With the Valorant Champions Tour entering its third year, several players have already won prize money into six figures. Let’s take a look at the highest-earning individual players along with the top teams that are raking in big bucks.
Since Valorant’s release in the summer of 2020, competition has soared to enormous heights. Star-studded teams and a calendar loaded with significant events have paved the way for some remarkable viewership in no time at all.
Riot’s history of supporting a strong competitive scene has drawn many players who had grown disillusioned with other games, and many of them have found in Valorant the success that had come in short supply elsewhere.
There were millions of dollars on the line in the 2022 Valorant Champions Tour, which culminated in Valorant Champions, the third international LAN competition in the game following the VCT Masters events in Reykjavík and Copenhagen.
2023’s VCT LOCK//IN has led to some significant changes in player earnings, with a number of EMEA stars gaining ground on the former OpTic quintet. Timofey ‘Chronicle’ Khromov, the first player to win two VCT trophies, is now the highest-ranked EMEA player at No.7, with NAVI’s Mehmet ‘cNed’ İpek and NRG’s Ardis ‘ardiis’ Svarenieks joining him in the top 10.
Despite their recent struggles, Sentinels are still the top-earning team in the game, closely followed by 2022 world champions LOUD, who also pocketed $40,000 from their second-place finish at VCT LOCK//IN. The winners of the São Paulo event, Fnatic, have shot up to fourth in the ranking after earning $100,000 at the Brazilian event.
If you’re curious about the top 20 respective teams and players, check out the rankings below. We will update this list periodically after every major event.
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Top 20 highest earning Valorant pros
Last updated: March 4, 2023.
| Position | Name | Region | Earnings |
| 1st | crashies | North America | $158,650 |
| 2nd | Victor | North America | $157,650 |
| 3rd | FNS | North America | $155,760 |
| 4th | Marved | North America | $148,350 |
| 5th | yay | North America | $141,440 |
| 6th | Saadhak | South America | $132,434 |
| 7th | Chronicle | EMEA | $130,402 |
| 8th | cNed | EMEA | $124,880 |
| 9th | Sacy | South America | $117,892 |
| 10th | ardiis | EMEA | $115,688 |
| 11th | ShahZaM | North America | $115,150 |
| 12th | dapr | North America | $114,570 |
| 13th | BONECOLD | EMEA | $114,328 |
| 14th | SicK | North America | $114,250 |
| 15th | zombs | North America | $113,550 |
| 16th | nAts | EMEA | $111,637 |
| 17th | starxo | EMEA | $110,980 |
| 18th | Sheydos | EMEA | $110,436 |
| 19th | Shao | EMEA | $108,980 |
| 20th | ANGE1 | EMEA | $108,970 |
Top 20 highest earning Valorant teams
Last updated: March 4, 2023.
| Position | Team | Region | Earnings |
| 1st | Sentinels | North America | $577,500 |
| 2nd | LOUD | South America | $530,387 |
| 3rd | Acend | EMEA | $526,584 |
| 4th | Fnatic | EMEA | $499,634 |
| 5th | OpTic Gaming | North America | $499,000 |
| 6th | Gambit Esports | EMEA | $495,639 |
| 7th | FunPlus Phoenix | EMEA/China | $482,291 |
| 8th | Paper Rex | SEA | $393,368 |
| 9th | Team Liquid | EMEA | $384,028 |
| 10th | 100 Thieves | North America | $339,000 |
| 11th | G2 Esports | EMEA/North America | $320,799 |
| 12th | KRÜ Esports | North America | $292,933 |
| 13th | DRX | South Korea | $292,405 |
| 14th | Team Envy | North America | $251,500 |
| 15th | XSET | North America | $248,750 |
| 16th | G2 Gozen | EMEA | $229,402 |
| 17th | Vision Strikers | South Korea | $224,148 |
| 18th | Shopify Rebellion GC | North America | $177,400 |
| 19th | Cloud9 White | North America | $172,200 |
| 20th | TSM | North America | $160,750 |
Sources: Esports Earnings and Liquipedia
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