The winners of the TenZ VALORANT Community Awards were announced, with NRG and SRG taking home the most trophies.
All the winners of the VALORANT Community Awards, organized by former pro player and streamer Tyson “TenZ” Ngo, have been revealed. The ceremony celebrated the standout players and coaches of the 2025 season.
Celebrating the 2025 season: Award winners
Professional players and coaches voted to choose all the winners of the TenZ VALORANT Community Awards. The fans, meanwhile, selected the Clutch of the Year Award through a poll on TenZ’s official X account.
Category VCT winner Game Changers winner | Initiator of the Year | Sentinel of the Year Logan "skuba" Jenkins (NRG) Nicole "Noia" Tierce (SRG) | Controller of the Year Sam "s0m" Oh (NRG) Melanie "meL" Capone (SRG) | Duelist of the Year Erick "aspas" Santos (MIBR) Karnthida "dodonut" Chaisrakeo (SRG) | Coach of the Year Malkolm "bonkar" Rench (NRG) Loic "effys" Sauvageau (SRG) | Rookie of the Year Kajetan "kaajak" Haremski (FNC) Esllene "Akita" Xu (G2) | IGL of the Year Ethan "Ethan" Arnold (NRG) Melanie "meL" Capone (SRG) | VCT Americas MVP Erick "aspas" Santos (MIBR) - | VCT EMEA MVP Kajetan "kaajak" Haremski (FNC) - | VCT Pacific MVP Jason "f0rsakeN" Susanto (PRX) - | VCT China MVP Zheng "ZmjjKK" Yongkang (EDG) - | VCT MVP 2025 Erick "aspas" Santos (MIBR) - | Game Changers MVP - | Red Bull Clutch of the Year Wang "Jinggg" Jing Jie (Champions Paris: Lower Semifinal) - |
NRG and Shopify Rebellion Gold (SRG) dominated the night, each taking home five trophies. MIBR aspas won all three categories he was nominated for, while Team Liquid Brasil’s daiki earned two individual awards. You can rewatch the TenZ VALORANT Community Awards and see all the winners on the official YouTube stream or on TenZ’s Twitch channel.
Many on social media criticized the awards, arguing that only the 2025 Champions received recognition, ignoring performances from the rest of the year. TenZ did not respond directly to the criticism. Instead, he did ask fans to leave “any criticism or feedback of any kind” in the post's comments section. The streamer also expressed his wish to organize another ceremony next year.
