Infographic: Vitality's triple win in numbers

Vitality smashed records, challenged others and achieved some big firsts on the way to back-to-back-to-back trophies in Katowice, Stockholm and Lisbon.

Vitality return to competition on Monday, heading into IEM Melbourne with hopes of completing the ESL Grand Slam and adding another new trophy to their cabinet after the impressive start to 2025.

But whatever happens next week, Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire and company have already racked up some impressive numbers in their runs to the IEM Katowice, ESL Pro League Season 21 and BLAST Open Lisbon titles, smashing all-time records and challenging others.

Here's a quick infographic showcasing their back-to-back-to-back championship campaigns:

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France Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire
Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire
Age:
32
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
2405
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.69
Best team of 2025
2025-04-19 11:24
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More like a contender, still havent won a major - would be cool to see an era finally tho
2025-04-19 14:58
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They dont need to win major for beiing best team of the year. If they win every single event they attend this year 10+- and lose major. They will still be higher than that team who won literally nothing except major. Major are overrated af. If it wouldnt be for a sticker money majors would be rated as mickey mouse events. Online qual. Bo1. B03 grandfinals..... Literally so far every single big event in 2025 had bo5 finals.
2025-04-19 15:44
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#83
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NiKo | 
Finland p0larbe4r
I like BO3 finals more than BO5
2025-04-19 16:32
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#100
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Turkey KOMPOSTO
someone should call aurora, only they can stop vitality in group stage though, we play like tier3 in playoffs
2025-04-19 18:39
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#110
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United States bennyjig
They were a problem for like 1 month for vita lol. They’re mediocre now.
2025-04-19 21:45
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#111
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Turkey KOMPOSTO
we are never mid we are gods in group and shit in playoffs, no in between
2025-04-19 21:51
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doesn't the average of those 2 = mid tho
2025-04-19 21:53
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they beat them once during their first tournament w ropz lol
2025-04-19 22:23
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#84
gla1ve | 
Denmark JKTP
To an extend you are right The big difference is just that everyone gives 110% at majors, some even save strats and counterplays. It's the highest tier of competition. Also idk what you qualm with the play-in to the major is. It literally just has 3x more teams compete for a spot. The only 2 major differences is that it has an extra play-in stage and it invites 8 less teams through VRS but instead allows 16 teams to qual through online tournaments. The only weakness is bo1 but some level of randomness isn't necessarily a bad thing. Upsets help viewership sometimes.
2025-04-19 16:41
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i dont think top top teams treat much differently kato, cologne and majors tbh. smaller teams yes because you have the added bonus of stickers money but overall i dont think performances for top teams varies so much it makes a difference between events like kato, cologne and majors
2025-04-19 16:56
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#89
gla1ve | 
Denmark JKTP
Yes and No Cologne and Katowice are basically majors but also not really. Astralis has never won Cologne and it's kind of an ironic joke to make fun of them for that. But that's all it is, a joke. Well NiKo has won both Katowice and Cologne and yet he will forever be remembered for not winning a major (Assuming Falcons don't). Do you get what im going at? I don't think there is a big difference in the level of play, but the pressure of the major is different. We have also seen teams specifically saving strats for the major. Obvious example being Astralis vs Liquid at the berlin major. The best comparison is like the World Cup and the European Championship. Basically all the best teams play in both but the European Championship doesn't get close to the world cup. The prestige is just on another level. I know it's not a perfect analogy
2025-04-19 17:04
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Noone asked how many colognes u won, people ask how many majors you won, and teams know this, i dont disagree teams surely use maily A tier strats, but on major its the best S tier strats they have
2025-04-19 18:23
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i dont disagree with this, i only argue that for top teams i dont think that difference is as big as some of the spectators say it is, just that. putting numbers as an example, if fans say in kato and cologne they do 50% and in major 100% i think it is 80 or 90% in kato and cologne compared to the major and for top tier cs this difference is very very slim
2025-04-19 18:36
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For now. But, if majors do not evolve, I think that with time to come it will be more and more irrelevant. Same as people value more Champions league rather than the WDC because the level is globaly lower. Since Rio, majors do not shine -Outsiders winning Rio: zero impact -Vitality winning Paris: zero suspens prophetic win -Navi Copenhagen win: "best team" of the year with random IEM/EPL + WDC (lul) -Spirit Shanghai win, didn't last long What I mean: majors win are more randoms or are not part of a domination anymore, and, (second factor) with the amount of tournaments are not impactful as before. Yes, there were upsets back in the days (Krakow/Boston), but fare was more important. If Vitaliy wins Austin Major, then it will be (since 2021/2022) a convincing win.
2025-04-19 18:49
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I kinda agree, it is sad that majors are now not so representative. You can suck at it and be good the rest of the year, being good, and being forgetable the rest of the year... Team can being poor the rest of the year and having a liferun
2025-04-19 18:29
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tbh there's too many. 2 a year is bad for it, kato and cologne are once a year. league's worlds are once a year, rocket league rlcs are once a year, i dont think a major being twice a year is good for the prestige of it
2025-04-19 18:37
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I agree, major should be once a year like in csgo. I know people like that, even for stickers money, it has to be once a year. We now have to much events.
2025-04-19 18:50
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add to that the fact that now we have 32 teams so it is bigger to begin with. it shouldnt be twice a year. even blast world final which apart from being closed circuit till 2024 was almost the same level as kato and cologne organization wise is once a year
2025-04-19 20:05
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Major are important for the ecoystem because it is an "open league", but 32 teams is ridiculous. At least, if most teams were europeans, then I would have agreed. But what is the point of having so much asian/american/brasilian teams?
2025-04-19 21:52
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now everything is open so this argument doesnt stand anymore
2025-04-19 22:21
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#78
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Europe chespiZ
and karrigan best igl lmao just kick him plz
2025-04-19 16:09
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I would disagree, considering my flair Regards navertheless
2025-04-19 17:08
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500 would smash them, if they wanted to
2025-04-19 20:25
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Actually this is a very good infographic. Good job who did it
2025-04-20 22:22
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Australia jacqu3
hey this is new
2025-04-19 11:25
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liquid 2019 so underrated
2025-04-19 11:57
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#40
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
World Kobs
No, Astralis won both major that year if my memory is correcte and astralis were still best team of 2019. liquid 2019 were very good not denying It offcourse . Imo astralis 2019 is underated as most límit their prime to only 2018
2025-04-19 12:21
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#44
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United Kingdom Jonty04l32
Yeah, they won both Major's and were the best team of 2019. Liquid won the IGS in the quickest time ever in 2019, putting an end to the Astralis era that took place prior, post Katowice 2019. Astralis' 2019 was arguably more successful than their 2018 run but they had far higher peaks in 2018 and won more, leading to all five players being in HLTV's Top 20 for the first time ever.
2025-04-19 12:34
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#41
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Israel mcnamaras_EEEdiots
man they got their legacy overshadowed by astralis didnt liquid win a grand slam? or is this just mental fog
2025-04-19 12:25
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#51
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Finland Karppanator
Liquid won the grand slam so fast that it was instantly changed as a result
2025-04-19 13:04
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astralis/liquid 2019 debate feels like faze/vitality 2023
2025-04-19 14:48
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nah, faze dont have much backing what liquid or astralis had in 2019. vitality has been far above faze whole 2023 except maybe first couple months. after that they kinda lost every single time they faced
2025-04-19 16:58
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valid point
2025-04-20 11:15
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#3
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Luxembourg 2000
Congratz on winning on IEM Melbourne in advance!
2025-04-19 11:29
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Falcons honeymoon could be scary, Niko was insanely impactful vs vitality last year. But with ropz they look much stronger and have way .more playmaking in clutch moments than with spinx
2025-04-19 12:12
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They won’t win
2025-04-19 14:56
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#4
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Ukraine mazaywOo
Common apEX W
2025-04-19 11:26
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#43
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India kilsw1ch
ramedA lol
2025-04-19 12:30
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#5
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
ZywOo | 
Zimbabwe Vizions
zywoo's the goat
2025-04-19 11:26
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no question about it
2025-04-19 14:04
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#6
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New Zealand WildFir3
HOLY COOK
2025-04-19 11:27
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falcons will win
2025-04-19 11:27
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4/8 i think there Is an actual chance
2025-04-19 11:30
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Idk,maybe in a bo3. Bo5? I highly Doubt it. Ok let's look at it : Vitality will ban ancient which is one of falcons best maps Falcons will remove anubis which is supposed to be a Vitality weakness Vitality pick inferno Falcons pick mirage Vitality pick dust Falcons pick nuke Train is left over. Am I missing something?
2025-04-19 11:44
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no you are completely right
2025-04-19 11:53
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no bro
2025-04-19 12:10
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falcons will win they are strong enough to win cct grand final or betboom dycha vita even have no chance to attend those high tier event, only farming poor esl
2025-04-19 19:02
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BetBoom
2025-04-20 09:49
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yup, nobody is beating NIP's 87-0 maps record, or this 60 consecutive series wins for that matter.
2025-04-19 11:27
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#49
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United States bennyjig
Well yeah. They played against people doing it for fun who had other jobs lol. Winning 30 in a row now is more impressive than 87-0 then.
2025-04-19 12:57
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#68
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North America hi_mens))
This narrative is so tired
2025-04-19 14:53
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He is not wrong though. Nowadays every move will be studied in the next second, we have the tools for it (skybox edge, analyst etc)
2025-04-19 23:28
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#72
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Ukraine mazaywOo
You're not wrong but its not like the NiP guys themselves had modern-day-Vitality pay or resources. They would also have been part timers if they didn't go the absolute hardest in the world and earn their keep.
2025-04-19 15:11
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they went to tier 10 lans to inflate their record
2025-04-19 14:50
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People seem to forget that top teams don't get to farm lower stages in majors anymore... If vitality had to play in the RMRs then they would probably beat liquids streak by just going 3-0 in rmr and beating flyquest...
2025-04-19 16:17
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#9
Faceit plus user Faceit level 10  | 
torzsi | 
Hungary ArcadeX
These are some really well made graphics :)
2025-04-19 11:27
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#10
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Spain R3XTR1CK
I love this infographic, do more of them pls. Big W for Striker
2025-04-19 11:28
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damn zywoo > s0mple confirmed now
2025-04-19 11:30
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#13
Faceit level 10  | 
apEX | 
France Alyex
They lost one d2 to mouz, it doesn't show on the records
2025-04-19 11:31
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During kato?
2025-04-19 11:38
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#26
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Europe pf1cha
During Blast Lisbon to MOUZ 13-11 at the final
2025-04-19 11:53
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Thanks, indeed, will get it fixed
2025-04-19 11:46
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#28
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Scotland LinInABin
Also their Train should be 4-0 Edit: Nevermind one of their wins was before the streak apologies
2025-04-19 11:56
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W thread
2025-04-19 11:32
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#15
Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
roman | 
Portugal MUTIRIS_VAC_SHOT
apex among Astralis players and he did it in different roles and lineups One of the greatest ever
2025-04-19 11:35
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Should've snuck in the streak apex has for at least 1 trophy per year
2025-04-19 11:36
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didnt they lose a Dust 2 to mouz?
2025-04-19 11:42
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By the way,they actually did lose dust 11-13 in lisbon against mouz.
2025-04-19 11:45
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#21
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Ukraine TrueMurloc
New designer is cooking
2025-04-19 11:46
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#23
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Taiwan Arkam47
Mezii do should work harder otherwise they will lose to Falcons or Spirit in no time.
2025-04-19 11:48
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#24
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Xyp9x | 
Australia killinxs
@Striker Vitality lost dust 2 against mouz 16-14. in GF of lisbon map 3
2025-04-19 11:49
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#46
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United Kingdom Jonty04l32
It was 13-11, but they did indeed lose.
2025-04-19 12:40
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What's most impressive is that astralis has 4(!) 12+ winstreaks in a span of 2 years!
2025-04-19 11:52
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HLTV hired proffesional artist it seems
2025-04-19 11:54
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zygoat at work
2025-04-19 11:55
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That MVP comparsion will haunt s1mple fangirls forever.
2025-04-19 11:55
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#42
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Switzerland DSVBANSHEE
It shouldn’t tbh. The mvp count was never the reason people called s1mple the goat. He was already considered the goat before passing dev1ce.
2025-04-19 12:27
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nice graph
2025-04-19 11:59
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cool stuff
2025-04-19 12:01
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I want to apologise to apex since to me he was always the no brain all aim alite entey fraggers and always looks weird see him igling but even if he needed a few years to be elite igl he is
2025-04-19 12:02
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Mezii: What is a polar bear doing in arlington texas?
2025-04-19 12:03
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ropz: faking b?
2025-04-19 12:14
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Only took zywoo 3 years 1 of which s1mple have been de facto retired to SMASH dat record 💪
2025-04-19 12:36
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#47
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United Kingdom Jonty04l32
Respect to apEX... to continue a legacy arguably past his prime, he's still keeping up in fragging and clutches in today's meta + as a completely transitioned IGL role. The man is three tournaments away from being the most winning professional player of all-time...
2025-04-19 12:42
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there is conversition to be held by the end of year for him being top 3 igls ever but people aren't ready for that
2025-04-19 14:44
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#80
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United Kingdom Jonty04l32
Agreed - most are not ready for that.
2025-04-19 16:14
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ropz had never won a blast event before? wtf lol
2025-04-19 12:47
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#50
Faceit level 9  | 
ZywOo | 
France igreque_
love this team
2025-04-19 13:03
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#52
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Sweden multib
Zywoo speedrunning the GOAT title and apex going to be the most decorated player OAT - the haters will not be able to handle this :D
2025-04-19 13:21
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It is funny how many of the the most winning players like apex and dupreeh have had so many haters.
2025-04-19 14:48
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>dupreeh >haters pick one
2025-04-19 17:49
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#53
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Sweden Vrede
Won't beat 60
2025-04-19 13:28
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do you want some cold water to cool you off after such a crazy hot take?
2025-04-19 14:38
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#85
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Sweden Vrede
flair
2025-04-19 16:42
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hltv.org/stats/players/compare/20127/w0n.. broky in his worst year clears your xqc wannabe lol
2025-04-19 17:14
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#92
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Sweden Vrede
stop and liking your own comment grow up
2025-04-19 17:20
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proof?
2025-04-19 17:59
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#95
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Sweden Vrede
i dont care about xqc lol and yet, keep on
2025-04-19 18:07
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it's all but set that Vitality matches Astralis' streak
2025-04-19 13:37
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vitality so lucky to get ropz in
2025-04-19 13:59
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#77
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Sweden multib
Everywhere ropz go success follows !
2025-04-19 15:44
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#60
Faceit level 3  | 
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Russia _Arch
What wins count in the "winningest" category? In HLTV profiles there is less trophies for everyone mentioned
2025-04-19 14:35
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Majors are in addition, not already included in the notable number on the player pages
2025-04-19 15:00
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#73
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Russia _Arch
Thank you for the answer! Why not include it? It's a very interesting statistic!
2025-04-19 15:24
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They're right next to each other on the page
2025-04-19 15:29
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#75
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Russia _Arch
No, I mean a number of total events played / won. Like a third number on this page. It could be neat and indicative. Right now it's not obvious that majors are not included in notable trophies (as if majors are not notable) and to compare "winningest" players one have to manually count. UPD: Also achievements tab including majors in LANs but not including big online trophies while notable trophies include online and don't include majors is very confusing.
2025-04-19 15:42
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#62
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tN1R | 
Scotland Shono
Lovely breakdown and celebration of such wonderful form, MORE OF THIS PLS HLTV.
2025-04-19 14:39
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#63
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African Union NotZazir
apex at 1.07 is crazy
2025-04-19 14:41
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#82
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China EmiliaQAQ
fluke
2025-04-19 16:24
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So ez for herculeswoo
2025-04-19 18:57
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I almost thought vitality had a chance until I saw Col listed
2025-04-19 21:07
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GoatPex
2025-04-19 22:34
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Goaté
2025-04-19 23:01
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#119
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Israel RoyBenji
Apex haters malding
2025-04-20 00:17
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W article very very nice
2025-04-20 00:24
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They skipped PGL though, I wouldn't call it back to back to back when they skipped an S tier event
2025-04-20 06:49
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