The Counter-Strike 2 era has already delivered a huge number of major tournaments, new stars, and several different dominant teams, making it easy to forget just how short the history of Majors in the new version of the game actually is. The upcoming PGL Major Singapore 2026 will be only the sixth Major held in CS2.
Only five Majors have been completed so far
Since the professional scene transitioned to Counter-Strike 2, only five Majors have taken place. The first was PGL Major Copenhagen 2024, where NAVI claimed the title and jL was named the tournament’s MVP. Spirit then won Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024, with donk receiving the MVP award.
In 2025, both Majors were won by Vitality. The team triumphed at BLAST.tv Austin Major and StarLadder Budapest Major, with ZywOo claiming the MVP award on both occasions. The fifth tournament of the new era was IEM Cologne Major 2026, where Falcons secured the title and m0NESY emerged as the tournament’s biggest individual star.
Singapore will open the next chapter
PGL Major Singapore 2026 will be the sixth championship of this level since the release of CS2. That fact seems unusual, considering that the new version of Counter-Strike has long been perceived as a fully established competitive title with its own meta, economy, rankings, and new generation of top players.
However, the history of the most prestigious tournaments in CS2 still consists of just five championships. Singapore will add only the sixth tournament winner to that list — although not necessarily a sixth different team, as Vitality have already managed to win two consecutive Majors.
Only four teams have won CS2 Majors so far
Across the five Majors held so far, only four organizations have claimed titles: NAVI, Spirit, Vitality, and Falcons. Vitality remain the only team to have won more than one CS2 Major, achieving the feat twice in a row.
This clearly demonstrates just how short the history of the new version of the game remains. A single strong performance in Singapore would be enough for a team to immediately join the very exclusive list of CS2 Major champions.
The list of MVPs is also still short
The list of CS2 Major MVPs is even shorter. jL claimed the award in Copenhagen, donk in Shanghai, ZywOo received it twice in a row following Vitality’s championship victories, and m0NESY became the standout individual player at the Major in Cologne.
As a result, five tournaments have produced only four different MVPs. Singapore could either add a new name to this list or allow one of the previous winners to further cement their place in the history of Counter-Strike’s new era.
The previous era feels much longer
The contrast becomes particularly noticeable when looking back at CS. Throughout the previous version of the game’s lifespan, Majors were held under the banners of DreamHack, ESL, MLG, ELEAGUE, FACEIT, StarLadder, PGL, and other tournament operators, while the list of champions and MVPs expanded across several generations of players.
CS2 simply does not have that same historical legacy yet. NAVI, Spirit, Vitality, and Falcons have effectively written the opening chapter of the new era, and another team could join them in Singapore.
The sixth Major of the new era
That is why PGL Major Singapore 2026 matters not only as the biggest tournament at the end of the season. It represents just the sixth opportunity for teams to permanently write their names into Major history specifically in Counter-Strike 2.
CS2 already feels like a game with a long and established history, but the numbers quickly put things into perspective: five completed Majors, four different champions, and four different MVPs. Singapore will only begin the sixth chapter of that story.
