The Green Standard: Tom Godfrey leads the Waagh as rank 1 Orks in the rankings.

There is a certain kind of Ork player who wins by making the game look inevitable.

Not inevitable in the boring sense. Not in the “I brought the broken thing and rolled hot” sense (Im looking at you, buggy spam from editions past). I mean the Ork kind of inevitable: pressure arriving from too many angles, more attacks than fit in a reasonable dice roll, mid-board space disappearing, and the opponent slowly realising that every safe place on the table was only safe last turn.

That is the story Tom Godfrey’s current season is starting to tell.

The UK Tournament Circuit is built around players accruing points from event performance across a season, where the top 6 scores from tokened events will contribute to your overall ranking, but the best 4 you have for a single faction will count towards the faction specific ranks. Tom is currently in the lead, towering more than 45 points ahead of 2nd place Ben Jones (A name many of you will be familiar with)

Not only is he a smashing chap and opponent, hes also a krumpin good painter. Tom has had a phenomenal run this season and it is no surprise that he is currently da baddest boss in the rankings. With repeated podium results at local events (8 Wins, 3 podiums) AND a top 10 in the Windsor Super-Major (Where he won best overall by the way). These results and points are well earned and showcase just how well a faction specialist can do even when their army is considered a little weaker than the rest of the pack.

Tom’s Orks are not grinding out 75-point wins every round. They are often blowing games open. When the plan works, it seems to work all the way. But with a few lower scores in the losses suggest the army remains vulnerable to opponents who can screen, stage, trade, and defang the Waaagh turn without giving up primary control.

So what does Tom’s season say about Orks?

First, War Horde remains the serious competitive Ork baseline. A strong pressure list, Tom is regularly running the Ghaz + Big Mek + 20 Boyz combo and using positioning and aggression to deliver a brutal all in turn and take control of the game with that all important Waagh.

Second, the list wins by sequencing, not just aggression. The lazy read of Orks is that they run forward and hope the dice carry them. Tom’s results suggest he is both kunning and brutal. disciplined, controlled pressure, staged threat projection, and mission-first trading to secure that potential for the all in game winning turn.

And that may be the real reason Tom’s current season stands out. These results are more than “good Ork results.” They are a map of what successful Orks look like: fast enough to set the tempo, tough enough to absorb a counterpunch, and most importantly lethal enough to punish overextension.

If the UKTC Best in Faction Orks race is about consistency across the season, Tom Godfrey is currently the player to measure against. If it is about peak performance, the local and Super Major results give him that too. And if it is about defining how Orks should be played into the 2026 meta, his match history points to a very simple answer:

Not reckless. Not random. Not just loud.

Fast, staged, brutal, and always scoring.

The best way to get those points to improve your ranking is to play events, and da bigga da event, da bigga da loot. (Okay I promise that is the end of the ork speak... for now)

BCP rankings award more points based on the size of the events, and in the UK they dont get bigger than the UKTC Super-Majors. so grab your ticket today to start competing and climbing your way up the ranks!

Tickets available at: https://www.uktc.events/shop

The Biggest event of them all is the London Grand Tournament 2026: https://www.lgtpresents.co.uk/product-page/2020-warhammer-40-000-gt-gaming-ticket