SMG Player of the Year Pyramid | 3.29.25

Another Major came & went, again resulting in the Atlanta FaZe hoisting the trophy in the end. There were shocking results, multiple teams making lower bracket runs to Sunday, and highlight performances over the weekend. Both the ARs & SMGs versions of the Pyramids will have shifted, given the weight of LAN performance.

We'll be updating player pyramids every couple of weeks this season, showcasing a position power ranking in the CDL. These pyramids show how players are stacking up against each other in the race to become SMG Player of the Year in Black Ops 6 at the end of the season.

Below is the sixth SMG Player Pyramid of the season. Let's see if any are affected by ROSTERMANIA!

The Ladder (Not Left to Right, just Tiers)

Honorable mentions (Tier 5): 04, TJHaly, Shotzzy, Snoopy, CleanX

Players who fell off the Pyramid: Dylan "Nero" Koch (Tier 5)

Previous Ranking: March 19th

Tier 1

Chris "Simp" Lehr - Atlanta FaZe

Previous Tier: Tier 1 (Unchanged)
Team Record: 22-5 Record (81%), 74-37 Map Count (67%), 330 CDL points (1st Seed)
Next Match: Friday - April 4th at 6:00 pm EST vs Toronto Ultra

Overall Stats (Active SMG Ranks)
KD: 1.09 (3rd)
Slayer Rating: 89.0 (14th)
aKD: 1.11 (1st)
TES Rating: 59.0% (1st)
NTK Pct: 66.6% (14th)

Major II Highlight Stat
Control Attacking K/D: 1.10 (3rd)

📸 Photo by @ATLFaZe

Tier 2

Tyler "aBeZy" Pharris - Atlanta FaZe

Previous Tier: Tier 2 (Unchanged)
Team Record: 22-5 Record (81%), 74-37 Map Count (67%), 330 CDL points (1st Seed)
Next Match: Friday - April 4th at 6:00 pm EST vs Toronto Ultra

Overall Stats (Active SMG Ranks)
KD: 1.02 (16th)
Slayer Rating: 86.8 (17th)
aKD: 1.07 (5th)
TES Rating: 57.4% (10th)
NTK Pct: 68.3% (9th)

Major II Highlight Stat
SND K/D: 1.66 (3rd)

Joseph "JoeDeceives" Romero - Toronto Ultra

Previous Tier: Tier 4 (Up 2 Tiers)
Team Record: 17-9 Record (65%), 57-41 Map Count (58%), 210 CDL points (3rd Seed)
Next Match: Friday - April 4th at 6:00 pm EST vs Atlanta FaZe

Overall Stats (Active SMG Ranks)
KD: 1.08 (4th)
Slayer Rating: 93.4 (3rd)
aKD: 1.10 (2nd)
TES Rating: 58.7% (4th)
NTK Pct: 69.2% (5th)

Major II Highlight Stat
Control Ticks per Attack: 3.1 (1st)

📸 Photo by @TorontoUltra

Tier 3

Paco "HyDra" Rusiewiez - LA Thieves

Previous Tier: Tier 2 (Down 1 Tier)
Team Record: 21-7 Record (75%), 75-37 Map Count (67%), 270 CDL points (2nd Seed)
Next Match: Sunday - April 6th at 6:00 pm EST vs Vancouver Surge

Overall Stats (Active SMG Ranks)
KD: 1.11 (1st)
Slayer Rating: 93.8 (2nd)
aKD: 1.09 (3rd)
TES Rating: 58.9% (1st)
NTK Pct: 68.8% (8th)

Major II Highlight Stat
Control Kills per 10 minutes: 26.0 (2nd)

Travis "Neptune" McCloud - Vancouver Surge

Previous Tier: Tier 3 (Unchanged)
Team Record: 15-11 Record (58%), 58-53 Map Count (52%), 185 CDL points (5th Seed)
Next Match: Friday - April 4th at 3:00 pm EST vs Vegas Falcons

Overall Stats (Active SMG Ranks)
KD: 1.07 (5th)
Slayer Rating: 95.1 (1st)
aKD: 1.04 (12th)
TES Rating: 58.3% (6th)
NTK Pct: 65.7% (19th)

Major II Highlight Stat
Control Attacking K/D: 1.13 (2nd)

📸 Photo by @syrupfx

Dylan "Envoy" Hannon - LA Thieves

Previous Tier: Tier 3 (Unchanged)
Team Record: 21-7 Record (75%), 75-37 Map Count (67%), 270 CDL points (2nd Seed)
Next Match: Sunday - April 6th at 6:00 pm EST vs Vancouver Surge

Overall Stats (Active SMG Ranks)
KD: 1.01 (17th)
Slayer Rating: 85.5 (19th)
aKD: 0.99 (16th)
TES Rating: 57.5% (8th)
NTK Pct: 68.2% (10th)

Major II Highlight Stat
Hardpoint Hill Time per 10 mins: 80.1 (Highest of any SMG with more than 1 series)

Tier 4

Isaiah "Gwinn" Gwinn - Carolina Royal Ravens

Previous Tier: Tier 3 (Down 1 Tier)
Team Record: 17-10 Record (63%), 58-45 Map Count (56%), 190 CDL points (4th Seed)
Next Match: Saturday - April 3rd at 4:30 pm EST vs LA Guerrillas M8

Overall Stats (Active SMG Ranks)
KD: 1.09 (2nd)
Slayer Rating: 90.3 (8th)
aKD: 1.08 (4th)
TES Rating: 58.4% (5th)
NTK Pct: 71.8% (1st)

Major II Highlight Stat
Control Defense K/D: 2.18 (1st)

José "ReeaL" Castilla - Miami Heretics

Previous Tier: Tier 5 (Up 1 Tier)
Team Record: 7-15 Record (32%), 39-52 Map Count (43%), 100 CDL points (8th Seed)
Next Match: Saturday - April 3rd at 3:00 pm EST vs Vegas Falcons

Overall Stats (Active SMG Ranks)
KD: 1.03 (10th)
Slayer Rating: 89.5 (12th)
aKD: 1.03 (14th)
TES Rating: 57.2% (12th)
NTK Pct: 71.0% (2nd)

Major II Highlight Stat
Overall K/D: 1.31 (1st)

📸 Photo by @CODLeague

Justice "Estreal" McMillan - Minnesota RØKKR 

Previous Tier: Tier 4 (Unchanged)
Team Record: 9-14 Record (39%), 42-53 Map Count (44%), 90 CDL points (10th Seed)
Next Match: Friday - April 4th at 4:30 pm EST vs OpTic Texas

Overall Stats (Active SMG Ranks)
KD: 1.06 (7th)
Slayer Rating: 90.0 (10th)
aKD: 1.07 (6th)
TES Rating: 58.8% (3rd)
NTK Pct: 69.0% (7th)

Major II Highlight Stat
Hardpoint Kills per 10 minutes: 27.7 (7th)

Kyle "Kremp" Haworth - Cloud9 New York

Previous Tier: Tier 5 (Up 1 Tier)
Team Record: 9-14 Record (39%), 43-47 Map Count (48%), 95 CDL points (9th Seed)
Next Match: Saturday - April 3rd at 6:00 pm EST vs OpTic Texas

Overall Stats (Active SMG Ranks)
KD: 1.03 (12th)
Slayer Rating: 89.8 (11th)
aKD: 1.06 (9th)
TES Rating: 57.0% (13th)
NTK Pct: 65.6% (21st)

Major II Highlight Stat
Control K/D: 1.45 (1st)