Welcome to my personal evaluation of who the top 10 CSGO countries are of all time.Before reading, have a quick read of some of the points immediately below. And before commenting, have a read of the 'obvious questions + explanations' area at the very bottom of the page.1) This is an ALL TIME CSGO list. It's not a current top 10 list, so try not to be dumbfounded at some countries.2) I used a variety of different statistics - largely focusing on majors combined with a simple mathematical system to rank the teams in a top 10. These statistics include:-> Prize money earned by the entire CSGO nation-> Amount of 'major badges' the country has achieved. A.K.A quarterfinal+ at a major-> Amount of players who have appeared at majors-> Players rated 1.00+ at majors-> Players rated 1.00+ on LAN with a minimum of 30 maps played-> Amount of players in HLTV's top 203) At the bottom of this page (below the top 10) I have provided the top 10 list of each statistic I considered.4) As a personal list, no one is likely to agree. There are many countries who could make a case for being on here, and many people who would argue their country or just believe that a country should be lower/higher. I'm entirely open to criticism as long as it's intelligent and you back it up with your own opinion.Enjoy!

Number 1 - Sweden

Notable PlayersFlusha - 9x Major quarterfinalist+JW - 9x Major quarterfinalist+KrimZ - 9x Major quarterfinalist+Olofmeister - 9x Major quarterfinalist+GTR - 8x Major Quarterfinalist+f0rest - 8x Major Quarterfinalist+Xizt - 8x Major Quarterfinalist+Friberg - 8x Major Quarterfinalist+Pronax - 7x Major Quarterfinalist+Dennis - 6x Major Quarterfinalist+Maikelele - 4x Major Quarterfinalist+Fifflaren - 3x Major Quarterfinalist+Schneider - 2x Major Quarterfinalist+Devilwalk - 2x Major Quarterfinalist+Twist - 1x Major SemifinalistCype - 1x Major SemifinalistSKYTTEN - 1x Major QuarterfinalistTHREAT - 1x Major QuarterfinalistNotable Teams:Fnatic #1 (Devilwalk, Schneider, JW, Pronax, Flusha)Fnatic #2 (Olofmeister, KrimZ, JW, Pronax, Flusha)Fnatic #3 (Olofmeister, KrimZ, JW, Flusha, Dennis)NiP #1 (GeT_RiGhT, f0rest, Friberg, Xizt, Fifflaren)LGB #2 (Olofmeister, KrimZ, Dennis, Cype, Twist)Notable Achievements:-One of only two countries with players (4) to have achieved at least the quarter-finals of every CSGO major to date.-NiP Core: 83-0 Record on LAN in 2012, ESL One Cologne Winners, 3x Major Runners up, 1st at a vast amount of tournaments including:Dreamhack Malmo 2016, ASUS ROG 2015, Dreamhack Summer 2014, Dreamhack Bucharest 2013, Dreamhack Winter 2012-Fnatic Core: 3x Major Winners, 1st at a vast amount of tournaments, particularly since 2015, including:ESL Pro League S1, FACEIT S3, ESL Pro League S2, Star Ladder XIV, Katowice 2016.Some Statistics:->Amount of 'Major Badges' combined: 96->Amount of players who have appeared at Majors: 25->Players rated 1.00+ in Majors: 10->Players rated 1.00+ on LAN (30 map minimum): 30->Amount of maps played by Swedish players at Majors: 840Players in HLTV's top 20:2013 - 62014 - 72015 - 6Total: 19$ Winnings combined of all players: $3,372,765

Number 2 - France

Notable PlayersHappy - 7x Major Quarterfinalist+NBK - 5x Major Quarterfinalist+kioShiMa - 5x Major Quarterfinalist+shox - 4x Major Quarterfinalist+apEX - 4x Major Quarterfinalist+kennyS - 3x Major Quarterfinalist+SmithZz - 3x Major Quarterfinalist+Uzzziii - 3x Major Quarterfinalist+GMX - 2x Major Quarterfinalist+fxy0 - 1x Major QuarterfinalistNotable Teams:Recursive (kennyS, Happy, GMX, Uzzziii, Maniac)LDLC #1 (apEX, Happy, KQLY, Uzzziiii, Maniac)LDLC #2 / NV #1 (Shox, Kioshima, NBK, Happy, SmithZz)Verygames: (Shox, NBK, SmithZz, Ex6tenz, ScreaM)G2: (Shox, rPK, SmithZz, boddy, ScreaM)Notable Achievements:-2x Majors (Cluj+DHW 2014)-1st at: MLG X-Games 2015, SLTV XI Finals 2014, DH Valencia 2014, ECS Season 1 2016, Gfinity 2015, DH London 2015, Gamescom 2015, Starseries XII, DH Stockholm 2014, EMS One Fall 2013Some Statistics:->Amount of 'Major Badges' combined: 37->Amount of players who have appeared at Majors: 15->Players rated 1.00+ in Majors: 6->Players rated 1.00+ on LAN (30 map minimum): 14->Amount of maps played by French players at Majors: 391Players in HLTV's top 20:2013 - 42014 - 62015 - 5Total: 15$ Winnings combined of all players: $1,868,158

Number 3 - Denmark

Notable PlayersDevice - 9x Major Quarterfinalist+Xyp9x - 9x Major Quarterfinalist+Dupreeh - 9x Major Quarterfinalist+ (Debatable)Cajunb - 6x Major Quarterfinalist+Karrigan - 5x Major Quarterfinalist+FeTiSh - 4x Major Quarterfinalist+Aizy - 1x Major SemifinalistZonic - 1x Major QuarterfinalistNico - 1x Major Quarterfinalistgla1ve - 1x Major QuarterfinalistNotable Teams:Fnatic (Xyp9x, trace, Friis, Karrigan, MODDII)CPH Wolves: (Fetish, Dupreeh, Device, Xyp9x, Nico)Dignitas #1 (Fetish, Dupreeh, Device, Xyp9x, Cajunb)Dignitas/TSM/Astralis: (Karrigan, Dupreeh, Device, Xy9px, Cajunb)Dignitas #3: (MSL, Kjaerbye, k0nfig, TENZKI, RUBINO)Notable Achievements:-One of only two countries with players (2/3) to have achieved at least the quarter-finals of every CSGO major to date.-1st at FACEIT Stage 1+2 Finals, 2nd at ESL Dubai, Copenhagen Games, IEM Gamescom 2015Some Statistics:->Amount of 'Major Badges' combined: 46 / 47->Amount of players who have appeared at Majors: 24->Players rated 1.00+ in Majors: 9->Players rated 1.00+ on LAN (30 map minimum): 17Amount of maps played by Danish players at Majors: 399Players in HLTV's top 20:2013 - 32014 - 22015 - 3Total: 8$ Winnings combined of all Danish players: $1,570,631

Number 4 - USA

Notable Players:Hiko - 5x Major Quarterfinalist+n0thing - 3x Major Quarterfinalist+seang@res - 3x Major Quarterfinalist+EliGE - 2x Major Semifinalist+Nitro - 2x Major Semifinalist+jdm64 - 2x Major Quarterfinalist+Swag - 2x Major Quarterfinalist+adreN - 1x Major SemifinalistFugLy - 1x Major Quarterfinalisttarik - 1x Major Quarterfinalisthazed - 1x Major QuarterfinalistCutler - 1x Major QuarterfinalistSkadoodle - None Major Badge Holder [*]Notable Teams:Quantic (Hiko, DaZeD, tck, frozt, semphis)Complexity (Swag, Hiko, n0thing, seang@res, semphis)Cloud9 #1 (n0thing, seang@res, Hiko, Semphis, Shroud)Cloud9 #4 (seang@res, n0thing, freakazoid, skadoodle, shroud)iBUYPOWER (DaZeD, Swag, Skadoodle, AZK, Steel)Liquid (Hiko, nitro, elige, jdm64, s1mple)CLG (tarik, cutler, hazed, jdm, FNS)Notable Achievements:-Liquid Major Finalists-1st ESEA S15+S16-2nd at FACEIT Stage 2 Finals 2015, ESWC 2015, FACEIT League Season Finals, ESEA S13+14+16-3rd ESEA S17, ESEA S15-5th CPH Games 2013Some Statistics:->Amount of 'Major Badges' combined: 24->Amount of players who have appeared at Majors: 25->Players rated 1.00+ in Majors: 5->Players rated 1.00+ on LAN (30 map minimum): 17->Amount of maps played by U.S players at Majors: 331Players in HLTV's top 20:2013 - 12014 - 12015 - 1Total: 3$ Winnings combined of all U.S players: $1,814,080

Number 5 - Poland

Notable Players:Snax - 8x Major Quarterfinalist+Neo - 8x Major Quarterfinalist+Byali - 8x Major Quarterfinalist+Pashabiceps - 8x Major Quarterfinalist+Taz - 8x Major Quarterfinalist+Notable Teams:ESC #1 (Taz, NEO, Pashabiceps, Loord, Kuben)Universal Soldiers/Virtus Pro (Taz, NEO, Pashabiceps, Snax, Byali)ESC #2 (innocent, rallen, mouz, SZPERO, MINISE)Notable Achievements:-1st at EMS Katowice 2014 and ESL Dubai 2015, 1st Gfinity 3, CPH Games 2015, ESEA S18, CEVO S7+S8Some Statistics->Amount of 'Major Badges' combined: 40->Amount of players who have appeared at Majors: 14->Players rated 1.00+ in Majors: 5->Players rated 1.00+ on LAN (30 map minimum): 11->Amount of maps played by Polish players at Majors: 263Players in HLTV's top 20:2013 - 12014 - 32015 - 2Total: 6$ Winnings combined of all Polish players: $1,327,385

Number 6 - Brazil

Notable PlayersFalleN - 5x Major Quarterfinalist+Fer - 5x Major Quarterfinalist+Coldzera - 4x Major Quarterfinalist+boltz - 3x Major Quarterfinalist+steel - 3x Major Quarterfinalist+Taco - 2x Major Championfnx - 2x Major ChampionzqkS - 1x Major QuarterfinalistNotable Teams:Keyd Stars (FalleN, steel, zqkS, fer, boltz)Luminosity #1 (FalleN, steel, coldzera, fer, boltz)Luminosity #2 / SK (FalleN, coldzera, fer, TACO, fnx)Tempo Storm / Immortals (hen1, SHOOWTiME, felps, boltz, lucas)Notable Achievements:-2x Major Champions - Columbus and Cologne-1st at ESL Pro League S3 Finals, DH Austin-2nd at IEM Katowice 2016 and DH ZOWIE LeipzigSome Statistics->Amount of 'Major Badges' combined: 25->Amount of players who have appeared at Majors: 8->Players rated 1.00+ in Majors: 6->Players rated 1.00+ on LAN (30 map minimum): 11->Amount of maps played by Brazilian players at Majors: 165Players in HLTV's top 20:2013 - 02014 - 02015 - 0Total: 0$ Winnings combined of all Brazilian players: $1,910,155

Number 7 - Ukraine

Notable PlayersEdward - 7x Major Quarterfinalist+Zeus - 7x Major Quarterfinalist+Markeloff - 4x Major Quarterfinalist+S1mple - 3x Major Quarterfinalist+kUcheR - 3x Major Quarterfinalist+Starix - 3x Major Quarterfinalist+ANGE1 - 3x Major Quarterfinalist+Shara - 1x Major Quarterfinalist+Blad3 - 1x Major Quarterfinalist+Notable Teams:Astana Dragons (Edward, Markeloff, ANGE1, Dosia, AdreN)Hellraisers #1 (Markeloff, kUCHER, ANGE1, Dosia, AdreN)Na'vi #1 (Zeus, Edward, Starix, ceh9, markeloff)Na'vi #4 (Zeus, Edward, Flamie, GuardiaN, Seized)Notable Achievements:-14x Major badges between Edward and Zeus alone-1st at DH Zowie, ESWC 2015, Starseries XIII, Starseries IX, ESL Pro League Winter 2014/2015Some Statistics:->Amount of 'Major Badges' combined: 32->Amount of players who have appeared at Majors: 9->Players rated 1.00+ in Majors: 2->Players rated 1.00+ on LAN (30 map minimum): 7Amount of maps played by Ukrainian players at Majors: 260Players in HLTV's top 20:2013 - 22014 - 02015 - 0Total: 2$ Winnings combined of all Ukrainian players: $747,800

Number 8 - Russia

Notable PlayersSeized - 7x Major Quarter-finalist+Flamie - 4x Major Quarter-finalist+Dosia - 4x Major Quarter-finalist+Hooch - 1x Major Quarter-finalistWorldEdit - 1x Major Quarter-finalistSpaze - 1x Major Quarter-finalistNotable Teams:Virtus Pro (Dosia, Fox, ANGE1, Kucher, AdreN)Gambit #1 and #2 (Dosia, Hooch, Spaze/Waylander, AdreN, Mou)Na'vi #4 (Flamie, Seized, Zeus, GuardiaN, Edward)Flipsid3 (Worldedit, Davcost, bondik, markeloff, blad3)Notable Achievements:-Largely synonymous with Ukrainian achievements, due to the CIS nature of HR+Na'vi+Flipsid3Some Statistics->Amount of 'Major Badges' combined: 22->Amount of players who have appeared at Majors: 9->Players rated 1.00+ in Majors: 2->Players rated 1.00+ on LAN (30 map minimum): 11->Amount of maps played by Russian players at Majors: 156Players in HLTV's top 20:2013 - 12014 - 02015 - 1Total: 2$ Winnings combined of all Russian players: $630,730

Number 9 - Germany

Notable PlayersDenis - 2x Major Quarter-finalistSpiidi - 2x Major Quarter-finalistkRYSTAL - 2x Major Quarter-finalistNex - 1x Major Quarter-finalistTroubley - 1x Major Quarter-finalistr0bs3n - 1x Major Quarter-finalistfel1x - 1x Major Quarter-finalistNotable Teams:Mousesports 2012 (Nex, Troubley, Stavros, approx, Strux1)Mousesports 2016 (Nex, Denis, Spiidi, NiKo, chrisJ)PENTA (Denis, Spiidi, r0bs3n, fel1x, kRYSTAL)ALTERNATE aTTax (crisby, kzy, tiziaN, keev, syrsoN)Notable Achievements:-Two German dominated teams have been in the quarter-finals of two majors-2nd at CEVO S8+ECS S1-4th at IEM Gamescom-E-league semi-finalists, on-going-Success largely rose in the later stages of CS:GO under Mousesports, yet to come.Some Statistics->Amount of 'Major Badges' combined: 10->Amount of players who have appeared at Majors: 13->Players rated 1.00+ in Majors: 0->Players rated 1.00+ on LAN (30 map minimum): 6->Amount of maps played by German players at Majors: 114Players in HLTV's top 20:2013 - 02014 - 02015 - 0Total: 0$ Winnings combined of all German players: $448,356

Number 10 - Canada

Notable Players:Semphis - 3x Major Quarter-finalistShroud - 1x Major Quarter-finalistFNS - None Major Badge HolderStanislaw - None Major Badge HolderNAF-FLY - None Major Badge HolderAZK - None Major Badge HolderSteel - None Major Badge HolderNotable Teams:Cloud9 (Semphis, Shroud, n0thing, seang@res, Hiko)iBUYPOWER (Steel, AZK, DaZeD, swag, Skadoodle)TSM (Semphis, FNS, Twistzzz, autimatic, SicK)Optic (NAF-FLY, Stanislaw, Daps, RUSH, Mixwell)Splyce (DAVEY, jasonR, abE, arya, Professor_Chaos)Notable Achievements:-Players often mixed with USA, synonymous results (see USA) -> Shroud and Semphis achieved 4x major badges between them.-Optic and TSM 2016 rise to success with multiple top 6 finishesSome Statistics->Amount of 'Major Badges' combined: 4->Amount of players who have appeared at Majors: 10->Players rated 1.00+ in Majors: 2->Players rated 1.00+ on LAN (30 map minimum): 8->Amount of maps played by Canadian players at Majors: 78Players in HLTV's top 20:2013 - 02014 - 02015 - 0Total: 0$ Winnings combined of all players in Canada: $561,751Top 10 of all the statistics I consideredMoney earned (all players combined)1) Sweden: $3,372,7652) Brazil: $1,910,1553) France: $1,868,1584) USA: $1,814,0805) Denmark: $1,570,6316) Poland: $1,327,3857) Ukraine: $747,8008) Russia: $630,7309) Canada: $561,75110) Germany: $448,356Amount of 'Major Badges' combined1) Sweden: 962) Denmark: 473) Poland: 404) France: 375) Ukraine: 326) Brazil: 257) USA: 248) Russia: 229) Germany: 1010) Canada: 4Players in combined three HLTV Top 20 lists1) Sweden: 192) France: 153) Denmark: 84) Poland: 65) USA: 36) Russia: 2Ukraine: 2Joint last) Canada, Germany, Brazil: 0Amount of maps played by players at majors1) Sweden: 8402) Denmark: 3993) France: 3914) USA: 3315) Poland: 2636) Ukraine: 2607) Brazil: 1658) Russia: 1569) Germany: 11410) Canada: 78Amount of players who have appeared at Majors1) Sweden: 25USA: 253) Denmark: 244) France: 155) Poland: 146) Germany: 137) Canada: 108) Ukraine: 9Russia: 910) Brazil: 8Players rated 1.00+ in Majors1) Sweden: 102) France: 63) Brazil: 64) Denmark: 5Poland: 5USA: 57) Ukraine: 2Russia: 2Joint last) Canada + Germany: 0Players rated 1.00+ on LAN (30 map minimum)1) Sweden: 302) Denmark: 17USA: 174) France: 145) Poland: 11Russia: 11Brazil: 118) Canada: 89) Ukraine: 710) Germany: 6Obvious Questions + ExplanationsQ) Why is BR 6???A) Brazil only rose to dominance last year. This is an all time list. You'll notice that's why they struggle in a lot of the statistics. Particularly when it comes to the pool of players the country has to offer. Sure, SK could trash any team that the United States has to offer, but that's not what this thread is about. It takes into consideration statistics and players from as far back as August 2012.Q) But Brazil has the second most prize money earned, surely prize money is the most obvious thing to look at for a country's success?A) Yes, but as I said, they rose to dominance just last year, a year when the major prize pool was quadrupled. Majors still have the same weight in terms of skill and victory. If prize money had remained continuous throughout CSGO, Poland, France, USA and Denmark would all be far above Brazil. It's just like saying a tennis player ranked 35 today is greater in all time than a number 1 player in the world in 1965, because he's earned more money.Q) USA 4TH, HAHAHAH, SHIT THREAD, BBA) Again, an ALL TIME thread. 2012. 2013. 2014. 2015. 2016. No doubt if it was a TOP CSGO countries of 2016 USA would be scraping this list, but that is not the case. Once again, it's also not the case that Virtus Pro or SK could trash any team USA has to offer.Q) Why is Canada on there? What about Belgium, Norway, Finland?Yes, Canada was a hard one for me to put on. In the end I decided to for multiple reasons. Firstly, their talent and player base is much more extensive than Norway and Belgium.Belgium specifically is extremely limited after ScreaM and Ex6tenz, and Norway likewise after rain, jkaem and RUBINO.In addition, Canada's CS players as a whole have earned nearly twice as much as both Belgium and Norway.When I added up all the statistics, Canada actually came out above Germany, put I decided to place them 10th, purely because German players, I believe, have had more success in the harder continent (Europe).Q) Why is there so much stuff on majors?A) That is where the true elite of CS:GO face, and that is where a country who strives for top 10 in the world should excel.Q) Some of these statistics are fundamentally flawedA) Yes, I will admit that, for instance the amount of players who have appeared at majors, steadiness can be a greater argument than fluctuation of players, but it can also show just how many times players from that country have qualified for majors.Q) How did the calculations work then?A) I took the seven or so areas of statistics, grouped them all into individual top 10s (as you can see above) and gave 10 points for the top team, and 1 point for the bottom team. For instance, Sweden came top in all categories, so was awarded 80 points. (80 points because I awarded double points for prize money earned)Q) Why are some players highlighted bold under the team section?A) When it's a multicultural team, the players highlighted bold are the players from that countryQ) You got X wrong, it's actually YA) I found the statistics and wrote them down. It's open to human error considering I haven't read back over this blog or re-checked the stats. If you found an error, good on you!Some final thoughts + explanations-> This is purely on professional performance. The ranking has nothing to do with population viewership, events hosted, or popularity of CSGO in the country.-> I find it fascinating how it highlights just how dominant some countries such as Sweden and France are if you look at HLTV's top 10. 3 countries on this list have had no players in the top 20 ever!If you got this far, thanks for reading, please leave a comment on your thoughts!