top 3 teams in vct every year so far

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im only ranking the teams based on their performances within that year itself, not taking into account how they did the next year

2021:-
1st: Gambit
2nd: Acend/SEN
3rd: Acend/SEN

not sure who to pick for 2nd and 3rd specifically as acend won champs and overall looked good meanwhile sen won 2 masters events (one was a regional)

2022:-
1st: OpTic
2nd: LOUD
3rd: FPX

optic had 3 podium places in 1 year, very impressive. along with a win

2023:-
1st: FNATIC
2nd: EG
3rd: PRX

fnatic is the first team to win two vct events back to back

2024:-
1st: GEN.G
2nd: TH
3rd: SEN/EDG

considered both sen and edg for 3rd place as they each had 1 win, meanwhile sen overall had a better year. but edg did win a more prestigious event

2025:-
1st: FNATIC
2nd: PRX
3rd: NRG

fnatic had deeper runs throughout the year, with 2 podium finishes in vct events and 1 in EWC.

2026:-
1st: PRX
2nd: NS
3rd: idk lol

2026 isnt even halfway done so its whatever

these are just my opinions, you're free to disagree
i valued consistency more than other metrics, with an event win being the 2nd most important

EDIT: changed 2023 3rd place from LOUD to PRX

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grouped.g for 2024 smh

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Acethyr

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if th won either of the events they were 2nd in they wouldve been #1 💔

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2026 3rd: FS

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Acethyr

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we shall wait and see

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2021:

GAMBIT - EMEA
ACEND - EMEA
SENTINELS - AMER
FNATIC - EMEA
TEAM LIQUID - EMEA
ENVY - AMER
KRU - AMER
100 THIEVES - AMER
G2 (EU) - EMEA
NUTURN or VISION STRIKERS - PAC x2

2022:

OPTIC - AMER
LOUD - AMER
FUN PLUS PHOENIX (EU) - EMEA
DRX - PAC
PAPER REX - PAC
FNATIC - EMEA
XSET - AMER
LEVIATAN - AMER
TEAM LIQUID - EMEA
GUILD or G2 (EU) - EMEA x2
I am not putting Zeta here (flukiest run in all of Valorant)

2023:

FNATIC - EMEA
EVIL GENIUSES - AMER
PAPER REX - PAC
LOUD - AMER
DRX - PAC
NRG - AMER
EDWARD GAMING - CN
NATUS VINCERE - EMEA
FUT - EMEA
TEAM LIQUID or GIANTS - EMEA x2

2024:

GEN.G - PAC
TEAM HERETICS - EMEA
SENTINELS - AMER
EDWARD GAMING - CN
PAPER REX - PAC
G2 - AMER
LEVIATÁN - AMER
FNATIC - EMEA
FUT - EMEA
100 THIEVES - AMER / DRX - PAC

2025:

Final List: https://www.vlr.gg/568210/top-20-teams-2025

2026:

Versions: https://www.vlr.gg/675200/2026-top-teams-so-far

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Acethyr

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ts is too much for me to do, W effort outta you though

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Acend: 1st Masters 1 EU + 5th-8th Masters + 1st Champs
SEN: 1st Masters 1 NA + 1st Masters + 5th-8th Masters + 9th-12th Champs

ACEND >

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I would swap PRX and NS because both have won a domestic title (NS won Kickoff and PRX won Stage 1), but NS has an international trophy alongside their domestic
then again NS didn't qualify to London...this is pretty difficult

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Acethyr

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i find it to be extremely poor for a team to win an event then not qualify to the next
what they did was impressive, but to fail to qualify to the next one just knocks off too many points imo
meanwhile prx finished 2nd in m1 and has comfortably qualified for m2

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yeah i can agree with that tbh. i just value international results a little bit higher than consistency, but not by much

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2025:
g2
nrg
prx

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Acethyr

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you do you bro

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Loud over prx in 2023 is kinda wrong no?

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Acethyr

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i actually might be inclined to agree w you
i forgot prx were 3rd in tokyo

and i do consider champs to be more valuable than lockin

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T1>n0g
T1 Better regional finishes
Both 1 event team

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Acethyr

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i consider international performance to be far more important
and champs > masters to me
but t1 is fourth on my list

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Fair ig

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in order

2021: acend, gmb, sen
2022: loud, optic, fpx
2023: eg, fnc, loud
2024: edg, geng, th
2025: nrg, fnc, prx

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Acethyr

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bro said edg 1st
😭😭😭

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king_bob

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won kickoff, stage 1 and stage 2 then won champs

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Acethyr

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we shall agree to disagree king boob

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you disagree with yourself. you say you value champs over masters so there should be no reason for you to even debate if edg had a better year than sen for 2024

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Acethyr

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i value consistency more
sen did well at champs and won an event
edg qualifying to events or winning regionals means nothing to me cause theyre in a bum region

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bum region that won champs cmon brother

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Acend better then gmb?
Why is eg better then fanatic?
Edg first?
Avg king bob opinions

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king_bob

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i value champs very highly and so should you

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I prefer this list. Winning Champions matters the most. Although if I was biased, I'd swap GMB and Acent 2021 and PRX and FNC for 2025.

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fairs