis turned a 7-13 scoreline around on the Terrorist side of the deciding Train in the grand final against Virtus.pro.
PGL Major Krakow 2017 - Gambit
Dauren "AdreN" Kystaubayev Rustem "mou" Telepov Abay "HObbit" Khassenov
Mihail "Dosia" Stolyarov
Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko Mikhaylo "Kane" Blagin (coach)
In a Major full of surprises during one of the most competitive eras in the game's history, Gambit beat Immortals in an unlikely Major final, which took at the TAURON Arena in Krakow, Poland, in the summer of 2017.
Against all odds and at a time when the squad had already been in shambles and were about to lose Zeus, the legendary Ukrainian captain fulfilled his promise not to give up before he wins a motherfucking Major.
ELEAGUE Major 2018 - Cloud9
Jake "Stewie2K" Yip William "RUSH" Wierzba Tarik "tarik" Celik Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham Timothy "autimatic" Ta Soham "valens" Chowdhury (coach)
North America's only Major victory came on home soil, at the ELEAGUE Major in 2018. With SK out of the way in the semi-finals, FaZe were heavy favorites to win the grand final against an unexpected opponent, Cloud9, but the American side pulled the rug from under Nikola "NiKo" Kovač and company in one of the most memorable comebacks in the game's history after trailling 11-15 on the title-deciding Inferno.
FACEIT Major 2018 - Astralis
Nicolai "device" Reedtz Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander Emil "Magisk" Reif Danny "zonic" Sørensen (coach)
Having established a new superpower following the arrival of Magisk early in the year, Astralis underlined a superb 2018 with the organization's second Major win in London, England. This was the Danes' fifth title of the year, and they went on to win five out of the next six tournaments before the end of the season.
IEM Katowice 2019 - Astralis
Nicolai "device" Reedtz Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander Emil "Magisk" Reif Danny "zonic" Sørensen (coach)
Astralis put themselves in the conversation among the all-time greatest teams by adding a second Major victory in a row and the third overall to their nine Big Event titles from the previous year.
StarLadder Major Berlin 2019 - Astralis
Nicolai "device" Reedtz Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander Emil "Magisk" Reif Danny "zonic" Sørensen (coach)
Astralis set a new record for most Majors won by an organization as well as by one core of players to four with a win at the StarLadder Major. The Danes' victory at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany, came at a time when they hadn't won a tournament in over five months, and they did so taking down the new dominant force, Liquid, on the way.
PGL Major Stockholm 2021 - Natus Vincere
Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev Denis "electroNic" Sharipov Ilya "Perfecto" Zalutskiy Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhailov Valeriy "b1t" Vakhovskiy Andrey "B1ad3" Gorodenskiy (coach)
After a two-year break from Majors caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Counter-Strike returned to the biggest stage in Stockholm, Sweden, in late 2021. Natus Vincere had dominated upon the return to LAN earlier in the year and continued to do so in the Swedish capital's Avicii Arena. NAVI, the only organization to field a roster at every single one of CS:GO's Majors, finally won the highest honor in their 16th attempt.
The team around s1mple also broke a record of their own by becoming the first team to win a Major without dropping a single map. They almost faltered in the final, but in the end denied G2 an opportunity to force a three-map title decider with a comeback from 10-15 on Nuke.
PGL Major Antwerp 2022 - FaZe
Håvard "rain" Nygaard
Helvijs "broky" Saukants
Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken Finn "karrigan" Andersen
Robin "ropz" Kool Eddie "Eddie" Han (coach)
With one fell swoop FaZe became an instant contender after adding ropz to the lineup in early 2022. Over the first few months of the year, the international squad proved their strength with a trio of tournament wins that ended with a title run at PGL Major Antwerp.
IEM Rio Major 2022 - Outsiders
Dzhami "Jame" Ali Aleksei "Qikert" Golubev Evgenii "FL1T" Lebedev David "n0rb3r7" Danielyan Petr "fame" Bolyshev Dastan "dastan" Akbayev (coach)
A CS:GO Major was hosted in South America for the first time in late 2022, and it played host to the most surprising series of results of any Major in history. The Outsiders, living up to their temporary name, ruled in a wide-open tournament after taking down one of the favorites, HEROIC, in the grand final.
BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 - Vitality
Dan "apEX" Madesclaire Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut Emil "Magisk" Reif Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen
Lotan "Spinx" Giladi Danny "zonic" Sørensen (coach)
CS:GO's Major history came to an end with BLAST's first and only Major, which took place in the French capital in May 2023. Vitality took the crown in the organization's hometown, fending off several of the many underdogs who took the tournament by storm, on the way to the title.
Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo
Edouard 'SmithZz' Dubourdeaux
Vincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer
Andreas 'znajder' Lindberg
Paweł 'byali' Bieliński
Tyler 'Skadoodle' Latham
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund
Markus 'pronax' Wallsten
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' Jarząbkowski
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács Soham 'valens' Chowdhury
Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev
Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković
Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer
Mathieu 'Maniac' Quiquerez
Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' Droolans
Richard 'shox' Papillon
Markus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye
Robin 'Fifflaren' Johansson
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist
Aleksi 'allu' Jalli
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