Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Esports Tournaments Statistics

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

 

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
HÃ¥vard ‘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, HÃ¥vard ‘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!

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