Top 5 Players at Masters Toronto

Masters Toronto, the second VALORANT global event of the year, is mere days away. Twelve teams will converge on Toronto to prove who it the world’s strongest midway through the season, all looking to set themselves up perfectly for a charge towards VALORANT Champions. Here we’ll look at the best players due to attend the tournament, picking, in no particular order, our best five pros.

Jemkin

Maksim “Jemkin” Batorov’s status as a world-class VALORANT pro had been a long time coming. The Russian Duelist’s tier 1 career has so far only been spent with RRQ, who until their Pacific Stage 1 title had been meddling in mid-table for some time. Though their unimpressive placings meant that few paid much attention, Jenkin was consistently putting in numbers that showed that he had great ability.

He was among the region’s top three for Average Combat Score in the previous three events prior to Stage 1, topping the leaderboard for 2025 Kickoff with a ridiculous 257.4. He did so again in Stage 1 with 253.9 ACS.

Jemkin was the difference maker in the final against Gen.G, going +25 across the series’ four maps with 89 kills — 21 more than any other player in the server. Not only is he an elite shooter, but he can do the job in the most high-stakes moments, an ideal attribute for global events.

Aspas

Erick “aspas” Santos is no stranger to international competition. He was a VALORANT Champions winner in 2022 and is about to attend his ninth global event. His move to MIBR this season has so far been a mixed bag. Successive third place finishes has cemented them as one of the best teams in the Americas, but they seem firmly behind the top two of G2 and Sentinels.

That said, MIBR’s inability to win a Kickoff or Stage 1 title has hardly been aspas’ fault; the nature of G2’s dominance makes it hard to knock any team for failing to topple them. The Brazilian was the player with the highest KD in the region, with 1.3,5 and was in the top three for ACS — something he also managed during Kickoff.

Kaajak

Questions were raised of Kajetan “kaajak” Haremski earlier in the season, particularly around his ability to replace the outgoing, seemingly irreplaceable Derke. Kaajak and Fnatic as a whole disappointed with their short-lived Kickoff run, while Derke’s Team Vitality were crowned champions — for the former, it seemed that a forgettable season was on the cards.

That was before a coaching switch changed their fortunes. Fnatic looked a different team in Stage 1; Boaster’s calling fuelled IGL GOAT debates, vibes within the team were immaculate, and kaajak was on fire.

The Pole lead the EMEA Stage 1 on ACS (249.9), KD (1.38), ADR (160.6), and Kills per Round (0.89). Kaajak was the best player in EMEA, and nobody else came close. In the 3-0 grand final win against Team Heretics he went +40 with a 73/33/17 KDA. He had 23 more kills than any other player, in only three maps.

Leaf

Nathan “leaf” Orf is already in his fifth year of playing in tier 1 VALORANT competition at only 21 years old. Despite his mainstay status, he’d not tasted silverware until G2’s current dominance began this season. He joined the organisation once it gained a spot in VCT Americas and helped them build on their solid 2024 to become back-to-back champions in 2025.

Stats-wise, leaf is a consistent performer across the board. During VCT Americas Stage 1, he claimed the seventh-highest ACS (236.0) while earning a 1.19 KD, holding a KAST% of 74%, and doing 153.6 Average Damage per Round. He’s also a unique performer when it comes to First Kills, earning the fourth-most across the competition — the only non-Duelist amongst the top six.

F0rsaken

Of the players on this list, Jason “f0rsakeN” Susanto is the one whose presence is the most intangibles-led. Of the Paper Rex core that have reached so many global events, there’s always a number of names that are considered amongst the best at any tournament. But f0rsakeN is unique amongst almost all elite VALORANT players in that he’s — by quite a distance — the most recognisable and highest performing flex player.

While there are others that can perform to some degree across roles, maybe helping out as a secondary Duelist in certain comps that require it, the nature of f0rsakeN’s flex play is like no other. He used eight different agents during Paper Rex’s VCT Pacific Stage 1 run, seeming to switch roles with ease and having gone on record to say he’d expect more pros to do the same, the longer the game has been playable. But after 5 years of VALORANT, he stands alone.