Are you confused by the obscure description provided by Valve regarding how ranking works? Do you not know how Elo works? Have you struggled to rank-up from Silver to Nova? Are you stuck at a particular rank and unable to rank-up even after a lot of wins? You've come to the right place.

In this guide, I will try my best to explain how ranking works in CSGO and what you need in order to increase your rank. Bear in mind that everything I describe is based on my personal experience with countless alt accounts and smurfs; in other words I do not have any official citation for my claims. However, I do believe what I write is true due to the fact that I have owned and played on more than 50 different alt & smurf accounts (I bought many CSGO gifts during sales) in the past and have gained ranks from Silver to Eagle.

I'm sliver 1 so I don't get it