VALO2ASIA Awards 2024 – Top 20 APAC Players of the Year
These nominations represent the absolute best of the best in the region, featuring players who have battled it out both in the VCT Pacific and VCT China leagues throughout the year. A select few have even felt the rush of competing in Madrid, Shanghai, and Seoul during VCT Global events. The top 20 list represents only the very best, proving they’re not just about skill, but also possess the clutch factor to shine when it matters the most.
Nominations from:
- VCT Pacific & CN KICKOFF
- VALORANT Masters Madrid
- VCT Pacific & CN Stage 1
- VALORANT Masters Shanghai
- VCT Pacific & CN Stage 2
- VALORANT Champions Seoul
Introducing: Panel of Judges for the Top 20 APAC Players of the Year category
For the first time ever, we are giving you a seat at the table as one of the judges! That’s right, your votes will be paramount in helping to determine, alongside votes from our panelists, who is going to be walking away with the prestigious honors this year.
The outcomes are an aggregate of everyone’s personal picks. By collecting and combining these votes, we come to a collective consensus on the top players in Asia-Pacific.
| 🇺🇸 Achilios (Seth King) | 🇸🇬 heyimquack (Kentrell Kwek) |
| 🇨🇳 Alan (Gai Yandahan) | 🇮🇩 jamalismcast (Jamal Hasbi) |
| 🇹🇭 Aoeyjiwa (Jiwarin Thongklung) | 🇰🇷 Jenn (Jung Hyun Lee) |
| 🇵🇭 Asurai (Darwell Llerena) | 🇮🇩 Juandi |
| 🇮🇩 Bella Heartfire (Bella Victoria) | 🇵🇭 Mikafabs (Mika Fabella) |
| 🇵🇭 blackenBlue (Dominico Gayoso) | 🇨🇳 Nai8 (Jia Jia) |
| 🇺🇸 Chobra (William Cho) | 🇯🇵 OooDa |
| 🇸🇬 ChubbyNinja (Victoria Cheng) | 🇺🇸 Paperthin (Clinton Bader) |
| 🇵🇭 Daks (Dathan Rosales) | 🇯🇵 Taiga Kishi |
| 🇨🇳 Ellin (Qian Chunjie) | 🇻🇳 TLing (Nguyen Trong Linh) |
| 🇨🇳 eSportsGuy (Xiao Ma) | 🇮🇳 Universe (Aditya Kumar) |
| 🇮🇩 GLHFSon (Antonius Willson) | 🇹🇭 ZoFearZ (Atthasid Intravichai) |
| You (Yes, you) |
Meet The VALO2ASIA Awards 2024’s Top 20 APAC Players
| Rank | Name | Team |
| #20 | Jung “Foxy9” Jae-sung | DRX (now Gen.G) |
| #19 | Qu “Life” Donghao | FunPlus Phoenix |
| #18 | Adrian “invy” Reyes | Team Secret |
| #17 | Aaron “mindfreak” Leonhart | Paper Rex |
| #16 | Ibuki “Meiy” Seki | DetonatioN FocusMe |
| #15 | Cho “Flashback” Min-hyuk | DRX |
| #14 | Ilia “something” Petrov | Paper Rex |
| #13 | Hsieh “S1Mon” Meng-hsun | EDward Gaming |
| #12 | Wang “nobody” Senxu | EDward Gaming |
| #11 | Kim “MaKo” Myeong-kwan | DRX |
| #10 | Khalish “d4v41” Rusyaidee | Paper Rex |
| #9 | Jason “f0rsakeN” Susanto | Paper Rex |
| #8 | Byeon “Munchkin” Sang-beom | Gen.G |
| #7 | Zhang “Smoggy” Zhao | EDward Gaming |
| #6 | Yu “BuZz” Byung-chul | DRX (now T1) |
| #5 | Kim “Karon” Won-tae | Gen.G |
| #4 | Kim “Meteor” Tae-o | Gen.G (now T1) |
| #3 | Wan “CHICHOO” Shunzhi | EDward Gaming |
| #2 | Kim “t3xture” Na-ra | Gen.G |
| #1 | Zheng “ZmjjKK” Yongkang | EDward Gaming |
Timeline
- December 11 – Event Announcement & Public Voting starts
- December 16 – Revealing #20-#18
- December 17 – Revealing #17-15
- December 18 – Revealing #14-13
- December 19 – Revealing #12-11
- December 21 – Revealing #5, #4 of Game Changers
- December 22 – Revealing #3, #2, #1 of Game Changers
- December 23 – Revealing #5, #4 of Challengers
- December 24 – Revealing #3, #2, #1 of Challengers
- December 26 – Revealing #10-#9
- December 27 – Revealing #8-#7
- December 28 – Revealing #6-#5
- December 29 – Revealing #4
- December 30 – Revealing #3, #2, #1
We’ll be starting the countdown, revealing entries from Monday, December 16th until Monday, December 30th, when we announce our APAC Player of the Year
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