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The 20 closest esports news and statistics alternatives to VLR.gg, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 8 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to VLR.gg? The closest matches are Liquipedia, Half-Life TV and OP.GG. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About VLR.gg

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Valorant esports coverage | VLR.gg

Valorant esports coverage - competitive news, schedule, match results, team rankings, stats, and forums

Top 10K · #3,910 English 8 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
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Summary by Claude

VLR.gg covers competitive Valorant esports with news, match schedules and results, event brackets, team rankings, player stats, live stream listings, pick'em contests and community forums.

Who it’s for
Valorant esports fans and players
Business model
Advertising

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

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03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to VLR.gg

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  1. 01
    Liquipedia liquipedia.net Top 10K English

    Liquipedia

    esports encyclopedia

  2. 02
    Half-Life TV hltv.org Top 10K English

    software for the broadcasting of gaming matches on the Half-Life engine

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    OP.GG op.gg Top 10K English

    LoL Stats Tracker, Rankings & Match History | OP.GG

    LoL stats, match history, live games, and rankings for every League of Legends player. Search Summoner's Rift, ARAM, Arena, and every game mode on OP.GG.

  4. 04
    GameRant gamerant.com Top 10K English

    GameRant - Breaking News, Reviews & Everything Else in the World of Video Games

    GameRant delivers content written by gamers for gamers with an emphasis on news, reviews, unique features, and interviews.

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    Bleacher Report bleacherreport.com Top 10K English

    Bleacher Report | Sports. Highlights. News. Now.

    Fan easier, fan faster and fan better with Bleacher Report. Keep up with the latest storylines, expert analysis, highlights and scores for all your favorite sports.

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    Polygon polygon.com Top 10K English

    Polygon: Gaming and Entertainment News, Culture, Reviews, and More

    Your source for the latest in video games, sci-fi, fantasy, tabletop games, anime, horror, books, and comics.

  7. 07
    gamespot.com Top 10K English

    video game website

  8. 08
    Sportskeeda sportskeeda.com Top 10K English

    Human Verification

    sports website founded in 2009

  9. 09
    nhl.com Top 10K English

    Official Site of the National Hockey League | NHL.com

    The official National Hockey League website including news, rosters, stats, schedules, teams, and video.

  10. 10
    CoinDesk coindesk.com Top 10K English

    Vercel Security Checkpoint

    news site about bitcoin and digital currencies, owned by Digital Currency Group

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    Collider collider.com Top 10K English

    New Movie News, Movie Trailers & Upcoming Movie Reviews | Collider

    Stay up to date with new movie news, watch the latest movie trailers & get trusted reviews of upcoming movies & more from the team at Collider.

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    theScore thescore.com Top 10K English

    Sports Scores, News & Schedules | theScore

    Live sports scores, breaking news, schedules, and updates across the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, NCAAs and more. Stay up to date with every game on theScore.

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    365scores.com Top 10K English
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    Deadline deadline.com Top 10K English

    Deadline – Hollywood Entertainment Breaking News

    Deadline.com is always the first to break up-to-the-minute entertainment, Hollywood and media news, with an unfiltered, no-holds-barred analysis of events.

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    goal.com Top 10K English

    Soccer News, Live Scores, Results & Transfers | Goal.com US

    The latest soccer news, live scores, results, rumors, transfers, fixtures, tables and player profiles from around the world, including Premier League.

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    ScreenRant screenrant.com Top 10K English

    ScreenRant: Movie News, Movie Reviews, Movie Trailers, TV News

    ScreenRant debuted in 2003 and has grown into the largest source of breaking entertainment news & original features for movies, TV, comics, + more!

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    CBR cbr.com Top 10K English

    CBR - The World's Top Destination For Comic, Movie & TV news

    Covering comics, movies, TV like no other in the world. CBR.com is all you need!

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    kicker.de Top 10K English

    kicker.de

    German association football website

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    Cointelegraph cointelegraph.com Top 10K English

    Cointelegraph Bitcoin & Ethereum Blockchain News

    The most recent news about crypto industry at Cointelegraph. Latest news about bitcoin, ethereum, blockchain, mining, cryptocurrency prices and more

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    CBS Sports cbssports.com Top 10K English

    CBS Sports | News, live scores, schedules, Fantasy, and more

    CBS Sports delivers today's top sports news, live scoring, stats and player info for NFL, NBA, MLB and more of your favorite leagues.

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04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What VLR.gg is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

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