The Top 30 Players in Valorant Franchising

Disclaimer: This is MY opinion and yours may vary lightly or heavily. It was difficult making this list as it's difficult to value players based on ability since different players play different roles but I feel this will be a good indicator of who will be up there based on numbers and potential alone. This was incredibly hard to make even based on numbers potential and my personal opinion and honestly from 1-9 and 10 downwards it is easily interchangeable. These are my predictions by the end of 2023. There are obviously other factors that increase the value of a player (IGLing etc.)
Here is the list:

1. Cryocells
2. aspas
3. nAts
4. cNed
5. Sayf
6. SUYGETSU
7. bang
8. Derke
9. yay
10. zekken
11. Alfajer
12. Leo
13. Less
14. TenZ
15. sheydos
16. Shao
17. Leaf
18. Cloud
19. Chronicle
20. MaKo
21. ardiis
22. Jinggg
23. f0rsaken
24. ScreaM
25. BuZz
26. nukkye
27. mwzera
28. Sacy
29. kiNgg
30. Jamppi

Very Honarable Mentions: jawgemo, Laz, Zellsis, saadhak, pancada, Xeppaa, heat, SkRossi, SugarZ3ro, Sayaplayer, Zyppan, Nivera

Feel free to comment your opinion I'm interested to see it :)

this is a very silly list

Mako and jinggg higher, same w ardiis

bad list

gordonramsay [#3]

Mako and jinggg higher, same w ardiis

Where would you put Jinggg and MaKo then?

Cyrocells

yeah im not reading this

Yay 9 is kinda wild

bonkashi [#2]

this is a very silly list

Guess that's your opinion

YabbaYabba24818 [#7]

Yay 9 is kinda wild

Idk I think he'll still solidly be top 10 but just have a feeling

EU cope more , meteor , stax ,saadhak , sScary , surf are far better

BackoxyXD [#4]

bad list

Ok then, let me see yours if mine is so bad

LOL

why is nukkye, cloud, and mwzera on this list lol

cryo at number 1?
stop reading

hazard25 [#10]

EU cope more , meteor , stax ,saadhak , sScary , surf are far better

I mean, sScary and Surf aren't in Valorant Franchising so wouldn't be available for a 'The Top 30 Players in Valorant Franchising' list. The rest is your opinion, saadhak isn't a bad shout tbf

J0zza [#15]

I mean, sScary and Surf aren't in Valorant Franchising so wouldn't be available for a 'The Top 30 Players in Valorant Franchising' list. The rest is your opinion, saadhak isn't a bad shout tbf

sscary got a 1m$ buyout to play for bleed , surf went to uni (asian parents , you wont understand)

POV: u forgot champions MVP
at least i hope u forgot him, because if u rlly arent putting him on this list, than your list is worth nothing

thatpower [#13]

why is nukkye, cloud, and mwzera on this list lol

Because they are all good players in my personal opinion? Hopefully they show that at Brazil but I think you are seriously underrating them

XD XD XD

capital_d_colon [#14]

cryo at number 1?
stop reading

Let me guess, yay is number 1 for you? I don't think he's a bad player or anything like that but I think Cryo and others overtake him this year

J0zza [#5]

Where would you put Jinggg and MaKo then?

You put Mako at 20

marved and pancada arent even on the list

BUT BANG AT 7?

hazard25 [#16]

sscary got a 1m$ buyout to play for bleed , surf went to uni (asian parents , you wont understand)

Honestly had no idea. However the point I'm making isn't that they are top 30 worthy, I'm just saying I'm only taking into account franchised players on this list. Does that make sense?

This list has whimsy in it and I can respect that.

FNEGGS [#21]

You put Mako at 20

marved and pancada arent even on the list

BUT BANG AT 7?

Marved isn't there because this is 'The Top 30 Players in Valorant Franchising' and he isn't currently in there. Pancada is in the honourable mentions found it difficult to put him in. And I believe this year bang could become one of the best smokes players in the world. That's just my take, if its wrong feel free the flame me, if it's right I'm sure you'll go quiet.

YOU PUT BANG AT 7 BUT MAKO AT 20 LMFAO

J0zza [#18]

Because they are all good players in my personal opinion? Hopefully they show that at Brazil but I think you are seriously underrating them

idk it’s just weird to rate them higher then players like pancada, zyppan, saadhak and others who actually proved something on a much higher level more recently

lmao this is ridiculous

0vertaker [#17]

POV: u forgot champions MVP
at least i hope u forgot him, because if u rlly arent putting him on this list, than your list is worth nothing

If you are referring to Pancada he's on the honourable mentions

thatpower [#26]

idk it’s just weird to rate them higher then players like pancada, zyppan, saadhak and others who actually proved something on a much higher level more recently

Franchising changes that I guess since now the level is so high you'll see how good players are against better opposition more often. I'm mainly basing this on my opinion and what I've seen. Also you wouldn't say that nAts should be ranked down despite the last time he was seen internationally was at Champions 2021 right?

Heavily based

Sprouts [#25]

YOU PUT BANG AT 7 BUT MAKO AT 20 LMFAO

Yeah man, I'm backing bang to surpass MaKo this year we'll see what happens with that take but I'll double down.

J0zza [#29]

Franchising changes that I guess since now the level is so high you'll see how good players are against better opposition more often. I'm mainly basing this on my opinion and what I've seen. Also you wouldn't say that nAts should be ranked down despite the last time he was seen internationally was at Champions 2021 right?

nats should definitely be lower too lmao less and suygetsu are much more deserving imo

thatpower [#32]

nats should definitely be lower too lmao less and suygetsu are much more deserving imo

Damn you do you I guess but I can't agree my friend

stopped reading at cyrocells 1.

HockeyStick [#30]

Heavily based

Alright, let's see yours then since mine is so based

J0zza [#24]

Marved isn't there because this is 'The Top 30 Players in Valorant Franchising' and he isn't currently in there. Pancada is in the honourable mentions found it difficult to put him in. And I believe this year bang could become one of the best smokes players in the world. That's just my take, if its wrong feel free the flame me, if it's right I'm sure you'll go quiet.

Mako placed 3rd at champions
100T got grouped by fnatic and drx
Mako went 11-8 against bang
don't say your basing your list of numbers if you completely ignore them
now go quiet

FNEGGS [#36]

Mako placed 3rd at champions
100T got grouped by fnatic and drx
Mako went 11-8 against bang
don't say your basing your list of numbers if you completely ignore them
now go quiet

1. Is Rb now better than bang because he 'placed 3rd at champions?' Is FNS too ability wise since he placed 2nd at champions?
2. 1 series doesn't decide if a player is better than another
3. If you properly read the entire thread, you'd realise my personal opinion is also taken into account.

acels2 [#34]

stopped reading at cyrocells 1.

Your opinion however I feel this year Cryocells will overtake the likes of yay

J0zza [#37]

1. Is Rb now better than bang because he 'placed 3rd at champions?' Is FNS too ability wise since he placed 2nd at champions?
2. 1 series doesn't decide if a player is better than another
3. If you properly read the entire thread, you'd realise my personal opinion is also taken into account.

they are 100% better than bang
they provide way more value than bang who is literally just a "fragging controller"
i don't care about your personal opinion when you show disregard for literal facts
where was all this potential when bang was at champions bro got sent home in groups now you're convinced he's going to become the best controller in the world.

FNEGGS [#39]

they are 100% better than bang
they provide way more value than bang who is literally just a "fragging controller"
i don't care about your personal opinion when you show disregard for literal facts
where was all this potential when bang was at champions bro got sent home in groups now you're convinced he's going to become the best controller in the world.

Bro was hard carrying his team with will at champs lmao. His teams performance is obviously gonna affect his stats at champs and besides his stats were still pretty good at champs.

FNEGGS [#39]

they are 100% better than bang
they provide way more value than bang who is literally just a "fragging controller"
i don't care about your personal opinion when you show disregard for literal facts
where was all this potential when bang was at champions bro got sent home in groups now you're convinced he's going to become the best controller in the world.

You do you my friend. I will re-iterate, it is stats AND personal value. We shall see who's right by the end of the year

L

J0zza [#20]

Let me guess, yay is number 1 for you? I don't think he's a bad player or anything like that but I think Cryo and others overtake him this year

more likely ardiis overtakes yay than cryo does.
ardiis in the structured fns/chet system will be great.
also ardiis jett is probably better than cryos

J0zza [#38]

Your opinion however I feel this year Cryocells will overtake the likes of yay

i mean its a prediction list so.. i cant say much

acels2 [#44]

i mean its a prediction list so.. i cant say much

Check back at the end of the year I guess

Next1 [#42]

L

Give me your top 30 then.

Mako should be a bit higher imo though I also think bang will be the best controller this year. Aspas is really overrated imo, I swear he had the worst rating on his team at champs. There are a few players I would interchange but the rest of the list is fairly reasonable imo considering how hard it is to make a top 30 list.
Nvm why is jinggg that low, should at least be higher than tenz.

f0rsaken overated

thjing [#40]

Bro was hard carrying his team with will at champs lmao. His teams performance is obviously gonna affect his stats at champs and besides his stats were still pretty good at champs.

This is the argument everyone says for their favourite player
"but but the team wasn't good enough"
why do 100T bots all scapegoat previous players for their shit performances
"hiko is 30"
"babyj and ec1s didnt fit into the team"
"we got grouped at champs because of will"

J0zza [#41]

You do you my friend. I will re-iterate, it is stats AND personal value. We shall see who's right by the end of the year

shut up no one cares about you or your shit list

thjing [#47]

Mako should be a bit higher imo though I also think bang will be the best controller this year. Aspas is really overrated imo, I swear he had the worst rating on his team at champs. There are a few players I would interchange but the rest of the list is fairly reasonable imo considering how hard it is to make a top 30 list.
Nvm why is jinggg that low, should at least be higher than tenz.

Fair takes tbf I can respect it. I have jinggg that low because I feel like he won't be as good as he was last year but theres honestly the argument he might be even be better as the meta shifts away from chamber. We'll have to see but the PRX guys I found quite difficult to rank. I can see the debate for jinggg being top 15

KitsuneVLR [#48]

f0rsaken overated

Your opinion I guess, I think he's pretty talented

thatpower [#26]

idk it’s just weird to rate them higher then players like pancada, zyppan, saadhak and others who actually proved something on a much higher level more recently

Cloud shits on most of the list easily, idk about nukkye and mw, they might be washed already. Real top 5: nats chronicle suygetsu shao cloud

Chronicle and Sheydos below Less?
MaKo barely making top 20?

???????

BANG 7????????????????????

at least you get some bonus points for sayf top 5, dude is slept on too much

Itsover [#53]

Cloud shits on most of the list easily, idk about nukkye and mw, they might be washed already. Real top 5: nats chronicle suygetsu shao cloud

I like the take I can't lie

Number_1_Sheydos_Fan [#54]

Chronicle and Sheydos below Less?
MaKo barely making top 20?

???????

BANG 7????????????????????

at least you get some bonus points for sayf top 5, dude is slept on too much

The bang take got people made I can see why but just have a feeling. Glad we agree on the sayf take though

capital_d_colon [#43]

more likely ardiis overtakes yay than cryo does.
ardiis in the structured fns/chet system will be great.
also ardiis jett is probably better than cryos

Each to their own but I feel cryos is better than ardiis'. But we'll see soon enough

Sewygetsu #1

Ronaldo888 [#58]

Sewygetsu #1

siuuuuuuuuu

What is this shameless DRX slander? How is the first player on DRX on the list number fucking 20? Explain. Mako is better than every controller main (except maybe bang rn) on that list. This list is just so biased to NA and EMEA. It is absolutely terrible wtf. Come on we all know at least jingg should be in the top 15, so why tf is he number 22? Awful list. This is objectively horrendous, even putting aside my biases.

Number_1_Sheydos_Fan [#54]

Chronicle and Sheydos below Less?
MaKo barely making top 20?

???????

BANG 7????????????????????

at least you get some bonus points for sayf top 5, dude is slept on too much

Dude im sorry, but sheydos and chronicle are not as good as Less atm,

they could def prove this statement wrong and kick off, but less was amazing the GF vs OPTC and honestly has just had a wayyyy better year

unknown_trash [#60]

What is this shameless DRX slander? How is the first player on DRX on the list number fucking 20? Explain. Mako is better than every controller main (except maybe bang rn) on that list. This list is just so biased to NA and EMEA. It is absolutely terrible wtf. Come on we all know at least jingg should be in the top 15, so why tf is he number 22? Awful list. This is objectively horrendous, even putting aside my biases.

Mako is by far the best controller in the world rn

no skrossi?? nah this list is cap

Xeny [#63]

no skrossi?? nah this list is cap

I actually considered this but I've never seen him play against great opposition. Might add him to honourable mentions though, the stats he puts even if it is against 'worse' opposition and the clips I've seen are insane

this list is.... interesting!
nice try, good start to your valorant knowledge quest !

J0zza [#57]

Each to their own but I feel cryos is better than ardiis'. But we'll see soon enough

fair enough.
nrg vs 100t will be good match

you're like those mfs on youtube clips acting like you know shit about valorant 💀
but damn bro... hope you improve this list alot after the games start

biased.

No asuna is crazy

FNEGGS [#49]

This is the argument everyone says for their favourite player
"but but the team wasn't good enough"
why do 100T bots all scapegoat previous players for their shit performances
"hiko is 30"
"babyj and ec1s didnt fit into the team"
"we got grouped at champs because of will"

To be fair, when bang was on 100t during champs, the team was brand new. They had and still have lots of work, in spite of that they have been doing really good.

andrewdamf [#67]

you're like those mfs on youtube clips acting like you know shit about valorant 💀
but damn bro... hope you improve this list alot after the games start

I don't think I'll change this list at all. I do hope you learn to respect someone's opinion though, good life lesson.

pebu [#65]

this list is.... interesting!
nice try, good start to your valorant knowledge quest !

I guess we'll see what happens this year how much 'valorant knowledge' I actually know!

Derpp [#68]

biased.

I don't think it is tbh. By the list and how I feel this year is gonna go I think EU and NA will dominate. But we shall see I could be wrong

unknown_trash [#60]

What is this shameless DRX slander? How is the first player on DRX on the list number fucking 20? Explain. Mako is better than every controller main (except maybe bang rn) on that list. This list is just so biased to NA and EMEA. It is absolutely terrible wtf. Come on we all know at least jingg should be in the top 15, so why tf is he number 22? Awful list. This is objectively horrendous, even putting aside my biases.

I guess we'll have to see how 'awful' my list is when this year comes to the close. Glad we can agree on the bang thing though :)

thefaz31 [#69]

No asuna is crazy

Idk man, where would you rank him on this list?

J0zza [#74]

I guess we'll have to see how 'awful' my list is when this year comes to the close. Glad we can agree on the bang thing though :)

ok then we will see at the end of the year, but having no APAC teams in the top 20 is just disrespectful. in fact, by the end of 2023, i expect more APAC players to be deserving of the title of top 30 players in the world.

True top 17

1. Aspas
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   big gap
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   .
2. Yay
3. Tuyz
4. Mako
5. Derke
6. Suygetsu
7. Xand
8. Scream
9. Ardiis
10. KiNgg
11. Zekken
12. Heat
13. Jingg
14. Jamppi
15. Sacy
16. Less
17. Shao

alitmanus [#77]

True top 17

1. Aspas
   .
   .
   .
   .
   .
   .
   big gap
   .
   .
   .
   .
2. Yay
3. Tuyz
4. Mako
5. Derke
6. Suygetsu
7. Xand
8. Scream
9. Ardiis
10. KiNgg
11. Zekken
12. Heat
13. Jingg
14. Jamppi
15. Sacy
16. Less
17. Shao

whoa is this tuyz guy really that good? i didnt know

J0zza [#71]

I don't think I'll change this list at all. I do hope you learn to respect someone's opinion though, good life lesson.

i would respect your opinion if it was a good opinion, sadly its clearly dogshit and everyone else in this thread sees it.

thjing [#47]

Mako should be a bit higher imo though I also think bang will be the best controller this year. Aspas is really overrated imo, I swear he had the worst rating on his team at champs. There are a few players I would interchange but the rest of the list is fairly reasonable imo considering how hard it is to make a top 30 list.
Nvm why is jinggg that low, should at least be higher than tenz.

aspas overrated HAHAHAHAHA

Kinda fair, just wouldn't put Cryo that high, when Yay and Tenz are marginally lower than him while being basically equal in terms of skill. Me personally, I'd have aspas at 1 as a player since he has Cryo's skill and production while playing a harder role (Main entry vs a literal fragging position).

The other problem I have with the list is an inconsistent show of a 'value' boost. Like I said before, Aspas in this format is an undebatable #1. With that, if you are taking into consideration things like IGLing, FNS isn't even listed as an honorable mention. Is FNS a top 30 in pure skill? No. Is FNS a top 30 when you take into account he is an IGL? In my opinion, its an overwhelming yes.

I like the list, just some micro-movements that I have a personal problem with since you and I probably value different players less or more. I value players like Chronicle or Sacy more than you do, and you value players like Leo and Leaf a bit more than I do. I appreciate the time you put into the list.

And remember folks,

Champions 2022, Grand Finals, Map 1: Sacy goes 12-3 against Yay and drops 32 kills in order to carry Loud through one of the most important maps in Valorant history. Sacy my goat.

FNEGGS [#21]

You put Mako at 20

marved and pancada arent even on the list

BUT BANG AT 7?

which franchise team does marved play for again?

might be forgetting some people but this is what i think top 20 will look like at the end of 2023

1. sayf
2. cned
3. cryocells
4. nats
5. jinggg
6. suygetsu
   chronicle
7. meteor
   derke
8. yay
9. aspas
10. shao
11. leo
12. buzz
13. ardiis
14. forsaken
15. sacy
16. bang
17. tacolilla
18. pancada

best igl: redgar

unknown_trash [#78]

whoa is this tuyz guy really that good? i didnt know

He's been solid so far this lock in tourney but wouldnt put him that high imo

Wronghand [#81]

Kinda fair, just wouldn't put Cryo that high, when Yay and Tenz are marginally lower than him while being basically equal in terms of skill. Me personally, I'd have aspas at 1 as a player since he has Cryo's skill and production while playing a harder role (Main entry vs a literal fragging position).

The other problem I have with the list is an inconsistent show of a 'value' boost. Like I said before, Aspas in this format is an undebatable #1. With that, if you are taking into consideration things like IGLing, FNS isn't even listed as an honorable mention. Is FNS a top 30 in pure skill? No. Is FNS a top 30 when you take into account he is an IGL? In my opinion, its an overwhelming yes.

I like the list, just some micro-movements that I have a personal problem with since you and I probably value different players less or more. I value players like Chronicle or Sacy more than you do, and you value players like Leo and Leaf a bit more than I do. I appreciate the time you put into the list.

And remember folks,

Champions 2022, Grand Finals, Map 1: Sacy goes 12-3 against Yay and drops 32 kills in order to carry Loud through one of the most important maps in Valorant history. Sacy my goat.

W comment

donut2612 [#83]

might be forgetting some people but this is what i think top 20 will look like at the end of 2023

1. sayf
2. cned
3. cryocells
4. nats
5. jinggg
6. suygetsu
   chronicle
7. meteor
   derke
8. yay
9. aspas
10. shao
11. leo
12. buzz
13. ardiis
14. forsaken
15. sacy
16. bang
17. tacolilla
18. pancada

best igl: redgar

I think it's a reasonable list, we will see if it's right at the end of the year then :)