All teams who've completed the Grand Slam

Intel and ESL joined hands way back in 2017, bringing forward an initiative which was called "Intel Grand Slam" at the time. The Intel Grand Slam is a prize of $1,000,000 USD awarded to any team that would win four events in a window of 10 consecutive ESL events including a championship event like IEM Katowice or Cologne. The long-standing initiative was renamed this year to "ESL Grand Slam", as Intel pulled out of the initiative.

Five seasons of the Grand Slam has passed by and here's a quick look at the teams that have completed the Grand Slam:

Astralis (Intel Grand Slam Season 1; 2017-18)

The inaugural edition of the Intel Grand Slam was cleared by prime Astralis in 2018. The Danes were clearly a level above the rest in their prime and known for incredible utility usage at the time, they completely changed Counter-Strike forever. After a wonderful start to 2017, winning out the ELEAGUE Atlanta 2017 Major, Astralis took a dive, failing to produce great results for the rest of the year.

However, things quickly changed in 2018 after their win at DreamHack Masters Marseille 2018. Back then DreamHack Masters events would also count towards the Intel Grand Slam. A flawless run at ESL Pro League Season 7 saw them book their second win towards the Intel Grand Slam circuit which was topped off by back to back wins at IEM Chicago 2018 and ESL Pro League Season 8.

Overall, Astralis put up nine S-tier event wins en route their Intel Grand Slam journey in 2018, casually winning out a few A-tier tournaments in between.

Liquid (Intel Grand Slam Season 2; 2019)

Next up is Liquid who won the second season of the Intel Grand Slam in 2019 and by finishing their Intel Grand Slam run in just 68 days, they are the fastest ever to clear a Grand Slam. After beating Astralis at iBUYPOWER Masters 2019, Liquid were sent home at IEM Katowice 2019 in the quarter-finals by ENCE, who were on a Cinderella-run.

This loss woke Liquid up in a way and the NA-side one-upped their performance thereafter. Astralis had controversially skipped several ESL events early in 2019, letting Liquid bag a quick couple of wins in their Intel Grand Slam race at IEM Sydney 2019 and DreamHack Masters Dallas 2019.

Liquid came face to face with Astralis in ESL Pro League Season 9 and took down the Danes, inching closer towards completing the second season of the Intel Grand Slam. Liquid took down Vitality in the finals of ESL One Cologne 2019, bagging the $1,000,000 USD cash prize and the Intel Grand Slam.

NAVI (Intel Grand Slam Season 3; 2019-21)

Going into late 2019 and early 2020, both Liquid and Astralis were slowly running out of momentum, failing to reproduce their vigor from the previous year in terms of performance. NAVI looked very dangerous, with an in-form s1mple, wreaking havoc on their opponents. At IEM Katowice 2020, NAVI took down both Liquid and Astralis before toppling G2 3-0 in the grand-final, marking the beginning of their Intel Grand Slam run.

However, the world was forced indoors for a better part of a year thereafter in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The online era wasn't kind on NAVI as they struggled to replicate their LAN performances. Towards the beginning of 2021, b1t was brought on and the change saw immediate results as NAVI took down Gambit who were dominating online Counter-Strike. This win at DreamHack Masters Spring 2021 marked their second towards the Intel Grand Slam.

Counter-Strike returned with it's first LAN after the pandemic at IEM Cologne 2021 where NAVI met G2 once again in the final and took them down. They rounded off the circuit and completed their Intel Grand Slam run at ESL Pro League Season 14 where they took down Vitality in the final. s1mple was NAVI's best performer and claimed tournament MVPs at all four events that NAVI won towards the Intel Grand Slam.

FaZe (Intel Grand Slam Season 4; 2021-23)

FaZe's entry in the list is a special one, as the karrigan-led side are the most diverse roster to win an Intel Grand Slam, with no two players sharing the same Nationality. The international side, comes in as one of the most well balanced teams in this list. The mastermind in-game leader karrigan had access to two of the best closers in the world- ropz and broky who were complimented by Twistzz's mid round excellence. This, topped off with rain's thirst for map control, had to be a force to reckon with and it translated into results.

FaZe's Intel Grand Slam run began with back to back wins at IEM Katowice 2022 and ESL Pro League Season 15. FaZe's first win towards the Intel Grand Slam Season 4 came with jks standing in for rain. After dropping IEM Dallas, FaZe took down an in-form NAVI in the grand-final of IEM Cologne 2022. Their Intel Grand Slam run was completed in the fourth attempt, after they took down Cloud9 in the final of ESL Pro League Season 17.

With FaZe's Intel Grand Slam Season 4 win, Twistzz became the first player ever to win two Intel Grand Slams. The Canadian star had completed an Intel Grand Slam run with Liquid back in 2019.

Vitality (ESL Grand Slam Season 5; 2024-25)

Vitality is the latest entry in the list, completing their ESL Grand Slam (formerly known as Intel Grand Slam up until ESL Pro League Season 21) run yesterday at IEM Melbourne 2025.

Vitality's ESL Grand Slam run started with a flawless win at IEM Cologne 2024 where they took down NAVI 3-1 in the grand-final. This was Vitality's last title win in 2024, as they hit a form slump. Their 2024 ended with a failed campaign at the Perfect World Shanghai 2024 Major.

Following their Shanghai Major campaign, Vitality benched Sphinx and signed ropz from FaZe, adding more firepower alongside ZywOo's AWP. Even though the results weren't instant, the move has turned out to be stellar for Vitality so far. Taking down Spirit in IEM Katowice 2024, Vitality marked their second win towards the ESL Grand Slam and their third one came at ESL Pro league Season 21. These back to back flawless wins, set Vitality up with massive momentum and the team hasn't looked back so far.

Vitality came face to face with the new-look Falcons in the grand-final of IEM Melbourne 2025. An electrifying bo5 that ran all five maps and a double overtime in the decider, saw Vitality win out the event, completing their ESL Grand Slam run.

With Vitality's ESL Grand Slam win, ropz joins his former teammate Twistzz in an elite list, becoming the second player to complete the Grand Slam twice. ropz's previous Grand Slam win came with Twistzz himself at FaZe. Vitality are also on a hot win streak having recorded 21 consecutive wins on LAN, just two away from breaking Liquid's record of 23.