Esports, or electronic sports, have redefined how we think about competitions, skills, and teamwork.
The training required for this niche’s performance indeed looks different from what we considered sports training in the past.
However, the same involvement and effort are put into becoming a respectable and valued player in esports as it is in other physical sports.
Today we celebrate the best 2022 tournaments of one of the most popular games in esports history – Counter-Strike: Global Offensive! Since not all big events claimed a winner yet, the following statistics stop at June 2022.
CS:GO 2022 Tournament Results So Far
While we wait for Valve to move Counter-Strike: Global Offensive to Source 2, let’s talk about what the CS:GO teams have been doing in the world-class championships.
When it comes to tournaments and statistics, there are a few things we want to know:
- First, we want to know the playoffs and overall match score.
- Second, we need to name the MVP of the event and their stats. Plus, we’ll see how the teams shared the prize pool.
Keep in mind that these are only the “Big Events” of this year’s CS:GO event palette.
IEM Katowice 2022
Intel Extreme Masters Katowice opened the “Big Events” calendar for this year. This tournament is not a Major event like PGL Major Antwerp, but it’s one of the most important competitions within the CS:GO category.
During the time of this event, both CS:GO player numbers and twitch spectators had growing numbers. We know this by following the Steam charts and Twitch tracker during the events.
For example, during the IEM Katowice event in February, the group finals coincide with a peak of 214.236 viewers watching CS:GO content on Twitch. Later, during this event’s finale, the number of spectators peaked at 206.608.
Best 4 of the 16 teams made it to the playoffs and their peak performances
| Teams | Results | Prize distribution | Matches played | Matches won | ESL Pro Tour circuit points | BLAST Premier circuit points |
| FaZe | 1st | $400.000 | 6 | 5 | 1800 pts | 3200 pts |
| G2 | 2nd | $180.000 | 7 | 6 | 1400 pts | 1600 pts |
| Heroic | 3-4th | $80.000 | 4 | 3 | 1100 pts | 1000 pts |
| Natus Vincere | 3-4th | $80.000
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4 | 3 | 1100 pts | 1000 pts |
The total prize pool sum for this event was $1.000.000.
Who was the MVP?
| MVP | Kills per round | Deaths per round | Kill, assist, survived or traded | Damage per round | Rating 2.0* |
| Helvijs ‘broky’ Saukants | 0.84 | 0.55 | 77.3% | 81.8 | 1.30 |
*Rating 2.0 is a HLTV formula that aims to improve the player performance Rating. Its calculations include Kill Rating, Survival Rating, KAST Rating, Impact Rating and Damage Rating.
For each amazing championship, there has to be a player who succeeds in keeping their head above water. For IEM Katowice 2022, this player is Helvijs ‘broky’ Saukants from the FaZe team.
ESL Pro League Season 15
The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ESL Pro League of 2022 was hosted inside ESL’s studio in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Between March 9th and April 10th, 24 of the best CS:GO teams faced each other in epic battles that fired up the audience!
Resounding names like NaVI, FaZe, Astralis, Ninjas in Pyjamas, and more, participated in this event hoping to bring the big prize home. However, this victory was claimed by FaZe Clan, a titan of this year’s CS:GO competitions so far.
The total prize pool for the ESL Pro League Season 15 was $823,000. This sum was split between more participants, but you can see the best eight teams below!
Top 8 teams for the ESL Pro League Season 15
| Teams | Results | Prize distribution | Matches played | Matches won | ESL Pro Tour circuit points | BLAST Premier circuit points |
| FaZe | 1st | $190.000 | 9 | 7 | 1300 pts | 2800 pts |
| ENCE | 2nd | $90.000 | 9 | 7 | 1000 pts | 1400 pts |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | 3-4th | $55.000 | 7 | 5 | 780 pts | 875 pts |
| FURIA | 3-4th | $55.500 | 7 | 5 | 780 pts | 875 pts |
| Natus Vincere | 5-8th | $42.500 | 6 | 4 | 485 pts | 262.5 pts |
| Movistar Riders | 5-8th | $42.500 | 6 | 5 | 485 pts | 262.5 pts |
| Astralis | 5-8th | $32.500 | 6 | 5 | 485 pts | 262.5 pts |
| Liquid | 5-8th | $32.500 | 7 | 4 | 485 pts | 262.5 pts |
Who was the MVP?
| MVP | Kills per round | Deaths per round | Kill, assist, survived or traded | Damage per round | Rating 2.0 |
| Robin ‘ropz’ Kool | 0.74 | 0.57 | 73.4% | 73.7 | 1.16 |
The MVP category is yet again in favor of FaZe, naming Robin ‘ropz’ Kool the most valuable player for the ESL Pro League Season 15 tournament.
PGL Major Antwerp 2022
This is the first CS:GO major event of the year, which means it can blast the winner into the World Finals of 2022.
Luckily, you don’t have to live through suspense to know who’s the champ; the results are in – FaZe won this too!
Viewers love this event, and the Twitch tracker shows it best, with peaks reaching over 800.000 spectators. When the event began on the 14th of May, 858.433 viewers on Twitch were looking at CS:GO content exclusively.
According to the Twitch tracker, the grand finale made CS:GO peak at 1.624.985 viewers.
If you’re curious about their enthusiasm, let’s see what the data says about the best eight out of 24 teams!
The 8 leading teams at PGL Major Antwerp 2022
| Teams | Results | Prize distribution | Matches played | Matches won | ESL Pro Tour circuit points | BLAST Premier circuit points |
| FaZe | 1st | $500.000 | 7 | 6 | 1800 pts | 4000 pts* |
| Natus Vincere | 2nd | $150.000 | 6 | 5 | 1400 pts | 2000 pts |
| Team Spirit | 3-4th | $70.000 | 9 | 7 | 1100 pts | 1250 pts |
| ENCE | 3-4th | $70.000 | 10 | 7 | 1100 pts | 1250 pts |
| FURIA Esports | 5-8th | $35.000 | 6 | 3 | 700 pts | 375 pts |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | 5-8th | $35.000 | 5 | 3 | 700 pts | 375 pts |
| CPH Flames | 5-8th | $35.000 | 6 | 3 | 700 pts | 375 pts |
| Heroic | 5-8th | $35.000 | 6 | 3 | 700 pts | 375 pts |
*Aside from 4000 BLAST Premier points, FaZe gets a golden ticket into the BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 CS:GO championship.
Who was the MVP?
| MVP | Kills per round | Deaths per round | Kill, assist, survived or traded | Damage per round | Rating 2.0 |
| Håvard ‘rain’ Nygaard | 0.77 | 0.68 | 70.7% | 87.9 | 1.24 |
This year, FaZe managed to amaze by winning important Counter-Strike events and putting 3 of its team members in the MVP spotlight. Hopefully, Håvard ‘rain’ Nygaard, this event’s MVP, will be in the World Final as well!
The job of a valuable player is never over, right?
IEM Dallas 2022
IEM Dallas 2022 is one of the significant events unfolding this year. It is part of the Intel Grand Slam series and is sponsored by Intel.
While the Majors are two per year, the Intel Grand Slam comprises many events meant to encourage teams and increase their spending-money capacities.
The IGS offers a prize of $1.000.000 to the first team that wins four S-Tier events organized by the Electronic Sports League.
This tournament is one of the ten consecutive such events. Its prize pool is now reaching $250,000, from which $100,000 is extracted as the first place prize.
Top 6 teams for IEM Dallas 2022 and their performance
| Teams | Results | Prize distribution | Matches played | Matches won | ESL Pro Tour circuit points | BLAST Premier circuit points |
| Cloud9 | 1st | $100.000 | 7 | 6 | 1000 pts | 2400 pts |
| ENCE | 2nd | $42.000 | 5 | 4 | 750 pts | 1200 pts |
| FURIA Esports | 3-4th | $20.000 | 5 | 3 | 525 pts | 750 pts |
| BIG | 3-4th | $20.000 | 4 | 3 | 525 pts | 750 pts |
| G2 Esports | 5-6th | $10.000 | 5 | 3 | 350 pts | 225 pts |
| FaZe | 5-6th | $10.000 | 4 | 2 | 350 pts | 225 pts |
Who was the MVP?
| MVP | Kills per round | Deaths per round | Kill, assist, survived or traded | Damage per round | Rating 2.0 |
| Sergey ‘Ax1Le’ Rykhtorov | 0.81 | 0.59 | 77.7% | 89.4 | 1.32 |
This Intel Grand slam event from Dallas found its MVP in the Cloud 9 formation. Although FaZe participated in this championship as well, Cloud 9 made an incredible comeback and won the big prize with Sergey ‘Ax1Le’ Rykhtorov!
The Best CS:GO Teams So Far in 2022
| High-ranking teams (alphabetical order) | CS:GO big events* places | CS:GO prizes won in big events* so far | CS:GO matches played in big events* | CS:GO matches won in big events* | ESL Pro Tour circuit points from big events* | BLAST Premier circuit points from big events* |
| Astralis | 5-8th, 7-8th, 9-12th | $61,500 | 20 | 11 | 1,220 | 562.5 |
| Cloud 9 | 1st, 12-14th | $108,750 | 11 | 7 | 1,200 | 2,400 |
| ENCE | 2nd, 2nd, 3-4th,13-16th | $212,000 | 29 | 17 | 2,975 | 3,850 |
| FaZe | 1st, 1st, 1st, 5-6th | $1,100,000 | 26 | 20 | 5,250 | 10,225 |
| Furia Esports | 3-4th, 3-4th, 5-8th, 9-12th | $126,500 | 21 | 12 | 2,330 | 2,000 |
| G2 | 2nd, 5-6th, 9-11th, 17-20th | $216,250 | 21 | 15 | 2,180 | 1825 |
| Heroic | 3-4th, 5-8th, 9-12th | $147,000 | 16 | 10 | 2,050 | 1,375 |
| Natus Vincere | 2nd, 3-4th, 5-8th | $272,500 | 16 | 13 | 2,985 | 3,262.5 |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | 3-4th, 5-8th, 7-8th, 9-12th | $119,000 | 22 | 13 | 2,155 | 1,550 |
*The big events taken as references are IEM Katowice 2022, ESL Pro League Season 15, PGL Major Antwerp 2022, and IEM Dallas 2022.
Based on the above data, we can calculate which teams performed better in these big events so far. We only take into account the teams we described in this article.
Remember, this is not a complete set of data. There still are many great CS:GO tournaments coming up this year and information we did not collect. Therefore, it’s a speculative ranking and should not be taken as a model.
Who’s your favorite? Let us know in the comments below!
Sources:
- https://www.hltv.org/events/6136/iem-katowice-2022
- https://steamcharts.com/app/730
- https://twitchtracker.com/games/32399
- https://www.hltv.org/events/6137/esl-pro-league-season-15
- https://liquipedia.net/counterstrike/ESL/Pro_League/Season_15
- https://dotesports.com/counter-strike/news/esl-pro-league-season-15-scores-bracket-schedule
- https://www.hltv.org/events/6372/pgl-major-antwerp-2022
- https://liquipedia.net/counterstrike/PGL/2022/Antwerp
- https://www.hltv.org/events/6372/pgl-major-antwerp-2022
- https://liquipedia.net/counterstrike/Intel_Extreme_Masters/Season_XVII/Dallas
- https://www.hltv.org/events/6138/iem-dallas-2022
- https://www.hltv.org/stats