The best CS2 teams are those who consistently compete at the highest level regardless of their most recent performance. In this best CS2 teams list, we’re taking a closer look at how teams have been performing over 2024 and ranking them accordingly.
Top 10 Counter-Strike 2 Teams
This list is mainly based on the teams’ results in CS2 in 2024, as well as their prospects for future events. Naturally, only the information that is available since the last update has been used to generate this list of the top 10 best CS2 teams, helpful for any CS2 betting.
10. Liquid
While Liquid’s terrible start to 2024 can’t be understated, the North American organization played the role of the top-eighth gatekeeper for over half of the year.
Following the additions of ultimate and jks, the international squad consistently beat teams ranked below them, while losing virtually every game against the top teams.
This pattern resulted in several top-eight finishes, which all in all could be considered a success. However, they hope to break through that barrier in 2025, with the help of their new recruit NertZ.
- Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024: 5-8th
- IEM Chengdu 2024: 5-6th
- ESL Pro League S19: 5-8th
- ESL Pro League S20: 5-8th
- BLAST Premier Fall Final: 5-6th
9. Heroic
HEROIC’s performances have gone largely under the radar, but they have popped up with a couple of decent tournament runs throughout 2024.
Perhaps they played their best Counter-Strike at the most recent event, the Perfect World Shanghai Major, where they nearly eliminated G2 in the quarter-finals.
It’s a shame that we won’t get to see this roster together in 2025, with Falcons and Liquid acquiring most of the squad.
- Elisa Masters Espoo 2024: 2nd
- Thunderpick World Championship 2024 Finals: 2nd
- BetBoom Dacha Belgrade 2024: 3-4th
- IEM Rio 2024: 3-4th
- IEM Dallas 2024: 5-6th
- Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024: 5-8th
8. Eternal Fire
After years of occupying the Counter-Strike tier-two scene, the Turks of Eternal Fire have finally managed to break through and establish themselves as a tier-one roster.
Eternal Fire was one of the main surprises of the PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024, advancing to the playoffs, and beating top teams like Vitality, FaZe, and Virtus.pro along the way.
With a couple of decent results in other smaller tournaments, a place in our top 10 list is more than warranted for Eternal Fire.
- CCT Global Finals 2024 (online): 1st
- BetBoom Dacha Belgrade Season 2: 2nd
- ESL Pro League S20: 2nd
- PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024: 5-8th
7. TheMongolZ
At the time of writing, TheMongolz are third in the Valve Global Ranking, which speaks for itself. They are definitely the biggest surprise team of the whole year.
Two small LAN tournament wins, a Major playoff berth, and an overall solid year is an incredible achievement for the Mongolian squad. Especially considering their average age is barely over 20.
It will be fascinating to see what heights they’ll be able to reach in 2025.
- YaLLa Compass 2024: 1st
- Thunderpick World Championship 2024 Finals: 1st
- Skyesports Championship 2024: 2nd
- Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024: 5-8th
6. FaZe
Much like Spirit, FaZe’s peak performance level is one of the highest in the world, which makes them a contender in all CS2 tournaments they attend.
Sadly, we didn’t get to see that peak performance throughout most of the year, apart from a couple of events – IEM Chengdu, IEM Katowice, and the two Majors.
Had they won at least one of the three Grand Finals, the momentum might have propelled them forward to a dominant 2024, but now roster changes are imminent.
- IEM Chengdu 2024: 1st
- IEM Katowice 2024: 2nd
- PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024: 2nd
- Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024: 2nd
5. MOUZ
MOUZ seem to be improving year after year, but perhaps slower than the players and fans of the team would want and expect.
Two titles are nothing to scuff at, but the international roster fails to make it past the semi-finals at elite events on a consistent basis.
However, given their age, they still have so much potential to finally break through and become a formidable force when it comes to battling for Major titles.
- ESL Pro League S19: 1st
- BetBoom Dacha Belgrade 2024: 1st
- IEM Chengdu 2024: 2nd
- IEM Rio 2024: 2nd
4. Vitality
Coming into 2024, Vitality was the team to beat, having won the last two events of the previous year. While their level remained consistent throughout 2024, their trophy cabinet is more empty than one would expect.
Apart from an emphatic victory over NAVI at IEM Cologne, Vitality lacked the x-factor to get over the line in several playoff matches.
However, the team’s chosen one ZywOo continued to deliver, claiming the MVP medal in Germany and leading the way on the server on most occasions.
- IEM Cologne 2024: 1st
- ESL Pro League S19: 2nd
- IEM Dallas 2024: 2nd
3. G2
Despite Nikola “NiKo” Kovac and Nemanja “huNter-” Kovac’s subpar start in 2024, G2 managed to recover in the second part of the year, winning three S-tier events.
The international juggernaut elevated their game in the second season, after bringing in a new IGL in Snax and the exciting talent malbsMd. The Guatemalan’s impressive rifling took G2’s performances to another level.
However, the main driving force behind G2 all year long was m0NESY. The 19-year-old AWPer has matured into one of the best CS2 players in the world, and he’s here to stay.
- IEM Dallas 2024: 1st
- BLAST Premier Fall Final 2024: 1st
- BLAST Premier World Final 2024: 1st
- Esports World Cup 2024: 2nd
2. Spirit
Everyone was excited to see Spirit play on the big stage in 2024, but no one was ready for what was about to happen, Danil “donk” Kryshkovets and his teammates took the world by storm, winning IEM Katowice and quickly established themselves as one of the best CS2 teams in the world.
Despite several dips in form throughout the year, Spirit was arguably the team with the highest peak, which netted them four titles, including the second Major of 2024.
Given their young age, the sky is the limit for the youngsters, as they continue their quest to dominate the professional CS2 landscape.
- IEM Katowice 2024: 1st
- BLAST Premier Spring Final 2024: 1st
- BetBoom Dacha Belgrade Season 2: 1st
- Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024: 1st
- BetBoom Dacha Belgrade 2024: 2nd
- BLAST Premier World Final 2024: 2nd
1. NAVI
It’s safe to say that after s1mple departed from the team at the end of 2023, virtually no one expected NAVI to ascend into a consistent championship-level roster in the following year.
The whole project came together at the right time for Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen to shock the world and take home the PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 title, becoming the inaugural CS2 Major Champions.
The young international squad rode that wave into the second season, winning four S-tier events, and falling short in the Grand Final on three occasions. These results comfortably net them the title of the best CS2 team of 2024.
- PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024: 1st
- Esports World Cup 2024: 1st
- ESL Pro League S20: 1st
- IEM Rio 2024: 1st
- IEM Cologne 2024: 2nd
- BLAST Premier Spring Final 2024: 2nd
- BLAST Premier Fall Final 2024: 2nd
