GTA 5 Trophy Guide: Every Trophy and How to Unlock Them

GTA 5 has 51 trophies in total: 1 Platinum, 3 Gold, 5 Silver, and 42 Bronze. This GTA 5 trophy guide breaks every one down by category.

The list has been stable since November 2014, when the PS4/Xbox One re-release added its only post-launch trophy. The 2022 PS5 Enhanced Edition changed visuals, not trophy requirements.

The breakdown below covers story, collectibles, GTA Online, and the six trophies players can permanently miss.

GTA 5 Trophy List at a Glance

GTA 5’s 51 trophies split into 33 offline (single-player) trophies and 18 GTA Online trophies. Story and collectibles fill most of the offline list.

Feature states 51 total trophies across four tiers.

How it works: 42 Bronze and 5 Silver trophies come from routine play.

Measurable outcome: only the single Platinum, Los Santos Legend, requires every other trophy unlocked first.

Trophy Tier	Count	Typical Source
Platinum	1	Awarded after all 50 other trophies
Gold	3	Solid Gold Baby!, Career Criminal, Above the Law
Silver	5	Story finale, exploration, cult questline, GTA Online rank, GTA Online medals
Bronze	42	Story missions, collectibles, hobbies, GTA Online activities
Total	51	33 offline + 18 GTA Online

This same breakdown applies on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. Bronze trophies make up over 80% of the list.

Most players cross 40 trophies without much planning at all.

The last four, mostly Gold and the rank-based Silver trophies, take the bulk of remaining time.

Every category below draws from this same total of 51, starting with the trophies almost no one misses.

Story Mission Trophies

Ten Bronze trophies unlock automatically as the 69 main story missions progress. One Silver trophy, To Live or Die in Los Santos, marks the final mission.

Feature states story trophies are effectively unmissable during a normal playthrough.

How it works: each trophy pops the moment its linked mission is completed.

Measurable outcome: 11 of the 51 total trophies come from story completion alone.

Trophy	Grade	Unlock Requirement
Welcome to Los Santos	Bronze	Complete “Franklin and Lamar”
A Friendship Resurrected	Bronze	Complete “Fame or Shame”
A Fair Day’s Pay	Bronze	Complete “Caida Libre”
The Moment of Truth	Bronze	Complete “Bury the Hatchet”
Diamond Hard	Bronze	Complete “The Jewel Store Job”
Subversive	Bronze	Complete “The Merryweather Heist”
Blitzed	Bronze	Complete “Blitz Play”
Small Town, Big Job	Bronze	Complete “The Paleto Score”
The Government Gimps	Bronze	Complete “The Bureau Raid”
The Big One!	Bronze	Complete “The Big Score”
To Live or Die in Los Santos	Silver	Complete the final story mission (any ending)

Choose Option C, “The Third Way,” at the final mission for guaranteed missable-trophy safety. Read our broader GTA 5 guides hub for full mission walkthroughs.

Story trophies are the easy half; collectible and side-activity trophies take far longer.

Collectible and Side-Activity Trophies

Nine trophies cover GTA 5’s collectibles and hobbies, tied to exact item counts Rockstar built into the map. Two Gold trophies sit at the top of this group.

Solid Gold, Baby! and Career Criminal require the most time of the nine.

Feature states collectible trophies rely on fixed, countable totals.

How it works: each collectible category has one specific number to hit, with no partial credit.

Measurable outcome: completing all of them contributes directly to the 100% Completion Gold trophy.

Trophy	Grade	Requirement
Show Off	Bronze	Complete all 50 Stunt Jumps
From Beyond the Stars	Bronze	Collect all 50 Spaceship Parts
Waste Management	Bronze	Collect all 30 Nuclear Waste pieces
Close Shave	Bronze	Complete all Under the Bridge (50) and Knife Flight (15) challenges
A Mystery, Solved	Bronze	Solve the Leonora Johnson mystery (50 Letter Scraps)
Disciplined	Bronze	Earn a gold medal in all applicable hobbies and pastimes
San Andreas Sightseer	Silver	Explore all of Los Santos and Blaine County
Trading Pure Alpha	Bronze	Turn a profit on total stock market investments
Solid Gold, Baby!	Gold	Earn any 70 of 115 available Gold Medals
Career Criminal	Gold	Reach 100% Game Completion

The stock market trophy trips up more players than any other item here. It depends on how Lester’s assassination missions move prices.

Our GTA 5 stock market and Lester missions guide covers the trades needed to guarantee a profit.

Once every collectible is checked off, GTA Online’s 18 trophies are the only category left.

GTA Online Trophies

GTA Online contributes 18 of the 51 total trophies, including one Gold and two Silver trophies. Most unlock naturally by Rank 20; the two rank-based trophies take far longer.

Feature states GTA Online trophies require live-service participation, not just single-player time.

How it works: most trigger the first time a mode or feature is used.

Measurable outcome: reaching Rank 100 and earning 30 Platinum Awards are the two long-haul requirements.

Trophy	Grade	Requirement
Off the Plane	Bronze	Complete the GTA Online Introduction
Bit Gangster	Bronze	Reach Rank 25
Making Moves	Silver	Reach Rank 50
Above the Law	Gold	Reach Rank 100 (roughly 1.6 million RP)
Decorated	Silver	Earn 30 Platinum Awards
Numero Uno	Bronze	Place first in every competitive game type
The Midnight Club	Bronze	Win 5 races using custom vehicles
Unnatural Selection	Bronze	Complete all 10 waves of a Survival
Stick Up Kid	Bronze	Hold up all 20 stores
American Dream	Bronze	Own an Apartment, Garage, and insured vehicle
Enjoy Your Stay, Crew Cut, Full Refund, Dialling Digits, Backseat Driver, Run Like The Wind, Clean Sweep	Bronze	Assorted one-time activity triggers

GTA Online’s trophy list is one reason the mode still pulls a steady player base years later. See our breakdown of whether GTA Online is still worth playing if the grind sounds like a lot.

The next step is the exact order to earn the Platinum trophy itself.

How to Unlock the Platinum Trophy: Los Santos Legend

Los Santos Legend, the Platinum trophy, unlocks the moment every other trophy is earned. No DLC purchase is required for it.

Feature states Platinum requires zero unique actions of its own.

How it works: it triggers automatically once trophy 50 of 50 unlocks.

Measurable outcome: most completionists finish GTA Online’s Rank 100 grind last, since it takes longest.

1. Finish the story and lock in missable trophies. Complete all 69 main missions, and choose Option C at the finale to protect earlier missable unlocks.
2. Hit 100% Completion. Finish all Strangers and Freaks missions, collect every collectible, and earn medals in required hobbies for Career Criminal.
3. Farm Gold Medals. Replay missions and Strangers and Freaks content until 70 of the 115 available Gold Medals are earned for Solid Gold, Baby!
4. Complete GTA Online’s 18 trophies. Reach Rank 100, earn 30 Platinum Awards, and clear the remaining online activity trophies.

When GTA 5 completionists chase the Platinum, they typically knock out single-player trophies first. Those are finite and fully within their control.

Vehicle modding is one easy step to fold into that early phase. Check our GTA 5 vehicles guide for the fastest way to earn Los Santos Customs.

Following that order avoids the biggest risk in this whole list: permanently missable trophies.

Missable Trophies and the Hardest Trophies Ranked

Six of GTA 5’s 51 trophies can be permanently missed, mostly tied to the final mission choice. A separate group isn’t missable, just slow, and those are the true bottleneck to Platinum.

Feature states 6 trophies carry permanent-miss risk.

How it works: each ties to a limited-window event or a specific final-mission branch.

Measurable outcome: keeping manual saves before the finale prevents every one of these from being lost.

Missable Trophy	Risk
TP Industries Arms Race	Must purchase McKenzie Field Hangar and win before story progresses too far
Red Mist	All Rampages must be completed before availability ends
Kifflom!	Tied to a limited Epsilon Program questline
Altruist Acolyte	Requires a specific delivery opportunity to the Altruist Cult
Wanted: Alive or Alive	Requires delivering a bail bond target alive before certain missions lock it out
Three Man Army	Must be done off-mission with all three protagonists, becomes harder late-game

Ranked by time investment and difficulty, based on PowerPyx’s roadmap data and CrossPlayWire’s own completion-order analysis:

1. Above the Law — Rank 100 in GTA Online, roughly 1.6 million RP.
2. Decorated — 30 Platinum Awards across GTA Online jobs.
3. Solid Gold, Baby! — 70 of 115 Gold Medals, each with strict mission conditions.
4. Career Criminal — Full 100% Completion checklist across all activities.
5. Unnatural Selection — Clearing all 10 waves of a Survival without a full crew.
6. Numero Uno — First place in every competitive GTA Online game type.

One question remains: how does the PS5 version, and total playtime, compare to the original release?

GTA 5 Enhanced Edition (PS5) Trophies and Time to Platinum

The PS5 and Xbox Series X|S Enhanced Edition launched March 2022. It uses the same 51-trophy list as the 2014 PS4 version, with nothing added, removed, or renamed.

Feature states the Enhanced Edition changed graphics, not trophy requirements.

How it works: Rockstar carried the 2014 next-gen trophy list forward unmodified.

Measurable outcome: a save imported or restarted on PS5 tracks against the identical 51 trophies as PS4.

Some sites cite “78 trophies” instead. That figure comes from GTA Online’s separate DLC-era achievement packs, not this base game list.

PowerPyx’s August 2026 roadmap update breaks down realistic time investment as follows.

Phase	Estimated Hours	Source
Single-player (story, Gold Medals, 100% Completion)	50–60 hours	PowerPyx, 2026
GTA Online (Rank 100, Decorated, remaining trophies)	100+ hours	PowerPyx, 2026
Total to Platinum	150+ hours	PowerPyx, 2026

Some trackers estimate closer to 246 hours for average, non-optimized play. That gap comes mostly from GTA Online’s Rank 100 grind.

Considering a PS5 upgrade for a smoother Enhanced Edition run? Our PS5 Pro vs. PS5 comparison covers whether it’s worth it.

Every trophy, every missable risk, and a realistic time budget make up the full picture.

Conclusion

GTA 5’s 51 trophies follow a predictable pattern. Story trophies arrive automatically, collectibles reward exploration, and GTA Online supplies the long grind.

The Platinum, Los Santos Legend, simply confirms every box is checked. It adds no separate task of its own.

Save often before the final story mission and track the six missable trophies early. Treat GTA Online’s rank-based trophies as the long-term project they are.

Visit CrossPlayWire’s Cheats & Trophies section for deeper walkthroughs on missions, medals, and collectibles. Players tracking what’s next can also check our GTA 6 release date coverage.

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