Atlanta FaZe and LA Thieves dominate 2025 CDL Team of the Year

The Call of Duty League (CDL) has unveiled its Team of the Year (TOTY) as part of its Championship Weekend event. 

All four players from Atlanta FaZe were featured across the top two teams following a fan vote determining the best players from the regular season.

From Atlanta FaZe, the pairing of Chris ‘Simp’ Lehr and McArthur ‘Cellium’ Jovel qualified for the first TOTY after standout performances throughout the season. Notably, FaZe won the first two Majors with both Simp and Cellium earning an MVP award for Major 1 and Major 2, respectively.

Joining Simp and Cellium on team one is the LA Thieves duo of Paco ‘HyDra’ Rusiewiez and Thomas ‘Scrap’ Ernst. The French phenom has cemented his place as one of the top submachine gunners alongside Scrap, who is often in contention for the MVP trophy when the tournament reaches its climax.

The second TOTY includes the second Atlanta pairing Tyler ‘aBeZy’ Pharris and Zack ‘Drazah’ Jordan who played instrumental roles in the franchise’s early success in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.

Toronto Ultra’s Joeseph ‘JoeDeceives’ Romero makes the second TOTY in addition to David ‘RenKoR’ Isern from Miami Heretics. The latter has become the second European player to earn a TOTY place on the star-studded roster.

For Scrap, Drazah, Cellium, and Simp, the 2025 CDL Team of the Year marks the second time they have earned a place in All-Star teams in two years, after being voted into the squads in 2024.

The CDL Team of the Year is one of the final awards distributed to players during a season of Call of Duty esports. In addition to the fan vote, the season-ending event will also award a tournament MVP and a season MVP.

Last year saw Anthony ‘Shotzzy’ Cuevas Castro of OpTic Texas take home the Champs MVP while Simp took home the season MVP award, scoring a kill-to-death ratio of 1.143 over the entirety of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 season.