HLTV number one ranking
1
Majors won
1
World Championship titles
3
Years at tier-one level
17
Big event titles
25
Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Form index per season
Editorial season form index (0–100), not raw goals or points. Raw season-by-season statistics are shown only where fully verified.
| Season | Form index 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
Last verified: 2026-09-14
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why NEO ranks #24 in Esports
NEO ranks #24 in Esports and #3502 of 5087 across all sports. The verified GOAT Score is 87.7/100.
The verified career covers 2004–2021 and 18 documented seasons. Peak is 94/100, with Peak the strongest category at 94/100 (20% weight). Key metrics: HLTV number one ranking 1, Majors won 1, World Championship titles 3, Years at tier-one level 17.
Nearest context: ahead Kim "PraY" Jong-in (87.8); behind Lu "Maybe" Yao (87.7). Rankings update whenever verified records change.
NEO GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Dominance: 86/100, based on the verified career record.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Peak: 94/100, based on the verified career record.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Longevity: 90/100, based on the verified career record.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Honours: 84/100, based on the verified career record.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Statistics: 84/100, based on the verified career record.
Top NEO comparisons
NEO — frequently asked
- Is NEO the GOAT?
- According to GOAT Rank's current data model, NEO ranks #24 in Esports with a GOAT Score of 87.7/100, behind Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok (97.5).
- What is NEO's GOAT Score?
- 87.7/100, calculated from the verified career record: Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%).
- Where does NEO rank all time?
- #3502 of 5087 eligible athletes across all sports and #24 in Esports.
- NEO vs Kim "PraY" Jong-in: who ranks higher?
- Kim "PraY" Jong-in ranks higher at 87.8 versus NEO at 87.7, a margin of 0.1 points.