2024 has been a monumental year for esports, with unforgettable moments that captured the attention of millions of fans worldwide. From jaw-dropping plays in-game to record-breaking livestream viewership statistics, the competitive gaming industry has continued to redefine entertainment. The year’s most discussed and watched esports highlights have not only showcased the skill of professional players but also driven unprecedented engagement across the livestreaming ecosystem.
Whether it's an impossible all-against-one clutch in Counter-Strike or an incredible Quadra Kill during the League of Legends World Championship, these highlights were some of the most-discussed moments of esports. In this article of our 2024 Esports Results series, Esports Charts presents some of the most popular Twitch Clips from the esports industry in 2024.
Best Esports Clips of 2024
Counter-Strike 2
Jame crashes at 11-11 in Virtus.pro’s final game of the Copenhagen Major
At the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024, Dzhami "Jame" Ali and his team Virtus.pro qualified for the event through the European RMR A. His team was on track to qualify for playoffs after winning two games in the elimination stage, but technical issues were not on their side.
For Virtus.pro’s last game of the Elimination Stage, they had their final chance to qualify for the playoffs stage against G2 Esports. Map 1 finished with Virtus.pro in the lead after an overtime 16-14 victory, and in the late stages of Map 2, Inferno, Virtus.pro managed to plant the bomb in a 4v4 situation with the scoreline at 11-11. With match point on the line, this could be the turning point in the match.
Cheers turned to dismay for VP fans when Jame’s computer crashed, and his character walked out into the open with the bomb ticking down. Ultimately, G2 Esports capitalized on their opportunity, taking Jame down and then the rest of his team. After winning Inferno 13-11, G2 Esports won the final map 16-3, eliminating VP from the Major. The glitch was one of the most-discussed moments of the Major, and the Twitch Clip has been viewed almost 300,000 times.
A fan opens a knife at IEM Cologne 2024
Not all of our highlights here reflect in-game clutches or big plays. Esports, similar to regular sports, is about community as much as it is about competition. Cologne is one of esports’ capital cities; the historic German city has hosted some of the most popular IEM events in Counter-Strike, and many fans have dubbed the LANXESS Arena in Cologne the “Cathedral of Counter-Strike”.
At IEM Cologne 2024, a fan was caught on camera opening a case for the entertainment of the arena and live broadcast. Casters and fans were not expecting one thing, for the lucky case opener to receive a knife. The fan opened an Ursus Doppler knife, which is sold on the market for $400 upwards.
Donk clutches a 1v5 against HEROIC at the Shanghai Major
In the fourth round of the elimination stage at the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024, Team Spirit faced HEROIC, with the winner of the match qualifying for the playoffs. After winning the first map of the match in overtime, Team Spirit struggled to convert the second map and watched HEROIC take the lead on Mirage. As HEROIC stood at map point, Danil "donk" Kryshkovets managed to secure a wild 1v5 clutch to keep Team Spirit in the running.
Donk’s strong performances at the Major were just one of the reasons behind Team Spirit’s success. Since the move from Global Offensive to Counter-Strike 2, the Russian team has been one of the strongest in the world, although their results have not been consistent throughout the entire year. With their first Major title in hand, Team Spirit have solidified their place as one of the top teams of the new Counter-Strike 2 esports ecosystem.
Valorant
Kyedae reacts to TenZ’s victory at Valorant Masters Madrid 2024
Kyedae Alisha Shymko, known mononymously as Kyedae, is a Japanese-Canadian streamer and content creator who is engaged to former professional Valorant player Tyson "TenZ" Ngo. In Valorant, Kyedae has built up a reputation for herself as a general streamer, and also a co-caster for esports events. Although her partner was one of Valorant’s most popular professionals, she was building up a comparable reputation of her own through her streaming.
At the VCT 2024 Masters Madrid event, Kyedae attended the event in-person to co-cast and commentate games from the arena itself. TenZ’s team, Sentinels, surprised many at the Madrid event with their strong form and dominance. The American organization was one of the strongest teams of the group stage, defeating some top competitors from EMEA, and moving into the playoffs, hopes were high for the team.
Sentinels managed to defeat their Brazilian adversaries LOUD and Paper Rex to secure a place in the Grand Final. They had to face Gen.G, the only team to have defeated them at the tournament so far. Ultimately, Sentinels were able to secure a 3-2 victory over Gen.G and their first international VCT title in years. Kyedae wore her heart on her sleeve as Sentinels defeated Gen.G, breaking down into tears as her partner claimed another international title.
G2 Esports try out a new eco round strategy at Champions 2024
At the VCT Champions 2024, Valorant experimented with its newest map, Abyss, on the international stage. The key difference between this map and many other Valorant maps is how easy it is to jump off. G2 Esports exploited this opportunity in a way that some fans felt was not in the spirit of competition.
In their first match of playoffs at the year-end event, G2 Esports were matched against Leviatán, one of the strongest teams at the event and a favourite from the Americas to claim the world championship title. After losing Map 1, G2 Esports ended up losing 4-9 on the second map and had no cash to buy weapons. G2 Esports made the tough call to all jump off the map as the round began, extending Leviátan’s lead to 10-4.
G2 Esports’ strategy avoided giving Leviátan both money and Ultimate Orbs for killing them, something people have long discussed if it would be viable, but G2 were the first to work up the courage to try it. In the end, G2 were defeated by the American squad and subsequently eliminated by Fnatic. Although G2 could not advance further into playoffs, their group-suicide strategy against Leviatán was one of the most memorable moments of the tournament for American fans.
Kang Kang’s 4K to send EDward Gaming to match point of Valorant Champions 2024 final
At Valorant Champions 2024, Zheng "ZmjjKK" Yongkang, also known simply as Kang Kang, was one of the star players for his team, EDward Gaming. The Chinese roster surprised many Valorant fans by how dominant they seemed throughout the Champions event late this year. EDward Gaming had struggled to enter the top 4 at Masters events throughout 2024, but coming to the final event of the year, the Chinese team had finally clicked.
After advancing to the finals of the Champions event, EDG were up for a tough fight against one of the event’s favourites, Team Heretics. After four maps of hard competition, the Bo5 match entered its final map, Abyss.
Leading 11-9, Kang Kang secured a highlight 4K to bring his team to match point, and ultimately, win the Champions event in the following round. With Kang Kang as a driving force of the team, EDG became the first-ever Chinese team to win a Valorant Champions event, and the only Chinese team to win a VCT event besides FunPlus Phoenix’s Masters victory in 2022.
League of Legends
T1 Keria secures a Quadra Kill in the LCK Spring 2024 finals
In League of Legends, the LCK is the premiere regional circuit and T1 is its most popular team and at LCK Spring 2024, two of the region’s most popular and historical organizations, Gen.G Esports and T1, qualified for the season’s Grand Final.
In the first map of the finals, Gen.G and T1 were engaged in a late-game fight around the dragon, when Gen.G began picking off some T1 members. T1 were left with only Ryu "Keria" Min-seok and Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok alive, with the casters of the match announcing this would be Gen.G’s final push to win the map. With Faker jumping in to deal some final damage, Keria managed a rapid Quadra Kill to shut Gen.G down, and keep T1’s hope alive.
Ultimately, Gen.G still won the first map of the finals, and claimed the seasonal victory with a 3-2 scoreline. Nevertheless, Keria’s play was one of the most memorable moments of the LCK this year, and the Twitch Clip has been watched almost 150,000 times.
T1 Faker turns around a 3v5 team fight in the final game of Worlds 2024
Moving from the LCK to Worlds 2024, Faker managed his own highlight play in the final game of the entire world championship. In the Grand Finals, T1 faced off against the top Chinese team, Bilibili Gaming. Almost 30 minutes into the final map of the game, the score was tied 2-2, and Bilibili picked off two T1 members, and started chasing the remaining T1 players down.
Faced with a 3v5, Faker managed to find a perfect timing to jump into the middle of the bunched up Chinese team and set his teammates up to team wipe Bilibili Gaming. This was the beginning of the end of the Chinese roster, as T1 secured the World Championship only four minutes later. Faker is League of Legends’ most popular player, and playing for League of Legends’ most popular team, this was of course going to become the most popular esports highlight for the title this year.
Faker and T1’s 3v5 teamfight Clip has been watched almost 200,000 times, especially impressive considering Twitch is no longer active in South Korea, the strongest demographic of fans for Faker and T1.
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Fnatic ONIC Alberttt defends a 1v4 during the MPL Indonesia Season 14
At the recent MPL Indonesia Season 14, Fnatic ONIC’s player Albert "Alberttt" Iskandar pulled off a wildly impressive clutch during their Week 4 game against Dewa United Esports. At this point in the season, both teams were competing for top positions in the table: the game was a critical match for both rosters.
In the first map of the best-of-three series, Dewa United Esports managed to build a sizeable lead ahead of Fnatic ONIC. About 19 minutes into the game, they were ready to commit to a proper teamfight. After eliminating all Fnatic ONIC players except Alberttt, Dewa United began advancing on the team’s base. In a shocking twist, Alberttt not only managed to defend the base, but also pick up three crucial kills. Alberttt’s efforts helped his team stabilise the situation and ultimately claim victory in the map only a few minutes after the rock-solid defence.
TODAK CikuGais wins the game with an impossibly timed flank
TODAK’s match against Monster Vicious in the very beginning of MPL Malysia Season 14 playoffs came down to the wire. After trading some decisive wins back and forth, and scoreline settled at 2-2, with all coming down to the final map. Following such a hard-fought series, the final map of the match was still anyone’s game after 20 minutes, with both teams gearing up to eliminate the other.
In a shocking twist, Ciku managed to find the perfect timing to disappear from a massive teamfight, teleport to the base of MV, single-handedly destroy it, and ultimately send opponents home. Not only was the flank play something that many MLBB fans had never seen before at the highest professional level, but the fact that it eliminated MV from the event helped the story reach even higher levels of virality.
Dota 2
SUNSfan speaks his mind on Gaimin Gladiators at DreamLeague Season 22
In Dota 2, the highlights of the year were more emotional, with Shannon "SUNSfan" Scotten’s outburst at the DreamLeague Season 22 being one of the most-watched Dota 2 esports Twitch clips of the year.
In the second Group Stage of the DreamLeague season, Gaimin Gladiators (GG) were scheduled to play Team Spirit for their fourth match. Gaimin Gladiators had lost two of their three matches so far in the second Group Stage, and North American caster SUNSfan was not afraid to speak his thoughts on the fellow North American organization. Ultimately, GG failed to qualify for playoffs by only one match, but SUNSfan’s outburst on-broadcast was one of the most memorable moments of the tournament.
Talon Esports take BetBoom to the third map in The International 2024’s playoffs
Moving from the DreamLeague to the premier Dota 2 event of the year, The International 2024 was the most-watched Dota 2 event of the year. In the playoffs stage of the event, Talon Esports faced off against BetBoom Team in the lower bracket, after both teams just barely qualified for the playoffs throughout the Seeding Decider matches.
BetBoom team were the favourites to defeat Talon Esports and continue to advance in the playoffs, but Talon were not to go down without a fight. Towards the end of a gruelling 50-minute second map, Talon were able to swing the momentum in their favour for an explosive end to the match. Despite Talon’s ultimate defeat in the series against BB, their explosive victory on Map 2 was one of the most exciting surprises of the event for fans.
Aurora Gaming’s 23 Savage plots revenge after a rage buyback
In the lower-bracket of playoffs at The International 2024, Aurora Gaming were set to play their first match of the stage against HEROIC. About half an hour into the first map of the playoffs match, HEROIC were dominating Aurora Gaming with 14 kills against Aurora’s measly two.
In the Clip, HEROIC’s player João Gabriel "4nalog" Giannini Santos managed to catch Nuengnara "23savage" Teeramahanon off-guard, securing his 9th kill of the match. 23savage instantly bought back into the game, a risky move which the match commentators pointed out as a rash decision and prompted a reaction from 4nalog dropping an “xd” in chat.
Aurora Gaming were quickly dismantled by HEROIC in the first map, but the Serbian organization had only been riled up. The dominant first map by HEROIC was followed by two solid performances by Aurora, who confidently bested their competitor on the remaining maps of the series. As Aurora claimed victory, while other players were politely telling each other good game, 23savage goaded his opponents to “type xd”.
Liquid’s Nisha wins it all himself against Xtreme Gaming in playoffs
Team Liquid entered the playoffs stage of The International 2024 as one of the favorites to win the entire event. The famed esports organization made their way throughout the entire playoffs stage without dropping a single map, but their first match against Xtreme Gaming in the Upper Bracket quarterfinals was close to not going their way.
In the late-stages of their first map against Xtreme Gaming, Team Liquid’s Michał "Nisha" Jankowski was caught off-guard by multiple XG players. TL’s carry managed to sneak away from the gank and survive the initial stages of the fight on low health, but with his teammates also on the ropes, Nisha smartly backed off and bided his time.
While knocking on death’s door, Nisha was able to completely turn the fight around in his team’s favor. The Polish professional secured both a rampage and a beyond godlike, the former of which refers to five kills in quick succession, and the latter refers to a 10+ killstreak. Only two minutes after Nisha’s impressive play, Team Liquid claimed their first map of the series, and proceeded to defeat Xtreme Gaming in less than 20 minutes on the second map.
Apex Legends
Prycyy goes on a spree at the ALGS 2024 Split 1 Pro league APAC South
In the battle royale genre, Apex Legends hosted some of the most exciting content of the year through its ALGS system. The series hosts both international events, featuring the best teams from around the world, and consistent regional leagues throughout the year for teams to compete against the top teams from their region, and hone their skills for the international stage.
During the ALGS: 2024 Split 1 Pro League - APAC South, the broadcast production listened in with Australian team, Team Burger. While the production listened in, Dylan "Prycyy" Price was able to defend his team from all sides, taking down multiple enemy squads. Fans particularly enjoyed this highlight because of the listen-in function, which gives fans a view into how esports teams communicate and function at the highest level of competition.
Gaimin Gladiators Lufka makes a 1v1 clutch look easy at the ALGS Split 2 Playoffs
The ALGS: 2024 Split 2 Playoffs was the final ALGS event of the calendar year, with the 2024 Championship officially scheduled to begin in late January 2025. Gaimin Gladiators showed their strength in the opening rounds of the Finals, winning both of the first two games in a row.
During the second round of the Finals, GG found themselves up against only one other squad, Complexity Gaming. After a tense team fight, both squads were left with only one player left. Jan "Lufka" Urban of GG managed to bait Complexity Gaming’s player into a close fight after beginning to resurrect his teammate. Lufka made the clutch look easy, to the delight of both the casters and the roar of the fans at the arena in-person.
PUBG Mobile
Shifu wipes out ThunderTalk at the PUBG Mobile Global Championship
At the global championship for PUBG Mobile in 2024, Dagestan 77 made their debut at the series and performed strongly against the established competition. Vladislav "Shifu" Slepyshev from Dagestan 77 was especially impactful during the tournament, and was even able to secure a sneaky teamwipe at the PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2024.
Dagestan 77 just about qualified for the world championship through the EMEA Super League circuit. The team finished the league in 7th place, making that all-important top-eight placement to qualify for the world championship. Although Dagestan 77 just made the cut to qualify for the world championship event, they proved they had the skills to be there and even almost qualified for playoffs in their debut Global Championship. Heading into 2025, Dagestan 77 could well emerge as one of the fore-running favourites to be an internationally-recognised team in the mobile esports title.
Rocket League
Team BDS claim their second Rocket League World Championship title
Coming into the world championship this year, Team BDS were ready to take home another trophy. Although one of the most successful organizations in Rocket League, the French team had struggled to convert victories at events throughout 2023 and early 2024. In the latter half of the year, the team claimed victory at the Esports World Cup and were favourites to win the world championship, but this would be their last event together under the BDS banner.
At the RLCS 2024 - World Championship, Team BDS sped through the opening event stages and finished the Group Stage with a 3-1 record. After defeating rivals G2 Stride twice, once earlier in the playoffs and then again in the Grand Finals, Team BDS finally claimed their second Rocket League World Championship. The moment the team claimed victory was a special highlight for many of Rocket League’s sizeable French audiences, and the Swiss organization solidified themselves as one of Rocket League’s most important teams.
Brawl Stars
SK Gaming miss an open goal in the Brawl Stars World Finals 2024
Brawl Stars, a title likely unfamiliar to many Western esports fans, is a mobile gaming MOBA shooter developed by Supercell, the same company behind world-famous mobile games like Clash of Clans. The fourth iteration of the game’s world championship, the Brawl Stars World Finals 2024, was highly-watched and even reached 1.1 million peak concurrent viewers. This peak viewership figure marks the highest ever concurrent viewership for a Brawl Stars esports event, and the MOBA title seems to be quickly picking up steam as a new entry to the mobile gaming industry.
At the 2024 world finals, one of the most popular highlights came from Elevate’s game against SK Gaming. The match was one of the first opening games of the event, and SK Gaming seemed a little rusty. After team wiping Elevate in the football-style gamemode, one of SK Gaming’s players missed an open goal, which would have been the equalizer for the match. Despite this, SK Gaming managed to defeat Elevate 2-1, and they advanced to the Semifinals where they were eventually defeated by the ultimate event champions, HMBLE.
Brawl Stars has flown under the radar for a few years, but throughout 2024, the game enjoyed both high viewership for its esports events as well as their content on YouTube, such as the Brawl Talk series hosted by the game’s developers to stay in touch with their community. Heading into 2025, Supercell are poised to continue to nurture Brawl Stars’ esports scene, and hopefully develop into one of the most-watched mobile gaming esports titles.
2024 has proven to be a landmark year for esports, delivering unforgettable highlights that captivated fans and broke livestreaming viewership records. From incredible plays to game-changing moments, these Clips showcased the best – and sometimes worst – of competitive gaming. As esports continues to grow, so does the impact of these viral moments, connecting global audiences and driving innovation in livestreaming platforms. Whether you’re a hardcore fan or new to the scene, the highlights of 2024 remind us why esports is one of the fastest-growing entertainment industries.
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