HS%: VALORANT vs CSGO

EDIT: user moejkel pointed out that CSGO only counts shots fired that result in kills. Valorant counts all shots that hit, which kind of invalidates this entire article. If you want to read it still, I'll leave it here

TLDR at bottom

In some of my past writeups I noticed how some Valorant players have fairly high headshot percentages, and I wanted to compare these HS% with those of players in CS. I expected CSGO players to have a lower overall HS%, due to factors that makes it's mechanics fundamentally different, such as having definite spray patterns, or the presence of 4 different damage zones. However, the result is not what I expected.

The 5 players with the highest HS from Masters 2 Copenhagen are:
-Pancada: 39%
-SEIDER: 38%
-stax: 36%
-Shao: 35%
-mindfreak: 35%
(via vlr)

The 5 players with the highest HS from IEM Cologne 2022 are:
-b1t: 61.6%
-Twistzz: 61.5%
-fame: 56.6%
-misutaa: 54.7%
-hunter: 54.2%
(via hltv)

This trend of Valorant players having lower HS percentages also continued through LCQs across all regions, with no player getting any higher than 40% HS. Honestly I expected Valorant players to have higher HS% since there are no spray patterns, making headshots all the more important to go for, and also that every pro I watch seems to only click heads and have perfect crosshair placement. However, some possible reasons for this metric include
-Valorant has more vertical movement, requiring flicks up and down that are much harder to hit.
-Valorant also has extremely heavy tagging, making body shots rewarding in some cases
-Some damage dealing ultimate abilities, such as Jett, Neon, and Raze, don't punish the player for going for bodyshots
-Oping is an essential role in Valorant and is sometimes picked up by multiple players. Given the op encourages bodyshots, it could lower ones HS% (However the same argument can be made for CS so im not sure about this one)
-CSGO players are just different

This is outside of my expertise so I am open to criticism on this one. I also must admit that I don't watch professional CSGO the same way I watch professional VALORANT, and that I'm not sure how CSGO's stats collection works as compared to VALORANTs.

TLDR: CS players have a substantially higher HS% than VAL players, not really sure why but might be because of Val's easier mechanics and abilities.

• doesn't hltv only count bullets that hit? pretty sure vlr counts all shots fired (that hit)

CSGO only counts kills, in valorant its all bullets connecting

Is HLTV doing the % of shots that land and then calculating how many are HS? How many killed that are %HS?

I believe VLR calculates it based on total shots, including missed ones, or includes shots that didn't kill as well.

There's many questions that make your analysis not complete unless answered.

moejkel [#3]

CSGO only counts kills, in valorant its all bullets connecting

really ? that changes everything if true

artofsteal [#4]

Is HLTV doing the % of shots that land and then calculating how many are HS? How many killed that are %HS?

I believe VLR calculates it based on total shots, including missed ones, or includes shots that didn't kill as well.

There's many questions that make your analysis not complete unless answered.

See this doesn't make sense surely?? What if you spray 2 mags through a smoke? Then later hit 2 shots and they both HS - 2/62 means a 3.2% HS rate

artofsteal [#4]

Is HLTV doing the % of shots that land and then calculating how many are HS? How many killed that are %HS?

I believe VLR calculates it based on total shots, including missed ones, or includes shots that didn't kill as well.

There's many questions that make your analysis not complete unless answered.

Val counts connected shots, csgo counts killing shots

Jasvindaloo [#6]

See this doesn't make sense surely?? What if you spray 2 mags through a smoke? Then later hit 2 shots and they both HS - 2/62 means a 3.2% HS rate

that's not what he meant, he means if u hit someone 3 body shots and don't kill him in valorant it counts but in CS it doesn't bcz you didn't kill him

moejkel [#3]

CSGO only counts kills, in valorant its all bullets connecting

I never knew this and it kind of invalidates the entire article, so I just put a general edit at the top saying I done goofed. thanks for pointing it out!

we all make errors, all good ryan keep up the good work

in csgo when you shoot 4 bullets and only 1 land in the head and you kill the guy you have 100% hs but valorant if you shoot 4 bullets and only 1 land in the head you have 25% hs, its for that people in valorant have lower hs % (sorry for bad french im english)

It would be more interesting , if someone actually compars the HS% of the pros who came from csgo and from other games

valulrant 😹😹😹😹

The thing is with valorant headshot percentages are that they count also bullet count, so players who use judge have more of a chance to get lower than a 10 percent hs percentage