Modern Warfare2 Ranked Play: Ranks and Rewards

Following an initial teaser at the Call of Duty Next event, Treyarch confirmed that  Modern Warfare 2 would receive a ranked game  .

In a November 2 tweet, the studio behind the Black Ops series revealed that they will be working with their partners to bring the long-rumored ranked play mode to Modern Warfare 2.

In a statement announcing Modern Warfare 2 Season 2’s delay, the developers have confirmed that  Ranked play will arrive with the February 15th update  . Luckily, Treyarch has confirmed that ranked play will arrive on the day of the update, and not later, during Modern Warfare 2 Season 2.

Modern Warfare 2 Ranked Games and Rewards

The Modern Warfare 2 Season 2 Blog reveals what players can expect from ranked play in 2023.

There will be seven Skill Divisions in Ranked Play   , from the lowest  Bronze  Division to the highest with the  Rainbow  Division. In addition to the seven skill divisions, players will have the opportunity to climb into the  Top 250 . If you get past Iridescent and make it into the top 250, “your name will appear on a special top 250 leaderboard.” 

As with Vanguard, Modern Warfare 2 players will have  a Skill Rating  , also known as SR. Your SR will determine your skill division, so this is the number you want to increase after each match.

Ranked Playable Division skins will be available as rewards in Season 2 of Modern Warfare 2.

Modern Warfare 2 ranked play will also use a different set of ranks than SR or Skill Divisions. This will give players the opportunity to move up from  rank 1 to rank 50  . This particular rank does not reset with each season like SR does.

Each player will start at rank 1, and every rank 5 will update the player’s rank badge and “reward a set of exclusive Ranked Play rewards, including skins at rank 5 and 50.”

In terms of Ranked Play rewards, players can expect to receive  Skill Division skins  based on their highest rank in that season. The first time you finish in the Gold Division or above, you will receive an exclusive one-time reward.