Who are the highest-earning Valorant players of all time? Let’s have a look.
As we enter the 2023 Valorant esports season with the VCT LOCK IN event kicking off in São Paulo, it’s time to take note of the players who have reached the top of the top in terms of the highest earnings playing professional Valorant.
According to Esports Earnings, there has been a grand total of $15,521,500 given out across 870 tournaments for Riot Games’ popular first-person shooter. When you consider the highest earning player has only netted $153,650 of it, it’s clear to see the total is spread out quite nicely.
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Former OpTic lineup leads the pack
North America has a strong hold on the top 10 highest earning Valorant players with eight out of the 10 hailing from either the United States or Canada. This should come as no surprise as Sentinels and OpTic were the teams to beat throughout 2021 and 2022.
The core of the OpTic roster, Austin “crashies” Roberts, Victor “Victor” Wong, and Pujan “FNS” Mehta has moved to NRG while the star of the roster Jaccob “yay” Whiteaker has joined up with Cloud9 for the 2023 season.
Top 10 highest earning Valorant players of all time
| Rank | Name | Current team | Earnings |
| 1 | crashies | NRG | $153,650.00 |
| 2 | Victor | NRG | $152,650.00 |
| 3 | FNS | NRG | $150,760.00 |
| 4 | Marved | N/A | $149,150.00 |
| 5 | yay | Cloud9 | $139,440.00 |
| 6 | Saadhak | LOUD | $118,560.37 |
| 7 | Sacy | Sentinels | $116,168.48 |
| 8 | ShahZaM | G2 | $114,807.14 |
| 9 | dapr | G2 | $113,907.14 |
| 10 | zombs | N/A | $113,550.00 |
With the first event consisting of all 30 partnered teams taking place now, we’re sure to see a shakeup in the highest earning Valorant players’ overall standings.
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