The Ranked Competitive Ladder in VALORANT
For most VALORANT players, the ultimate challenge lies in climbing the ranked competitive ladder to reach the game’s highest ranks. The journey begins in Iron and progresses through Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Ascendant, and Immortal, culminating in the prestigious Radiant division.
The player’s rank tier and division are determined by their rank rating, which is a performance-based rating system. This rating goes up or down based on the player’s performance in matches compared to their expected performance. While Riot occasionally releases ranked distribution numbers, sites like tracker.gg provide this information throughout the year.
How Many Players are Playing Ranked in VALORANT?
According to data from Tracker.gg, which analyzes the global rank distribution of all VALORANT accounts, there are over 11.6 million active players participating in ranked at the end of Episode 5, Act 3. This number is determined by tallying up the players listed at each rank.
The Gold and Silver divisions have the highest number of players globally. The most common rank division and tier is Gold One, with over 880,000 players, accounting for more than 7.5% of the total player base.
Intriguingly, there are more Immortal One players (88,347) than Iron One players (63,300), despite Iron being considered the lowest rank. On the other hand, Radiant has the fewest number of players, with just over 3,500 worldwide.
For more detailed information on VALORANT’s ranked distribution, you can visit the Tracker.gg website.
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