The best crosshairs for Valorant
The best crosshairs for Valorant are small, static and easy to see: a 2 px dot, or a cross of 2 px lines with a 1 to 2 px gap, firing error off, outer lines off, and a black outline for bright walls. All 10 pro codes we read in November 2026 are static.
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What is the best dot crosshair for Valorant?
Use a dot if you want the smallest thing on screen. It marks the centre and shows nothing about spread, so you read recoil from your shots. 2 of the 10 pro codes further down are dots.
Cyan pin dot
Four pixels at the exact centre and nothing else on screen. A 2 px dot centres exactly on a 1080p display, because an even size can straddle the middle of the screen.
White dot with outline
The solid black ring is what keeps a white dot readable on a pale wall. Choose it if you play every map and do not want to think about colour. It has the highest score on this page.
Yellow 3 px dot
A step bigger for players who lose a 2 px dot mid-fight. It costs some precision: 3 is an odd size, so it sits half a pixel off true centre, and it hides more of a distant head.
Which small cross is best?
A cross that stops within 4 px of the centre leaves the most target visible while still pointing at the middle. 9 of the 10 pro codes further down stay inside that distance, dots included.
Cyan small cross
Nothing reaches past 4 px from the centre, so a distant head stays visible between the arms. With no outline it is weaker on bright walls, and bare cyan gets only a modest visibility score on grey.
White plus, no gap
The arms meet at the centre, so there is no gap for your eye to fill in. White with a soft outline works on any map tone without colour tuning.
Green small cross
A 2 px gap frames the centre instead of covering it. The solid outline keeps the green readable against sky and bright stone.
Yellow small plus
The smallest cross on this page. Yellow is the brightest preset after white, which helps a shape this small stay visible in dark corners.
What is a good classic crosshair?
A classic cross has arms you can find at a glance and a gap you can see through. Valorant’s default scores 76 on the aim score, held back by lines that spread when you shoot or move. The same shape held still scores 90.
Steady default
Valorant’s default shape with the moving parts removed: no firing error, no outer lines. If the default feels familiar but noisy, start here.
Classic cyan
Long enough to find at a glance, with a centre open enough to see a head through. Good for players moving down from the default who still want visible arms.
Tight white cross
A shorter classic with a 2 px gap. The solid outline holds up against a bright sky, where a bare white line would wash out.
Green dot and cross
A dot for the exact centre and short arms to pull your eye back to it. The dot and lines are all 2 px, so every part lines up on the same pixels.
Can you make a T-shaped crosshair in Valorant?
No. Valorant has one vertical length for the up and down arms together, so no setting or code can remove only the top line. The closest shapes are a horizontal dash and a wide cross.
Cyan dash
Vertical length 0 leaves only the horizontal arms, so nothing sits above or below the point you aim at. It is the closest Valorant gets to a crosshair with no top line.
White wide cross
Long horizontal arms and short vertical ones. The horizontal bar gives you a line to hold at head height, and the 2 px stubs keep the centre marked.
Which colour shows up best on Valorant’s maps?
No colour wins on every map, so choose for the walls you see most: cyan against sand and tan, pink against foliage, yellow in dark interiors, or white with a solid outline if you will not retune. Each card sits on a flat tone close to that kind of wall.
Cyan on sand
Sand and tan walls sit near orange, and cyan is close to the opposite hue. The aim score tests greys only, so it cannot see this pairing.
Pink on leaves
The preset pink is pure magenta, the opposite hue to green, so it holds up on foliage where a green crosshair would blend in. The aim score tests greys only, so it cannot see this pairing either.
Yellow in the dark
On dark interiors brightness does the work, and yellow is the brightest preset after white. It has the best visibility score of the bare colours in the table below.
White with solid outline
White against a black ring shows on nearly any background, since one half always differs from what is behind it. It suits players who will not retune by map.
| Colour | Visibility, no outline | Visibility, solid outline |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | 69 | 100 |
| Green yellow | 66 | 100 |
| White | 65 | 100 |
| Green | 64 | 100 |
| Yellow green | 63 | 100 |
| Cyan | 53 | 100 |
| Pink | 53 | 100 |
| Red | 46 | 100 |
Red comes last, and it also matches Valorant’s default red enemy highlight. A solid outline reaches 100 for every colour because the score counts the contrast between a colour and its own outline, which says nothing about how that outline looks on a dark wall.
Which thin crosshair suits a low-spec PC?
A thin crosshair is the one to try at a low resolution. Valorant draws crosshairs in screen pixels and does not scale them, so at 720p each pixel is one and a half times as wide as at 1080p, and a 1 px line stops looking like a hairline. Every 1 px line needs a strong outline, or it disappears.
Thin white cross
Lines 1 px wide leave almost nothing over the target. A 1 px line vanishes without a strong outline, so this one has a solid black ring.
Thin cyan cross
Shorter than the white one. A good fit for 720p or 900p, where each pixel covers more of the screen and a thin crosshair stops looking thin.
Hairline yellow
Longer arms and a wider gap for players who want an open centre. Yellow keeps a 1 px line visible in dark corners.
What crosshair should a beginner use?
Start big and shrink it. While you are learning where to look, a crosshair’s first job is to be found at once, so a visible cross beats a precise one. Shorten the arms as that stops being a problem.
Large white cross
Hard to lose while you are still learning where to look. The score marks it down for size, and that trade is deliberate: move to a classic once you stop hunting for your crosshair.
Bold yellow cross
The 3 px arms are the heaviest on this page. It covers more of the target than the others, and in return you can see it in any fight.
Large cyan dot and cross
The long arms tell you roughly where you are aiming and the dot says exactly where. A sensible first step toward a smaller crosshair: shorten the arms and keep the dot.
What is the best crosshair for the Operator?
The Operator uses the scope’s own centre dot, and you can only change that dot with Use Advanced Options on. 4 of the 9 pro codes further down that keep a scope dot set it to full opacity, and all 9 use a size from 0.628 to 1. These start at 2 px so the dot is easy to see, and the slider takes decimals if you want it smaller. The aim score does not rate a scope dot, so these cards show no score.
Green scope dot
A 2 px green dot at full opacity. The default scope dot is 1 px, red and 75% opaque, so this reads more clearly at a glance.
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The same setup in pink, which suits maps where green and cyan blend into the scenery. Both the scope dot and the unscoped dot are pink, so scoped and unscoped look the same.
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The brightest of the three. Pick it if you want the dot to stand out on dark maps while you hold an angle.
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How do thickness, gap and colour change a crosshair?
Thickness, gap and colour do most of the work. Change one at a time and play a few rounds on each.
Thickness
Thin lines cover less of the target and are easier to lose. Two pixels is the usual balance. Keep every part all odd or all even: an odd size cannot centre on a 1080p screen, so it sits half a pixel down and to the right, and mixing the two looks visibly off.
Gap
The gap is how far the lines start from the centre. A gap of 1 or 2 px frames a head instead of covering it, and 0 makes a solid plus. From about 5 px the centre stops being marked, so add a dot if you want it that wide.
Length
Long arms are easy to find and cover more of the screen. Short arms do the opposite. Every pixel near the centre counts against you, so shorten the arms until the crosshair is only just easy to find.
Colour
Choose by contrast against the walls you play on, and check it on your own monitor. Brightness matters most for fine detail, then hue.
Outline
A black outline carries a crosshair across bright and dark walls, and a 1 px line needs one to stay visible. The cost is more pixels over the target, so use the lowest opacity you can still see.
Centre dot
A dot marks the exact centre with a few pixels. On its own it is the cleanest option. With lines, keep the dot and the lines the same parity so they line up.
Firing and movement error
With these on, the lines move when you shoot or run. That shows you when you have lost accuracy, and it also moves the lines off your target. All 10 pro codes further down keep them off on every line they draw.
How we picked
We built 26 crosshairs from Valorant’s real settings, one style at a time, and checked that no two look alike. Every picture is drawn from the crosshair’s own code by the same code AimKata uses in the trainer, at the same scale, on a flat colour. There are no screenshots. The build fails if a code does not read back as its settings.
“Best” here rests on three things you can check: the aim score below, what the published pro codes have in common, and how a crosshair looks on the walls you play on.
The score is a heuristic we wrote, not a measurement of aim. Its weights and thresholds are our own choices, tuned so pro-style crosshairs score high, so a high score means “close to that style”. We have not measured hit rates. It rates each crosshair against six greys from our training range, not Valorant’s own maps, and it knows nothing about your eyes or your monitor.
| Measure | Weight | What it looks at |
|---|---|---|
| Visibility | 35% | How different the crosshair’s colour looks from each of six grey surfaces, or from its own black outline if it has one. A very small crosshair loses a little for being small. |
| Precision | 25% | Whether a small gap, a dot or arms meeting at the centre mark the middle, and how fine the parts are. Mixing odd and even sizes costs points. |
| Clear view | 20% | How much of the screen the crosshair covers at rest. Pixels near the centre count up to three times as much, because they hide what you aim at. |
| Stability | 20% | How much the lines move. Firing error on the inner lines costs most, and a crosshair that never moves gets 100. |
Valorant’s default crosshair scores 76: visibility 100, precision 93, clear view 53, stability 38.
How do you import a crosshair code in Valorant?
Paste the code into the Crosshair tab. These steps come from Riot’s patch 4.05 notes, the update that added codes.
Copy a code
Press Copy on any crosshair on this page.
Open the crosshair settings
In Valorant, go to Settings, then the Crosshair tab.
Open the import box
Click the icon that looks like an arrow pointing down, next to Crosshair Profile.
Paste and import
Paste the code into the field and click Import. The preview at the top of the menu changes to the new crosshair.
Name the profile
Give it a unique name so you can find it again. Valorant keeps up to 15 crosshair profiles.
What crosshairs do pro Valorant players use?
Mostly small and static. These are the codes ProSettings lists for 10 players, read on 10 November 2026. Pros change settings often, so treat each as a snapshot: PCGamesN listed different codes for TenZ, Jinggg, f0rsakeN and Alfajer in July. All 10 keep their lines still, and none draws further than 6 px from the centre. Valorant’s default reaches 12 px. Each picture shows the primary crosshair, and a code can also set different aim-down-sights or scope settings.
TenZ
Listed on ProSettings, last changed 3 November 2026.
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Listed on ProSettings, last changed 3 November 2026.
Try it in the editor0;P;h;0;0l;4;0o;0;0a;1;0f;0;1b;0Derke
Listed on ProSettings, last changed 9 November 2026.
Try it in the editor0;P;o;1;0t;1;0l;4;0o;2;0a;1;0f;0;1t;0;1l;1;1o;0;1a;1;1m;0;1f;0yay
Listed on ProSettings, last changed 9 November 2026.
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Listed on ProSettings, last changed 3 November 2026.
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Listed on ProSettings, last changed 5 October 2026.
Try it in the editor0;s;1;P;c;1;t;2;o;1;d;1;0b;0;1b;0;S;b;1;c;8;s;0.823Alfajer
Listed on ProSettings, last changed 9 November 2026.
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Listed on ProSettings, last changed 3 November 2026.
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Listed on ProSettings, last changed 12 October 2026.
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Listed on ProSettings, last changed 14 October 2026.
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Questions players ask about crosshairs
What is the best crosshair for Valorant?
A small, static, high-contrast crosshair suits most players: a 2 px dot, or a cross with 2 px lines and a 1 to 2 px gap, with firing error and outer lines off. No single code is best for everyone, so copy two or three and play a few rounds on each.
What is the best crosshair colour in Valorant?
No colour wins on every map. On AimKata’s grey test surfaces yellow scores highest without an outline and red lowest, and a solid black outline brings every preset to the top of that measure. Most of the 10 pro codes we read use white or cyan. Red also matches Valorant’s default enemy highlight.
Is a dot crosshair better than a cross?
Neither is better for everyone. A dot covers the least and marks the exact centre, but it is the hardest to find in a fight, while short arms are easy to see at a glance. 2 of the 10 pro codes we read are dots and the other 8 use lines.
Should firing error be on or off in Valorant?
Off is the common choice. With firing error on, the lines spread as you shoot, which shows when you have lost accuracy but also moves the lines off your target. All 10 pro codes we read in November 2026 keep it off on every line they draw.
Do you need outer lines on a Valorant crosshair?
No. Outer lines add pixels around the target, and in the default crosshair they spread when you shoot or run. 8 of the 10 pro codes we read turn them off completely, and no crosshair we built uses them.
Why does my crosshair look smaller at 1440p?
Valorant draws crosshairs in screen pixels and does not scale them with resolution, so the same code looks about 75% as large at 1440p as at 1080p, and half as large at 4K, by community measurements. To match a 1080p look, multiply each size by your screen height divided by 1080. Community tools use the same rule.
How do you copy another player’s crosshair in Valorant?
While you spectate them, type /crosshair copy or /cc and Valorant saves their crosshair as a new profile. Riot added the command in patch 5.04.
Can you use a different crosshair when aiming or scoped?
Yes. Turn on Use Advanced Options in the crosshair settings and Valorant adds separate Aim Down Sights and Sniper Scope tabs. Riot added them in patch 3.03.
Can you use a custom crosshair colour in Valorant?
Yes. In the colour menu choose Custom and enter a 6-digit hex value, such as 00FFB3. Riot added custom colours in patch 5.04, and a crosshair code carries the colour with it.
Test one on moving targets
AimKata is a free browser aim trainer that reads real Valorant crosshair codes. Open any crosshair here in its editor, then take it into a drill.
Sources
- Valorant Patch Notes 4.05 (importing and exporting crosshair codes)Read
- Valorant Patch Notes 5.04 (custom colours, separate vertical length, /cc, 15 profiles)Read
- Valorant Patch Notes 3.03 (Use Advanced Options)Read
- ProSettings: TenZ Valorant settingsRead
- ProSettings: aspas Valorant settingsRead
- ProSettings: Derke Valorant settingsRead
- ProSettings: yay Valorant settingsRead
- ProSettings: Jinggg Valorant settingsRead
- ProSettings: Zekken Valorant settingsRead
- ProSettings: Alfajer Valorant settingsRead
- ProSettings: f0rsakeN Valorant settingsRead
- ProSettings: something Valorant settingsRead
- ProSettings: Chronicle Valorant settingsRead
- PCGamesN: Best Valorant crosshair codes used by pros (updated 22 July 2026)Read
- Esports.net: How to change enemy color in Valorant (default enemy highlight)Read
- Valorant crosshair resolution conversion (scaling codes by screen height)Read
Keep going
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- Valorant aim drills: what to play and whyEvery AimKata drill by skill, with a guide to which of the 21 to play for a given weakness.
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