Valorant Ranks Explained: All Ranks in Order, RR and Placements

Valorant has nine ranks: Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Ascendant, Immortal and Radiant. Every rank except Radiant is split into three tiers, so there are 25 rank steps from Iron 1 to Radiant. You need account level 20 to play Competitive, and you move between tiers by earning Rank Rating (RR) from wins.

Last checked: November 9, 2026 (Season 2026 Act 6, patch 13.09), against Riot's support articles on ranks and RR.

All Valorant ranks in order

Order	Rank	Tiers	How you move up
1	Iron	Iron 1, 2, 3	100 RR per tier
2	Bronze	Bronze 1, 2, 3	100 RR per tier
3	Silver	Silver 1, 2, 3	100 RR per tier
4	Gold	Gold 1, 2, 3	100 RR per tier
5	Platinum	Platinum 1, 2, 3	100 RR per tier
6	Diamond	Diamond 1, 2, 3	100 RR per tier
7	Ascendant	Ascendant 1, 2, 3	100 RR per tier
8	Immortal	Immortal 1, 2, 3	Regional RR thresholds
9	Radiant	One tier	Regional RR threshold and top 500 in your region

Higher numbers are better: Gold 3 is above Gold 1. From Iron 1 through Ascendant 3, the system works the same way. Immortal and Radiant use a separate ladder, covered below.

How to unlock Competitive

You can queue for Competitive once your account reaches level 20. Account level comes from Account Points (AP): you earn AP for every minute you spend in a matchmade game, plus a bonus for your first win of the day and for later wins, and each level takes 5,000 AP. Any matchmade mode counts, so Unrated and Swiftplay games get you there.

In Europe and Asia-Pacific, Riot also requires Riot Mobile multi-factor authentication for all Ascendant and higher players, and for accounts flagged for sharing, before they can queue Competitive.

Placements and resets

Valorant's competitive year is a Season with six Acts. Ranks reset twice a year:

Act 1 and Act 4: everyone plays 5 placement matches to get a rank.
Acts 2, 3, 5 and 6: if you already placed earlier in the Season, you play 1 placement match. Your rank doesn't drop automatically, but a bad placement game can lower it.

Placements top out in Ascendant, so nobody is placed straight into Immortal or Radiant. Season 2026 Act 6 began with patch 13.08 on October 13, 2026, so the next full five-game placement comes with the next Season's first Act.

How RR works from Iron to Ascendant

After placements you start your tier with 50 RR. Reaching 100 RR promotes you to the next tier, and you start the new tier with at least 10 RR so one loss doesn't drop you straight back.

To demote, you must be at 0 RR and lose again. When you demote, you start the lower tier with no less than 70 RR.

Rank shields

Each time you enter tier 1 of a rank (Silver 1, Gold 1 and so on) by promotion or demotion, you get 2 rank shields. If you lose at 0 RR in tier 1, a shield is used up instead of dropping you to the previous rank. Shields only protect the jump between ranks, not between tiers inside a rank, so they won't stop a drop from Silver 2 to Silver 1. Dodging or remaking a match does not use a shield.

What decides how much RR you gain or lose

Riot lists four factors:

Match result. Winning or losing matters most. You can never gain RR from a loss.
Round difference. A 13-2 win gives more RR than a 13-9 win, and a 3-13 loss costs more than an 11-13 loss.
Individual performance. Strong play, including damage and assists, can slightly raise gains or soften losses. It matters less than the result, and even less at Immortal and Radiant.
Rank convergence. Your hidden matchmaking rating (MMR) is compared with your visible rank. If your MMR is above your rank, you gain more and lose less. If it's below your rank, you gain less and lose more.

If you're promoted while your MMR is far above your rank, the game can skip a tier, for example from Gold 1 straight to Gold 3. This is called a double promotion.

Two newer stats are often confused with RR. Performance Score (0 to 500, added in patch 13.06) replaced ACS on the scoreboard and decides the match MVP, but Riot says it does not change RR. Map Rating (added in patch 13.08) grades you per map from C to S and does not affect RR or MMR either.

Immortal and Radiant

At Immortal and above, RR no longer resets at 100. You enter Immortal 1 with 10 RR and keep adding RR for every win:

To reach Immortal 2, Immortal 3 and Radiant, you need to pass RR thresholds that Riot sets per region.
Radiant also requires you to be one of the top 500 players in your region. Meeting only one of the two conditions keeps you in Immortal 3.
You drop out of Radiant if you fall below the regional Radiant threshold or below the lowest Radiant player.
To stay on your region's leaderboard, you must play at least one Competitive game every 7 days.

No rank decay

Valorant has no rank decay. Taking a break doesn't lower your rank. Immortal and Radiant players can slide down the leaderboard while inactive, but that is a leaderboard position change, not a rank drop.

Act Rank and ranked rewards

Your Act Rank is your highest ranked win in the current Act, which Riot calls your proven skill. It appears as a triangle pyramid in your Career page, with one triangle for each win.

To earn the Act Rank badge and ranked rewards, you must win at least 9 Competitive games in the Act.
The border around the pyramid upgrades at 9, 25, 50, 75 and 100 wins.
At Mid-Season and at the end of the Season, you get a gun buddy that matches your highest Act Rank badge.

Patch 13.06 also added Rank Legacy, a counter in the Competitive Hub showing how many times you've reached each rank across your career.

Party restrictions

Solo, duo and three-player parties must stay within these rank ranges. Four-player parties can't queue Competitive at all.

Lowest rank in party	Highest rank allowed
Iron or Bronze	Silver
Silver	Gold
Gold	Platinum
Platinum or higher	One rank above, same tier (Platinum 2 can queue with up to Diamond 2)

Players at Immortal 1 or higher can only queue solo, as a duo, or in a five-stack.

Five-stacks ignore the table, but they lose RR when ranks are far apart. A five-stack of Ascendant 3 or lower players gets a 25% RR reduction if anyone is outside normal party limits. Including an Immortal player means a 25% reduction. An all-Radiant five-stack gets a 75% reduction, and a Radiant grouped with any lower-ranked players gets 90%.

Ranked rewards a steady frame rate, so before you start placements, check that your PC meets the Valorant system requirements for at least 60 FPS, or 144 FPS if you have a fast monitor.

Frequently asked questions

What are the ranks in Valorant in order?

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

What level do you need to play ranked in Valorant?

You need account level 20. Account level rises with every 5,000 Account Points, which you earn for time spent in matches and for wins.

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

From Iron to Ascendant, you need 100 RR to move up one tier. After a promotion you start the new tier with at least 10 RR.

How many placement matches are there in Valorant?

You play 5 placement matches at the start of Act 1 and Act 4 each Season. In the other Acts, returning players play 1 placement match.

Does Valorant have rank decay?

No. Your rank doesn't drop when you stop playing. Immortal and Radiant players can lose their leaderboard spot if they don't play a Competitive game every 7 days, but their rank stays the same.

How do you get Radiant in Valorant?

You need to pass your region's Radiant RR threshold and be among the top 500 players in your region at the same time. Hitting only one of those conditions keeps you at Immortal 3.

Does Performance Score affect RR?

No. Riot says Performance Score, the 0 to 500 rating that replaced ACS in patch 13.06, decides the MVP and scoreboard order but does not change your RR.