FaZe reach No. 1 spot in HLTV’s CS:GO world rankings for first time since 2018

After winning IEM Katowice in February and ESL Pro League season 15 yesterday, two of the most important CS:GO tournaments of the year, FaZe Clan are officially the best team in the world, according to HLTV’s world rankings.

The international powerhouse has returned to the top of the rankings for the first time since April 2018, when they were No. 1 before Astralis went on to dominate the Counter-Strike scene and take over. Their recent ESL Pro League season 15 title helped FaZe surpass Natus Vincere, who won a plethora of CS:GO tournaments in 2021, including the PGL Stockholm Major, and had been HLTV’s No. 1 team for nine consecutive months.