Race to the Major
Majors are filled by direct VRS invitation from each region's own standing — Europe, Americas and Asia — not a single global list (and there are no more Regional Major Qualifiers since June 2025). Every region gets a fixed quota of slots, seeded frozen on November 2, 2026 for the next Major (Nov 25–Dec 13, 2026): its top ranks go to Stage 3, the next block to Stage 2, the next to Stage 1 — and teams below the quota miss the Major entirely.
For the global VRS line that drives tier 1 event invites, see the Race to Tier 1 Invites.
Per-region slot quotas are carried from the previous Major (Europe 18, Americas 9, Asia-Pacific 5). Model includes 10 upcoming matches before the snapshot.
| # | Team | VRS | Elo | P(S3) | P(S2+) | P(Major) | Seeds into | Momentum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spirit | 2,011 | 1593 | 98.7% | 100% | 100% | Stage 3 | – Holding |
| 2 | Falcons | 1,950 | 1603 | 99.3% | 100% | 100% | Stage 3 | – Holding |
| 3 | MOUZ | 1,873 | 1557 | 91.5% | 99.9% | 100% | Stage 3 | – Holding |
| 4 | Vitality | 1,836 | 1517 | 71.7% | 98.8% | 100% | Stage 3 | – Holding |
| 5 | Natus Vincere | 1,802 | 1495 | 61.5% | 96.7% | 100% | Stage 3 | – Holding |
| 6 | BetBoom | 1,742 | 1470 | 18% | 87.4% | 100% | Stage 3 | ▼ Sliding |
| Top 6 seed into Stage 3 ↑ | ||||||||
| 7 | Aurora | 1,690 | 1532 | 49.9% | 96.4% | 100% | Stage 2 | – Holding |
| 8 | G2 | 1,688 | 1516 | 30.7% | 91.3% | 100% | Stage 2 | – Holding |
| 9 | PARIVISION | 1,685 | 1482 | 6.6% | 71.6% | 99.7% | Stage 2 | – Holding |
| 10 | FaZe | 1,677 | 1552 | 33.3% | 95.4% | 100% | Stage 2 | ▲ Climbing |
| 11 | FUT | 1,663 | 1543 | 23.3% | 83.3% | 99.8% | Stage 2 | – Holding |
| 12 | Alliance | 1,583 | 1503 | 7.6% | 56.2% | 97% | Stage 2 | – Holding |
| Through #12 seed into Stage 2 ↑ | ||||||||
| 13 | Astralis | 1,555 | 1516 | 5.1% | 50.8% | 97.1% | Stage 1 | – Holding |
| 14 | B8 | 1,550 | 1470 | 0.2% | 16.5% | 90.3% | Stage 1 | – Holding |
| 15 | BIG | 1,516 | 1487 | 0.5% | 17.1% | 88.4% | Stage 1 | – Holding |
| 16 | GamerLegion | 1,504 | 1478 | 0.3% | 11.5% | 70.4% | Stage 1 | – Holding |
| 17 | magic | 1,478 | 1498 | 0.4% | 9.9% | 62.4% | Stage 1 | – Holding |
| 18 | Luminosity | 1,468 | 1473 | 1.1% | 7.7% | 37.3% | Stage 1 | ▼ At risk |
| Through #18 reach the Major ↑ — teams below miss it | ||||||||
| 19 | Inner Circle | 1,464 | 1521 | 0.3% | 6% | 42.6% | Misses Major | – Holding |
| 20 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 1,444 | 1483 | 0% | 0.9% | 46.9% | Misses Major | – Holding |
| 21 | HEROIC | 1,427 | 1543 | 0.1% | 2.5% | 32.5% | Misses Major | – Holding |
| 22 | 3DMAX | 1,410 | 1471 | 0% | 0.1% | 22.8% | Misses Major | – Holding |
| 23 | EYEBALLERS | 1,385 | 1466 | 0% | 0.1% | 6.5% | Misses Major | – Holding |
| 24 | Nemesis | 1,374 | 1479 | 0% | 0% | 6.3% | Misses Major | ▲ Climbing |
| # | Team | VRS | Elo | P(S3) | P(S2+) | P(Major) | Seeds into | Momentum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9z | 1,847 | 1535 | 33% | 53.8% | 99.6% | Stage 3 | ▼ Sliding |
| 2 | Legacy | 1,773 | 1539 | 42.8% | 59.7% | 99% | Stage 3 | – Holding |
| Top 2 seed into Stage 3 ↑ | ||||||||
| 3 | FURIA | 1,771 | 1567 | 45.9% | 63.8% | 99.5% | Stage 2 | – Holding |
| Through #3 seed into Stage 2 ↑ | ||||||||
| 4 | MIBR | 1,611 | 1471 | 8% | 15.6% | 90.6% | Stage 1 | ▼ Sliding |
| 5 | paiN | 1,446 | 1481 | 7.2% | 14% | 86.3% | Stage 1 | – Holding |
| 6 | DENDELE | 1,440 | 1503 | 21.7% | 30.2% | 81.2% | Stage 1 | – Holding |
| 7 | Liquid | 1,397 | 1519 | 11.6% | 18.2% | 77.2% | Stage 1 | – Holding |
| 8 | M80 | 1,361 | 1456 | 5% | 8.4% | 59.6% | Stage 1 | – Holding |
| 9 | Wildcard | 1,352 | 1451 | 0.4% | 1.3% | 44.9% | Stage 1 | ▼ At risk |
| Through #9 reach the Major ↑ — teams below miss it | ||||||||
| 10 | NRG | 1,228 | — | 9.1% | 12.5% | 43.9% | Misses Major | ▲ Breaking in |
| 11 | BESTIA | 1,177 | — | 6% | 8.6% | 36.4% | Misses Major | – Holding |
| 12 | Fluxo | 1,159 | — | 4.1% | 6% | 29.6% | Misses Major | – Holding |
| 13 | Imperial | 1,150 | — | 2.8% | 4.1% | 22.3% | Misses Major | – Holding |
| 14 | LP | 1,087 | — | 1.6% | 2.5% | 17.8% | Misses Major | – Holding |
| 15 | ShindeN | 1,084 | — | 0.9% | 1.4% | 12.2% | Misses Major | ▲ Climbing |
| # | Team | VRS | Elo | P(S3) | P(S2+) | P(Major) | Seeds into | Momentum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The MongolZ | 1,637 | 1511 | 0% | 9.8% | 85.9% | Stage 2 | ▼ Sliding |
| Through #1 seed into Stage 2 ↑ | ||||||||
| 2 | TYLOO | 1,565 | 1478 | 0% | 7.3% | 72.3% | Stage 1 | ▼ Sliding |
| 3 | Lynn Vision | 1,431 | 1454 | 0% | 4.7% | 56.4% | Stage 1 | ▼ Sliding |
| 4 | FlyQuest | 1,295 | — | 0% | 23.7% | 63% | Stage 1 | – Holding |
| 5 | THUNDER dOWNUNDER | 1,149 | — | 0% | 17.7% | 53.8% | Stage 1 | – Holding |
| Through #5 reach the Major ↑ — teams below miss it | ||||||||
| 6 | DEPO | 1,084 | — | 0% | 12.8% | 46.5% | Misses Major | – Holding |
| 7 | The Huns | 1,024 | — | 0% | 9% | 37.5% | Misses Major | – Holding |
| 8 | 5star | 1,009 | — | 0% | 6.4% | 30.2% | Misses Major | – Holding |
| 9 | Ground Zero | 983 | — | 0% | 4.1% | 23.9% | Misses Major | – Holding |
| 10 | NEXVOID | 971 | — | 0% | 2.9% | 17.7% | Misses Major | – Holding |
| 11 | SemperFi | 915 | — | 0% | 1.8% | 12.8% | Misses Major | ▲ Climbing |
How to read this: ranks and slots are within each region. The highlighted divider rows mark each region's quota cutoffs — teams above a line seed into that stage, and teams below the last line miss the Major. Seeds into is the stage a team takes by its current standing (how Valve actually seeds). P(S3)/P(S2+)/P(Major) are the modelled chances of landing in that region's Stage 3, Stage 2-or-better, and any-slot bands at the snapshot — a Monte Carlo over upcoming matches that starts each team from its VRS standing and adjusts for our opponent-weighted Elo where we have recent form. Momentum flags where that form would move a team versus its standing: Breaking in / Climbing = form pushing them up across a line, At risk / Sliding = currently in but trending out, Holding = no clear form signal.