CS:GO Major Championships

CS:GO Major Championships, commonly known as Majors, are tournaments sponsored by Valve with a prize pool of at least $1,000,000 (previously $250,000). They were first introduced in 2013 at DreamHack Winter.

Earlier versions of Counter-Strike also had Majors, but they were not supported by Valve.

Tournament Stages[edit]

Starting from ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018, Valve announced a new overall tournament format, which brought in the Offline Qualifier as a part of the Major Championship. This change increased the number of teams at the Major Championships from 16 to 24 and re-named each stage of the tournament.

The New Challengers Stage (formerly the Offline Qualifier)

16 teams (The Previous Major's Fallen & The Minors' Champions) fight for eight open spots at the The New Legends Stage.

The New Legends Stage (formerly the Group Stage)

16 teams (The New Challengers & The Current Legends) fight for the eight spots at The New Champions Stage and to become The New Legends.

The New Champions Stage (formerly the Playoffs)

Eight teams (The New Legends) fight to become the Major Champion.

Teams[edit]

At the Majors, teams earn certain titles based on how far they make it into the major and where they came from.

The Legends: The top eight teams from every Major gain "Legend" status, and are automatically qualified to the next Major's New Legends Stage as The Current Legends.

The New Challengers: The top eight teams from the New Challengers Stage gain Challenger status at the current Major and proceed to face off The Current Legends.

The Previous Major's Fallen: The top six teams from the previous Major's New Legends Stage gain this status and are automatically qualified to the next Major's New Challengers Stage.

The Minors' Champions: The top 2 teams from each regional Minor Championship and the top 2 teams among the 3rd place Minor teams who have qualified to the next Major's New Challengers Stage.

In-Game Items[edit]

The first Major at DreamHack Winter 2013 introduced map collection-based souvenir packages and souvenir weapons with a souvenir quality yellow theme in the inventory. The packages act as containers that can be opened without a key and can be obtained by watching the tournament via GOTV or via Twitch with a linked Steam account. The souvenir packages at this Major came with six uniquely designed stickers with normal and foil variations. Weapons dropped from these packages came with just one sticker applied.

EMS One Katowice 2014 famously introduced buyable team stickers in normal, foil and holo versions, which can be opened from sticker capsules. Weapons dropped from Katowice packages came with three stickers applied – two foil team logos from the spectated match and a golden wolf or skull design. The latter were replaced by the tournament's organizer logo from ESL One: Cologne 2014 onwards, while the former were changed to the gold version from DreamHack Winter 2014 onwards. ESL One: Cologne 2015 introduced player autograph stickers in normal and foil versions, which on souvenir weapons were selected based on the round MVP. MLG Columbus 2016's All-Stars Showmatch souvenirs came with special blue and orange holo stickers. PGL Kraków 2017 added gold player autographs.

IEM Katowice 2019 introduced the paid Viewer Pass, which overhauled and integrated the Pick'Em Challenge and became the only way to get souvenir package drops by completing event-related missions, alongside an upgradable event coin and team graffitis. StarLadder Berlin 2019 allowed users to directly buy souvenir packages. PGL Stockholm 2021 added team patches, notoriously limited player autographs to playoffs and exchanged player autographs for map stickers in souvenir packages.

List of CS:GO Major Championships[edit]

G & S Tournament

Date

Prize

P#

Location

Winner

Runner-up

TBD

Outsiders

Heroic

FaZe

NAVI

G2

Cancelled

Astralis

AVG

C9

FaZe

Gambit

IMT

Astralis

VP

SK

Liquid

LG

Na`Vi

NiP

LDLC

NiP

Fnatic

VP

NiP

Fnatic

NiP

Selected Statistics[edit]

Organization Medals[edit]

			Total
4	0	2	6
3	1	2	6
1	4	3	8
1	4	1	6
1	1	5	7
1	1	1	3
1	1	0	2
1	0	2	3
1	0	1	2
1	0	1	2
1	0	0	1
1	0	0	1
1	0	0	1
0	1	2	3
0	1	1	2
0	1	1	2
0	1	1	2
0	1	0	1
0	1	0	1
0	0	2	2
0	0	2	2
0	0	1	1
0	0	1	1
0	0	1	1
0	0	1	1
0	0	1	1
0	0	1	1
0	0	1	1
0	0	1	1
0	0	1	1

Country Medals[edit]

			Total
21	6	31	58
20	25	21	66
10	7	12	29
10	5	23	38
8	10	14	32
5	5	27	37
5	4	15	24
4	3	1	8
3	10	10	23
1	1	3	5
1	0	4	5
1	0	0	1
1	0	0	1
0	6	1	7
0	3	2	5
0	3	0	3
0	1	0	1
0	1	0	1
0	0	4	4
0	0	2	2
0	0	2	2
0	0	1	1
0	0	1	1
0	0	1	1
0	0	1	1
0	0	1	1
0	0	1	1
0	0	1	1

HLTV Major MVP Awards[edit]

Major	Player	Team
DH Winter 2013	JW
ESL Katowice 2014	pashaBiceps
ESL Cologne 2014	friberg
DH Winter 2014	Happy
ESL Katowice 2015	olofmeister
ESL Cologne 2015	flusha
DH Cluj‑Napoca 2015	kennyS
MLG Columbus 2016	coldzera
ESL Cologne 2016	coldzera
EL Atlanta 2017	Kjaerbye
PGL Kraków 2017	AdreN
EL Boston 2018	tarik
FACEIT London 2018	dev1ce
IEM Katowice 2019	Magisk
SL Berlin 2019	dev1ce
PGL Stockholm 2021	s1mple
PGL Antwerp 2022	rain
IEM Rio 2022	Jame

Titles Won per Player[edit]

Player		Team(s)
dev1ce	4
dupreeh	4
Xyp9x	4
gla1ve	4
flusha	3
JW	3
pronax	3
Magisk	3
olofmeister	2
KRIMZ	2
Happy	2
NBK-	2
kioShiMa	2
FalleN	2
fer	2
coldzera	2
fnx	2
TACO	2
Devilwalk	1
znajder	1
TaZ	1
NEO	1
pashaBiceps	1
Snax	1
byali	1
f0rest	1
GeT_RiGhT	1
Xizt	1
friberg	1
Fifflaren	1

Player		Team(s)
shox	1
SmithZz	1
kennyS	1
apEX	1
Kjaerbye	1
AdreN	1
mou	1
HObbit	1
Dosia	1
Zeus	1
Skadoodle	1
Stewie2K	1
autimatic	1
RUSH	1
tarik	1
s1mple	1
electroNic	1
Boombl4	1
Perfecto	1
b1t	1
rain	1
karrigan	1
broky	1
Twistzz	1
ropz	1
Qikert	1
Jame	1
FL1T	1
n0rb3r7	1
fame	1

Players With Most Majors Appearances[edit]

Event / Player	Majors Played
dupreeh	18
Xyp9x	17
shox	17
dev1ce	16
olofmeister	16
karrigan	16
apEX	16
Zeus	15
rain	15

Players That Have Attended All Majors[edit]

Event / Player
dupreeh

Top 8 Across The Majors[edit]

Participants by Country[edit]

Country																			Total
Denmark	17	16	10	15	5	5	10	6	11	12	11	11	17	5	11	20	20	17	219
Sweden	21	15	10	15	9	11	11	11	10	10	5	6	12	12	6	5	4	5	178
Russia	4	3	6	3	6	4	4	5	6	5	9	15	14	13	15	17	20	15	164
United States	8	8	6	7	7	8	13	16	9	6	4	12	13	11	9	5	6	5	153
France	12	12	12	5	8	8	8	8	10	10	6	11	4	10	9	7	5	2	147
Brazil	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	4	10	6	4	10	15	21	15	15	125
Ukraine	5	5	7	6	7	5	5	7	5	7	6	6	9	8	3	3	2	4	100
Poland	5	5	5	10	5	10	10	5	5	5	6	6	6	-	1	3	2	3	92
Germany	-	3	-	10	5	4	3	3	3	2	7	8	4	4	-	4	5	7	72
Australia	-	5	5	-	5	10	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	7	7	5	4	5	60
Canada	2	2	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	1	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	49
Kazakhstan	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	2	2	3	3	8	3	6	5	4	3	3	46
Finland	-	-	-	-	6	1	1	1	1	2	4	2	1	5	6	1	1	1	33
Norway	2	-	5	-	5	1	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	33
China	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	6	3	5	-	-	21
Slovakia	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	2	1	2	1	-	1	21
Turkey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	2	1	-	5	-	19
Belgium	2	2	2	-	1	2	2	2	1	1	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	19
Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	-	14
Mongolia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	5	5	12
Netherlands	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	11
Spain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	1	5	-	1	11
Estonia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	1	1	1	1	8
Kosovo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	8
United Kingdom	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	-	-	1	7
Switzerland	1	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	7
New Zealand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	1	1	7
Lithuania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	1	-	-	6
South Africa	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	6
Latvia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	6
India	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Portugal	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Indonesia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	-	-	5
Czech Republic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	5
Israel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	5
Hungary	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	4
Bulgaria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	4
Serbia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	4
Argentina	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	4
Uruguay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	4
Jordan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	3
Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	2
Hong Kong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	2
Chile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2
Montenegro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2
Romania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Uzbekistan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
Azerbaijan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1

Organization Participation[edit]

																		Total
INV	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	CHL	-	-	-	CON	15
Q	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	-	-	-	Q	CHL	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	15
Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Q	-	Q	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Q	Q	Q	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	CHL	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	18
INV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
INV	LGD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	LGD	CHL	-	CON	-	6
INV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
INV	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
INV	INV	Q	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
Q	LGD	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Q	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
-	LGD	Q	-	Q	Q	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
-	LGD	LGD	LGD	-	-	Q	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
-	LGD	LGD	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
-	LGD	LGD	Q	LGD	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	Q	LGD	CHL	-	-	-	8
-	INV	Q	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
-	Q	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	CHL	-	-	CON	-	-	13
-	Q	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
-	Q	-	-	-	LGD	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	CHL	LGD	-	Q	CHL	-	CHL	12
-	-	LGD	LGD	Q	Q	Q	Q	-	-	Q	CHL	LGD	CHL	-	-	LGD	CHL	12
-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
-	-	-	Q	LGD	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
-	-	-	INV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
-	-	-	INV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
-	-	-	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	LGD	Q	CHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
-	-	-	-	LGD	LGD	LGD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
-	-	-	-	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	Q	Q	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
-	-	-	-	Q	Q	Q	Q	LGD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
-	-	-	-	-	LGD	LGD	LGD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	Q	Q	Q	LGD	CON	CON	-	7
-	-	-	-	-	-	LGD	Q	Q	Q	Q	CHL	LGD	CHL	CHL	LGD	CHL	-	11
-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	Q	LGD	LGD	-	Q	CHL	LGD	LGD	LGD	CON	LGD	11
-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	CHL	LGD	LGD	CHL	CHL	-	10
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	LGD	Q	Q	LGD	CHL	LGD	LGD	LGD	CON	LGD	LGD	11
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	Q	LGD	LGD	LGD	CHL	-	-	LGD	-	-	7
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	Q	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	3
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	CON	-	-	2
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	LGD	LGD	CHL	-	Q	-	-	-	5
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	LGD	CHL	LGD	-	CHL	LGD	CHL	7
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	CHL	CHL	CHL	-	-	-	-	4
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	CHL	-	-	-	-	-	LGD	2
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	CHL	-	-	-	-	-	2
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	Q	CHL	-	-	-	3
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	1
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	Q	-	CHL	CON	LGD	5
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	LGD	LGD	LGD	-	CHL	-	4
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	LGD	Q	-	-	-	-	2
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	CHL	Q	CON	-	-	4
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	LGD	CHL	CHL	LGD	5
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	CHL	LGD	CHL	CHL	5
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	Q	-	-	-	2
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	Q	-	-	CON	3
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	Q	LGD	LGD	CON	5
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	1
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	1
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	CHL	-	2
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	1
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	1
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	1
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	CON	-	-	1
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	CON	-	-	1
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	CHL	LGD	LGD	3
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	CHL	-	-	1
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	CON	LGD	-	2
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	CHL	-	-	1
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	LGD	-	CHL	2
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	CHL	CON	2
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	CON	CHL	2
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	CON	CON	2
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	CON	-	1
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	CON	CON	2
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	CHL	CHL	2
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