#8 Abuzah: Top 20 Players of Black Ops 7

The #8 player of the Black Ops 7 season is FaZe Vegas star AR & World Champion, Jordan "Abuzah" François.

Abuzah's first year in Vegas doubled as a career-best season, one where his SND gunskill and relentless objective play carried him through cold stretches and hot ones alike. By the time the year wrapped, he'd banked two tournament titles and cemented himself as one of the most well-rounded ARs in the league.

Season Review

FaZe's roster looked nothing like it had a year earlier. McArthur "Cellium" Jovel and Tyler "aBeZy" Pharris, both part of the franchise since its founding days as Atlanta FaZe, were parted ways with, replaced by the Vancouver Surge pairing of Abuzah and Jovan "O4" Rodriguez, pairing them with Zack "Drazah" Jordan and Chris "Simp" Lehr. Surge itself had come apart after a run of near-misses in Black Ops 6, never able to finish off a title despite reaching multiple finals, sending both players looking for a fresh start. FaZe completed the transformation just before the season began, relocating from Atlanta to become FaZe Vegas entirely. It amounted to a total overhaul, one that still left many fans slotting the org behind OpTic Texas and LA Thieves heading into the year.

The Monster Energy Kickoff Invitational didn't offer a clean read on the new group. FaZe opened with a 3-0 win over Cellium's Riyadh Falcons, followed by a 3-2 win over Toronto KOI in Winners Round 2, before dropping consecutive matches to OpTic (0-3) and G2 Minnesota (2-3). It was a bumpy, eventful preseason that left expectations in check for Stage I, with Paris Gentle Mates looking like the team to beat at that point in the year.

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FaZe silenced a lot of that early skepticism during the Major I Qualifiers, going 5-2 with a 16-10 map count and beating OpTic (3-0), Gentle Mates (3-2), and Toronto (3-2) along the way. Abuzah set the tone immediately, opening the qualifiers with a 1.15 K/D, a 1.51 SND K/D, and a 71.4% opening duel win rate, elite two-way play from the Belgian right out of the gate. FaZe wasn't the favorite entering the Major in Texas, but they were unmistakably a top-tier team. The event started rough, with a 0-3 loss to Paul "Mamba" Solano (who helped end the old FaZe roster) and G2 in Round 1, before FaZe answered with a four-match run through the Lower Bracket, beating Boston Breach (3-1), Riyadh (3-2), LA (3-0), and Minnesota again in a rematch (3-2). The run came up just short in the Lower Final, a 2-3 heartbreaker against Paris Gentle Mates. Abuzah kept his form intact through the event, finishing with a 1.09 K/D, a 90.2 Slayer Rating, and a 1.29 SND K/D.

The Major II Qualifiers were far less tidy. Playing every team once across 11 matches, FaZe finished 6-5 with a 22-19 map count, good for the 6th seed and out of the Play-In bracket, but not the standard they were chasing. Losses to Boston (1-3), Minnesota (2-3), and Miami Heretics (0-3) revealed some real inconsistency. That inconsistency vanished once the Major arrived. Abuzah and FaZe opened by beating LA Thieves 3-2 and sweeping Paris Gentle Mates 3-0, setting up another eClassico with OpTic in the Upper Final, which OpTic took 3-1 to reach the Grand Final. FaZe followed close behind, beating Toronto 3-1 in the Lower Final to force a rematch, and this time reversed the result entirely, dismantling OpTic 4-1 for the title, Abuzah's first professional tournament win after a season of near-misses the year before. SND wasn't his sharpest weapon at this particular event, but he more than made up for it elsewhere, posting a 1.15 Hardpoint K/D and leading the league with 11 Overload goals.

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Major III Qualifiers played out as another grind. FaZe took care of the lower half of the standings with wins over Boston (3-0) and Carolina Royal Ravens (3-2), but dropped matches to Miami (1-3) and OpTic (2-3), still good enough for the 4th seed at 3-2. Minor I brought a split result, a 3-1 win over Riyadh Falcons in the Quarterfinals undone by a 0-3 sweep at the hands of Miami in the Semifinals, hardly the ideal tune-up before the Major. Even after the Major II title run, FaZe still weren't seen as favorites entering the Pro-Am Major III in Atlanta. Pool Play was forgettable: a win over AM squad ROC Esports, a 0-3 loss to Riyadh, and a 3-0 win over Cloud9 New York in the Lower Qualifier Match to escape the group. The bracket opened with a tough test against LA Thieves, which FaZe edged 3-2, before an upset loss to Toronto KOI at 1-3 in a match most expected them to take. FaZe answered with a 3-1 win over Gentle Mates before falling 1-3 to LA Thieves in a rematch, closing out 4th. It wasn't Abuzah's best slaying stage individually, but his objective play carried him regardless, leading the league in goals with 27 and pacing the team with 82.7 hill time per 10 minutes, doing the unglamorous work that doesn't always show up in the box score.

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The Major IV Qualifiers rounded out the regular slate at 3-2, with losses to LA Thieves (2-3) and Miami (1-3) standing out, though LAN form remained the true measuring stick. Minor II brought a 3-2 win over Vancouver Surge in the Quarterfinals before a sweep at the hands of LA Thieves in the Semifinals, eliminated in the Top 4. Online, Abuzah turned into a respawn juggernaut, posting a 1.17 Hardpoint K/D and a 1.07 Overload K/D while leading the league with 1.77 goals scored per 10 minutes. His SND game may have cooled, but his respawn play was heating up at exactly the right time.

The season's final Major sent FaZe to Paris, where they opened against the hometown Gentle Mates and won 3-1, before falling 2-3 to LA Thieves in the next round. FaZe rebounded against Toronto in the Lower Bracket, but Paris got revenge in Lower Round 4, eliminating FaZe in 4th. It turned out to be Abuzah's most complete tournament of the year, closing with a 1.10 overall K/D and a 95.0 Slayer Rating. The main AR posted a 1.19 SND K/D and a 1.29 Overload K/D, while leading the league with 2.29 goals per 10 minutes.

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FaZe closed the regular season with the 3rd seed behind OpTic and LA Thieves, and with Champs landing on home turf in Vegas, the question was whether that would give them any extra lift. It looked that way early. FaZe cruised through Winners Round 1 with a 3-1 win over Minnesota, then took down Riyadh Falcons 3-0 in Winners Round 2. That set up yet another eClassico in the Winners Final, a five-map battle FaZe edged 3-2 to reach the Grand Final. The two rivals collided again there in one of the season's best matches, and just like Major II, FaZe overwhelmed OpTic, closing out a 5-2 series win. As Miles put it afterward, "Don't you know? The house always wins in Vegas." Champs turned into one of the best tournaments of Abuzah's career, closing with a 1.21 overall K/D and a league-best 1.26 respawn K/D.

The question then became whether FaZe could repeat the way OpTic had the year before. They cleared Pool A at EWC without issue, beating amateur squad The Pit 3-0 and Movistar KOI 3-1. The Quarterfinals brought a brutal draw against OpTic, who exacted their revenge for the Champs Grand Final with a dominant 4-0 sweep. Even with the early playoff exit, it was a hugely successful year for Abuzah and FaZe, who walked away with two tournament titles, including another championship ring.

How Good Was Abuzah in 2026?

Hardpoint

Abuzah didn't have a weak mode this season, but Hardpoint ranked as his 3rd-best. He closed the year with a 1.05 K/D, adding 25.2 kills per 10 minutes, 3,378 damage per 10 minutes, and 79.0 seconds of hill time per 10 minutes. Those numbers ticked up slightly on LAN, climbing to a 1.07 K/D and 3,429 damage per 10 minutes. He was remarkably well-rounded across the board, leading the league with six 40-kill Hardpoint maps and ranking 3rd with 34 maps of 100-plus seconds of hill time, including the 4th-most hill time in a single map, racking up 163 seconds against Boston during Stage II.

Search & Destroy

Abuzah played well in SND, though his form ran hot and cold, with his sharpest numbers coming online rather than on LAN. He finished the year with a 1.09 K/D, 0.69 kills per round, a 57.7% opening duel win rate, 104 snipes, and 15 clutches. He led the league with 11 1v1 wins and ranked 3rd in total snipes. He was also one of just five players to post a flawless map in SND all season, going 5-0 against Minnesota during Major I.

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Overload

Abuzah was a high-impact player in Overload all year, and he's squarely in the conversation for Overload Player of the Year. He closed the season with a 1.09 K/D, 23.7 kills per 10 minutes, and 3,054 damage per 10 minutes. The Belgian was the league's premier objective player in the mode, finishing 1st in both goals per 10 minutes (1.6) and total goals (99). His numbers rose further on LAN, up to a 1.10 K/D with 1.8 goals per 10 minutes. He set the LAN single-map kill record with 42 against OpTic Texas at Champs, and separately set the single-map goal record with 5 against Miami during Stage IV. He also led the league with two 40-kill Overload maps and 15 hat tricks, a dominant showing in the league's newest game mode.

A Look Ahead to Modern Warfare IV

There's plenty of uncertainty surrounding FaZe's roster heading into Modern Warfare IV. Rumors have tied the org to a pursuit of Thomas "Scrap" Ernst and Paco "HyDra" Rusiewiez, though LA Thieves and Gentle Mates are chasing the same pair. With Simp considered a lock to remain regardless of how that plays out, most of the questions center on the roster around him. Should Scrap and HyDra land in Vegas, FaZe would need an AR elsewhere, and Abuzah, Drazah, and Mohammed "Alluka" Bindal have all been floated as options.

If the roster does stay intact, Abuzah enters next season on the fringe of the league's elite AR conversation. He's lethal in SND and remains one of the most objective-minded ARs in the league, a combination that should keep him firmly in that discussion going forward.