All CSGO Major champions in history

CS:GO, the most recent iteration of Counter-Strike, released in 2012, and is a stalwart title for esports worldwide. As the game is about to make way for Counter-Strike 2, here are all the CS:GO Major champions over the years.

The CS:GO Major is the pinnacle of the game. Although there are many other trophies that teams aspire to win, the Majors are reserved for an elite few who battled their way through regional qualifiers before facing the toughest opposition globally, with prestige and prize money on the line.

CS:GO has seen many Major winners, and dynasties form and fall, with multiple teams and players lifting a Major trophy more than once.

The Majors are also unique in that they have been hosted by multiple different tournament organizers over the years, at Valve’s choosing, and so they bring with them a chance for new talent on the broadcast side, and new ways to showcase the teams that make it to the top.

With Counter-Strike 2 about to take over the competitive circuit, Astralis, Fnatic and the Brazilian super team LG/SK remain the only teams who were able to lift a Major trophy twice in one calendar year.

All CS:GO Major winners over the years

Year	Tournament	Team	Roster
2013	DreamHack Winter	Fnatic	JW, flusha, schneider, Devilwalk, pronax
2014	ESL Major Series One Katowice	Virtus.pro	TaZ, NEO, pashaBiceps, Snax, byali
2014	ESL One: Cologne	Ninjas in Pyjamas	f0rest, GeT_RiGhT, Xizt, Fifflaren, friberg
2014	DreamHack Winter	Team LDLC.com	NBK, SmithZz, kioShiMa, shox, Happy
2015	ESL One: Katowice	Fnatic	JW, flusha, olofmeister, pronax, KRIMZ
2015	DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca	Team EnVyUs	Happy, NBK, kioShiMa, kennyS, apEX
2015	ESL One: Cologne	Fnatic	JW, flusha, pronax, olofmeister, KRIMZ
2016	MLG Major Championship: Columbus	Luminosity	FalleN, fer, coldzera, fnx, TACO
2016	ESL One: Cologne	SK Gaming	FalleN, fer, coldzera, fnx, TACO
2017	ELEAGUE Major: Atlanta	Astralis	device, dupreeh, Xyp9x, Kjaerbye, gla1ve
2017	PGL Major Kraków	Gambit Esports	Dosia, AdreN, mou, Zeus, HObbit
2018	ELEAGUE Major: Boston	Cloud9	Skadoodle, Stewie2K, autimatic, RUSH, tarik
2018	FACEIT Major: London	Astralis	device, dupreeh, Xyp9x, Magisk, gla1ve
2019	IEM Season XIII – Katowice	Astralis	device, dupreeh, Xyp9x, Magisk, gla1ve
2019	StarLadder Berlin Major	Astralis	device, dupreeh, Xyp9x, Magisk, gla1ve
2021	PGL Major Stockholm	Natus Vincere	s1mple, electroNic, Boombl4, Perfecto, b1t
2022	PGL Major Antwerp	FaZe Clan	rain, broky, Twistzz, karrigan, ropz
2022	IEM Rio Major	Outsiders	qikert, Jame, FL1T, n0rb3r7, fame
2023	BLAST.tv Paris Major	Vitality	ZywOo, apEX, Magisk, dupreeh, Spinx

CS:GO Major champions by number of trophies

Winning one Major is a feat that many players in CS:GO never achieve, and earning more than one is an even more exclusive club among those who have graced the big stage. The esport has seen players establish dynasties across years of competition, or get hot enough to win multiple trophies in a short time span. But Astralis’ run from 2018-2019 has cemented their status as one of the winningest squads in the FPS title.

With Vitality’s victory at the BLAST Paris Major, Peter ‘dupreeh’ Rasmussen cemented his legacy in the game. He is the player with the most Major trophies of all, five, leaving behind his former Astralis teammates Andreas ‘Xyp9x’ Højsleth, Nicolai ‘dev1ce Reedtz and Lukas ‘gla1ve’ Rossander.

Number of Major trophies	Players
5	dupreeh
4	device, Xyp9x, gla1ve, Magisk
3	JW, flusha, pronax
2	olofmeister, NBK, kioShiMa, Happy, FalleN, fer, coldzera, fnx, TACO, KRIMZ, apEX
1	schneider, Devilwalk, TaZ, NEO, pashaBiceps, Snax, byali, f0rest, GeT_RiGhT, Xizt, Fifflaren, friberg, SmithZz, shox, qikert, Jame, FL1T, n0rb3r7, fame, dastan, Kjaerbye, Dosia, AdreN, mou, Zeus, HObbit, Skadoodle, Stewie2K, autimatic, RUSH, tarik, s1mple, electroNic, Boombl4, Perfecto, b1t, B1ad3, rain, broky, Twistzz, karrigan, ropz, ZywOo, Spinx

CS:GO Major champions by country

The Major has been hosted across the world, in Europe, North America and South America. While the crown of champions has traditionally been dominated by Europeans, Brazilians and North Americans have managed to diversify the Major winner pool.

Sweden, Denmark and France still have the most number of Major winners across the board thanks to the early Fnatic and Ninjas in Pyjamas teams, Astralis and the French teams from the mid-2010s.

The most recent additions to the list of Major champions are Mathieu ‘ZywOo’ Herbaut and Lotan ‘Spinx’ Giladi. The latter is also the first player from Israel to win a Major.

Country	Players
Sweden	JW, flusha, schneider, Devilwalk, pronax, olofmeister, KRIMZ, f0rest, GeT_RiGhT, Xizt, Fifflaren, friberg, znajder (13)
France	Happy, NBK, kioShiMa, kennyS, apEX, SmithZz, shox, ZywOo (8)
Denmark	device, dupreeh, Xyp9x, Magisk, gla1ve, Kjaerbye, karrigan (7)
Brazil	FalleN, fer, coldzera, fnx, TACO, (5)
USA	Skadoodle, Stewie2K, autimatic, RUSH, tarik (5)
Poland	TaZ, NEO, pashaBiceps, Snax, byali (5)
Russia	Jame, FL1T, n0rb3r7, fame, electroNic, Boombl4, Perfecto, Dosia (8)
Kazakhstan	qikert, HObbit, mou, AdreN (4)
Ukraine	s1mple, b1t, Zeus (3)
Norway	rain (1)
Canada	Twistzz (1)
Estonia	ropz (1)
Latvia	broky (1)
Israel	Spinx (1)