CS2 Competitive ranks: all ranks in order

CS2 Competitive ranks are earned separately on every map. You can be Legendary Eagle on Mirage and Gold Nova II on Nuke. On a map where you have not won two matches yet, you have no rank at all.

On January 21, 2026, Valve reset Competitive ranks on every map. If your badges vanished early this year, the reset is the most likely reason. Premier's numerical rating, such as 10,000 or 20,000, is a separate system, explained in our CS2 Premier CS Rating guide.

All 18 Competitive ranks in order

The names and badges are the same as in CS:GO. The big change is that CS2 gives you a separate rank on each map.

Players shorten the long names: MG is Master Guardian, DMG is Distinguished Master Guardian, LEM is Legendary Eagle Master, SMFC is Supreme Master First Class, and Global is The Global Elite.

Why your rank is different on each map

Valve tracks a separate skill group for every map. Wins on Mirage do not unlock or raise your Nuke rank, and losses on Nuke do not drop your Mirage rank. When you compare ranks with friends, say which map you mean.

When you pick maps for the queue, each map tile shows how many wins you still need for a rank. Once you have one, it appears in the main menu, in your party lobby and next to your name on the scoreboard.

How many wins do you need to get a rank?

Map placements are short: you need Prime Status and two wins on that map. Without Prime you can still play Competitive, but you will not get a rank, as Valve's Prime FAQ confirms.

Valve cut the requirement from ten wins to two in the June 25, 2024 update, which is why older guides still say 10. Today ten wins are only needed for your first Premier CS Rating. The January 2026 reset kept the two-win rule: the map tile still counts down from two.

Only wins on that map count. Two matches played are not two wins, and wins on different maps do not add up.

After that, the rank moves with your results on the map. Unlike Premier, Competitive shows no rating number and does not tell you before a match how much a win is worth.

What does "This match will not affect your Skill Group" mean?

CS2 shows this line in the match accept window when you have Prime and someone in your party does not. A party like that plays a non-Prime match, and non-Prime matches do not change ranks, as Valve's Prime FAQ explains. You will see the same line in Private Matchmaking, where friends join through a shared code. Those matches do not count either. To make the match count, queue alone or with friends who also have Prime.

A similar message appears after a cancelled match, when a network problem stops the game or VAC Live catches a cheater and ends it. Those matches do not affect your rank either.

How to improve your Competitive rank

Play on the map where you want a higher rank. Wins move it up and losses can move it down. Valve does not say how many wins the next badge takes. One win often leaves the badge where it was, and that is normal. Global Elite is earned the same way, by winning on that map.

Playing with lower-ranked friends is fine. According to Valve's skill group FAQ, matchmaking accounts for their level and predicts how each player will perform, so a loss with a weaker teammate is not likely to hurt your rank much.

If you want a higher rank on a particular map, FastGG offers CS2 Competitive rank boosting. You pick the map and the number of wins, from 1 to 20. A booster with 2,000+ FACEIT Elo plays only that map, so your ranks on other maps stay as they are. If you have no rank on the map yet or lost it in the reset, see the Competitive option on the CS2 placements page. There the booster plays the number of matches you choose on that map.

Why did my Competitive rank disappear?

If you have not played Competitive since early 2026, your ranks vanished in the January 21, 2026 reset. Valve adjusted the hidden per-map rank values and expired every visible map rank, as the release notes say. After two wins on the map your rank shows again, and it may differ from the old one.

If you have played since January, the cause is a long break or a ban in your party. After a long break the rank expires. The scoreboard then tells you to win one Competitive match to show it again. Win that match on the map where the rank went missing.

If someone from your recent parties gets a permanent cheating ban, the game adjusts the wins, ranks and CS Rating of everyone who played with them. Your ranks may stay hidden until your next win. Steam Support cannot reverse these changes by hand.

Competitive rank vs Premier rating and Profile Rank

A new profile level does not give you the next Competitive rank. Claiming a Service Medal resets your Profile Rank to 1 but leaves your ranks alone. Premier rating does not convert into a map rank either: even 30,000 in Premier does not make you Global on any map.