Valorant Rank Distribution 2026: Percentiles & Average Rank — V26 Act 4

Primary numbers = vstats.gg V26 Act 4, all regions, PC, Group ranks filter (scrape July 15, 2026; official API sample). Cumulative top % = share of players at this tier or higher (computed from the same live table).

Rank	% of players	Cumulative top %
Iron	6.51%	Top 100.00%
Bronze	21.08%	Top 93.49%
Silver	22.32%	Top 72.39%
Gold	20.94%	Top 50.07%
Platinum	14.41%	Top 29.13%
Diamond	9.47%	Top 14.72%
Ascendant	4.41%	Top 5.25%
Immortal	0.79%	Top 0.84%
Radiant	0.05%	Top 0.05%

Largest groups: Silver 22.32% · Bronze 21.08% · Gold 20.94%. Single hottest division on vstats = Silver 1 (8.36%).

Cross-check (valking.gg, Jul 15): Iron 7.9% · Bronze 21.3% · Silver 21.5% · Gold 21.1% · Plat 14.9% · Diamond 9.6% · Ascendant 3.3% · Immortal 0.5% · Radiant ~0%. Same shape — Silver/Gold mound, Immortal <1%.

Uncertainty: tracker samples drift daily (~0.01–0.1pp). Jul 12 interact was Silver 22.29% / Immortal 0.76%; Jul 15 vstats refresh is the primary table above (daily drift ~0.1–0.4pp).

Quick read off the vstats Act 4 Cumulative filter (PC, all regions, Jul 15 scrape — not RR leaderboard cutoffs, which vary by region):

Percentile	Rank floor (vstats Act 4)	Notes
Top 10%	Diamond 2+	Diamond 2 cumulative ≈ top 10.8%
Top 5%	Ascendant 1+	Ascendant 1 cumulative ≈ top 5.3%
Top 1%	Immortal 1+	Immortal 1 cumulative ≈ top 0.84%
Top 0.1%	Immortal 3 / Radiant	Imm3 ≈ top 0.20%; Radiant ≈ top 0.05%

If your goal is “prove I’m top 1%,” you need Immortal — Ascendant 3 is still ~top 1.5% (Asc3+ ≈ top 1.5%; Immortal 1+ ≈ top 0.84%).

Median (vstats Act 4, Jul 15 Cumulative): about Silver 3 — Silver 3’s bottom-up cumulative is ~49.9%, so half the ladder is at/below that line.

valking.gg (Jul 15) also reports median Silver III. Treat the answer as Silver 3 (with early Gold 1 still near the 50th), not a single locked division forever — early-Act samples keep shifting.

Why not Immortal fantasies? Ranked is a bell-ish mound: ~65% of players are Bronze–Gold combined. High ranks are a thin right tail — Diamond+ is only ~14.7% of the Act 4 sample, Ascendant+ ~5.3%, Immortal+ ~0.8%.

Is Gold good? Yes for most pubs — you are already at/above the median. Platinum is roughly top ~29%; Diamond is top ~15%.

Act window: V26 Act 4 started with Riot patch 13.00 (Jun 23, 2026) — Summit map in Competitive, Sentinel buffs, Initiator signature CD 60s→50s, RR calculation tweaks so consistent winners feel less stuck, and matchmaking that keeps team average ranks within ~1 sub-tier.

Reset policy: Since Season 2025, Riot resets ranks twice a year (season open + midseason) — confirmed on Esports Tales calendar. Act 4 is the midseason act. Official Instagram reel (Jun) states rank-reset adjustments “starting Act 4 on June twenty-fourth”; community consensus calls Act 3→4 a hard reset. Patch notes themselves emphasize RR/MMR tweaks, not the word “hard reset.”

RR still driven by: win/loss, round diff, performance bonus, and MMR convergence (RiotEvrMoar facts archived on Esports Tales). ~20–40 games to converge rank toward MMR for most players.

This is a data guide, not vibes.

1. Primary distribution: vstats.gg Rank distribution — V26 Act 4 (scrape Jul 15, 2026; PC; All regions; Group ranks + Cumulative filters).
2. Cross-check: valking.gg Ranked Distribution — Jul 15, 2026.
3. Season/act truth: Official VALORANT Patch Notes 13.00 + Esports Tales Act calendar (Act 4 Jun 24–Aug 19, 2026).
4. Stale SERP control: Esports Tales distribution article still titled June 2026 / Act 3 — used only for pre-reset comparison, not as live %.
5. Icons: official media.valorant-api.com competitive tier largeicons (Iron1→Radiant), mirrored locally under /Images/guides/icons/valorant-rank-distribution/.

Where vstats and valking disagree by ~1pp on a tier, the guide table keeps vstats and shows valking in the cross-check line.