How many ranked players are there in VALORANT?

Millions have the competitive itch.
A close-up of KAYO shooting a massive machine gun.
Image via Riot Games

For most VALORANT players, the greatest mountain to conquer is climbing the ranked competitive ladder up to the game’s highest rank tiers. Starting in lowly Iron, competitive players will traverse through Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Ascendant, and Immortal, with the end goal being the elite Radiant division.

Recommended Videos

The rank tier and division players are placed in are determined by their rank rating, a performance-based rating system that goes up and down based on player performance in matches compared to the player’s expected performance. While Riot will occasionally release the ranked distribution numbers, other sites like tracker.gg provide this information year-round.

The data on Tracker.gg also gives us a ballpark estimate for how many players are playing ranked, at least for a specific episode act.

How many players are playing ranked in VALORANT?

Based on the data provided by Tracker.gg, which looks at the global rank distribution of all VALORANT accounts, there are over 11.6 million players actively playing ranked at the end of Episode 5, Act 3. This number was determined by tallying up all the players listed at each rank.

Screengrab via Tracker.gg

Looking at the global distribution of ranks, the Gold and Silver divisions feature the most of anyone. The most common rank division and tier worldwide is Gold One, with over 880,000 players, making up over 7.5 percent of the total player base.

Radiant of course features the fewest number of players, with just over 3,500 players worldwide. Interestingly, though, there are apparently more Immortal One players (88,347) than there are Iron One players (63,300).


Dot Esports is supported by our audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn a small affiliate commission. Learn more
related content
Read Article All VALORANT ultimate voice lines for all agents
Read Article Zekken’s VALORANT settings, keybinds, and crosshair
Zekken with his VALORANT teammates.
Read Article VALORANT world champion shows off why Clove is so dangerous in the right hands
VALORANT agent Clove in the midst of casting their self-resurrection ultimate ability.
Related Content
Read Article All VALORANT ultimate voice lines for all agents
Read Article Zekken’s VALORANT settings, keybinds, and crosshair
Zekken with his VALORANT teammates.
Read Article VALORANT world champion shows off why Clove is so dangerous in the right hands
VALORANT agent Clove in the midst of casting their self-resurrection ultimate ability.
Author
Scott Robertson
VALORANT lead staff writer, also covering CS:GO, FPS games, other titles, and the wider esports industry. Watching and writing esports since 2014. Previously wrote for Dexerto, Upcomer, Splyce, and somehow MySpace. Jack of all games, master of none.