AR Player of the Year Pyramid | 5.28.26

A month of chaos, a new order at the top. After one of the largest mid-season rostermanias the CDL has ever seen, our Season AR Player Pyramid returns with a fresh look heading into Stage IV, and a new King claiming the throne on the back of a Major III title while a pair of his teammates lock down the second row beneath him.

This is still a season-long ladder, but with voters nudged toward recent form, this update highlights who is truly steering the game in the current meta, rewarding the main ARs and flexes whose impact has spiked since our last check-in.

The Ladder (Not Left to Right, just Tiers)

Previous Rankings:

May 6th: Going into Major III
March 25th: Pre-Major II
March 5th: Mid-Major II Qualifiers
February 12th: Pre-Major II Qualifiers
January 27th: Pre-Major I
January 8th: Post Winter Break
December 3rd: Preseason

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Tier 1

Thomas "Scrap" Ernst - Los Angeles Thieves 

Previous Tier: Tier 2 (Up 1 Tier)
Next Match: May 30th at 3:00 pm EST vs. FaZe Vegas

Overall Stats (Active AR Ranks)
KD: 1.07 (5th)
Slayer Rating: 96.0 (1st)
Damage Rating: 13,020 (1st)
aKD: 1.08 (5th)
TES Rating: 59.7% (8th)
NTK Pct: 68.0% (11th)

Tier 2

Mason "Mercules" Ramsay - OpTic Texas

Previous Tier: Tier 1 (Down 1 Tier)
Next Match: May 29th at 6:00 pm EST vs. Vancouver Surge

Overall Stats (Active AR Ranks)
KD: 1.08 (4th)
Slayer Rating: 94.5 (2nd)
Damage Rating: 12,336 (3rd)
aKD: 1.15 (1st)
TES Rating: 60.1% (6th)
NTK Pct: 66.7% (19th)

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Brandon "Dashy" Otell - OpTic Texas

Previous Tier: Tier 3 (Up 1 Tier)
Next Match: May 29th at 6:00 pm EST vs. Vancouver Surge

Overall Stats (Active AR Ranks)
KD: 1.06 (8th)
Slayer Rating: 86.2 (10th)
Damage Rating: 11,885 (5th)
aKD: 1.07 (7th)
TES Rating: 60.5% (5th)
NTK Pct: 69.5% (5th)

Tier 3

Nicholas "Kips" Lyons - Toronto KOI

Previous Tier: Tier 4 (Up 1 Tier)
Next Match: May 29th at 3:00 pm EST vs. Carolina Royal Ravens

Overall Stats (Active AR Ranks)
KD: 1.03 (10th)
Slayer Rating: 92.1 (3rd)
Damage Rating: 12,594 (2nd)
aKD: 1.05 (8th)
TES Rating: 59.1% (11th)
NTK Pct: 66.2% (21st)

Jordan "Abuzah" François - FaZe Vegas

Previous Tier: Tier 2 (Down 1 Tier)
Next Match: May 30th at 3:00 pm EST vs. LA Thieves

Overall Stats (Active AR Ranks)
KD: 1.06 (7th)
Slayer Rating: 88.3 (6th)
Damage Rating: 11,828 (6th)
aKD: 1.10 (4th)
TES Rating: 59.9% (7th)
NTK Pct: 67.3% (16th)

📸 Photo by @CODLeague

Jeremiah "Nium" Harrison - Los Angeles Thieves 

Previous Tier: Tier 4 (Up 1 Tier)
Next Match: May 30th at 3:00 pm EST vs. FaZe Vegas

Overall Stats (Active AR Ranks)
KD: 1.00 (14th)
Slayer Rating: 85.1 (14th)
Damage Rating: 11,394 (17th)
aKD: 1.01 (11th)
TES Rating: 59.2% (10th)
NTK Pct: 66.9% (17th)

Tier 4

McArthur "Cellium" Jovel - Riyadh Falcons

Previous Tier: Tier 4 (Unchanged)
Next Match: May 30th at 7:30 pm EST vs. Miami Heretics

Overall Stats (Active AR Ranks)
KD: 1.13 (2nd)
Slayer Rating: 84.4 (15th)
Damage Rating: 11,738 (8th)
aKD: 1.07 (6th)
TES Rating: 61.5% (1st)
NTK Pct: 71.2% (2nd)

Zach "Drazah" Jordan - FaZe Vegas

Previous Tier: Tier 4 (Unchanged)
Next Match: May 30th at 3:00 pm EST vs. LA Thieves

Overall Stats (Active AR Ranks)
KD: 1.00 (13th)
Slayer Rating: 87.3 (8th)
Damage Rating: 11,612 (10th)
aKD: 0.98 (15th)
TES Rating: 58.8% (13th)
NTK Pct: 67.7% (13th)

📸 Photo by @CODLeague

Daniel "Ghosty" Rothe - Paris Gentle Mates

Previous Tier: Tier 3 (Down 1 Tier)
Next Match: May 30th at 4:30 pm EST vs. Carolina Royal Ravens

Overall Stats (Active AR Ranks)
KD: 1.07 (6th)
Slayer Rating: 85.9 (11th)
Damage Rating: 11,580 (12th)
aKD: 1.04 (10th)
TES Rating: 60.7% (3rd)
NTK Pct: 71.4% (1st)

David "RenKoR" Isern - Miami Heretics

Previous Tier: Tier 3 (Down 1 Tier)
Next Match: May 30th at 7:30 pm EST vs. Riyadh Falcons

Overall Stats (Active AR Ranks)
KD: 1.14 (1st)
Slayer Rating: 89.7 (4th)
Damage Rating: 11,769 (7th)
aKD: 1.13 (3rd)
TES Rating: 61.4% (2nd)
NTK Pct: 68.8% (8th)

Tier 5

Matthew "KiSMET" Tinsley - Riyadh Falcons

Previous Tier: Unranked (Up 1 Tier)
Next Match: May 30th at 7:30 pm EST vs. Miami Heretics

Overall Stats (Active AR Ranks)
KD: 0.99 (16th)
Slayer Rating: 87.0 (9th)
Damage Rating: 11,492 (14th)
aKD: 0.99 (14th)
TES Rating: 57.9% (19th)
NTK Pct: 66.9% (18th)

Diego "SupeR" Escudero - Miami Heretics

Previous Tier: Tier 4 (Down 1 Tier)
Next Match: May 30th at 7:30 pm EST vs. Riyadh Falcons

Overall Stats (Active AR Ranks)
KD: 1.10 (3rd)
Slayer Rating: 87.8 (7th)
Damage Rating: 11,200 (20th)
aKD: 1.15 (2nd)
TES Rating: 60.6% (4th)
NTK Pct: 69.0% (6th)

Byron "Nastie" Plumridge - G2 Minnesota

Previous Tier: Tier 5 (Unchanged)
Next Match: May 29th at 4:30 pm EST vs. Cloud9 New York

Overall Stats (Active AR Ranks)
KD: 1.04 (9th)
Slayer Rating: 85.7 (12th)
Damage Rating: 11,398 (15th)
aKD: 1.04 (9th)
TES Rating: 58.6% (14th)
NTK Pct: 68.9% (7th)

📸 Photo by @CODLeague

Daunte "Sib" Gray - Paris Gentle Mates

Previous Tier: Tier 5 (Unchanged)
Next Match: May 30th at 4:30 pm EST vs. Carolina Royal Ravens

Overall Stats (Active AR Ranks)
KD: 0.97 (18th)
Slayer Rating: 89.2 (5th)
Damage Rating: 12,068 (4th)
aKD: 0.98 (16th)
TES Rating: 58.2% (17th)
NTK Pct: 66.4% (20th)

Jamie "Insight" Craven - Toronto KOI

Previous Tier: Unranked (Up 1 Tier)
Next Match: May 29th at 3:00 pm EST vs. Carolina Royal Ravens

Overall Stats (Active AR Ranks)
KD: 0.95 (19th)
Slayer Rating: 75.6 (23rd)
Damage Rating: 10,604 (23rd)
aKD: 0.93 (19th)
TES Rating: 57.9% (20th)
NTK Pct: 70.8% (4th)