Top 7 Fortnite Players That Switched to Valorant

7. wakie

Felix Thebo "Wakie" Hortlund, also known as "wak1e", was a professional Fortnite player for Executors Ones and GODSENT. His biggest achievement was his Squad FNCS title in Chapter 2 Season 1 and his participation in the Solo World Cup Finals in 2019. After making nearly 220,000 dollars, he lost his passion to Fortnite and started grinding Valorant.

There he was never an actual esports athlete, but in June 2022, he reached rank 1 on the Valorant Radiant rank Leaderboard when he was still just 17. With that said, he retired from all esports and is now probably building up his life, as he is still very young today. We wish him best of luck on his future path! | © Executors One/wakie

6. thwifo

Zander "thwifo" Kim (left side on the picture) was a professional Fortnite player for Ghost Gaming, who made 129,000 Dollars in prize money.

But in July 2020 he joined XSET and switched to Valorant. Until December 2023 he also signed for T1, NRG and 100 Thieves, before he became a coach and analyst, to transport is knowledge to younger players. | © XSET Snood via Twitter/Ghost Gaming

5. Poach

Jake "POACH" Brumleve played Fortnite for Team Liquid for nearly 2 years and got his best placements in the Fortnite Summer Skirmish back in 2018. After making more than 300,000 Dollars, he decided to jump ship and join Valorant.

He made his debut at Andbox, but left the team later to join Built By Gamers. His last station as a player was the famous FaZe Clan! At the age of 24, he decided to switch roles and became a coach at Disguised GC. | © Credit: Poach

4. Zeek

Aleksander "zeek" Zygmunt played for Dynamind and AGO Esports in Fortnite. With AGO and his Polish colleague JarkoS he managed to earn 9000 Dollar in total before switching to Valorant in 2020.

In Riot's shooter, he was part of THOSE GUYS and nolpenki, before he made it to join G2 Esports in 2021. Afterwards, he also played for Acend, Team Heretics and GoNext Esports. In Valorant, he earned an approximate prize money of 105,000 Dollar, what is nearly 12 times his Fortnite earnings. | © Redbull/G2 Esports

3. Zyppan

Pontus "Zyppan" Eek is one of the younger players on this list, that switched to Valorant. During his time in Fortnite, he played for Epsilon Esports, Raised by Kings and Exalty, making nearly 60,000 Dollars out of it. The swedish player succeeded in multiple Skirmish events as well as in the first FNCS tournaments where he played a while with the lithuanian pro RedRush who became FNCS champion 2 seasons later.

After making the switch to Valorant in 2020, he joined started as a stand-in for Ninjas in Pyjamas, then joined FABRIKEN and FunPlus Phoenix. After 4 years he is close to doubling his Fortnite prize money with currently 113,000 Dollars on his name. Nowadays, he is playing for the famous Ukrainian esports organization Natus Vincere, also known as NaVi or Na'Vi. | © Epsilon Esports via Twitter

2. psalm

Harrison "psalm" Chang played Heroes of the Storm, but after Blizzard killed the game's pro scene, he switched to Fortnite. There, he joined Counter Logic Gaming for roughly a year, from 2019 to 2020. His biggest achievement was the second place in Fortnite's first and only ever Solo World Cup, earning himself 1.8 million dollars at the age of 24!

The switch to Valorant came in May 2020. The most popular team he played for was Dignitas in 2020 to 2021. Since 2022 he isn't participating in a team, but with a lot of prize money on his bank and 29 years of age on his shoulders, he had a pretty successful esports career! | © Carlton Beener/Turtle Entertainment

1. Benjyfishy

No introduction needed, but anyway. Benjy David Fish, also known as Benjyfishy, is one of the most iconic Fortnite pros in the history of the game. With an approximate prize money of more than 600,000 dollars, he's one of Fortnite's greatest of all time! Making it to the World Cup Finals in Solos and Duos in 2019. Making it first in various tournaments, the only title he sadly never got in his Fortnite career was becoming an FNCS Champion.

After switching to Valorant, he was a streamer for his former Fortnite team NRG. After that, he fought for his spot in Czech team Enterprise Gaming, starting as a Stand-in. Currently, he is part of the famous Spanish organization Team Heretics, competing in VCT EMEA and other official tournaments. | © Epic Games/Benjyfishy