NAVI claim No. 1 in world rankings after EWC win

The Ukrainian organization returns to the top of the pile for the first time since August 2022.

NAVI's victory in Riyadh put them at the top of the rankings

Natus Vincere have risen to number one in the HLTV World Rankings following their title-winning campaign at the Esports World Cup.

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NAVI fire past G2 to win Esports World Cup

The team led by Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen previously peaked at No. 2 after their surprising Major victory in Copenhagen before dropping down the rankings, as they couldn't keep up their form and suffered early exits at ESL Pro League S19 and IEM Dallas.

They returned to form at the BLAST Premier Spring Final, where they reached the final, but the late resurgence couldn't prevent their drop to fifth in the rankings ahead of the summer break.

Upon Natus Vincere's return to competition at the Esports World Cup, however, Andrey "⁠B1ad3⁠" Gorodenskiy's troops found form once again. They won the tournament by defeating FaZe, MOUZ, and G2 to lift the title and propel themselves to the top spot in HLTV's and ESL's world rankings.

NAVI's rise also marks the first time that an Aleksib-led team reached the No. 1 spot in the world rankings. The Finnish tactician previously came closest with ENCE (No. 2) and G2 (No. 3).

Natus Vincere replace Spirit as the highest-ranked team in the world after Danil "⁠donk⁠" Kryshkovets and company reached the milestone for the first time in the organization's history just over a month ago.

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Spirit rise to No. 1 for first time in history

Spirit also got leapfrogged by MOUZ, while G2's grand final appearance returns them to the top five at the expense of FaZe, who drop out for the first time since the conclusion of IEM Sydney in October.

The entire top 30 ranking looks as follows:

RANK
TEAM
ACHV
FORM
LAN
TOTAL
POINTS
+/-
1.
500
150
300
950
+4
2.
412
200
230
842
+1
3.
422
197
214
833
-2
4.
369
135
216
720
-2
5.
308
138
217
663
+1
6.
359
77
186
622
-2
7.
241
96
114
451
-
8.
123
65
85
273
-
9.
116
85
60
261
-
10.
105
73
56
234
-
11.
82
83
49
214
-
12.
91
73
45
209
-
13.
84
60
39
183
+1
14.
80
36
54
170
-1
15.
74
59
30
163
+3
16.
47
60
52
159
-1
17.
33
67
22
122
-1
18.
33
49
24
106
+1
19.
32
45
21
98
+1
20.
36
43
15
94
-3
21.
36
30
18
84
-
22.
24
46
13
83
-
23.
29
37
16
82
-
24.
35
34
12
81
-
25.
30
31
18
79
-
26.
23
32
15
70
-
27.
19
35
9
63
+5
28.
12
40
10
62
+2
29.
20
25
11
56
-2
30.
25
20
9
54
-1
Finland Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen
Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen
Age:
27
Rating 1.0:
0.94
Maps played:
1301
KPR:
0.62
DPR:
0.65
Russia Danil 'donk' Kryshkovets
Danil 'donk' Kryshkovets
Age:
17
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.21
Maps played:
432
KPR:
0.84
DPR:
0.67
deserved
2024-07-22 19:45
107
deserved tbh, no one can say that this is a fluke rank now
2024-07-22 19:45
136
19 replies
#38
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
NertZ | 
Denmark popper1920
Sarcasm?
2024-07-22 20:18
5
18 replies
no bro, why would i be sarcastic? i've never been a navi hater, they really deserve to be where they are... In fact I don't know why all this hate on them, Aleksib works quietly, IM is criticized and works quietly, JL is a monster, W0nderful without words and b1t simply headshot machine, b1ad3 only praise too, WHILE EVERYONE CRITICIZES AND CALLS IT FLUKE, THEY WORK AND WIN ANOTHER TIER-S CHAMPIONSHIP...
2024-07-22 20:22
63
17 replies
#49
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
NertZ | 
Denmark popper1920
Dont care who won this irrelevant tournament. Its not about hating navi. - 1 win straight into playoffs - Played 2 teams (out of 4 games) who literally just changed rosters - player break just ended But lets see if they win an elite or s tier tournament the next 5 months
2024-07-22 20:43
3
16 replies
The problem with your words is that if they win another S-tier tournament in the next five months, you’ll find three new reasons why... They won. That’s the point. The rest is the problem of other teams.
2024-07-22 21:09
65
3 replies
Exactly, and I'm not even a Navi fan, in fact I don't even know why I'm “defending” them, but why is it so hard to accept that they're good at the moment? I don't understand that...
2024-07-22 21:38
17
1 reply
Because Aleksi is on navi
2024-07-22 22:06
1
#85
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
NertZ | 
Denmark popper1920
i like navi? You dont have to be a navi hater to see how irrelevant this tournament is in the grand scheme
2024-07-23 00:51
0
Lmao, irreevant tournament with 7 top 10 teams. There has to always be one delusional dude. So why didnt VP or Spirit defeat G2 when they just changed roster lmao
2024-07-22 21:15
11
2 replies
#87
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
NertZ | 
Denmark popper1920
I was considering making a serious reponse to this comment, but i dont think ur 2022 acc hive mind will be able to comprehend. I will make it very simple in bullet points for u, so u can challenge yourself and think of how prestigious a win this was: - 1 win = playoff - bo1 elimination match - player break - roster changes - VP isn't really a top5 contender so idk why u bringing them up as if g2 beating VP is crazy. Vp literally haven't won against g2 in forever - donk falling asleep on the job lmao
2024-07-23 01:04
0
1 reply
- Everyone had the same chance. Lol - Exactly no LB so you better play your Best or youre out - that makes it more competitive. - player break? Not an excuse - roster change? Not a excuse You implied G2 is weak because of roster changed and they played against G2, dunno what you dont get. Anyway calling 1 mil prize pool tourney with 7 top 10 teams irrelevant is Just delusional. By your logic they should wait 6 months before any major tourney is played, but by then you would come up with new excuses
2024-07-23 17:34
2
Do you consider a tournament with 1 million dollars in prize money, in which all the best teams participated, to be irrelevant? G2, one of the teams that changed rosters and reached the final, also beat Spirit (which was ranked number 1 in the world) quite easily (they barely lost a map against Spirit) and also beat Virtus Pro easily.
2024-07-22 21:48
10
1 reply
#86
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
NertZ | 
Denmark popper1920
"G2, one of the teams that changed rosters and reached the final" Not sure if you realise, but u are adding to my point. You can make no conclusions from this irrelevant tournament. Also, it speaks volumes to your intelligence when you use prize pool as the metric in which you decide the relevance. When im saying irrelevant tournament, im talking about the fact that this tournament wasn't indicative of who is going to be the #1 and #2 teams going forward. It was literally a toss up. 2024 acc btw
2024-07-23 00:55
0
#72
Faceit level 10  | 
Aerial | 
Finland eT_cs
"irrelevant tournament" Literally had the #1-#7 seeds from the July 15th ranking "Played two teams who just had roster changes" G2 beat spirit held as #1 seed at that time. G2 have the skills to beat navi but they didn't show up Either way navi had to win multiple top 10 teams to win
2024-07-22 22:00
5
2 replies
#90
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
NertZ | 
Denmark popper1920
Lets look at all of these top 10 teams they won against. - Furia is just not an impressive team to beat with or without roster changes. - Faze is in the worst form they've been in since cs2 was implemented - Mouz are notorious chokers on the big stage, yet it was definitely the most impressive win. Fair play - New G2 with how many weeks of practice? What a run they had. Truly only no. 1 team could take those scalps
2024-07-23 01:15
0
1 reply
#97
Faceit level 10  | 
Aerial | 
Finland eT_cs
New g2 beat TS(#1) and VP(#2) with only s few weeks of practice so i still dont get your point they showed they can win even taz said he feels like they don't have a weakness. mouz are notorious chokers but still they get placed so high on the rankings again and again While faze might be in its worst form we've seen they can beat navi and are still a top team so i don't get the point here And on furia i agree no way should navi lose to that
2024-07-23 04:02
0
#80
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Argentina atriX^
From that, the only "valid" point is going directly to playoffs after round 1. G2 might've just changed rosters but they also beat Spirit and VP. If G2 gets merit for those wins, NAVI gets merit for beating G2. Besides, NAVI hasn't lost to G2 since February 2023. Player break just ended but they placed top2 at Blast. So they clearly carried over their form.
2024-07-22 23:16
5
1 reply
#91
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
NertZ | 
Denmark popper1920
Since you really want to bring it up I'll touch on the 2nd place at blast aswell. 2nd place sounds like they were in great form. 8 teams attended and lets cut out the irrelevant teams who werent gonna do anything there. Saw, Astralis, Virtus Pro and g2 with taz standing in for monesy. Now we are down to 4 teams who could realistically win the tournament. Navi managed to land (again) in the easy playoff bracket where they ultimately had to win against the winner of astralis/virtus pro in order to get their 2nd place. Another crazy run from the boys. I do see why u bring up these impressive results. This is kind of like the NAVI ERA we are currently in
2024-07-23 01:24
0
bruh..... they beat furia - ok meh then beat faze, mouz and g2 on a honeymoon that looked great and beat spirit and vp and they literally just won the latest major against faze. what else do you need?
2024-07-23 10:06
3
#109
Faceit plus user Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Finland LuboDai
Wut? The distance in the last tournament is same for every team. They beat 3 teams in top 5 ranking to win the championship. They also reached the finals in the previous tournament and won the major this year. Saying they "don't deserve #1" while being the best performing team this year is pure delusion Your argument about their match against Faze in poor form: they've won against faze 3 times in the last 4 matches they've played against them so it's just bs. And they beat G2 who destroyed Spirit.
2024-07-23 11:51
2
they havent beaten spirit
2024-07-22 19:46
8
4 replies
That's spirit's problem for not being able to beat g2 and facing them this tournament. This ranking update was deserved
2024-07-22 19:48
115
2 replies
niko life game vs donka
2024-07-22 19:50
2
1 reply
#100
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Finland Vardu_
Name does not check out
2024-07-23 09:41
2
But they can confidently beat g2 who beat spirit. And they handle faze better than spirit. Navi struggle with spirit but spirit struggle with teams navi beat.
2024-07-22 22:44
4
#4
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
pulan | 
Romania dllninja
s1mple was the problem
2024-07-22 19:46
32
3 replies
Problem was S1mple
2024-07-22 22:09
1
1 reply
was s1mple the problem
2024-07-23 10:07
0
he probably would argue that competition isnt nearly as strong as it was in csgo
2024-07-23 10:39
0
EZ
2024-07-22 19:46
6
#6
 | 
Ukraine sasugar
Expected
2024-07-22 19:47
6
No 1 in the name (b1t and s1mple) , number one in the game (NaV1) , well done .
2024-07-22 19:47
6
raaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
2024-07-22 19:48
2
#11
 | 
India Rau7n
Vitality 4th undeserved
2024-07-22 19:48
10
4 replies
Also col at 9 .
2024-07-22 19:55
5
#47
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
Click on details: hltv.org/ranking/teams/2024/july/22/deta.. They have consistently been in top 5 in the last...5 tournaments: hltv.org/ranking/teams/2024/july/22/deta.. And these are top tier tournaments.
2024-07-22 20:41
1
2 replies
#71
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United States PlankCS
Except Vitality has LITERALLY won nothing this year. Faze has. G2 has. Yet they're above those two for some reason. There is no universe where they actually are a top 5 team. Top 6 at best.
2024-07-22 21:57
2
1 reply
#76
 | 
Finland Laksu
Faze won Chengdu and has bombed out in quarters in every event since meanwhile Vitality had 2 finals in recent events. G2 lost points with the roster change.
2024-07-22 22:23
0
#12
 | 
Finland Tusku
nice
2024-07-22 19:49
1
1 reply
#77
Faceit plus user Faceit level 10  | 
s1mple | 
Finland 69womanizer
very nice
2024-07-22 22:36
0
It feels weird being at the top since we haven’t beaten spirit yet, but it also feels somewhat correct. I’d rank them top2, tied with Spirit for 1st place. Unless spirit randomly dies somehow.
2024-07-22 19:49
2
8 replies
by that logic, spirit should have never been able to get to no1 since mouz rekt them several times.
2024-07-22 19:58
47
5 replies
Idk it’s a weird period, no obvious top1. Just good tournaments and bad tournaments for different teams.
2024-07-22 20:11
1
3 replies
#51
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
They are about 5 teams switching positions at the top depending on how they perform in the last tournament(s): Na'Vi, Spirit, G2, Vitality, Mouz, Faze. Well...these are 6, not 5. I'd say it is better like this than having a team dominating like NIP did at the start of CS GO (2013-14), then fnatic in 2017-18 and then Astralis (2018-19). Maybe you can add Na'Vi in 2020-21 as well. edit: better as in more exciting to watch.
2024-07-22 20:46
8
2 replies
#55
 | 
Germany kunar2k
Vitality and G2 are dreaming of #1 XD It has been between Faze and spirit and now NaVi
2024-07-22 20:59
1
1 reply
#59
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
They had their time at the top. I hope I remember well: Vitality after winning the Paris Major and G2 after having a great start of the year in...2023. edit: one "big" tournament win and Vitality / G2 would climb back to the top.
2024-07-22 21:04
0
2024-07-22 21:22
0
The current spirit donk megafandom has kind of blown out of portion and clouded the realistic judgement of teams. Hype and media appeal of the teams should not bias the rankings.
2024-07-22 20:25
3
By this rankings, MOUZ have 200 form points, Spirit - 197 and NAVI have only 150. So you are partially right
2024-07-22 20:34
1
#15
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Netherlands geek3D
least fraudulent #1
2024-07-22 19:50
3
#16
Faceit level 10  | 
m0NESY | 
England slackkkk
spirit loses 114 points after getting dumped on by g2. thats rough
2024-07-22 19:51
1
#17
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Hungary colbyak
faze #6 wtf fall from grace
2024-07-22 19:53
2
4 replies
#52
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
They were unlucky to get drawn against eventual winners Na'Vi in the quarters. And I was unlucky as I had picked two Na'Vi players and two Faze players in Fantasy :) hltv.org/fantasy/465/league/174363/team/..
2024-07-22 20:48
0
3 replies
#92
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Sweden Vrede
my chill team xD hltv.org/fantasy/465/league/174363/team/.. only b1t and monesy stronk :(
2024-07-23 01:25
0
2 replies
2024-07-23 04:21
0
1 reply
#110
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Sweden Vrede
makes sense
2024-07-23 13:22
0
MOUZ +1????????????
2024-07-22 19:53
0
9 replies
It's because they got to semifinal while teams they passed by lost in quarters (Vitality, Spirit)
2024-07-22 19:56
7
8 replies
Spirit lost to the other finalist and before this won the last event against the winner of this one. MOUZ has done nothing for months and when they did it was mickeymouse LAN in Malta studio .
2024-07-22 19:57
2
7 replies
epl = mickey mouse event in copium999
2024-07-22 19:58
9
2 replies
month long studio lan in Malta wont ever be important to me
2024-07-22 19:59
1
1 reply
month long at least cant be some fluke
2024-07-22 20:04
9
Don't be mad at math. It's unproductive and math will always win in the end.
2024-07-22 19:59
4
3 replies
Ok but 'form' points are bias. NAVI who are 1st and 2nd of the last 2 events have worse 'form' than MOUZ? Yes nice maths.
2024-07-22 20:01
0
2 replies
hltv.org/forums/threads/2452435/hltv-tea.. That Bet Boom tournament made most of the difference there. It won't count in a week or two and Spirit will be 2nd and MOUZ maybe even 4th
2024-07-22 20:10
7
1 reply
Interesting thread. Thanks
2024-07-22 20:15
1
Falcons?
2024-07-22 19:56
3
Deserved. NaVI is playing really good team CS.
2024-07-22 19:58
6
col being at 9# almost same points as astralis,while being so ass is unfair
2024-07-22 20:00
2
#30
Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
 | 
Finland M1K120
flook
2024-07-22 20:00
0
GJ , deserved. Lets go aleksib <3
2024-07-22 20:01
4
Hltv clown for this
2024-07-22 20:12
2
Better than spirit OMEGALUL
2024-07-22 20:17
1
3 replies
Spirit is pretty much t2 team if donk loses confidence and plays badly (Like on ancient vs g2)
2024-07-22 20:42
13
2 replies
weird how the top 1 team gets farmed by a t2 team constantly innit
2024-07-22 21:25
4
1 reply
#69
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France zxcjn
"if donk loses cofidence and plays badly" he never did against navi, if he would play same way he did vs g2, navi would stomp spirit
2024-07-22 21:45
3
deserved #1
2024-07-22 20:19
5
lets efin go!!!!
2024-07-22 20:24
1
#45
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Sweden skorpan
Falcons +1? I don’t get it …
2024-07-22 20:36
3
1 reply
#57
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
It is pretty close from Astralis in #8 downwards. I would guess Falcons leapfrogged Eternal Fire because the points that the Turkish team gained for some tournament decayed this week. It might have been their Major performance when they went all the way to the playoffs.
2024-07-22 21:01
0
nice
2024-07-22 20:46
0
b1t 1 World Cup Ronaldo 0
2024-07-22 20:49
8
1 reply
#58
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
Ronaldo has 2, mate. 1994 and 2002.
2024-07-22 21:01
3
#54
B1ad3 | 
Finland n3iki
POGGERS well deserved! Aleksib major winner and in HLTV top-1 team, what a time to be alive
2024-07-22 20:53
7
#56
 | 
Germany who|cars
aleksiGOD
2024-07-22 21:00
3
#62
 | 
Finland Teukkasd
deserved for best igl in cs2 history
2024-07-22 21:15
4
its been a while
2024-07-22 21:24
1
#67
 | 
Sweden Vrede
finally, deserved!
2024-07-22 21:41
6
neat, hopefully a strong performance coming at cologne
2024-07-22 21:44
6
Almost 2 years
2024-07-22 23:05
1
Love these spirit 15 y.o. fanboys and donk f*p*rs + navi haters. Every time they have reasons to do their job :D Navi just win while Apex with Taz are shouting theirs teams are just better :)
2024-07-22 23:17
4
deserved
2024-07-22 23:52
5
Graz!
2024-07-23 01:06
1
#94
Faceit level 8  | 
DZ | 
Algeria SilverQuick
NAVI era starts now.
2024-07-23 02:25
2
B1ad3 mastermind
2024-07-23 03:23
4
#99
 | 
United States Sike1289
Weakest #1ranked team i think ive ever seen in CS
2024-07-23 06:13
1
2 replies
#111
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Sweden Vrede
tell yekindar get out of TL first
2024-07-23 13:39
3
#116
 | 
United States Sike1289
dont know that i said anything about liquid but sure
2024-07-23 19:27
0
#101
 | 
Vanuatu aZZtec
Flyquest +1 lmao
2024-07-23 09:58
0
#105
Faceit level 7 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
 | 
Portugal dracø
Navi are a solid #1 atm, but overall yeah... complexity #9, 9Z #11, falcons #13, mongolz #14.. the gap between the top 8 and the rest is so big wtf
2024-07-23 10:17
0
1 reply
#107
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Finland jusky
Maybe. The others below them are still weaker. Edit: Messed it up, tried to reply #99
2024-07-23 10:50
0
how falcons keep climbing higher and higher while doing virtually nothing is beyond me
2024-07-23 17:08
2
Expected
2024-07-24 01:41
0
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