Valorant Headshot Percentage: How to Raise It

Your Valorant headshot percentage is the share of your hits that land on the head, and the game shows it for every match in your match history. To raise it, keep your crosshair at head height before an enemy appears, stop moving before you shoot, and rely on the first bullet instead of a long spray.

What headshot percentage means

When a bullet hits an enemy, the game records whether it struck the head, the body or the legs. Headshot percentage is the head's share of those hits. Shots that miss completely are not part of it.

The number matters because of damage. A rifle bullet to the head does several times the damage of one to the body. With the Vandal, one headshot kills at any distance, while the body takes several bullets. A higher percentage means shorter fights, and shorter fights are the ones you win.

Where to see your Valorant headshot percentage

1. Open the Career tab from the main menu.
2. Go to Match History and select a match.
3. Look at the match details: they show how your hits were divided between head, body and legs, as percentages.

The figure is for that match only. One game says little, since a single round with a shotgun can pull it down. Look at your last ten or so matches and note the numbers if you want to follow your progress.

What is a good headshot percentage in Valorant?

Riot does not publish a target, so any figure is only what players say. Many treat a number around 20 to 25 percent as solid for someone who mostly uses rifles, and players at the top of the ladder tend to sit higher.

Read your own number with care:

• Shotguns, machine guns and sniper rifles are not aimed at the head in the same way, so matches played with them look lower.
• Spraying through a smoke adds many body and leg hits.
• Some agents get part of their kills with abilities, which leaves fewer bullets in the count.

The useful comparison is with yourself a month ago, not with a stranger's screenshot.

How to get more headshots in Valorant

Keep the crosshair at head height

Most headshots are decided before the enemy appears. If your crosshair already sits where a head will show up, you only need a small correction. If it points at the floor, you need a large flick under pressure.

Walk through a map and watch your crosshair. It should rest at the height of a standing enemy's head and slightly away from the edge of the corner, so that the enemy walks into it. Remember that head height moves on stairs and ramps and looks lower at long range.

Stop before you shoot

Bullets fired while you are running go wide, even when the crosshair is on the head. Release the movement key, or tap the opposite one, and fire once you are still. It feels slow at first. It is faster than missing six bullets.

The crosshair settings can help you learn this. Turn on the movement error and firing error options for a while: the crosshair opens when you are inaccurate and closes when your next shot will go straight.

Use the first bullet

When you stand still, the first bullet from a rifle lands very close to the center of the crosshair. Each bullet after it climbs with the recoil. At medium and long range, fire one bullet or a burst of two or three, pause for a moment so the weapon settles, and fire again.

Up close, spraying is still the right choice. Our guide to Valorant spray control explains when to tap, burst or spray.

Do not crouch too early

Crouching at the start of a fight drops your crosshair from head height to chest height. Many players do it without noticing. Shoot standing first, and crouch only later in a spray if you need to.

A short daily routine

Ten to fifteen minutes before your matches is enough.

1. In the Range, shoot the practice bots with single bullets, heads only. Do not rush. Accuracy comes first, speed later.
2. Set the bots to strafe and repeat, stopping your own movement before each shot.
3. Play one Deathmatch with a single rule: aim only at heads, and never spray at range.

Keep your sensitivity and crosshair the same from day to day. Muscle memory needs the same conditions every time, and players who change settings every week keep starting again.

Do not chase the number during a real match. A body shot that wins the round is better than a missed headshot.

Common questions about headshots

Does headshot percentage affect my rank?

Not directly. Your rank moves with your match results. A higher percentage helps because you win more of your duels.

Is the Vandal or the Phantom better for headshots?

The Vandal kills with one headshot at any distance. The Phantom's damage falls with distance, so far away a headshot can leave an enemy with full armor alive. The Phantom is easier to spray. Both work.

Why is my headshot percentage low when my aim feels fine?

It is usually crosshair placement or shooting while moving. Watch where your crosshair rests when nothing is happening.

Do skins improve aim?

No. A skin changes how a weapon looks and sounds, not how it shoots.

Valorant Points on Mas4Games

Aim comes from practice, and skins are a matter of taste. If you want one, skins are bought with Valorant Points (VP), and Mas4Games sells VP codes for accounts of the Türkiye region only: Valorant Points codes on Mas4Games.

The code is shown on the order's page in your account and sent by e-mail. If you have a question about an order, the help center has live support.