Valve has dropped the May 2026 Valve Regional Standings update, and the headline is the same as it has been all year: Vitality remain No. 1 with 2081 points, well clear of the chasing pack. The interesting movement sits behind them — FUT Esports’ surge into fourth on the back of a PGL Bucharest run is one of the biggest upward moves of the cycle.
The top of the table
1. Vitality (2081), 2. NAVI (1885), 3. Falcons (1823), 4. FUT Esports (1808), 5. Spirit (1807). Behind them sit Astralis, The MongolZ, FURIA, MOUZ, G2, and GamerLegion in the lower top 15. The points cluster around 4-5 is tight enough that a single deep tournament run could reshape the order before next month’s update.
What it actually unlocks
The May numbers feed directly into invites for two major summer tournaments. Digital Crusade DraculaN Season 7 in Bucharest (23-28 June, $150K) takes 14 of its 16 teams via VRS plus two wildcards. XSE Pro League 2026 (29 June-12 July, $1M, 16 teams) leans on the same standings. For mid-tier teams, an invite path now hinges on May’s points totals.
The under-the-radar movers
FUT’s seven-year arc paid off — lauNX called it ‘seven years of hard work finally paid off’ — and they now sit fourth despite the recent BLAST Rivals exit (which hadn’t yet weighted into this update). GamerLegion’s semi-final run also moved them up significantly. The June refresh will be the one to watch for the post-BLAST shake-up.
