Top 20 IGLs of all time v3

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Date: August 26-31, 2025 (after Masters Toronto, EWC Riyadh, VCT Stage 2 2025)

IGL - Tier 1 Teams - Region

Boaster - FNC - EMEA
Saadhak - VKS, LOUD, KC - AMER
Finesse - ENVY/OPTIC, NRG - AMER
Ange1 - FPX(EMEA), NAVI - EMEA
Stax - VS/DRX, T1 - PAC
Munchkin - CR, T1, GEN - PAC
Redgar - GMB, TL, GX - EMEA
Boostio - EG, 100T - AMER
Bonecold - ACE, VIT - EMEA
Nobody - EDG - CN (⬆️+1)
ShahZaM - SEN - AMER (⬇️-1)
Johnqt - GHST, SEN - AMER
Boo - GX, OGLU, TH - EMEA
Valyn - TGRD, G2(NA) - AMER
Benkai - PRX/GE - PAC
kiNgg - AUS, LEV - AMER
Crws - X10/XIA/TLN - PAC (⬆️+2)
Koldamenta - ACE, G2(EU), GLD, KOI - EMEA (⬇️-1)
Dephh, Ayrin - XSET, SEN, GE - AMER (⬇️-1)
Haodong - EDG/TITAN - CN

List of IGLs (for listing purposes/could be considered):

old copy pasted list with 2 new igls. if there are more pacific/china igls that could be added, reply ig
AMERICAS:
Saadhak, Finesse, Boostio, ShahzaM, Johnqt, Valyn, kiNgg, Dephh+Ayrin
Vanity, Steel, Mitch, runi, Marved, Stellar, dazzLe, Zander, Hazed, Rossy, Flyuh, Poised, NaturE, Babybay, Rawkus
Artzin, Klaus, Melser

EMEA:
Boaster, Ange1, Redgar, Bonecold, Boo, Koldamenta
MrFaliN, nAts, Cender, Nukkye, Zeek, Starxo, Rhyme, Bonkar, ScreaM, Enzo, Jamppi, pAura, Cloud (✚), Magnum, Sayf, ec1s, Zeddy

PACIFIC:
Stax, Munchkin, Benkai, Crws
JessieVash, crazyguy (✚), MaKo, Laz, Carpe

CHINA:
Nobody, Haodong
BerLIN, Biank, nephh, SiuFatBB (✚)

note: #8-#14 are very close.

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ange1 at 4, you're a funny one that's for sure

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why is boo above valyn

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uwukitten

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2nd shanghai, 2nd champs, 1st EWC (which is more than valyn has ever won), why would he not be?

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valyn doesnt have an inernational title till now

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he atleast has regional title

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uwukitten

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he'd trade all his regional titles for the EWC win

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for vct international i would agree but not for 1 event in middle of year

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Frogger0_0

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same as boo

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sentinelmain377

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ewc 1st > no international 1st (Boo>Valyn)
masters 2nd + champs 2nd >= kickoff masters 2nd, masters 3rd, masters 4th (Boo>=Valyn)
kickoff masters 7-8 + masters 11-12 < masters 7-8 + champions 7-8 (Valyn>Boo)

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Alint

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you reckon forsaken counts as an igl?

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sentinelmain377

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i considered putting him high up but im not 100% sure if he counts so i didnt.

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i would put johnqt upper then munchking cause his igling was shit on T1 coach made huge impact for his igl improvment

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KClaw

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Yes definitely since especially rn munchkin has collapsed a lot in high pressure scenarios

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biank↓
nobody↑ may be top6 or higher
+davai/forsaken together
FNS↓ to top5
-shahzam crws koldamenta
boo↑

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Shazham was actually good if u know, tho their team practically failed after the first masters, he was the guy literally doing and trying to do everything from calling , strats forming, coaching part as well cause sen didn't have a coach.

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sentinelmain377

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ye this^

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then any comments on my other ideas?

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Take my words w a grain of salt

Love your forsaken/davai idea
crws has a lot of backbone in TLN, deserves his spot and maybe higher due to proven longevity
kolda will fall soon anyways
FNS going below top 5 will happen, but not yet. youre underestimating his accolades far too much (even as a stax fan FNS > stax's career)
biank is unclear yet (i wouldnt put him downwards/upwards yet), showing consistency in his calling then maybe

nobody is not top 6 or higher and this is the only take im pretty confident on. CN has been in the "mainstream" scene since 22, and practically EDG had a monopoly and it was definitely too easy to IGL in 22/23 within CN. 24 champs for EDG was amazing but I would rate KK CHICHOO and the stepping up of S1mon more than giving credit to nobody's igling, although his idling was solid. Plus, other than champs, EDG had a very rough year (both masters, early group stage knocks 0-4) and nobody made frequent miscalls--if nobody started out in any other region's pool, I heavily doubt that he would be the nobody he is today. Although personally I think boostio is a bit too high and i rate nobody > boostio, maybe even johnqt. Idk about top 6 or higher, but i would put him 1-2 higher than the list suggests at 8/9. (you might be slightly biased as well since youre an edg fan, but hey, everyone's biased one way or another)

ps i think OPs list is pretty solid

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8/8 rate Thanks for ur comments.but i have to say one thing is, when simon was brought to edg, then nobody became the IGL, so the disgusting masters in 2024 was not his being leader's fault.You cant imagine a first rifler(ofc not concluding duelist as they are AWPers) become the championship's IGL in only 2 months.That's my opinion ab why he shouldnt be "downgraded".
As why he should be "upgraded", before that, ive already known ur main idea is that the champion is made by kangkang-50% simon-25% and nobody's turning to IGL may be the "not that important part" which is less than 25%.
But in my view, nobody is the IGL who is different from any others.Being a initiator, he often goes flanking to get information sometimes without utilities and gives report to his teammates since when he wasnt the IGL till now.Therefore, Chichoo as the sentinel doesnt have the strong responsibilities to play like the normal sentinels, so he can carry the firepower on the first living battlegrounds like ropz in vitality.That's not getting working in the falling dynasty of vitality now in cs2, but it really frees chichoo.
For payback, nobody obviously takes more duties than other IGLs: flanking, getting information, bringing up the rear, arranging the whole team especially S1mon's utilities, as well as half a coach.
Considering Munchkin plays viper and flashing initiators, having lakia in 2024 yoman/karon in 2025 the second caller in his team, i think munchkin can never catch up with the classic IGLs like boaster FNS Saadhak, in my opinion ofc nobody, cuz the difficulties are not at the same grade. If i am the pure EDG fanboy i would put nobody on top4 as he got the CHAMPION.

But his IGLing career is too short.

And that's why i put him on top6

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Koldamento was never that good at calling, boostio had one good stint at eg and has been not at all that good in 100t, the best was only during stage 1 and masters shanghai that's it. Bonecold u don't have enough data of him being good to say he's top 20, even kingg is decent at igling and nothing too spectacular

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sentinelmain377

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eh this list is mostly results-based so imma prob keep it like it is. however, koldamenta will fall off soon, bonecold will fall off eventually, and boostio is dropping fast.

also bonecold did IGL the best Bind during 2021 and the Omen/Brim on Acend instead of the meta (Astra/Viper) in 2021 to win champs so he isnt that bad
and Koldamenta proved himself by getting ACEND to win masters 1 EU, bringing G2 to top 4 in 2021 berlin, and GUILD to top 8 in Copenhagen 2022 (with GUILD looking like a top 3 team who only lost to the finalists) so ye. Ik some ppl have said that his igl is very basic (i forgot the pro player who said it) but whatevs

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I will never rate dephh after sen 2023 because it made me realize just how much cryo and zekken did

like he legit ruined tenz sacy and pancada for a whole year

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sw4gman

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i think i wanna wait a few years before making a list like this, enough time to pass so that bums like d0phh dont even make the list

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I like how you didn't mention urangoat cos he has already transcended the mortal realm and solidified his position among the greatest.
His intellectual prowess is something only the luckiest of us has the honour to witness

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dimmed

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Nobody should at least be above Johnqt, I think both Nobody and Boostio should be just above Munchkin and below stax

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overrating koldamenta here his greatest achievement isnt igl related its escaping koi

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vanity overrated

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why the fuck is koldamenta here are there really no good igls anymore

ALSO WHY NO CHINA BRO SLOWLY IS MY GOAT SLOWLY I-

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he's IGL next year but not now

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229fn

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wasnt he igling stage 1

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yes he did but no one considers him to be an IGL all the time

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Two_Percent

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Redgar

lets be fr

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sentinelmain377

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ik about the gekko wingman situation.

but gambit + tl results get him there fs
he gonna fall off soon anyways bro relax. this isnt rn ranking. it's an all time ranking

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Two_Percent

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Nah tl would have been so much better if even nats or soulcas was igling, they only really looked good during the regular stage and fell off like crazy during internationals

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the problem with ranking igls is that its almost purely based on legacy, most of these guys aren't that relevant anymore.