HLTV rating
How to read it
The rating is built so that about 1.00 is an average performance.
| Rating | What it means |
|---|---|
| 1.20 or more | star level, often the best player on the server |
| 1.10 to 1.19 | very good |
| 0.95 to 1.09 | around average |
| under 0.90 | a tough match or event |
Over one map a rating can be very high or very low. Over a whole event or year it says much more.
What it counts
The current version, Rating 3.0, was introduced in August 2025 and adjusted in October 2025. It combines several parts of a player's game:
- kills and multi-kills;
- damage per round (ADR);
- survival and KAST;
- round swing: how much a player's actions changed their team's chance of winning each round.
Rating 3.0 also uses eco adjustment: kills and damage against a team with much worse weapons count for less.
Rating vs team rankings
The HLTV rating is about players. HLTV's team ranking is a separate list. See CS2 Team Rankings Explained for how team rankings work.
Related guides
CS2 Team Rankings Explained: VRS, HLTV and the R1GG RatingWhy a CS2 team has a different rank on every list. How Valve's VRS, the HLTV ranking and the R1GG rating work, what each counts and which decides Majors.
KASTKAST in CS2 is the share of rounds where a player got a Kill, an Assist, Survived or was Traded.
ADRADR in CS2 is average damage per round: total damage a player deals divided by rounds played.
K/D ratioK/D in CS2 is a player's kills divided by deaths.
Sources
Reviewed by the R1GG team
