Valorant Stats Explained: ACS, KAST, ADR and Performance Score

Valorant stats measure different slices of your impact. K/D and KDA count kills, deaths and assists. ADR tracks damage per round, KAST shows how often you contributed in a round, and headshot % reflects aim. Since patch 13.06 (September 22, 2026), Riot's scoreboard ranks players by Performance Score instead of ACS.

Below you will find what each stat means, how it is worked out, what Riot shows in the client versus what tracker sites add, which benchmarks actually have a source, and which numbers matter most for duelists, initiators, controllers and sentinels.

What stats does Valorant show you in-game?

Riot Games publishes Valorant, and the client gives you a fairly short list of numbers. The end-of-game scoreboard and match history show your kills, deaths and assists (KDA), and the scoreboard has long included first bloods and an econ rating alongside your score. Plants and defuses now feed directly into Performance Score.

The biggest recent change came with patch 13.06. Riot removed Average Combat Score (ACS) and replaced it with Performance Score, a 0-500 number that now decides your scoreboard position and MVP in Competitive, Unrated, Swiftplay and Premier. The same patch added Accolades, which track personal bests per Act and lifetime, but only from Competitive and Premier games played after the patch.

Stats like ADR, KAST and headshot percentage are not in the client. You need a third-party tracker that reads your match data, such as Tracker.gg, which the Red Bull stats guide uses for K/D, KAST and agent breakdowns.

How is ACS calculated, and what replaced it?

ACS was the scoreboard stat for most of Valorant's life, and many trackers and older match histories still reference it. Per the breakdown published by Esports.net, Combat Score per round worked like this:

• Damage: 1 point per point of damage dealt.
• Kills: 150, 130, 110, 90 or 70 points depending on whether 5, 4, 3, 2 or 1 enemies were alive.
• Multikills: +50 for a 2-kill round, +100 for 3, +150 for 4.
• Non-damaging assists: 25 points each, such as a flash, reveal or heal that leads to a kill.

Your total is divided by rounds played. Because early kills paid more, ACS naturally favored entry players.

What is Performance Score?

Riot has not published the formula. Coverage from Dot Esports and Strafe lists damage, kills, deaths, trades, assists, utility, plants, defuses and clutch or round wins as inputs, with kills weighing the most and traded deaths costing less than untraded ones. Strafe reports the metrics are tailored to each agent's kit. Riot has stated it does not affect your Rank Rating. Treat it as a feedback tool, and expect tuning, since Riot said updates are planned.

What do K/D, KDA, ADR and KAST actually tell you?

These four answer different questions, so look at them together rather than chasing one.

How is KAST calculated?

KAST is the share of rounds where you got at least one kill, assist, survived or were traded, divided by total rounds. A round only counts once. Esports.net describes a trade as a teammate killing your killer within roughly three to four seconds, though each tracker sets its own window.

Why does ADR beat raw kills?

ADR counts gun and ability damage, so it credits you for the 140 damage you dealt even when a teammate finished the kill. Healing and other factors can skew it, so pair it with KAST.

What is a good ACS, ADR, KAST or headshot %?

Riot does not publish benchmarks for any of these, so every number below comes from an outlet's own guide. Use them as rough guides, not rules.

• ACS: Esports.net (December 2025) rates 150-200 as average, 200-250 above average, 250-300 strong and 300+ exceptional. This applies to the old ACS system, not Performance Score.
• ADR: THESPIKE.GG (updated July 2023) calls 110-130 good, flags under 100 as a sign you need to take more fights, and puts good pros around 140-160.
• KAST: Esports.net (January 2026) treats above 65% as a good average and 75-85% as star level, based on pro stats.
• Econ rating: Dexerto (2020) placed mid-pack players around 55-75 and standout fraggers near 100 or more.
• Headshot %: no reliable rank-by-rank benchmark exists. The Red Bull guide (August 2024) noted that a pro's 35.4% sat in Tracker.gg's top 2.1% of players, which shows how rare very high numbers are.

No reliable public benchmark exists for K/D, clutches or Performance Score either. The fairest test is to compare yourself with players at your own rank. Use the rank distribution page for context, and see Valorant ranks explained for how RR and ranks work.

Which stats matter most for each role?

A sentinel and a duelist with the same K/D can have very different games. Judge each role by the job it does.

• Duelist: first bloods versus first deaths, ADR and K/D. Your job is to create space, so dying first is acceptable only if you are traded. Strafe reports Performance Score rewards duelists more for first kills and damage.
• Initiator: assists, KAST and ADR. Flashes, recon and stuns that lead to kills are your main output, which KDA alone undersells.
• Controller: KAST, survival and plants. Good smokes rarely show up as kills, and Strafe says utility counts more toward controller and initiator scores.
• Sentinel: KAST, first deaths and clutches. Anchoring a site means living long enough to delay or retake.

Esports.net also lists role-specific ranges: average ACS of 165-215 for duelists versus 140-190 for sentinels, and KAST of 55-65% for duelists versus 69-74% for controllers. That gap is why comparing raw numbers across roles is misleading.

How can you use your stats to improve?

1. Pick one weak stat per week. Low headshot %? Work on crosshair placement in deathmatch. Low KAST? Play closer to teammates so you can trade and be traded.
2. Read first deaths honestly. If you die first often on a non-duelist, you are probably peeking too early or holding exposed angles.
3. Check econ rating on eco rounds. A low number on full buys means you spent credits without dealing damage.
4. Use the Performance Score breakdown. The end-of-game screen now lists what lifted or lowered your score, which is free coaching.
5. Track trends, not single games. One great match means little; twenty matches show a pattern.

Set a target with the rank goal planner, and browse the guides for role and agent fundamentals. There are no shortcuts here; steady habits are what move these numbers.

Ready to climb? To turn these numbers into rank, read our guide on how to rank up in Valorant, which pairs each habit with how to practice it.