A decade ago, professional gaming was seen as a risky pursuit, but today it's a proven path to wealth. Many top Valorant pros transitioned from titles like CS:GO, building fortunes through skill and competition. This list ranks the top 5 by total career earnings—not just Valorant prize money—drawing from verified esports databases.
Total Winnings: $451,000
Timothy "autimatic" Ta is an American duelist maining for T1. A former Counter-Strike: Source pro, he competed for Team SoloMid, Cloud9, and Gen.G Esports, securing a Major win at ELEAGUE Boston 2018.
Total Winnings: $469,000
Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham, an American rifler for T1, brings experience from Alliance of Valiant Arms (with DefkoN since 2010) and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (from 2012). He shone with iBUYPOWER and Cloud9, winning the ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 as a pioneering North American talent.
Total Winnings: $495,000
Vincent "Happy" Cervoni Schopenhauer (born November 23, 1991) is a French in-game leader for Excel Esports. Formerly a top Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Source player, he led LDLC.com and Team EnVyUs to glory, claiming Majors at DreamHack Winter 2014 and DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015.
Total Winnings: $944,000
Nicholas "nitr0" Cannella is a retired American Counter-Strike: Global Offensive star and Grand Slam winner. He stepped away from CS:GO on August 14, 2020, to join 100 Thieves in Valorant.
Total Winnings: $1.9M
Harrison "psalm" Chang, an American controller for Squirtle Squad, transitioned from professional Fortnite (2019 World Cup Solo finalist) and Heroes of the Storm to dominate in Valorant.
