MW2 Rookie of the Year Ladder: Post-Major V

The CDL regular season has finished, with the final eight teams heading to Las Vegas to battle for the title of World Champions. This CDL season saw eight of the twelve teams change, bringing in new faces and veterans into the scene.

Over those six months and five tournaments of CDL gameplay, fans have gotten to watch nine different rookies play for the first time in the League. Breaking Point reached out to the CDL coaches to get their perspectives on where each rank amongst themselves.

Let us know how you rank the rookies in the 2022-23 class and which players you think will take the crown after champs!

How the players were ranked : We asked coaches from all twelve CDL franchises to rank the nine qualified rookie of the year candidates from the Modern Warfare II season. All twelve coaches gave us rankings going from 1st to 9th. After collecting the rankings, each player would be given points for each vote, as seen below:

1st – 5 points
2nd – 4 points
3rd – 3 points
4th – 2 points
5th – 1 point
6th – 9th – 0 points

Players that were eligible for voting : Beans, Kremp, Vikul, JoeDeceives, Uli, Fame, Ghost, Scrappy, Hicksy

Previous ranking : Post Major IV

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1) Thomas “Scrappy” Ernst

Total Voting Points : 60 points
Previous Ranking : 1st
Team Record : 27-17 series record, 105-73 map count
Team CDL Points : 305 points (4th)
Tournament Results : Raleigh Major I (4th), Boston Major II (Top 6), Texas Major III (1st), Ohio Major IV (Top 6), Toronto Major V (4th)

Advanced season stats

OVERALL
KD : 1.14
TES : 59.4%
Slayer Rating : 85.97

HARDPOINT
KD : 1.12
Kills per 10 minutes : 24.4
Hill Time per 10 minutes : 65.6
Damage per 10 minutes : 2962.0

SEARCH & DESTROY
KD : 1.12
Kills per round : 0.77
First Blood Percentage : 55.6%

CONTROL
KD : 1.20
Kills per 10 minutes : 20.1
Ticks capped per ATK RD : 2.3
Damage per 10 minutes : 2527.1

2) Daniel “Ghosty” Rothe

Total Voting Points : 45 points
Previous Ranking : 2nd
Team Record (with Ghosty): 22-8 series record, 71-44 map count
Team CDL Points : 320 points (2nd)
Tournament Results : Texas Major III (2nd), Ohio Major IV (2nd), Toronto Major V (Top 12)

Advanced season stats

OVERALL
KD : 0.95
TES : 57.1%
Slayer Rating : 69.19

HARDPOINT
KD : 0.94
Kills per 10 minutes : 19.4
Hill Time per 10 minutes : 90.2
Damage per 10 minutes : 2472.2

SEARCH & DESTROY
KD : 1.05
Kills per round : 0.66
First Blood Percentage : 59.0%

CONTROL
KD : 0.93
Kills per 10 minutes : 15.8
Ticks capped per ATK RD : 2.6
Damage per 10 minutes : 2052.8

3) Charlie “Hicksy” Hicks

Total Voting Points : 39 points
Previous Ranking : 3rd
Team Record (with Hicksy) : 17-11 series record, 70-45 map count
Team CDL Points : 305 points (4th)
Tournament Results : Texas Major III (1st), Ohio Major IV (Top 6), Toronto Major V (4th)

Advanced season stats

OVERALL
KD : 0.88
TES : 54.4%
Slayer Rating : 71.23

HARDPOINT
KD : 0.89
Kills per 10 minutes : 20.4
Hill Time per 10 minutes : 69.4
Damage per 10 minutes : 2483.5

SEARCH & DESTROY
KD : 0.90
Kills per round : 0.65
First Blood Percentage : 46.9%

CONTROL
KD : 0.85
Kills per 10 minutes : 16.0
Ticks capped per ATK RD : 2.9
Damage per 10 minutes : 1957.0

4) Kevin “Fame” Bonanno

Total Voting Points : 11 points
Previous Ranking : 6th
Team Record (with Fame) : 9-9 series record, 35-35 map record
Team CDL Points : 220 points (6th)
Tournament Results : Ohio Major IV (Top 6), Toronto Major V (3rd)

Advanced season stats

OVERALL
KD : 0.93
TES : 54.7%
Slayer Rating : 73.40

HARDPOINT
KD : 0.93
Kills per 10 minutes : 21.1
Hill Time per 10 minutes : 67.8
Damage per 10 minutes : 2516.7

SEARCH & DESTROY
KD : 0.99
Kills per round : 0.72
First Blood Percentage : 49.2%

CONTROL
KD : 0.89
Kills per 10 minutes : 15.4
Ticks capped per ATK RD : 2.1
Damage per 10 minutes : 2078.8

5) Ben “Beans” McMellon

Total Voting Points : 9 points
Previous Ranking : 4th
Team Record (with Beans) : 11-12 series record, 46-46 map record
Team CDL Points : 190 points (7th)
Tournament Results : Texas Major III (Top 4), Ohio Major IV (Top 12), Toronto Major V (Top 12)

Advanced season stats

OVERALL
KD : 1.04
TES : 58.4%
Slayer Rating : 76.35

HARDPOINT
KD : 0.96
Kills per 10 minutes : 21.1
Hill Time per 10 minutes : 54.1
Damage per 10 minutes : 2701.5

SEARCH & DESTROY
KD : 1.02
Kills per round : 0.67
First Blood Percentage : 51.6%

CONTROL
KD : 1.21
Kills per 10 minutes : 19.2
Ticks capped per ATK RD : 1.8
Damage per 10 minutes : 2484.0

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Remaining rookies:

Vikul : 9 points (Beans won tiebreaker)
JoeDeceives : 5 points
Kremp : 2 points
Uli : 0 points