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Sourav Banik

Full list of VCT Awards 2025 winners

Riot Games has announced the VCT Awards 2025, and we have the list of all the winners across all VALORANT Champions Tour regions, including Americas, EMEA, Pacific, and China.

These awards celebrate the top performers for their standout plays, consistency, and impact all season long, and are categorized for roles like Duelist, Sentinel, Controller, Initiator, and IGL. Additionaly, there are more prominent awards like Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Most Improved Player, and Coach of the Year.​

So, if you are looking for the complete list of all VCT Awards 2025 winners, you’ve landed in the right spot, as this article has everything you need to know.

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All VCT 2025 Season Awards winners

VCT Americas 2025 winners

  • Rookie of the Year: Brock “brawk” Somerhalder (NRG)​
  • Duelist of the Year: Erick “aspas” Santos (MIBR)​
  • Sentinel of the Year: Nathan “leaf” Orf (G2)​
  • Controller of the Year: Jacob “valyn” Batio (G2)​
  • Initiator of the Year: Brock “brawk” Somerhalder (NRG)​
  • IGL of the Year: Ethan “Ethan” Arnold (NRG)​
  • Most Improved: Gabriel “cortezia” Cortez (MIBR)​
  • Coach of the Year: Malkolm “bonkar” Rench (NRG)​
  • Player of the Year: Erick “aspas” Santos (MIBR)

NRG’s brawk snagged both Rookie of the Year and Initiator of the Year awards after winning MVP at the VALORANT Champions 2025. Aspas from MIBR walked away with Duelist and the Player of the Year awards following his overall dominance during the season.

G2’s leaf and valyn received the Sentinel and Controller awards, while NRG captain Ethan was the IGL of the year. Cortezia got the Most Improved Player award, and bonkar took the Coach of the Year award.

VCT EMEA 2025 winners

  • Rookie of the Year: Kajetan “kaajak” Haremski (FNC)​
  • Duelist of the Year: Kajetan “kaajak” Haremski (FNC)​
  • Sentinel of the Year: Emir “Alfajer” Beder (FNC)​
  • Controller of the Year: Uğur “Ruxic” Güç (NAVI)​
  • Initiator of the Year: Enes “RieNs” Ecirli (TH)​
  • IGL of the Year: Jake “Boaster” Howlett (FNC)​
  • Most Improved: Kajetan “kaajak” Haremski (FNC)​
  • Coach of the Year: Milan “Milan” de Meij (FNC)​
  • Player of the Year: Kajetan “kaajak” Haremski (FNC)

Fnatic owned the night and the year, where Kaajak, in his first full pro year, swept four awards, including Duelist, Rookie, Most Improved, and Player of the Year.

Boaster nabbed IGL as expected, Milan got Coach, Alfajer got Sentinel, NAVI’s Ruxic earned the Controller, and Team Heretics’ RieNs snagged the Initiator.

VCT Pacific 2025 winners

Patmen with VCT Rookie of the Year 2025 award
Screenshot by Dot Esports
  • Rookie of the Year: Patrick “PatMen” Mendoza (PRX)​
  • Duelist of the Year: Ilia “something” Petrov (PRX)​
  • Sentinel of the Year: Khalish “d4v41” Rusyaidee (PRX)​
  • Controller of the Year: Kim “MaKo” Myeong-kwan (DRX)​
  • Initiator of the Year: Patrick “PatMen” Mendoza (PRX)​
  • IGL of the Year: Ngô “crazyguy” Công Anh (RRQ)​
  • Most Improved: Song “HYUNMIN” Hyun-min (DRX)​
  • Coach of the Year: Alexandre “alecks” Sallé (PRX)​
  • Player of the Year: Jason “f0rsakeN” Susanto (PRX)

Paper Rex came close to a clean sweep, where everyone but Jinggg received awards.

F0rsakeN edged Player of the Year, something owned Duelist, d4v41 took Sentineled, DRX’s MaKo picked up Controller, PatMen doubled down on Rookie and Initiator, RRQ’s crazyguy got OGL, DRX’s Hyunmin had MIP, and alecks seized Coach of the Year.

VCT China 2025 winners

  • VCT China 2025 MVP: Wang “whzy” Haozhe (BLG)
  • Duelist of the Year: Wang “whzy” Haozhe (BLG)
  • Initiator of the Year: Marcus “nephh” Tan (BLG)
  • Controller of the Year: Teng “happywei” Min-wei (XLG)
  • Sentinel of the Year: Ilya “vo0kashu” Ushakov (DRG)
  • IGL of the Year: Marcus “nephh” Tan (BLG)
  • Coach of the Year: Lee “bail” Sung-jae (BLG)

BLG’s whzy took Duelist of the Year, nephh claimed Initiator, XLG’s happywei took Controller, and DRG’s vo0kashu stood tall as Sentinel.

The VALORANT Esports awards were decided based on votes from staff, teams, streamers, media, and fans all over the world.


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