FaZe Clan was founded on May 30, 2010. The organization was created by Eric “CLipZ” Rivera, Jeff “House Cat” Emann, and Ben “Resistance” Christensen. At first, it was a Call of Duty content team, but the club entered Counter-Strike in January 2016, when it signed the G2 lineup and instantly started playing big tournaments. After that, FaZe went through a long road of rebuilds and “star” additions, with the main peak coming in 2022 after winning PGL Major Antwerp and picking up ESL titles.
Faze achievements
FaZe often delivers in the late rounds: force buys, 1vX clutches, and comebacks even after a bad pistol round. Below are the key wins and the most notable placings in Counter-Strike (based on public prize money stats).
Tournament name
Host city and dates
Placement
Prize money
IEM Katowice 2022
Katowice, February 17–27, 2022
1
$400,000
ESL Pro League Season 15
Düsseldorf, March 9–April 10, 2022
1
$190,000
PGL Major Antwerp 2022
Antwerp, May 14–22, 2022
1
$500,000
IEM Cologne 2022
Cologne, July 7–17, 2022
1
$400,000
ESL Pro League Season 17
Malta, February 22–March 26, 2023
1
$200,000
BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023
Paris, May 13–21, 2023
5–8th place
$45,000
IEM Sydney 2023
Sydney, October 16–22, 2023
1
$100,000
Thunderpick World Championship 2023
Online, October 27–November 5, 2023
1
$250,000
CS Asia Championship 2023
Shanghai, November 8–12
1
$250,000
IEM Katowice 2024
Katowice, February 3–11, 2024
2
$180,000
PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024
Copenhagen, March 21–31, 2024
2
$170,000
IEM Chengdu 2024
Chengdu, April 8–14, 2024
1
$100,000
Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024
Shanghai, December 5–15, 2024
2
$170,000
PGL Bucharest 2025
Bucharest, April 6–13, 2025
3
$75,000
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025
Austin, June 12–22, 2025
5–8th place
$45,000
StarLadder Budapest Major 2025
Budapest, December 4–14, 2025
2
$170,000
BLAST Rivals 2026 Season 1
Fort Worth, April 29 – May 3, 2026
3–4th place
$130,000
FISSURE Playground 3
Suzhou, September 8-13, 2026
13-16
$5000
FaZe is strongest over the long haul, when you need to stay in form for months, not just hit one hot playoff bracket.
How much prize money per year
Prize money shows how consistent a season really was. Below are the team totals in Counter-Strike (CS:GO and CS2) from a public results database.
Year
Prize money for the year
2023
$2,370,000
2024
$901,500
2025
$673,700
2026
$466,875
Faze roster history
FaZe has almost always leaned into international five-man lineups. Sometimes that meant pure firepower, but sometimes the discipline dipped and the team dropped “free” rounds. Most of the time, FaZe either fought for trophies or went back into a rebuild.
Achievements of the first roster
FaZe’s first Counter-Strike roster looked like this: Maikelele, rain, jkaem, aizy, and fox. At the start of 2016, the team was still getting used to the tier-one scene and building experience at major events. The most notable early result was 9–12th place at MLG Major Columbus 2016. They were grinding big stages and learning to manage the economy without taking unnecessary risks.
2018 roster
By 2018, FaZe had already become a “superteam.” The starting five were karrigan, NiKo, rain, GuardiaN, and olofmeister. The biggest drama of that era was the ELEAGUE Major Boston 2018 final, which they lost to Cloud9. FaZe took second place and earned $150,000. That same year, the team won IEM XIII – Sydney, ESL One Belo Horizonte 2018, and EPICENTER 2018.
FaZe’s biggest achievements — 1st place at ESL Pro League 17, 1st place at IEM Sydney 2023, 1st place at Thunderpick World Championship 2023, 1st place at CS Asia Championship 2023, and 1st place at IEM Chengdu 2024.
Approximate total winnings for FaZe — ~$10,355,000.
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