Monte, GamerLegion, and Apeks climb into top 10 after Paris Major results

The trio of European teams skyrocketed up the ranks after impressive showings at the last CS:GO Major.

The BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 marked the last Valve-sponsored event to be held in Global Offensive as the scene prepares for the switch to Counter-Strike 2 this summer. Vitality were crowned Major champions on home soil and Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut claimed the 15th MVP medal of his career after a straight-forward match against GamerLegion in the final.

Paris witnessed several high-profile upsets over the last two weeks as several top teams failed to claim victories over underdogs while the likes of Monte and Apeks made their mark at the Major by claiming spots in the playoffs. All of these results have been reflected in the latest HLTV rankings as the top 10 received a shake-up.

GamerLegion jump 15 places to their highest-ever position in the ranking

Vitality claimed the No. 1 spot in the rankings during the Major as the impact from HEROIC's results in late 2022 and early 2023 began to fade away while the French organization's run at the RMR and their win at IEM Rio were still fresh. Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire and company are now cemented in the top spot with 1000 points, more than 250 above the Danes in second place.

The most significant consequence of the Major, however, is GamerLegion's climb to the No. 7 spot in the rankings following a runners-up finish in Paris. It was an incredible run from Kamil "⁠siuhy⁠" Szkaradek's men that began with a 0-2 start in the Challengers Stage and went on to include wins over 9INE, fnatic, Monte, and HEROIC. This is GamerLegion's highest-ever position in the HLTV rankings, 13 places higher than the peak they achieved in January 2023.

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Apeks also secured a place in the top 10 after an impressive run to the semi-finals of the Major as the European mix eliminated Liquid in the first playoff round. That was the second time Martin "⁠STYKO⁠" Styk and company defeated the North American giants at the event, culminating a run that also included victories over Tim "⁠nawwk⁠" Jonasson's old team, Ninjas in Pyjamas, and Bad News Eagles.

Monte also reached an all-time peak after a solid run in Paris. Mohammad "⁠BOROS⁠" Malhas and company's men proved their online form could be translated to LAN as they took down FURIA and fnatic before hammering Natus Vincere on their way to the playoffs. They are now ranked as the 10th-best team in the world, three places higher than their previous position.

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Other notable changes include Astralis' fall to their lowest-ever rank at No. 25. The Danish organization failed to qualify for the Paris Major and has so far only played in online tournaments and qualifiers with their new roster. Their recent results include a second-place finish at Brazy Party behind Cloud9 and a failure to qualify for Gamers8 from the first qualifier after losing to Looking4Org.

MOUZ have also hit their lowest position in the rankings since July 2022 as they sit in the No. 18 spot following a dreadful 0-3 exit from the Major and a last-place elimination from IEM Rio.

Here's a full ranking table for May 22 with differences at the end relating to the May 8 update released just after the Major began.

Counter-Strike World ranking on May 22nd, 2023 RANK TEAM ACHV FORM LAN TOTAL
POINTS +/- 1. Vitality 500 200 300 1000 +1 2. HEROIC 435 130 182 747 -1 3. FaZe 326 73 153 552 +2 4. Natus Vincere 252 69 120 441 -1 5. Cloud9 224 89 128 441 +1 6. G2 295 57 48 400 -2 7. GamerLegion 192 88 98 378 +24 8. Liquid 239 62 63 364 -1 9. Apeks 134 93 63 290 +15 10. Monte 104 99 50 253 +12 11. ENCE 108 56 71 235 -2 12. FURIA 118 52 59 229 -4 13. Ninjas in Pyjamas 102 71 51 224 +1 14. fnatic 101 58 38 197 +1 15. Into the Breach 78 62 39 179 +12 16. BIG 88 47 38 173 -3 17. OG 91 50 32 173 -6 18. MOUZ 87 28 33 148 -6 19. Virtus.pro 108 10 16 134 -9 20. Bad News Eagles 51 55 24 130 - 21. 9INE 49 51 26 126 -4 22. FORZE 54 36 34 124 -6 23. paiN 46 47 30 123 -5 24. Complexity 54 26 12 92 -5 25. Astralis 35 38 19 92 -4 26. The MongolZ 34 33 15 82 - 27. Grayhound 23 35 17 75 +1 28. Movistar Riders 30 17 22 69 -3 29. Spirit 47 6 10 63 -6 30. MIBR 16 31 8 55 - MOUZ #18 Christopher 'dexter' NongDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýJon 'JDC' de CastroÁdám 'torzsi' TorzsásDorian 'xertioN' Berman Dennis 'sycrone' Nielsen The MongolZ #26 Chinguun 'hasteka' BayarmaaTuvshintugs 'Annihilation' NyamdorjBaatarkhuu 'Bart4k' BatboldGaridmagnai 'bLitz' ByambasurenSodbayar 'Techno' Munkhbold Erdenedalai 'maaRaa' Bayanbat Bad News Eagles #20 Rigon 'rigoN' GashiSener 'SENER1' MahmutiFlatron 'juanflatroo' HalimiDionis 'sinnopsyy' BudeciGenc 'gxx-' Kolgeci Jonatan 'Devilwalk' Lundberg HEROIC #2 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerMartin 'stavn' LundRené 'TeSeS' MadsenRasmus 'sjuush' BeckJakob 'jabbi' Nygaard Richard 'Xizt' Landström Vitality #1 Dan 'apEX' MadesclairePeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenEmil 'Magisk' ReifMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautLotan 'Spinx' Giladi Danny 'zonic' Sørensen FORZE #22 Vladislav 'Krad' KravchenkoAndrey 'Jerry' MekhryakovAleksandr 'zorte' ZagodyrenkoAleksandr 'shalfey' MarenovEvgeny 'r3salt' Frolov Artem 'Fierce' Ivanov 9INE #21 Wiktor 'mynio' KrukKrzysztof 'Goofy' GórskiOlek 'hades' MiskiewiczKamil 'KEi' PietkunKacper 'Kylar' Walukiewicz Piotr 'nawrot' Nawrocki Movistar Riders #28 Alejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo CanoPere 'sausol' Solsona SaumellDavid 'dav1g' Granado BermudoAntonio 'MartinezSa' Martinez Galder 'bladE' Barcena Liquid #8 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJosh 'oSee' OhmMareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis Damian 'daps' Steele OG #17 Nikolaj 'niko' KristensenAdam 'NEOFRAG' ZouharShahar 'flameZ' ShushanAbdul 'degster' GasanovMaciej 'F1KU' Miklas Casper 'ruggah' Due Astralis #25 Lukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzBenjamin 'blameF' BremerAlexander 'Altekz' GivskovChristian 'Buzz' Andersen Peter 'casle' Ardenskjold BIG #16 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzNils 'k1to' GruhneJosef 'faveN' BaumannKarim 'Krimbo' MoussaMarcel 'hyped' Köhn Fatih 'gob b' Dayik Natus Vincere #4 Oleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovIlya 'Perfecto' ZalutskiyValeriy 'b1t' VakhovskiyAndrii 'npl' Kukharskyi Andrey 'B1ad3' Gorodenskiy Complexity #24 Johnny 'JT' TheodosiouRicky 'floppy' KemeryHåkon 'hallzerk' FjærliMichael 'Grim' WinceJustin 'FaNg' Coakley Tiaan 'T.c' Coertzen Into the Breach #15 Karol 'rallen' RodowiczJoey 'CRUC1AL' SteuselThomas 'Thomas' UttingCai 'CYPHER' WatsonSebastian 'volt' Maloș Gustavo 'Juve' Alexandre Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire Age: 30 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 2134 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.70 Monte #10 Viktor 'sdy' OrudzhevVolodymyr 'Woro2k' VeletniukSergiy 'DemQQ' DemchenkoMohammad 'BOROS' MalhasSzymon 'kRaSnaL' Mrozek Sergey 'lmbt' Bezhanov FURIA #12 Andrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosKaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoRafael 'saffee' CostaAndré 'drop' Abreu Nicholas 'guerri' Nogueira fnatic #14 Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonDion 'FASHR' DerksenNico 'nicoodoz' TamjidiFredrik 'roeJ' JørgensenWilliam 'mezii' Merriman Jamie 'keita' Hall Looking4Org #38 Ali 'hAdji' HaïnoussBryan 'Maka' CandaLucas 'Lucky' ChastangThomas 'Djoko' PavoniPierre 'Ex3rcice' Bulinge Tim 'nawwk' Jonasson Age: 25 Team: Apeks Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 1108 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.60 Ninjas in Pyjamas #13 Kristian 'k0nfig' WieneckeFredrik 'REZ' SternerAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenLudvig 'Brollan' BrolinDaniil 'headtr1ck' Valitov Daniel 'djL' Narancic FaZe #3 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenHåvard 'rain' NygaardRussel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenRobin 'ropz' KoolHelvijs 'broky' Saukants Robert 'RobbaN' Dahlström Apeks #9 Martin 'STYKO' StykJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadTim 'nawwk' JonassonJustinas 'jL' LekaviciusDamjan 'kyxsan' Stoilkovski Jakub 'kuben' Gurczyński ENCE #11 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferGuy 'NertZ' IluzPavle 'Maden' BoškovićPaweł 'dycha' DychaÁlvaro 'SunPayus' García Eetu 'sAw' Saha Mohammad 'BOROS' Malhas Age: 19 Team: Monte Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 516 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.73 Kamil 'siuhy' Szkaradek Age: 20 Team: GamerLegion Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 683 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.69 GamerLegion #7 Frederik 'acoR' GyldstrandMihai 'iM' IvanNicolas 'Keoz' DgusKamil 'siuhy' SzkaradekIsak 'isak' Fahlén Ashley 'ash' Battye Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut Age: 22 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.27 Maps played: 1153 KPR: 0.84 DPR: 0.61 MIBR #30 Henrique 'HEN1' TelesRaphael 'exit' LacerdaMatheus 'Tuurtle' AnhaiaBreno 'brnz4n' PolettoFelipe 'insani' Yuji Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda Lima Cloud9 #5 Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovTimur 'buster' TulepovSergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovVladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov Konstantin 'groove' Pikiner paiN #23 Gabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoWesley 'hardzao' LopesRodrigo 'biguzera' BittencourtFelipe 'skullz' MedeirosRomeu 'zevy' Rocco Henrique 'rikz' Waku Martin 'STYKO' Styk Age: 27 Team: Apeks Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 1784 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.66 Virtus.pro #19 Evgenii 'FL1T' LebedevAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' AliPetr 'fame' Bolyshev Dastan 'dastan' Akbayev Grayhound #27 Simon 'Sico' WilliamsJay 'Liazz' TregillgasAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJoshua 'INS' PotterDeclan 'Vexite' Portelli G2 #6 Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNemanja 'huNter-' KovačJustin 'jks' SavageRasmus 'HooXi' NielsenIlya 'm0NESY' Osipov Jan 'Swani' Müller Spirit #29 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovBoris 'magixx' VorobievPavel 'S1ren' OgloblinRobert 'Patsi' IsyanovIhor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov Sergey 'hally' Shavaev