With the second year of the Valorant Champions Tour almost over, several players have already won prize money into six figures. Let’s take a look at the highest-earning individual players along with 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.
Despite their recent struggles, Sentinels are still the top-earning team in the game, closely followed by Acend, the first Valorant world champions, and Gambit. LOUD have broken into the top five in the ranking following their surprise victory in Istanbul.
When it comes to individual earnings, North America continues to lead the charge with eight players in the top ten. Matias ‘Saadhak’ Delipetro and Gustavo ‘Sacy’ Rossi, who were part of LOUD’s title-winning campaign at Valorant Champions, make up the rest of the top ten.
Team Vitality’s Santeri ‘BONECOLD’ Sassi recently beat Acend’s Mehmet Yağız ‘cNed’ İpek to the title of the highest-ranked EMEA player, while Tyson ‘TenZ’ Ngo, one of Valorant’s biggest names, is ranked only 19th in the world after a disappointing year with Sentinels.
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.
Top 20 highest earning Valorant pros
Last updated: September 19, 2022.
Position
Name
Region
Earnings
1st
crashies
North America
$145,650.00
2nd
Victor
North America
$144,650.00
3rd
FNS
North America
$142,760.00
4th
Marved
North America
$140,350.00
5th
yay
North America
$126,940.00
6th
Saadhak
South America
$118,360.37
7th
Sacy
South America
$116,168.48
8th
ShahZaM
North America
$114,307.14
9th
zombs
North America
$113,550.00
10th
SicK
North America
$113,507.14
11th
dapr
North America
$113,407.14
12th
BONECOLD
EMEA
$108,690.16
13th
cNed
EMEA
$106,250.74
14th
starxo
EMEA
$107,413.70
15th
nAts
EMEA
$107,265.09
16th
Chronicle
EMEA
$107,026.98
17th
Deffo
EMEA
$106,250.74
18th
Sheydos
EMEA
$106,240.88
19th
TenZ
North America
$104,754.65
20th
Redgar
EMEA
$104,186.75
Top 20 highest earning Valorant teams
Last updated: September 19, 2022.
Position
Team
Region
Earnings
1st
Sentinels
North America
$567,500.00
2nd
Acend
EMEA
$514,734.50
3rd
Gambit Esports
EMEA
$495,449.45
4th
FunPlus Phoenix
EMEA
$475,501.01
5th
LOUD
South America
$470,153.90
6th
OpTic Gaming
North America
$459,000.00
7th
Fnatic
EMEA
$388,007.85
8th
Team Liquid
EMEA
$381,173.74
9th
G2 Esports
EMEA
$353,554.47
10th
Paper Rex
SEA
$324,995.07
11th
DRX
South Korea
$277,753.95
12th
100 Thieves
North America
$262,500.00
13th
Cloud9
North America
$260,562.00
14th
KRU Esports
South America
$259,750.00
15th
ZETA DIVISION
Japan
$252,389.77
16th
Envy
North America
$251,500.00
17th
XSET
North America
$226,500.22
18th
Vision Strikers
South Korea
$217,707.98
19th
Guild Esports
EMEA
$152,197.94
20th
Futbolist
EMEA
$143,864.94
Source: Esports Earnings
Check out our other top 20 highest earning pros lists in various esports:
Top 20 highest earning League of Legends pros
Top 20 highest earning CS:GO pros
Top 20 highest earning Call of Duty pros
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