Mouz became #1 on HLTV, and therefore are the best team in the world. Right

HLTV rankings are the most definitive team rankings; they account for every event, every team, and the ranking mechanism has had years to mature. So, MOUZ taking the #1 spot does make them the best ranked in the world, technically.

But, does that really mean they’re the best team? Like, if they played FaZe in a final tomorrow would you have faith they’d win?

And if you’re a MOUZ fan who just answered “obviously” we’d like to invite you to put aside that bias. This isn’t x.com.

Outside of MOUZ, it feels a little unfair to NAVI. Winning a Major wasn’t enough for them. Rightfully so, as FaZe were in the midst of an unprecedented finals run. Of which they lost most.

Which kind of makes it funnier that after an actual event win at IEM Chengdu, they get leapfrogged by MOUZ winning EPL. Did FaZe lose that much at EPL?

Are we saying it’s unjust to call MOUZ #1? Not really. The real problem is that none of us know how to define the world's best team.

HLTV does a pretty good job, and in the eyes of the pros, it’s the rank that matters most. So to them, us saying it doesn’t matter because of inconsistency or thought exercises, is a little silly. Though, we would all do better to consider context more, not just numbers. Hit that ranking details button once in a while.

So congrats MOUZ! In the only metric that really matters, you’re the best around. For now.

These are the top-ranked teams as of May 20:

🇪🇺 MOUZ

🇪🇺 FaZe

🇪🇺 NAVI

🇪🇺 Vitality

🇪🇺 G2 Esports