# Get Validator dTAO

Returns the latest validator overview, including Root stake, Alpha stake valued in TAO, nominators and dominance.

_Source: https://beta.taostats.io/docs/api-reference/validator/get-dtao-validator-latest-v1_

_Last reviewed: 2026-09-18_

```http
GET https://api.taostats.io/api/dtao/validator/latest/v1
```

Requires an API key in the `Authorization` header.

Returns the latest validator overview, including Root stake, Alpha stake valued in TAO, nominators and dominance. Records also include active subnets, ranks, validator take and daily returns.

## Try it

Try this request in the browser on the HTML version of this page, or use the code samples below.

### Examples

Get a validator's dTAO stats across all subnets

```text
https://api.taostats.io/api/dtao/validator/latest/v1?hotkey=5GKH9FPPnWSUoeeTJp19wVtd84XqFW4pyK2ijV2GsFbhTrP1
```

List the top 10 validators by global weighted stake

```text
https://api.taostats.io/api/dtao/validator/latest/v1?order=global_weighted_stake_desc&limit=10
```

### Code samples

**cURL**

```bash
curl -H "Authorization: <YOUR_API_KEY>" \
  "https://api.taostats.io/api/dtao/validator/latest/v1?hotkey=5GKH9FPPnWSUoeeTJp19wVtd84XqFW4pyK2ijV2GsFbhTrP1"
```

**JavaScript**

```js
const response = await fetch('https://api.taostats.io/api/dtao/validator/latest/v1?hotkey=5GKH9FPPnWSUoeeTJp19wVtd84XqFW4pyK2ijV2GsFbhTrP1', {
  headers: {
    Authorization: '<YOUR_API_KEY>',
  },
});
const data = await response.json();
```

**Python**

```python
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.taostats.io/api/dtao/validator/latest/v1?hotkey=5GKH9FPPnWSUoeeTJp19wVtd84XqFW4pyK2ijV2GsFbhTrP1",
    headers={"Authorization": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"},
)
data = response.json()
```

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `hotkey` | query | `string` |  | SS58 or hex format |
| `page` | query | `integer (int32)` |  | The page number of the response. |
| `limit` | query | `integer (int32)` |  | The number of responses. max is 200, |
| `order` | query | `string` |  | One of `active_subnets_asc`, `active_subnets_desc`, `rank_asc`, `rank_desc`, `root_rank_asc`, `root_rank_desc`, `alpha_rank_asc`, `alpha_rank_desc`, `take_asc`, `take_desc`, `global_nominators_asc`, `global_nominators_desc`, `global_weighted_stake_asc`, `global_weighted_stake_desc`, `global_alpha_stake_as_tao_asc`, `global_alpha_stake_as_tao_desc`, `weighted_root_stake_asc`, `weighted_root_stake_desc`, `root_stake_asc`, `root_stake_desc`, `dominance_asc`, `dominance_desc`. |

## Responses

### `200` — Validators retrieved successfully

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `data` | `array` | Yes |  |
| `data[].active_subnets` | `integer (int32)` | Yes |  |
| `data[].alpha_rank` | `integer (int32)` | Yes |  |
| `data[].block_number` | `integer (int32)` | Yes |  |
| `data[].claim_types` | `array` | Yes |  |
| `data[].claim_types[]` | `ClaimType` | Yes |  |
| `data[].coldkey` | `object` | Yes |  |
| `data[].coldkey.hex` | `string` | Yes | The hex format of the hot key |
| `data[].coldkey.ss58` | `string` | Yes | The SS58 format of the hot key |
| `data[].created_on_date` | `string (date)` | Yes |  |
| `data[].dominance` | `string` | Yes |  |
| `data[].dominance_24_hr_change` | `string` | Yes |  |
| `data[].global_alpha_stake_as_tao` | `string` | Yes |  |
| `data[].global_nominators` | `integer (int32)` | Yes |  |
| `data[].global_nominators_24_hr_change` | `integer (int32)` | Yes |  |
| `data[].global_weighted_stake` | `string` | Yes |  |
| `data[].global_weighted_stake_24_hr_change` | `string` | Yes |  |
| `data[].hotkey` | `object` | Yes |  |
| `data[].hotkey.hex` | `string` | Yes | The hex format of the hot key |
| `data[].hotkey.ss58` | `string` | Yes | The SS58 format of the hot key |
| `data[].name` | `string, nullable` |  |  |
| `data[].nominator_return_per_day` | `string` | Yes |  |
| `data[].rank` | `integer (int32)` | Yes |  |
| `data[].root_rank` | `integer (int32)` | Yes |  |
| `data[].root_stake` | `string` | Yes |  |
| `data[].take` | `string` | Yes |  |
| `data[].timestamp` | `string (date-time)` | Yes |  |
| `data[].validator_return_per_day` | `string` | Yes |  |
| `data[].weighted_root_stake` | `string` | Yes |  |
| `pagination` | `object` | Yes |  |
| `pagination.current_page` | `integer (int32)` | Yes |  |
| `pagination.next_page` | `integer (int32), nullable` |  |  |
| `pagination.per_page` | `integer (int32)` | Yes |  |
| `pagination.prev_page` | `integer (int32), nullable` |  |  |
| `pagination.total_items` | `integer (int32)` | Yes |  |
| `pagination.total_pages` | `integer (int32)` | Yes |  |

**Example response**

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "apr": "0.1226914838257602856",
      "apr_30_day_average": "0.129796838605",
      "apr_7_day_average": "0.12447917149",
      "block_number": 4107250,
      "blocks_until_next_reward": 3636,
      "coldkey": {
        "hex": "0xe2a8d08674697d6ee2ccec36f0e207653788275b619392256e509be04d32950d",
        "ss58": "5HBtpwxuGNL1gwzwomwR7sjwUt8WXYSuWcLYN6f9KpTZkP4k"
      },
      "dominance": "14.75594365873212499149",
      "hotkey": {
        "hex": "0x84d83d08ca89f8e60424ffa286f165c16dd8752e4faa4d8977221e6720678d28",
        "ss58": "5F4tQyWrhfGVcNhoqeiNsR6KjD4wMZ2kfhLj4oHYuyHbZAc3"
      },
      "last_reward_block": 4103686,
      "name": "Openτensor Foundaτion",
      "nominator_return_per_k": "336141052",
      "nominator_return_per_k_30_day_average": "355607777",
      "nominator_return_per_k_7_day_average": "341038826",
      "nominators": 8695,
      "nominators_24_hr_change": 2,
      "pending_emission": "179159780106",
      "permits": [
        0,
        1
      ],
      "rank": 1,
      "registrations": [
        0,
        1
      ],
      "stake": "876338463769258",
      "stake_24_hr_change": "-1199511103826",
      "subnet_dominance": [
        {
          "dominance": "14.75594365873212499149",
          "family_stake": "876338463769258",
          "netuid": 0
        },
        {
          "dominance": "13.2803492928589091247",
          "family_stake": "788704617392332",
          "netuid": 1
        }
      ],
      "system_stake": "5938884588046439",
      "take": "0.17999542229343099107",
      "timestamp": "2024-10-23T16:35:36.007Z",
      "total_daily_return": "359233766198",
      "validator_return": "64660433449",
      "validator_stake": "64382133439699"
    },
    {
      "apr": "0.1488383441509764504",
      "apr_30_day_average": "0.154848964005",
      "apr_7_day_average": "0.15118296715",
      "block_number": 4107250,
      "blocks_until_next_reward": 3858,
      "coldkey": {
        "hex": "0xc8f623c92b47ac9645d6744f3d448cdb7a2a3b08a22a39bfd1db0afbd9c07117",
        "ss58": "5GcCZ2BPXBjgG88tXJCEtkbdg2hNrPbL4EFfbiVRvBZdSQDC"
      },
      "dominance": "13.67140387390491813267",
      "hotkey": {
        "hex": "0xbc0e6b701243978c1fe73d721c7b157943a713fca9f3c88cad7a9f7799bc6b26",
        "ss58": "5GKH9FPPnWSUoeeTJp19wVtd84XqFW4pyK2ijV2GsFbhTrP1"
      },
      "last_reward_block": 4103908,
      "name": "Taostats & Corcel",
      "nominator_return_per_k": "407776285",
      "nominator_return_per_k_30_day_average": "424243737",
      "nominator_return_per_k_7_day_average": "414199910",
      "nominators": 5855,
      "nominators_24_hr_change": 23,
      "pending_emission": "165052485137",
      "permits": [
        0,
        1
      ],
      "rank": 2,
      "registrations": [
        0,
        1
      ],
      "stake": "811928897636923",
      "stake_24_hr_change": "2996381851749",
      "subnet_dominance": [
        {
          "dominance": "13.67140387390491813267",
          "family_stake": "811928897636923",
          "netuid": 0
        },
        {
          "dominance": "15.48150213219727827492",
          "family_stake": "919428544127145",
          "netuid": 1
        }
      ],
      "system_stake": "5938884588046439",
      "take": "0.08999771114671549554",
      "timestamp": "2024-10-23T16:35:36.007Z",
      "total_daily_return": "363829139661",
      "validator_return": "32743789818",
      "validator_stake": "168368353255"
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "current_page": 1,
    "next_page": 2,
    "per_page": 50,
    "prev_page": null,
    "total_items": 473,
    "total_pages": 10
  }
}
```

**Response details**

```text
   {
      "hotkey": {
        "ss58": "5GKH9FPPnWSUoeeTJp19wVtd84XqFW4pyK2ijV2GsFbhTrP1",
        "hex": "0xbc0e6b701243978c1fe73d721c7b157943a713fca9f3c88cad7a9f7799bc6b26"
      },
      "coldkey": {
        "ss58": "5GcCZ2BPXBjgG88tXJCEtkbdg2hNrPbL4EFfbiVRvBZdSQDC",
        "hex": "0xc8f623c92b47ac9645d6744f3d448cdb7a2a3b08a22a39bfd1db0afbd9c07117"
      },
      "name": "Taostats & Corcel",
      "block_number": 5453927,
      "timestamp": "2025-04-29T00:19:00Z",
      "created_on_date": "2025-02-13",
      "rank": 1,
      "root_rank": 1,
      "alpha_rank": 1,
      "active_subnets": 88,
      "global_nominators": 28224,
      "global_nominators_24_hr_change": 103,
      "take": "0.08999771114671549554",
      "global_weighted_stake": "295814209201488", as rao
      "global_weighted_stake_24_hr_change": "-7812357318085",as rao
      "global_alpha_stake_as_tao": "152287191316855",as rao
      "root_stake": "797372321581294",as rao
      "weighted_root_stake": "143527017884633",as rao
      "dominance": "14.10",
      "dominance_24_hr_change": "0.04",
      "nominator_return_per_day": "790856951071",as rao
      "validator_return_per_day": "78214435626"as rao
    },
```

### Other responses

| Status | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| `400` | Bad request |
| `404` | Validators not found |
| `500` | Internal server error |

Every request needs an `Authorization` header holding your API key — see [Getting started with the Taostats API](https://beta.taostats.io/docs/start-here/getting-started-with-taostats-api).