Valorant Ranks Explained: Distribution, RR and Radiant

Valorant has 25 ranks: Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Ascendant and Immortal, each split into tiers 1 to 3, and Radiant at the top. The most common rank is Gold, and Gold 1 alone holds about 8.7% of ranked players, while Radiant is roughly the top 0.05%. You move through tiers by earning Rank Rating (RR), 100 RR per tier below Immortal, and your hidden MMR decides how much RR each win and loss is worth. This guide covers the full rank list, the latest rank distribution, how RR is calculated, placement and party rules, the Immortal and Radiant thresholds by region, and rank rewards.

Checked against Riot Games' support articles on Rank Rating (March and June 2026), Riot's 13.00 patch notes, and the V26 Act 5 rank distribution on November 12, 2026.

The distribution figures come from third-party trackers that sample ranked matches, not from Riot. They are accurate enough to show where you stand, but different trackers give numbers that differ by a point or two.

What are all the ranks in Valorant in order?

From lowest to highest: Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Ascendant, Immortal and Radiant. Every rank except Radiant has three tiers, which gives 25 steps in total.

Rank	Tiers	How you advance
Iron	1, 2, 3	100 RR per tier
Bronze	1, 2, 3	100 RR per tier
Silver	1, 2, 3	100 RR per tier
Gold	1, 2, 3	100 RR per tier
Platinum	1, 2, 3	100 RR per tier
Diamond	1, 2, 3	100 RR per tier
Ascendant	1, 2, 3	100 RR per tier; 100 RR in Ascendant 3 promotes to Immortal 1
Immortal	1, 2, 3	RR keeps stacking; tiers set by regional thresholds
Radiant	Single tier	Regional RR threshold plus a top 500 leaderboard spot

You need account level 20 to play Competitive at all, a rule in place since Episode 4 Act 1.

What is the Valorant rank distribution?

Gold is the largest rank, followed by Silver and Platinum. Reaching Diamond 1 puts you in roughly the top 19% of ranked players, Ascendant 1 in the top 8%, and Immortal 1 in the top 1.4%.

The table uses the V26 Act 5 snapshot published by EsportsTales on September 8, 2026, which covers Competitive games in all regions. "Top %" is the share of players at that tier or higher.

Tier	Players	Top %	Tier	Players	Top %
Iron 1	0.57%	100%	Platinum 1	7.62%	36.85%
Iron 2	1.54%	99.45%	Platinum 2	5.83%	29.23%
Iron 3	2.56%	97.91%	Platinum 3	4.11%	23.40%
Bronze 1	5.17%	95.35%	Diamond 1	5.11%	19.29%
Bronze 2	5.75%	90.18%	Diamond 2	3.80%	14.18%
Bronze 3	4.80%	84.43%	Diamond 3	2.64%	10.38%
Silver 1	7.62%	79.63%	Ascendant 1	3.24%	7.74%
Silver 2	7.06%	72.01%	Ascendant 2	2.01%	4.50%
Silver 3	5.98%	64.95%	Ascendant 3	1.07%	2.49%
Gold 1	8.70%	58.97%	Immortal 1	0.98%	1.42%
Gold 2	7.58%	50.27%	Immortal 2	0.22%	0.44%
Gold 3	5.84%	42.69%	Immortal 3	0.17%	0.22%
			Radiant	0.05%	0.05%

The median player sits around Gold 2: about half of all ranked players are Gold 2 or higher. A May 2026 snapshot from vstats.gg, published by PC Gamer, shows the same shape at the rank level: Iron 4.39%, Bronze 13.78%, Silver 20.06%, Gold 23.03%, Platinum 18.76%, Diamond 11.67%, Ascendant 6.67%, Immortal 1.62% and Radiant 0.01%.

How does RR work in Valorant?

Every ranked match changes your RR, mainly based on whether you won, and secondarily on the round difference, your performance and how your hidden MMR compares to your visible rank. Reach 100 RR and you rank up; drop below 0 and you can demote.

Riot's support article from June 2026 lists four factors:

Match result: the biggest factor. Wins give a base RR gain, losses a base loss.
Round differential: a 13-2 win gives more than a 13-9 win, and an 11-13 loss costs less than a 3-13 loss.
Individual performance: damage and assists, not only kills, can slightly raise gains or soften losses. It matters less than the result and even less at Immortal and above.
Rank convergence: if your hidden MMR is above your rank, you gain more and lose less; if it is below, the opposite. If you keep losing more than you win per game, your rank is probably ahead of your MMR.

Two other rules matter. A big gap between MMR and rank can trigger a double promotion, for example from Gold 1 straight to Gold 3. Five-stacks can have their RR changes reduced by 0% to 90% depending on the rank spread in the party. Patch 13.00 in June 2026 also adjusted RR so consistent winners feel less stuck, and changed PC matchmaking so each team's average rank stays within one sub-tier of the other's.

How do placements and Act resets work?

New players play five placement matches. Riot's support article says five placements are also required at the start of a new Episode, and one placement match at the start of other Acts.

Highest starting rank: Riot's support page lists Ascendant 1 as the highest possible initial placement.
Immortal and Radiant at an Act reset: leaderboard position stays the same but RR drops by 90%, so every Radiant player starts the Act in Immortal.
Act rank: the triangle badge on your profile fills with wins, and the highest ranked win you record in an Act sets your Act rank. If you win a single game in Platinum 1 as a Gold player, Platinum 1 is your Act rank.

What are the party rank restrictions in Valorant?

Duos and trios must be within a set rank range, four-player groups cannot queue, and five-stacks always face another five-stack and may get reduced RR.

Your rank	Can queue in a duo or trio with
Iron, Bronze	Up to Silver 3
Silver	Iron 1 to Gold 3
Gold	Silver 1 to Platinum 3
Platinum, Diamond, Ascendant	Players within one rank
Immortal, Radiant	Tighter limits on rank gap and party size

How do you get Immortal and Radiant in Valorant?

Earn 100 RR in Ascendant 3 to reach Immortal 1 (you start at 10 RR), then keep stacking RR past your region's thresholds. Radiant also needs a top 500 leaderboard spot in your region.

Region	Immortal 2	Immortal 3	Radiant
NA	90 RR	200 RR	450 RR
EU	100 RR	200 RR	500 RR
APAC	80 RR	200 RR	400 RR
BR	100 RR	230 RR	340 RR
LATAM, KR	90 RR	150 RR	200 RR

At this level RR depends only on wins and losses, with no performance bonus. You drop a tier when you fall below its threshold, and you lose Radiant if you fall below the threshold or behind the lowest Radiant player. To stay on the leaderboard you must play at least one Competitive match every 7 days, and long AFK periods or queue dodging cost RR. Riot's support page does not describe any other RR decay.

What else affects Competitive in 2026?

Two newer systems sit alongside your rank: Map Rating, and extra account security for high ranks in Europe.

Map Rating: added in patch 13.08 for Competitive and Premier, it scores you from 0 to 500 on each map, with letter grades from C to S. It uses your overall, Attacker and Defender win rates plus Performance Score, and it started fresh for everyone, so older matches do not count. Patch 13.09 made your best match of each Act weigh more.
Multi-factor authentication in EU: since patch 12.01, Ascendant and higher players in Europe, plus EU accounts flagged for sharing, must turn on Riot Mobile MFA to use the Competitive queue.
New map protection: when a map enters the pool, Riot has halved RR losses on it for the first two weeks while wins still give full RR. It did this for Breeze in patch 12.00 and Summit in patch 13.00.

What rewards do you get for ranked in Valorant?

Ranked rewards are gun buddies based on the highest Act rank you reached, and you need at least nine Competitive wins in the season to qualify. That system is about to change: in a 2026 development update, Riot said the V26 Act 3 and Act 6 buddies are the last time gun buddies serve as the main ranked reward, and that a progression-based reward granted on the first day of an Act is planned for 2027.

Riot has not published the details of the 2027 reward yet. It also said it is investing more in anti-cheat and win-trading detection to protect the Radiant leaderboard, and that it is looking at special rewards for top climbers, without a date.

A good agent pool is the fastest way to climb. The Valorant agent tier list for Act 6 shows which agents are winning most right now, and the crosshair codes guide covers the settings side.

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FAQ

How many ranks are in Valorant?

25. Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Ascendant and Immortal each have three tiers, and Radiant is a single tier at the top.

What is the most common rank in Valorant?

Gold. In the V26 Act 5 snapshot from September 2026, Gold 1 was the single largest tier at 8.70% of players, and about half of all ranked players were Gold 2 or higher.

What percent of players are Radiant in Valorant?

About 0.05% in the September 2026 V26 Act 5 snapshot. Radiant is also capped at the top 500 players per region.

How much RR do you need to rank up in Valorant?

100 RR per tier from Iron 1 to Ascendant 3. In Immortal, RR keeps stacking and tiers are set by regional thresholds, such as 450 RR for Radiant in NA and 500 RR in EU.

What level do you need to play ranked in Valorant?

Account level 20. New players then play five placement matches to receive a starting rank.

Does Valorant have rank decay?

Riot's support article describes no general RR decay. Immortal and Radiant players must play at least one Competitive match every 7 days to stay on the leaderboard, and AFK or dodging carries an RR penalty.

Why do I lose more RR than I gain in Valorant?

Usually because your hidden MMR is below your visible rank. Riot's rank convergence factor then shrinks gains and enlarges losses until your rank and MMR line up again.