Valorant Ranks Explained: All Ranks in Order

Valorant has 9 ranks. Eight of them are split into three tiers each – only the top rank, Radiant, has no tiers. That makes 25 rank tiers in total, from Iron 1 all the way to Radiant. Below you'll find the full order, plus how promotion, demotion and party rules work in Competitive.

All Valorant ranks in order

From lowest to highest:

1. 09 Radiant no tiers
2. 08 Immortal 1 · 2 · 3
3. 07 Ascendant 1 · 2 · 3
4. 06 Diamond 1 · 2 · 3
5. 05 Platinum 1 · 2 · 3
6. 04 Gold 1 · 2 · 3
7. 03 Silver 1 · 2 · 3
8. 02 Bronze 1 · 2 · 3
9. 01 Iron 1 · 2 · 3

Within a rank, the higher the number, the better. Silver 3 is the highest Silver tier, and Gold 1 comes right after it.

Requirement: Account Level 20

Competitive unlocks at Account Level 20. According to Riot, players who played at least one ranked match before Episode 4 can keep playing Competitive even with a lower account level.

Placement matches: how you get your rank

Before you see a rank, you play placement matches:

• 5 placement matches at the start and in the middle of the season. A Valorant year is split into 6 acts, and the 5 placement matches come at the start of Act 1 and Act 4.
• 1 placement match in the other acts, once you've already played your first 5 placements.
• The highest possible rank after placements is Ascendant 3.
• After placements, you start your rank with 50 RR.

Your rank doesn't drop automatically at the start of an act. If your placement match goes badly, though, it can still go down.

How Rank Rating (RR) works

Rank Rating – RR for short – shows your progress within a tier. For Iron through Ascendant:

• Promotion: At 100 RR you rank up to the next tier, where you start with a buffer of at least 10 RR.
• Demotion: You only derank if you're at 0 RR and then lose another match. In the tier below, you start with at least 70 RR.
• No rank decay: Taking a break won't lower your rank. Only in Immortal and Radiant can you slip down the leaderboard, because other players climb past you.

Rank Shields

When you reach tier 1 of a rank (for example Silver 1) – whether by ranking up or down – you get 2 Rank Shields. If you lose at 0 RR, one shield is used up and you stay in your rank at 0 RR. Once both shields are gone, the next loss at 0 RR drops you to the rank below (say, from Silver 1 to Bronze 3) – so that happens on your third loss at 0 RR at the earliest.

Important: shields only protect you from dropping into a different rank. They don't help between tiers within the same rank (Silver 2 to Silver 1). Dodging the queue or a remake doesn't cost you a shield.

What affects how much RR you get?

Riot names four main factors:

1. Win or loss: The most important factor. You can never gain RR from a loss.
2. Round difference: Decisive results count more. A 13–2 win earns more RR than a 13–9 win, and a 3–13 loss costs more than an 11–13.
3. Individual performance: Playing well (that includes damage and assists, not just kills) can slightly boost your gains or soften a loss. The effect is smaller than the match result – and even smaller in Immortal and Radiant, where the team result is what counts.
4. Comparison with your MMR: MMR is your hidden matchmaking rating. If it's above your visible rank, you gain more RR than you lose on defeats. If it's below, it's the other way around.

If your MMR is well above your rank when you rank up, the system can skip a tier – for example straight from Gold 1 to Gold 3.

Tip If you regularly lose more RR than you gain, your rank is above your MMR, according to Riot. The only fix is winning consistently – not playing for K/D.

Queue dodging and going AFK for longer also cost you RR.

Immortal and Radiant: different rules at the top

From Immortal 1 onwards, you no longer rank up every 100 RR. Instead, you keep collecting RR with no cap as long as you win. You start Immortal 1 with 10 RR. The next tiers use fixed thresholds per region. For EU, Riot lists:

For Radiant, the threshold alone isn't enough: you also have to be among the top 500 players in your region. On the flip side, you stay in Immortal 3 if you're in the top 500 but haven't hit the RR threshold.

A few more things to know:

• There are no performance bonuses in Immortal and Radiant – only the result and round difference count.
• According to Riot, your RR is reduced by 90% at the start of a new act, while your leaderboard position stays. As a result, all Radiant players drop back to Immortal.
• To keep your spot on the leaderboard, you have to play at least one Competitive match every 7 days.

Which ranks can play together?

Rank restrictions apply to parties of 2 or 3 players. What counts is the lowest rank in the party:

On top of that, these rules apply:

• 4-stacks aren't allowed in Competitive.
• From Immortal 1 onwards, you can only queue solo, duo or as a 5-stack.
• 5-stacks have no rank restrictions, but they're only matched against other 5-stacks – expect longer queue times.
• If a 5-stack with players up to Ascendant 3 has ranks outside the normal restrictions, it gets 25% less RR. The same applies as soon as someone from Immortal is in the party.
• With a Radiant in a 5-stack, RR drops by 75%. If a Radiant plays with players below Radiant, it's 90%.

Rank vs. Act Rank: the difference

Besides your current rank, there's your Act Rank. It's based on your highest ranked win in that act, meaning the highest rank at which you won a match. Riot calls this your “proven skill”. Your Act Rank stays visible as a badge after the act ends.

FAQ

Also playing League of Legends? Its system works differently – with divisions, LP and rank decay from Diamond up. Everything you need to know is in our guide LoL Ranks Explained. And if you want to tweak your hardware for better aim, check out our gaming mouse buying guide.

Sources

As of September 2026. All information comes from Riot Games' official support articles:

• VALORANT – Competitive Mode FAQ
• Rank Rating (RR) for Iron through Ascendant Ranks
• Rank Rating (RR) for Immortal and Radiant Ranks
• How Rank Rating (RR) Is Calculated

Riot regularly adjusts the ranked system with patches. If anything changes, we'll update this article.