FACEIT Rating measures how much your actions in a match changed your team's chances of winning. It shows the impact of what you did, separate from where you finished on the scoreboard, or whether your team won.
What is FACEIT Rating?
FACEIT Rating is a metric measuring your impact in each match.
Not every kill is worth the same. An opening kill at 5v5 that opens up a bombsite matters more than an exit kill while the bomb is exploding. Kills against a team on an eco add to your total but change who wins. The in-game scoreboard treats these as the same. FACEIT Rating adds more round context that is missing.
How is FACEIT Rating calculated?
FACEIT Rating tracks how your actions change your team's chance of winning. At any moment in a round, each team has a win probability based on the situation, such as:
- the match score
- how many players are alive on each side, and their health
- each team's economy, weapons and equipment
- whether the bomb is planted
Every kill, piece of utility, planting or defusing the bomb, each shift that probability. Your FACEIT Rating measures how far your actions moved it in your team's favor, added up across the match. Dying lowers your team's chances of winning, so deaths count against you.
The model behind Rating was built from millions of FACEIT matches, mapping which actions, in which situations, win and lose rounds. We don't publish its exact weights, but the way to raise your Rating is to make plays that win rounds.
What's a good FACEIT Rating?
A FACEIT Rating of 1 is around the average. A 1.4 is well above average, and 0.7 is below it.
Single matches vary a lot, so your average over multiple matches is a better guide to your form. FACEIT Rating is public, so you can compare yours with other players at your level.
Why can a player with fewer kills have a higher Rating?
Because Rating values what each kill does to the round, not how many kills there are. Take two players:
- Player A: 25 kills and 18 deaths, mostly in eco rounds or as exit kills after the round was decided.
- Player B: 19 kills and 14 deaths, but gets opening kills, throws flashes for teammates, trades deaths, and wins a 1v2 clutch that breaks the other team's economy.
The scoreboard puts Player A on top. FACEIT Rating puts Player B on top, because their plays decided whether rounds were won or lost.
Why can one clutch lift my Rating so much?
Because winning a clutch flips a round your team was expected to lose. Turning a 1v2 or 1v3 into a round win is one of the biggest shifts in win probability in CS, so it counts for a lot.
The work that sets rounds up counts too. Opening kills, trades, and utility all raise your team's chances, and they add up across the whole match.
Does FACEIT Rating affect my Elo or who I'm matched with?
Not match by match: your FACEIT Rating doesn't change how much Elo you win or lose. That comes from the result and each team's chance of winning before the match starts (see Match balance indicator). Outside placements, FACEIT Rating doesn't affect who you're matched with either.
Rating does count at the start of each season. The soft Elo reset weighs your activity, win rate, and FACEIT Rating over your last 50 games: the better your form, the smaller the reset. Your performance in placement matches also helps decide where you land.
Each season's soft reset article contains details about that season’s soft reset. Elo shows how skilled you are on FACEIT and determines your level. FACEIT Rating shows how well you're playing at that level.
Where can I see my FACEIT Rating?
On the match page as soon as a match finishes, including League matches. Your profile also shows your average Rating across your recent matches.
Does FACEIT update Rating?
Yes. We review Rating against new match data and player feedback, and update the model when it isn't valuing play correctly. We announce updates when they go live.