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All CS:GO ranks in order

Can you make it all the way to Global Elite?

There are a total of 18 competitive ranks in CS:GO that are used to measure the skill of players and put them against players who share a similar level in official matchmaking games.

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When a player starts playing CS:GO for the first time, it will take 10 victories before the system decides what rank that player belongs to. Many start their path in Silver I, the lowest rank in the game, and try to progress all the way to Global Elite, the final competitive rank in CS:GO.

Even though CS:GO has been around for almost 10 years, the formula for ranking up is still unknown. Sometimes, players can win several competitive matches in a row and not rank up, while some players are lucky enough to rank up with just a tie.

One thing is for sure, though: If players lose too many matches in a row, they’ll decay one rank. It could happen after two or three losses, or take a bit more like five or six, depending on how well that player is doing in their ranked matches.

Here are all of the existing ranks in CS:GO, listed from lowest to highest.

All CS:GO ranks in order

Silver rank

  • Silver I
  • Silver II
  • Silver III
  • Silver IV
  • Silver Elite
  • Silver Elite Master

Gold rank

  • Gold Nova I
  • Gold Nova II
  • Gold Nova III
  • Gold Nova IV

Master Guardian rank

  • Master Guardian I
  • Master Guardian II
  • Master Guardian Elite
  • Distinguished Master Guardian

The best four ranks

  • Legendary Eagle
  • Legendary Eagle Master
  • Supreme Master First Class
  • Global Elite

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Leonardo Biazzi
Staff writer and CS:GO lead. Leonardo has been passionate about games since he was a kid and graduated in Journalism in 2018. Before Leonardo joined Dot Esports in 2019, he worked for Brazilian outlet Globo Esporte. Leonardo also worked for HLTV.org between 2020 and 2021 as a senior writer, until he returned to Dot Esports and became part of the staff team.