Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Trophies per season
| Season | Trophies per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 62 | |
| 2005 | 76 | |
| 2006 | 88 | |
| 2007 | 96 | |
| 2008 | 92 | |
| 2009 | 86 | |
| 2010 | 80 | |
| 2011 | 74 | |
| 2012 | 70 | |
| 2013 | 72 | |
| 2014 | 78 | |
| 2015 | 74 | |
| 2016 | 68 | |
| 2017 | 62 | |
| 2018 | 56 | |
| 2019 | 50 | |
| 2020 | 46 | |
| 2021 | 42 |
Data sources
- HLTV event records
- Valve Major records
- ESL / BLAST official results
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why NEO ranks #22 in Esports
NEO ranks 22nd among Esports athletes on GOAT Rank and 3307th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 90, Honours 84, Statistics 84. Those categories are normalised against the full Esports reference universe of 326 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2004–2021 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2007, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes hltv number one ranking 1, majors won 1, world championship titles 3, years at tier-one level 17.
Immediately ahead sits Peter "ppd" Dager on 87.9, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Adam "friberg" Friberg on 87.8. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
NEO GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far NEO stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Esports cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2007. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top NEO comparisons
NEO — frequently asked
- Is NEO the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. NEO ranks 22nd in Esports with a GOAT Score of 87.7, behind Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok on 97.5.
- What is NEO's GOAT Score?
- 87.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does NEO rank all time?
- 3307th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 22nd within Esports.
- NEO vs Peter "ppd" Dager: who ranks higher?
- Peter "ppd" Dager, on 87.9 against NEO's 87.7 — a margin of 0.2 points.