We summarise the most successful VALORANT professionals in the world for you. One region is right at the top.
VALORANT is one of the youngest esport disciplines and at the same time more popular than many others. Here are the five most successful professionals in the world.
If you take a look at all the prize money that pro players have won so far according to EsportsEarnings, the two North Americans Shahzeb “ShahZaM” Khan and Jared “zombs” Gitlin (both Sentinels) stand out in the first two places. With over 102,000 US dollars each won in VALORANT tournaments, the two can call themselves the two most successful professionals in the world. While ShahZaM comes from CS:GO esports, zombs played Apex Legends professionally for the same organisation before his VALORANT career.
Money isn’t everything
The current best VALORANT player in the world, however, is hotly debated in the community by her teammate TenZ. On the list of the highest total earnings of professional players, the Canadian holds fifth place with just under 74,000 US dollars. Originally only loaned out as a replacement for the suspended Jay “sinatraa” Won, the 20-year-old was later unceremoniously hired as a permanent member of the North American team. Now his team is playing at the Masters Berlin alongside other top teams.
Won Challengers Finals against 100T 3-1 GG's, we head to Berlin with the #1 Seed from NA. Team played fantastic once again @ShahZaMk @SicK_cs @zombs @dapr 🥇
— TenZ (@TenZOfficial) August 15, 2021
Third and fourth place also go to Sentinels players: former CS:GO pros Hunter “SicK” Mims and Michael “dapr” Gulino. However, the table does not include achievements outside of the prize money won. TenZ is much better known on Twitter than his colleague ShahZam, for example, who appears above him on the list.
Sentinels in first place among most successful teams
All players who have ever played for the Sentinels organisation can generally describe themselves as successful. It has already collected over 500,000 US dollars with all its VALORANT teams so far. This makes the team the most successful in the world in terms of prize money.
Players from Europe follow accordingly only from sixth place. The former CS:GO pro Adil “ScreaM” Benrlitom can shine with almost 42,000 euros in prize money. Travis “L1NK” Mendoza and James “Kryptix” Affleck follow with the same figure. All three play for Team Liquid. The British organisation is only third on the list of total earnings, but can call itself the most successful European team in terms of winnings after Sentinels and the Korean team Vision Strikers.
At the moment, neither Team Liquid nor the European team Fnatic following in the table are participating in the Masters Berlin. Accordingly, there could still be a shift in the table
