Team ranking: October 2024
BLAST World Final and IEM Rio have shaken up this month's team ranking.
October played host to BLAST World Final and IEM Rio, where G2 and Natus Vincere lifted their respective trophies to solidify their status as the top two teams in the world ranking. The month also saw several slightly smaller LAN events, as FlyQuest won ESL Challenger Atlanta at the start of the month.
ENCE then lifted the trophy at Elisa Masters Espoo later in October, while Nemiga did the same at RES Regional Champions 2024. Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev also made his LAN debut at ESL Challenger Katowice 2024, where SAW eventually claimed the title, with The MongolZ's win of Thunderpick World Championship 2024 Finals bringing the month's action to a close.
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. Online matches and tournaments are included, but with a diminishing factor which means they cannot make a big difference among the top teams, and mainly serve to put new teams on the map.
Below is the current top 30 table as of Monday, November 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.
POINTS
G2 eat into NAVI's lead
While Natus Vincere still have a healthy lead at the top of the standings, G2's title in Singapore brought them a lot closer to the Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen-led squad. G2 came into October almost 300 points behind the Copenhagen Major winners but have now reduced the deficit to just over 100.
In Singapore, G2 lost just two maps and swept through Liquid, Vitality, and Spirit (twice) to lift the trophy, while Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov picked up the MVP medal for his troubles to bring his 2024 tally to three.
The team has now made three finals under Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski's leadership and won two of them at BLAST Fall and World Final, meaning G2 come into the RMR in top form. With rumors circulating about the Shanghai Major being the team's last, Nikola "NiKo" Kovač and company have all the ingredients to end their time together on a high.
FURIA and HEROIC enter top 10
The top positions in the rankings remained relatively stable due to the first six teams having a hefty lead, but October saw a lot of movement in the lower half of the top 10. FURIA and HEROIC have been the biggest movers after some impressive results and have both reached their peak placing of 2024.
FURIA only attended IEM Rio during the month and reached the semi-final following a dominant group-stage performance. The Brazilians dispatched FaZe, MOUZ, and Natus Vincere to reach the top four but couldn't back up their form in the arena and lost the rematch to MOUZ.
HEROIC had a much busier month and attended IEM Rio, Elisa Masters Espoo, and the Thunderpick World Championship in Berlin. They reached the semi-final in Brazil after topping their group with wins against G2, Vitality, and Astralis and put up a solid showing against eventual winners Natus Vincere.
They then went one further and reached the final in Espoo, albeit against lower-ranked competition, and did the same at the Thunderpick World Championship, where they fell to The MongolZ in the final.
ENCE soar into top 30
The ranking saw several new names enter the top 30, but none were as impressive as ENCE. The organization had a rotten time during 2024 and spent the year on the outskirts of the top 30, but their recent roster changes seemed to have given them a new lease of life.
The team signed Kacper "xKacpersky" Gabara and Ryan "Neityu" Aubry with the view of adding some youthful exuberance to the roster, and they could have hardly wished for a better debut. ENCE went to Elisa Masters Espoo and lifted the trophy after a 3-1 win over HEROIC in the best-of-five final, earning enough points to soar back into the top 30.
While the team will not be attending the RMR and is set to lose out on a lot of ranking points, their early success is a good omen coming into next season.
Nemiga and Monte join ENCE as top-30 newcomers
Joining ENCE as newcomers to the top 30 are Nemiga and Monte, who are ranked at No. 28 and No. 30 respectively.
Nemiga owe their rise to their RES Regional Champions title in Belgrade, where they beat UNPAID in the grand final to take home the $150,000 grand prize. The team came into the event as the fifth-highest ranked squad but fought through Aurora and fnatic to reach the final and lift the trophy.
Monte had a more subdued debut with their Polish-speaking roster, but did enough to secure the final top 30 spot. The team qualified through the Polish open qualifier and beat Legacy and MIBR to make it to the playoffs before a loss to eventual winners SAW sent them home.
Other notable changes
Liquid and 
Complexity drop out of the top 10
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Håvard 'rain' Nygaard
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Robin 'ropz' Kool
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Justin 'jks' Savage
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Aliaksandr '1eeR' Nahorny
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