Last year two major cups was arranged. Plenty of soloque games have taken place, and we have also seen some nightcup and Xmas cup be arranged. The two majors are however the foundation of this ranking.
As per usual strong performances in important games and playoff is valued higher. The success your team has had also plays a big part, especially if you had a big impact in leading your team. It's worth noting that having played fewer games in playoff often leads to higher stats, and teams that consistently play finals often get lower stats since they more often face the other best team in the game.
Different type of roles are also being taken into account.
Last but not least it also comes down to my own gut feeling and preferences of watching players in action.
But enough with the babble. Here comes the fifth season of CoD UO’s own yearly ranking.
#20 prm, TMO (-7)
Total: 1.82 (#21)
KPR: 0.68 (#32)
KDR: 1.13 (#17)
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Group: 2.39
Playoff: 1.63
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”The german veteran have established himself as a very solid and trustworthy support player amongst the vcod titans. Does pretty much exactly what’s expected of him in his role, and at times also brings extra fire power on certain maps. But overall his KPR brings him down somewhat and the stats shows he is more of a guy that is hard to kill, than a guy that kills a lot. Last year he won an MVP award, and those heights he wasn’t close to in 2025 - but still a worthy entry on the list. All TMO players have a very boosted score from groupstage games, and same goes for Paddy who got a 0.76 in total difference between playoff and groupstage. The ones who just missed out on the ranking are xiphoideus and dietchi”.
#19 archiMedes, Dreamteam (-2)
Total: 1.81 (#22)
KPR: 0.71 (#25)
KDR: 1.10 (#20)
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Group: 1.90
Playoff: 1.72
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”Competition in Dreamteam has been incredible this year and it’s literally impossible for all players to stand out fragwise simultaneously. For each year it feels like archi take a little step back in terms of frags, but on the other hand steps forward each year as a very good teamplayer. If Dreamteam didn’t have some of the best role players, their more carrying players wouldn’t be able to shine either. A nice little surprise has been to see archi pick up the sniper a bit more often last year, especially on dawnville”.
#18 Windje, Dreamteam (+/- 0)
Total: 1.91 (#16)
KPR: 0.80 (#11)
KDR: 1.11 (#19)
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Group: 2.18
Playoff: 1.65
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”Windje has had a very good year, especially considering how stacked the lineup of Dreamteam have been. I would rate his importance a bit higher than the actual stats considering his style of opening the maps is very different from all his teammates. He bring a lot of variety for his team. What brings him down though is that he has been much more of a groupstage-performer than a playoff-performer. Looking just at playoff stats he is one of the lowest ranked in the top 20. It also seems like the toughest games for him have been against the very patient TMO-lineup that perhaps is a counter to his more aggressive plays”.
#17 TjEEEBi, FRS (-9)
Total: 1.88 (#17)
KPR: 0.72 (#23)
KDR: 1.16 (#15)
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Group: 1.98
Playoff: 1.81
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”Rough year for both FRS and TjEEEBi where both team and individual performance have been going downhill last few cups. In his best moments he is still one of the strongest carries in the game, but this season was more challenging in several aspects. My feeling is that we will see him rise again in 2026. TjEEEBi is certainly a better player than his ranking this year”.
#16 MAZU, BBQ (NEW!)
Total: 2.13 (#5)
KPR: 0.79 (#13)
KDR: 1.34 (#3)
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Group: 2.16
Playoff: 2.09
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”Another player we haven’t seen much from last years. Mostly a backup for different teams previously, but when OANE became inactive during the later part of this year it was time for MAZU to shine. And he really did by filling some big shoes with almost equally strong performances. Flexible and calm player that can do many different things ingame that is helpful to his team. Hoping to see more from him in UO coming year”.
#15 skz, TMO (+/- 0)
Total: 2.22 (#2)
KPR: 0.82 (#6)
KDR: 1.40 (#2)
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Group: 2.87
Playoff: 2.10
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”Mainly a backup this year, but still a guy that have played a lot of rounds. Quite the luxury to have as an ace in the sleeve to bring if someone else in the roster is missing. As always a very strong threat with the rifle, but by no means only a carry type of guy. Does his role really well in a well oiled engine. Statistically one of the best players in 2025 but for a higher ranking I had liked to see more games, especially in the later parts of the tournaments”.
#14 Spazy, Invaders/Tyranoia (NEW!)
Total: 2.02 (#11)
KPR: 0.82 (#5)
KDR: 1.20 (#14)
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Group: 1.99
Playoff: 2.05
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”Put up good numbers all year long. The first cup with Invaders is not something I weigh too much into the ranking, but being the hard carry of Tyranoia and having them beat FRS twice and reaching a top 4 spot is more impressive. Spazy have shown a very good raw aim with all different guns; spray, rifle and sniper. One of the guys taking the biggest leaps in 2025”.
#13 r3ziner, TMO (-1)
Total: 2.01 (#12)
KPR: 0.77 (#16)
KDR: 1.24 (#9)
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Group: 2.59
Playoff: 1.78
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”Lately we have mainly been talking about the polish players in TMO, but without getting too many headlines in 2025 it’s easy to see how important r3ziner have been for his team. Always solid and with the potential to topfrag any map versus any team. But most importantly is that he very often is among the 2-3 best player in his team and rarely falls out of the frame. A 0.81 dip when it comes to playoff games is however hard to not take into the calculations when talking about potential higher placements in this ranking”.
#12 M1z3Ry, TMO (NEW!)
Total: 2.04 (#9)
KPR: 0.81 (#7)
KDR: 1.23 (#10)
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Group: 2.67
Playoff: 1.82
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”During the years we haven’t seen as much of him as his TMO teammates. But when he plays, he plays very good, and this year saw him play more than previously. A very calm and collected player that is especially strong on the BAR and mp44 and have put his name at the top of the scoreboard in many of the more important games. Just like his teammates his groupstage stats are way higher than in playoff, but he did afterall claim a spot in the allstar team in the last cup of the year”.
#11 mskr, fraggedby/BBQ (-1)
Total: 1.96 (#15)
KPR: 0.81 (#10)
KDR: 1.16 (#16)
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Group: 2.07
Playoff: 1.89
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”Had a very impressive showing in fraggedby where he carried more or less every map for his team and had them pressure some on paper stronger squads. That performance gave him a spot in the allstar team of Spring Cup. Expectations of the Slovakian strengthening BBQ was pretty high, but the results wasn’t quite the same. He was the lowest rated player of his team in Fall Cup, although playing a somewhat different role than in fraggedby. Potential is really high though and I think we could see mskr rise in 2026”.
#10 xratEd, FRS (-1)
Total: 2.06 (#8)
KPR: 0.86 (#2)
KDR: 1.20 (#13)
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Group: 1.99
Playoff: 2.10
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”As always one of the strongest fraggers in the game, only surpassed by one other player. He has also been better in playoff games, than groupstage, which is a fine quality during a year where FRS often declined during the more important games. But team performance must be calculated here aswell. Isn't technically a classical carry, but rather a secondary one, or even a entry fragger, - which stats also shows where he weighs heavy on kills, just like Windje or Spazy, but drops somewhat when deaths are taken into account”.
#9 MASI, BBQ (NEW!)
Total: 2.02 (#10)
KPR: 0.80 (#12)
KDR: 1.23 (#11)
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Group: 2.41
Playoff: 1.83
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”A really good year for MASI/K33NB34N/J4NTJE that have been extremely active in both soloque and majors. It has paid off seeing how well he played in BBQ that won two bronze medals. MASI was among their best players in both cups and have especially been able to find a better balance between super-aggressive plays and more standard ones. Back in Dreamteam he used to push all over the map with his rifle, now we see a player going much more for smarter plays. Significantly better in groupstage games, but still quite deadly also when it matters the most”.
#8 BASSIE, Dreamteam (-2)
Total: 1.82 (#19)
KPR: 0.70 (#29)
KDR: 1.12 (#18)
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Group: 1.81
Playoff: 1.83
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”Finished 2025 on the highest of notes by being the man of the match in the grand final of Fall Cup and claiming an allstar team spot. What stands out with BASSIE is that he is one of the most useful players in the game. In DT he often takes a more supportive role, but every now and then he also puts in those grand final-performances where he topfrag for his team - and this can happen on more or less any map with any gun. Over the year he also showed an extreme consistency and have actually been slightly better in playoff games than groupstage games”.
#7 kikiii, TMO (-4)
Total: 2.00 (#13)
KPR: 0.76 (#17)
KDR: 1.24 (#8)
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Group: 2.32
Playoff: 1.87
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”Another good year for the TMO captain, but I’m sure they had wanted to put another trophy on the table. This year Dreamteam have proved to be the better team. Kiki has as always done many good things ingame for his team and can mantle most roles and guns. Missed out on a few games this year though, and perhaps had a few more maps where he was among the bottom players in his team. When TMO play against clearly lower ranked teams it gets obvious that Kiki isn’t the one boosting his frag account. What puts him higher than some of his teammates is that he has been TMO’s best performer in playoff games (not counting skz)”.
#6 STVNO, BBQ (+1)
Total: 2.10 (#7)
KPR: 0.81 (#9)
KDR: 1.29 (#6)
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Group: 2.37
Playoff: 1.95
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”The no.1 in soloque. Puts countless of hours into both UO and vcod which is incredibly impressive at this point as he is also one of the true veterans of the game. For the fifth year in a row Mr Consistency is among the top 10-players of the game. The entry this year is his second best one ever. STVNO is a very typhical secondary carry in a team. Pretty much always have one player performing slightly better than him, but at the same time he often puts up big scores and from time to time to topfrag. To reach higher on the list in the future it’s probably needed to either blossom out even more into a hard carry, or win more trophies.
#5 Nervvvv, TMO (-3)
Total: 2.14 (#4)
KPR: 0.86 (#3)
KDR: 1.28 (#7)
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Group: 2.85
Playoff: 1.79
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”Fell slightly back in the last few games of the year, but before that he held as always an incredible high level. Was the best player for TMO in the Spring Cup final and kept playing well in Fall Cup, but it was not enough to reach all the way this year. Although everyone can see that Nervvvv is incredible in the tough games, it must be mentioned that his playoff stats this year at 1.79 are among the bottom 5 in this ranking. Compared to groupstage stats at 2.85 he is the one with the biggest difference between the two stages, and this year this makes him unable to contest for a better ranking".
#4 OANE, BBQ (NEW!)
Total: 2.34 (#1)
KPR: 0.89 (#1)
KDR: 1.44 (#1)
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Group: 2.40
Playoff: 2.28
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”A guy that went missing the last few months of the year, but up until that was one of the absolute best players in the scene. Truly hard carrying BBQ on most maps with his rifle, but also managing to show good form with other guns. Would be nice to see a comeback in 2026 because it was one of the strongest ”rookies” we can remember. The statistical number 1 this year, both in groupstage and in playoff. Compared to other guys over the years, like EPIXOR, it must be mentioned that OANE consistently played against the toughest opponents and still managed to put up such good scores”.
#3 L1mewax, Dreamteam (-2)
Total: 2.12 (#6)
KPR: 0.81 (#8)
KDR: 1.31 (#5)
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Group: 2.05
Playoff: 2.18
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”How many backups can contest to still be the best player of the year? Well not many. But Lime is a special player. In Spring Cup he also got to play many games, and was more like a main player for his team than a sub. He was very close to win the MVP award that cup aswell. During fall he wasn’t quite as active which meant he wasn’t gonna be able to defend his POTY title from last year. Had he played more in the last few months he might have snatched it again”.
#2 KarmA, Dreamteam (+2)
Total: 2.17 (#3)
KPR: 0.85 (#4)
KDR: 1.32 (#4)
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Group: 2.45
Playoff: 1.93
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”MVP in the last cup of the year. Always a carry in any lineup he plays with. Always a nuisance to deal with as opponent. Among Dreamteams star trio he is the one with the best stats, he is however the one with the worst stats in playoff of those three aswell, and this time that weighed him down in the cutting edge competition it was for the number 1 spot. But honestly anyone of the three highest ranked this year would have been a worthy POTY. Next year, hopefully with a few less pb kicks from the servers, he might very well go all the way”.
#1 Don, Dreamteam (+4)
Total: 2.00 (#14)
KPR: 0.79 (#14)
KDR: 1.21 (#12)
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Group: 2.04
Playoff: 1.99
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”Dreamteam have so many carries and star players now that it’s hard to stand out in the bunch. Ironically I think Don have been praised more previous years than he was in 2025, but Dreamteam have just been so dominant that one single individual doesn’t make the difference for them. With that said Don have been the best player this year in Dreamteam. No matter if it’s pushing with Thomson on Germantown, sniping in tower on powcamp or rifling balcony on Cassino he will be one of the most impactful players on the server. Statswise Karma is slightly ahead, but that’s when counting groupstage. In playoff games, and especially important games, Don have only been matched by L1mewax. Among the three of them he is also the one that played both grand finals this year, and performed very well in both. In Spring Cup he was also voted the MVP. So for the second time we hand out the Player of the year-award to Don!
