Valve release September ranking update

Invites to PGL Bucharest will be sent out based on the newest monthly ranking.

The penultimate Valve ranking before the October 6 Budapest Major invite-deciding update has been released, with results from BLAST Bounty Season 2, Esports World Cup, and several local LANs and online events factoring into the new standings.

Spirit eclipsed Vitality atop the standings after back-to-back victories at IEM Cologne and BLAST Bounty Season 2, Aurora's finals run at Esports World Cup brought them back into the top 10 (11th to 6th), and 3DMAX earned a jump (13th to 8th) after their title victory at Perfect World Challenge Series 1.

FaZe (8th to 12th), FURIA (6th to 10th), and Passion UA (20th to 33rd) were among the biggest losers of the new ranking, with the latter out of the top 30 entirely after exiting DraculaN Season 1 without a win.

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The September ranking will be used to determine the 16 Global invites to PGL Bucharest Season 2, which is set to run from October 25 - November 2 with $1,250,000 on offer.

Below are the Global standings up to the 30th spot as of the Monday update:

Explainer: The table below showcases the teams' standing in each sub-factor of the VRS: Bounty collected (BCOL), Bounty offered (BOFF), Opponent network (NETW), LAN wins (LANW) and the final head-to-head adjustment (H2H). Values in bold represent the top five earners in each factor.

The VRS formula begins with 400 base points, which are spread among the first four categories in our table so that they add up to the total.

RANK
TEAM
Region(s)
BCOL
BOFF
NETW
LANW
H2H
Points
1.
EU
512
589
309
589
19
2019
2.
EU
510
589
292
589
-5
1974
3.
AS
513
589
303
589
-39
1955
4.
EU
489
589
291
585
-44
1910
5.
EU
457
582
256
487
-12
1769
6.
EU
435
589
274
499
-48
1749
7.
EU
426
480
289
505
8
1708
8.
EU
433
461
253
589
-43
1692
9.
AS
438
567
255
589
-184
1666
10.
EU
399
553
247
511
-48
1662
11.
AM
466
453
248
565
-71
1661
12.
EU
447
453
261
532
-49
1644
13.
AS
396
406
213
524
-1
1539
14.
EU
418
450
228
491
-50
1536
15.
EU
397
442
218
392
71
1521
16.
EU
376
448
203
443
17
1487
17.
AM
363
399
250
486
-28
1470
18.
EU
397
398
240
408
15
1459
19.
EU
356
461
290
352
-72
1387
20.
AM
370
340
211
395
61
1376
21.
EU
304
350
247
541
-99
1343
22.
EU
356
348
210
393
24
1331
23.
EU
358
374
245
450
-110
1317
24.
AS
303
337
177
480
14
1312
25.
EU
295
372
245
529
-142
1299
26.
EU
317
369
277
123
213
1299
27.
EU
349
410
183
298
55
1295
28.
EU
358
406
243
358
-88
1277
29.
EU
343
346
266
202
91
1248
30.
AM
355
368
165
315
37
1240
#1
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Israel mcnamaras_EEEdiots
ENCE>Liquid
2025-09-01 21:20
20
7 replies
#14
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Denmark shadowhonta
gentle mates > liquid
2025-09-01 21:40
36
4 replies
#15
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Israel mcnamaras_EEEdiots
yes sir
2025-09-01 21:41
0
3 replies
OG should SO be making the major man
2025-09-01 22:04
0
2 replies
#35
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Israel mcnamaras_EEEdiots
spooke will be cranking dat, in a sense
2025-09-01 22:17
1
1 reply
🥵 Actually Vitality is back on top1 on Valve VRS ranking, news are wrong 🥵 hltv.org/valve-ranking/teams/2025/septem..
2025-09-02 03:25
1
#59
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Australia hoangii
give siuhy another 2 -3 years to implement his system in liquid. once he does that watch out everybody else
2025-09-02 05:49
1
1 reply
#61
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Israel mcnamaras_EEEdiots
omg it'll be fabulous~
2025-09-02 06:10
0
why furia on 10 smh they're way better than tier3max
2025-09-01 21:21
31
5 replies
3dmax farmed the lan in china, tbf the biggest winners of that vrs update
2025-09-01 21:23
25
3 replies
didn't even knew that lan existed until now
2025-09-01 21:24
1
Yep, only 5 teams have the max bonus for LAN matches won right now - the top 3 and 3DMAX and TYLOO
2025-09-01 21:32
2
#28
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North America meowdy
furia also did not qualify for ewc
2025-09-01 22:04
2
2025-09-01 21:24
1
m80 not even t30 damn
2025-09-01 21:21
13
26 replies
Blast open London is not rated as it is not finished. That's also why Furia is only at 10. M80 lost the points for the ff games as that event ended already.
2025-09-01 21:33
9
4 replies
damn
2025-09-01 21:33
1
#33
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Russia i0n1x
also online games are not valuable in vrs
2025-09-01 22:13
1
ff?
2025-09-01 22:25
0
1 reply
They forfeited games agains NRG and Bluejays last weekend.
2025-09-01 22:30
2
and yet still straight to stage 2 of the major vrs major invites are an absolute joke americas clearly have at least 2 spots too many if not more which should go asap to deserving up coming EU grinders...
2025-09-01 22:27
0
20 replies
but also you have to consider M80 has been grinding tourneys every week but there is a lack of vrs points in the region. All of the teams in EU have more vrs points so its easier to accumulate them.
2025-09-01 22:34
3
19 replies
im not saying they shouldnt be stage 2 especially after beating navi but yk.. bluejays and fluxo/passion ua deffo dont deserve it and especially not more than teams like og b8 nip pari or probably even liquid..
2025-09-01 22:36
0
18 replies
#48
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United States JusJus
its a problem that will fix itself if EU performs at the major
2025-09-01 23:47
2
17 replies
it should have been long fixed already seeing as how especially NA teams performed in austin... this is gonna set back some EU teams for millions who might kinda desparately need it while NA is dead anyway.... and yes obv their peformances at the major will be absolutely dismal but thats just even more of a reason..... completely wasted spaces when the scene is so competetive and even stage 1 could be showing so so much more in that case, get way more viewers and be far more watchable but ofc no classic valve alas......
2025-09-01 23:56
0
16 replies
#52
 | 
United States JusJus
There are already more teams that make it to the major (24->32) Americas had two teams in playoffs (paiN, Furia) If an EU org doesn't exist after not making it to one major, then that's their fault?.... They know the circumstances of them qualifying, and if America's is so much "worse" then it'll fix itself. also,, i rather have said "org" disband if they cant qualify for a major then completely kill off a region
2025-09-02 00:12
3
15 replies
as i said NA is already dead regardless it wouldnt have to fix itself if valve were to just adhere to their own rules which would equal 2 stage 3 spots for americas, 3 stage 2 and 1 stage 1 as its always been based on performance... also that move to 32 has barely benefitted EU if at all especially when we look back to paris and before its ridiculous honestly again look at the respective performances.... btw all NA orgs are sadder than any EU one could be within top 40 vrs lmao, EU cutoff will be like #22 vrs while asia and americas will be #55 vrs or some shit like that doesnt make any sense at all man especially for americas asia could stay like this ig i dont really care remove 1 spot there max tbh (look at past performance)
2025-09-02 00:20
0
14 replies
#54
 | 
United States JusJus
furia my dead team yup VRS argument doesn't work because NA teams have lower VRS due to needing to fly out to europe and compete. not many orgs have the money to be a EU grinder. playing online EU tourneys doesn't make sense because the ping is too high you are blind..... its good you dont run an esports because it'd be worse off
2025-09-02 00:28
1
13 replies
furia NA for sure man just shows how braindead u are lmao most serious teams reside in EU anyways most of the time....
2025-09-02 00:42
0
12 replies
#67
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United States ThunderCloudNate
That is quite literally the problem that he JUST addressed. If most serious teams reside in the EU, how can minor regions grind in EU without funding? (Answer: they can't.)
2025-09-02 12:23
2
11 replies
this bs at the major wont fix it anyways tho as i said NA is absolutely fkn cooked regardless.... no pure NA team or americas team with NA in it is gonna even make the major and the fanbase is also easily bigger in EU, brazil, asia, better to focus on those either way
2025-09-02 12:48
0
10 replies
#71
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United States ThunderCloudNate
Your point is not very coherent, but as someone said before, the slots will get taken away as NA loses games early at the major, so I don't see what your problem is. Valve can't just make a system with clear rules and then also just take spots away from NA for no reason. M80 is an NA majority and clearly deserves to be at the major, it's a shame that the Blast rankings don't take effect until all of London is over, because I think M80 would be higher than Liquid despite the forced forfeits M80 had to take in NA. What do you want Valve to do, cut all NA spots? Because that just kills the NA scene faster, the major is one of the only guaranteed places where NA players get to play EU players.
2025-09-02 20:36
0
9 replies
i. want. valve. to. give. spots. based. on. past. performance how often you want me to say this?? austin major would equal to again two spots stage 3, 3 spots stage 2 and 1 in stage 1 that would be fair and still plenty of space for m80 whom i never said dont deserve attendance they would get one of the 3 or possibly even a stage 3 spot anyways lets see... also if shit is gonna happen anyways the same way as in austin then why not change it now already?? whats the point of this big jerkoff where NA teams and bad SA teams are just gifted shit for no reason while more deserving EU teams get robbed as well as the viewers are of more exciting matches, better competition etc etc there is plenty of reason to cut NA/americas spots as NA is soon dead anyways and again major to major performance from austin as well as every NA team that will make it has EU or asia players in it anyways
2025-09-02 21:02
0
8 replies
#73
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United States ThunderCloudNate
So you want things to continue as they're already going. Performance at the majors dictate how many spots are given, nothing more. It's done this way so that NA and SA teams can fight for their spots. Valve are not going to just kill a scene entirely like ESL did because people are pissy that they have to watch an extra few games, if they wanted to do that, they'd go back to 16 team majors. The Americas only got another slot back because of the expansion, which they will no doubt lose again. But there is no convincing you, you just want to kill off the NA scene instead of seeing the bigger picture that it could come back some day.
2025-09-02 22:16
0
7 replies
im not neccessarily in favor of killing NA scene im saying why use a half measure, either just go full on in one direction or the other and be done with it already, if valve give NA/americas more major slots than they deserve based on performance they should at least incentivise more other tourneys in the region at the same time so it at least makes a little sense already... also wtf did ESL even do to kill NA?? did i fkn miss sth? lol more importantly my point exactly is that judging by last major (austin) to now spots seem to not be given anymore based on performance, move to 32 teams doesnt apply in this case bc both budapest and austin have exact same amount of total teams....
2025-09-03 00:37
0
3 replies
#77
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United States ThunderCloudNate
They heavy hamstrung NA when they made the Louvre agreement, cutting several good NA teams from ESL Pro League and the greater ESL circuit. This is back just when Covid was starting, and it alienated really good youngster teams that were on the comeup like Lazarus and Chaos. This is why Food/Leaf/Xeppa/(insert any actually good rising NA talent) went to Valorant, because they had no ladder to climb anymore and there were no NA tournaments. This is also the deal that gave us the undying corpse of EG just getting invited to tournaments for no reason because they were a "partner team" when it could have been an actually good NA team at those tournaments.
2025-09-03 12:54
2
2 replies
thats 5 years ago now tho or depending on how you wanna put it at least 2 and as you now said yourself and especially me many many times over now, NA is already long dead might as well be done with it except for like m80 and mb a few others which is what ive written before now like 5 times too..
2025-09-03 13:38
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#81
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United States ThunderCloudNate
Yes it was 4 years ago, but it was a major setback that permanently hamstrung NA and hasn't been fixed ever since. It gatekept a lot of small teams from reaching tournaments meaning anything below Liquid or Complexity or EG at the time didn't get to participate in any kind of meaningful event overseas or even locally. Now that VRS is a thing, the lower teams are just getting fucked over by a different issue now, the lower stage of the major is a tier 2/3 NA team's only chance at even sniffing EU competition now.
2025-09-03 18:51
0
ill do it now for like the third and final time regional allocation as it should be: stage 3 - 5 EU 2 AM 1 AS (as it is, at least they got this right thank god) stage 2 - 4 EU 3 AM 1 AS (not quite the case) stage 1 - 10 EU 2 AM 4 AS (not the case whatsoever, AM got insanely many and way too much somehow for like no reason at all...) this is based on performance entirely, proportionally by what regions managed to advance further from each stage they were/started in just like how it is with playoffs and stage 3 spots...
2025-09-03 00:47
0
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#78
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United States ThunderCloudNate
Brazilian teams are on the comeup again and Furia looks pretty good with this roster, not to mention M80 is hitting form and Pain have already been solid. Imperial is also starting to look really good, I think Legacy is the only one with a slightly inflated VRS from local tournaments. Since NA and SA are under a combined Americas banner now, I think it's perfectly fine for them to have retained their spots after the team expansion, because I don't see Valve adding more teams to the major next major, and no doubt the Americas will lose spots this major due to performance. (Mostly because I see Passion bombing out even though I like them)
2025-09-03 13:04
0
1 reply
top americas teams being good or better than they have been in a long time doesnt mean the tier 3 ones deserve it more..
2025-09-03 13:34
0
-lulquid +parivision Better team Better igl
2025-09-01 21:23
3
2 replies
#34
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Russia i0n1x
flair
2025-09-01 22:13
3
flair checks out, not one single sane person would make this statement unless hes off the meds. Please sir take your meds and you will see that jame belongs in tier 20 if even that, hes so bad its insane they even let him in the server anymore lmao.
2025-09-02 11:32
0
Liquid 27
2025-09-01 21:24
2
Liquid in decadence, nice
2025-09-01 21:27
1
#10
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Egypt BomberMan_
I understand teams need time to get visas for the major, but Oct 6 invites for an event happening at the end of november that is now (finally) only VRS invite based? almost a 2 month head start feels a little excessive.
2025-09-01 21:29
2
2 replies
#45
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United States hypn0_
The more you lower the lead time the more chance players cant make it due to Visa issues, so pick your poison pretty much.
2025-09-01 22:45
3
1 reply
#47
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Egypt BomberMan_
Surely all these players already have a shengen visa and can just enter the EU 🗿
2025-09-01 22:52
3
Tyloo dropping fast but they'll be safe
2025-09-01 21:42
3
#17
Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Russia sNQ-
navi #7 lol
2025-09-01 21:42
2
2 replies
#25
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Canada minibeech
makes no sense. With their performance all year they should be down around liquid.
2025-09-01 22:00
0
1 reply
They aren't liquid bad - made it to major playoffs while liquid got 0-3'd, made it to cologne semis while liquid exited in 16th.
2025-09-01 22:27
12
Arent they going to release october ranking at the beginning of the month that would be used for the major invites ??
2025-09-01 21:45
0
1 reply
they release a ranking on every 1st monday of the month
2025-09-01 21:48
3
Ence over pari lmaoo
2025-09-01 21:46
1
#22
 | 
Ukraine TrueMurloc
Fnatic is so back
2025-09-01 21:49
2
#23
 | 
Poland ad3mq
thats why hltv ranking is trash :) vita out from top1 but not here
2025-09-01 21:49
0
so many teams you didn't see for months... top 4 is fine all below is weird as f
2025-09-01 21:54
0
3DMAX #8? Tyloo #9 Weakest scene I have ever seen in entire life
2025-09-01 22:02
2
list just came out and already outdated
2025-09-01 22:07
4
#30
Faceit level 8  | 
 | 
United States sziasztok
lmao how is SAW #22 and how is lulquid worse?
2025-09-01 22:09
0
1 reply
#32
rain | 
United States celtek
Liquid suck, that's how
2025-09-01 22:11
2
#31
rain | 
United States celtek
Keep dropping Liquid. You ain't done yet.
2025-09-01 22:10
1
bug clan out of top30 officially lulquid next
2025-09-01 22:24
1
1 reply
Liquid WILL win Fissure Playground 2 and QUALIFY for the Major!
2025-09-01 22:43
0
LULQUID is so done for...
2025-09-01 22:44
1
vrs is so stupid... play and win games at tier 2-3 event on lan = move up 15 spots on vrs ranking... with that being said, liquid can u fucking play those events and grind ur way back to tier 1 events so u can make the major... like ur not that good to be thinking u deserve to be at the tier 1 events and be declining tier 2 events on lan
2025-09-01 23:59
0
matches on-going as they release this. couldn't they have waited ONE day?
2025-09-02 00:02
0
1 reply
Not when it is set in stone already as per their own rules.
2025-09-02 09:55
1
#56
 | 
United States xoblivion
Deserved for Liquid, unfortunately. Fire Jokasteve FFS!
2025-09-02 03:11
1
> Bucharest Major invite-deciding update has been released Bucharest Major? 🤔
2025-09-02 04:42
1
#60
 | 
Spain neisee
this list doesn't match the official list that valve published on their github
2025-09-02 06:08
0
Parivision will be better than VP by the next ranking update
2025-09-02 09:35
0
3DMAX!!!
2025-09-02 11:36
0
Mongolz should be top1
2025-09-02 16:15
0
#70
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Other zoeymargera87
Gentle Mates > Liquid OMEGALUL
2025-09-02 16:22
0
#1 Vitality #2 Mongolz #3 Spirit Vitality nor Mongolz gets eliminated first round by a tier-3 team. They always make the play-offs, also they don't skip half the f*cking events. Same thing for Falcons, why are they top 5?
2025-09-02 23:53
0
Liquid :(
2025-09-05 17:05
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