He’s the youngest player on this list and might become the greatest of all time when his career is over. SimpĨ wins, 2 Champs titles, 4 Champs top-three finishes That title doesn’t count for purposes of this ranking but it’s a nice cherry on top for JKap’s Call of Duty career. He’s now a champion as a coach too as the head coach of the Los Angeles Thieves. Instead, Envy lost after a bracket reset to OpTic Gaming in the grand final. He came excruciatingly close to winning Champs three straight years in 2017. He did so first with Denial Esports and then with Envy the only time the perennial contending org won Champs. Jordan "JKap" Kaplan was a world champion in 20. JKapġ0 wins, 2 Champs titles, 4 Champs top-three finishes He’s retired now but still doing damage in Halo. He was the MVP of that Champs tournament. His one Champs win was when he was part of that legendary 2017 OpTic Gaming team that included Crimsix, Scump and Karma. He has only one Champs title, but with 23 LAN tournament wins, his place among the top 10 greatest COD players is undeniable. FormaLĢ3 wins, 1 Champs title, 2 Champs top-three finishes Read more: Call of Duty players say goodbye to Vanguard at Champs 5. That lone title came when he was on an all-time great 2017 OpTic team that was at the height of its glory. Unfortunately for Scump, he only has one Champs title, while the other four have been third-place finishes. He and Crim are the only players with five top-three finishes at Champs. He joined Crimsix as the only player with 30 or more LAN tourney wins. It had to feel good for Seth “Scump” Abner, a name synonymous with OpTic Gaming, to pick up his 30th tournament win at the OpTic Major earlier this year. Scumpģ0 wins, 1 Champs title, 5 Champs top-three finishes Despite being benched and being 30 - old in esports years - Clay has continued to play on Challengers teams and is likely eager for a chance to be on a CDL starting roster next year for an opportunity to chase a fourth Champs ring. His streak of appearing at every COD Champs ended this year after the New York Subliners benched him in the middle of the season. He’s also an X Games gold medalist in 2014 with OpTic Gaming. Then he won back-to-back Champs rings in 2019 with an eUnited team filled with young stars and in 2020 with the Dallas Empire alongside the veteran Crimsix. James “Clayster” Eubanks won his first Champs with Denial Esports in 2015 and was named Champs MVP. Claysterġ9 wins, 3 Champs titles, 4 Champs top-three finishes He only spent part of the 2020 season with the Seattle Surge before retiring. Despite being a year younger than Crim, Karma is now retired and didn’t find as much success once Call of Duty esports transitioned from the CWL to the CDL. This time with an OpTic Gaming team that included Crimsix and a couple other players on this list. He won in 2013 with Fariko Impact and in 2014 with Complexity Gaming. KarmaĢ4 wins, 3 Champs titles, 4 Champs top-three finishesĭamon "Karma" Barlow is the greatest Canadian COD player of all time and was an early GOAT of Call of Duty esports after he won each of the first two COD Champs tournaments. Sign up for the next Nerd Street tournament! 2. His pedigree is unmatched, and his showmanship is second to none. He also kept his streak alive of appearing at all 10 Champs tournaments after leading the New York Subliners to a miraculous second-place finish at Major 4 this year. He won two titles during the Call of Duty World League era - 2014 with Complexity and 2017 with OpTic gaming - and one in the Call of Duty League era with the Dallas Empire in 2020. His 37 LAN tournament titles are the most of any player by seven, and his three wins at Champs are tied for the most ever with two others. Ian “Crimsix” Porter is arguably the greatest Call of Duty player of all time. Crimsixģ7 wins, 3 Champs titles, 5 Champs top-three finishes Individual accolades such as league MVP and Champs MVP were a factor too.Īll stats are courtesy of COD esports' fandom site on Champs and individual player wins. This list of top 10 COD players was determined by taking into account tournament wins, with COD Champs titles given more weight and top-three finishes at COD Champs also being a factor. Winning tournaments, Champs or individual accolades aren’t enough by themselves, but combined they give a pretty good picture of the cream of the crop. With four players winning Champs for the first time and three players being denied a third ring, it’s the perfect time to look back on the greatest Call of Duty players of all time. The dust now has settled on the 10th Call of Duty League Championship, where the Los Angeles Thieves beat the Atlanta FaZe at the Galen Center in Los Angeles.
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