Best VALORANT streamers: who you should watch in 2025 and why

VALORANT is a free-to-play first-person hero shooter. Since its launch back in 2020, the game has become one of the most recognised around the world. A significant reason for this is the combination of the game’s gameplay and the community surrounding it. There are over 1000+ streamers and players that livestream themselves playing the game. This has resulted in dozens of VALORANT creators having some of the most-watched streams on Twitch and YouTube. Curious to know who some of the biggest and best VALORANT streamers are in 2025? Check them out below!

Best VALORANT streamers in 2025

Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek

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The first streamer on our list of best VALORANT streamers is none other than Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek. The streamer was previously one of the most popular Counter-Strike players in the world. Following his retirement from Counter-Strike, he transitioned to becoming a full-time streamer.

When VALORANT was released, he tried his hand at becoming a professional player, playing with the likes of Sentinels for a short period of time. But he found real success with streaming as his fan base has gradually increased. Many fans enjoy his content because of his more tactical approach to the game.

This year, he has streamed VALORANT for just over 21 hours. During this time, he had a peak viewership of 13,000 viewers. In recent times, we haven’t seen him stream much VALORANT; thus, he is lower in our list of best VALORANT streamers.

Pujan “FNS” Mehta

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The next streamer on our list of best VALORANT streamers is another well-known player in Esports. It is none other than Pujan “FNS” Mehta. Previously, he was known for his time at Counter-Strike. When VALORANT launched in 2020, he made the switch to the FPS game by Riot Games. He has been a part of some of the best teams in VALORANT. Some examples are NRG and Optic Gaming.

He announced his retirement in VALORANT back in May 2025. Since then, he has been hosting watch parties of various VALORANT Esports tournaments. A significant spike in FNS’s viewership numbers occurred during 2023. This was following his finish of 2nd at VALORANT Champions 2022.

Following that event, he started to stream a lot more frequently while still being a player in the VCT Americas League. The last tournament FNS played was VCT 2025: Americas Stage 1 with NRG Esports. After finishing 8th, he left the team and announced his retirement. His last significant achievement would be helping NRG finish 4th during VALORANT Masters Tokyo 2023.

Currently, he watches VCT Pacific matches, which have been quite popular due to his fan status as Paper Rex. In August, he streamed VALORANT for over 134 hours. The one point to note is that he has had a peak viewership of over 24,000.

It is worth noting that FNS is gradually increasing the time he streams daily. As of August 2025, he has over 430,000 followers on Twitch. He averages a gain of 1000 followers on his account while livestreaming. He is one of the few streamers on this list who watches parities of 3 VCT Partnership leagues: EMEA, Americas, and Pacific.

During Valorant Champions 2025, he was the most-watched co-streamer. Wracking up 3.87 million hours watched across both Twitch and YouTube. He was one of the few streamers that was invited to Paris while the tournament was going on. He has a peak viewership of 90,100 watching his former team win the tournament.

Tyson “Tenz” Ngo

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The next streamer on our list of best VALORANT streamers might come as a surprise to many; it is none other than Tyson “TenZ” Ngo. Many would recognize him for his career as a VALORANT Esports player. In the eyes of many, he was one of the best VALORANT players ever.

During the early stages of his career, he played under the banner of Cloud9. It was following his transfer to Sentinels that he truly shone. At the first VALORANT Esports tournament, VALORANT Masters Reykjavik, he won the tournament with Sentinels. 2 years later in 2024, he helped Sentinels secure their second trophy.

In the grand finals against Gen G, he came in clutch and helped Sentinels win VALORANT Masters Madrid. He became one of the few players to win two VALORANT Masters Trophies. Before the start of the 2025 season, Tenz announced his retirement from VALORANT Esports. Now he streams much more frequently on his Twitch channel.

These include streams with him playing VALORANT or watching VCT tournaments. During VALORANT Masters Bangkok, he was also present at the event. In August 2025, he streamed VALORANT for 13 out of the total 32 hours he streamed. Back then, he had a peak viewership of over 12,000 viewers.

Tarik “Tarik” Celik

The best VALORANT streamer, in our opinion, is none other than Tarik “tarik” Celik. If there is one thing associated with the streamer, it is a genuinely entertaining stream. Since his association with Sentinel in 2022, the streamer has experienced a significant surge in followers.

Currently, he has over 3.3 million followers on Twitch. Similar to Shroud, he was an ex-Counter-Strike professional player. While in Cloud9, he won the 2018 ELEAGUE Boston Major. It is one of the most significant achievements of any player within Counter-Strike Esports.

Following his retirement, he started streaming VALORANT in 2021. Since joining Setinels, he has become one of the go-to watch party streamers during VALORANT Champions Tour events. Since then, the streamer has consistently averaged over 100,000 concurrent viewers.

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Now, in August 2025, his streams get an average viewership of 14,000 viewers. The one aspect about Tarik that many fans appreciate is his consistency. Over the last 4 years, he has averaged streaming for over 100+ hours a month.

This includes him even going for VALORANT Esports tournaments as well. During VALORANT Masters Bangkok, he was streaming alongside Tenz. Many fans consider those streams by him to be some of the highest quality. Due to his social presence, multiple players after their matches try to join him on stream. In any case, viewers of Tarik’s stream get to see another side of the player’s personality outside the game.

During VALORANT Champions 2025,  he was the second most-watched co-streamer for Valorant Champions 2025. Wracking up 2.2 million hours watched across both Twitch and YouTube. He had a peak viewership of 62,400 viewers throughout the tournament.

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