Esports Awards 2025 announces shortlisted nominees and opens public voting

Esports Awards 2025 announces shortlisted nominees and opens public voting
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2025-10-17

Esports Awards 2025 announces shortlisted nominees and opens public voting

Esports Awards revealed the shortlist of finalists and categories for the 2025’s ceremony and opened online public voting on Oct. 16, 2025.

In 2025, The Esports Awards 2025 features 21 categories, with online voting available for anyone on the ceremony’s official website.

The 10th annual awards ceremony is set to take place in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Nov. 19, 2025.

This year the event sees he Coverage Platform of the Year award category being replaced with the Esports Supporting Platform of the Year.

The Esports Journalist of the Year, a category which was last presented in 2023, is not excluded from the shortlist.

Full list of the nominees for each category at the Esports Awards 2025:

Esports Game of the Year

Esports Mobile Game of the Year

Esports Personality of the Year

  • Animesh “Thug” Agarwal
  • Corentin “Gotaga” Houssein
  • Dan “apEX” Madesclaire
  • Ibai “Ibai” Llanos
  • Jeremy “Disguised Toast” Wang
  • Marc “Caedrel” Robert Lamont
  • Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag
  • Mossad “Msdossary” Aldossary
  • Seth “Scump” Abner
  • Kamel “Kameto” Kebir

Streamer of the Year

  • Case “CaseOh” Baker
  • Darren “iShowSpeed” Watkins
  • Emily “ExtraEmily” Zhang
  • Félix “xQc” Lengyel
  • Ibai “Ibai” Llanos
  • Kai”Kai Cenat” Carlo Cenat III
  • Marc “Caedrel” Robert Lamont
  • Mark “ohnePixel” Zimmermann
  • Morgan “AngryGinge” Burtwistle
  • Nick “Lacy” Fosco
  • Nicholas “Jynxzi” Stewart
  • Payal “Payal Gaming” Dhare

Esports Content Group of the Year

  • Fnatic
  • Gentle Mates
  • Godlike
  • Karmine Corp
  • S8UL
  • Sentinels
  • T1
  • Team Heretics
  • Team Liquid

Esports Content Creator of the Year

  • Alexandre “gAuLeS” Borba Chiqueta
  • Arran “TacticalRab” Francis
  • Cody “Clix” Conrod
  • Donato “TheDonato” Muñoz
  • Jack “NiceWigg” Martin
  • Jonathan “JONATHAN GAMING” Amaral
  • Marc “Caedrel” Robert Lamont
  • Mark “ohnePixel” Zimmermann
  • Nicholas “Jynxzi” Stewart
  • Raj “Snax” Varma
  • Tarik “tarik” Celik
  • Thomas “ZooMaa” Paparatto

Esports Breakthrough Player of the Year

  • Brock “brawk” Somerhalder
  • Derek “Blaz” Blaz
  • Jann “Kirk” Kirk Solcruz Gutierrez
  • Kajetan “kaajak” Haremski
  • Mason “Mercules” Ramsey
  • Meng “DaShuai” Jiajun
  • Rasyah “Rasyah” Rasyid
  • Rudy “SkewMond” Semaan
  • Samy “dralii” Hajji
  • Sodbayar “Techno4K” Munkhbold
  • Zack “Stompn” Lamb

Esports Team of the Year

Esports PC Player of the Year

  • Brock “brawk” Somerhalder
  • Danil “donk” Kryshkovets
  • Jason “f0rsakeN” Susanto
  • Jeong “Chovy” Ji-hoon
  • Jeong “Stalk3r” Hak-yong
  • João “Jv92” Vitor
  • Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut
  • Matthew “Whitemon” Filemon
  • Stanislav “Malr1ne” Potorak

Esports Controller Player of the Year

  • Anders “Vejrgang” Vejrgang
  • Goichi “GO1” Kishida
  • Lim “Ulsan” Soo-hoon
  • Mason “Mercules” Ramsey
  • Miron “Effect” Novikov
  • Samy “dralii” Hajji
  • Thomas “Scrap” Ernst
  • Wyatt “LastShot” Gowan
  • Yazeed Abdullah “Kiileerrz” Bakhashwin
  • Zeng “Xiao Hai” Zhuojun

Esports Organisation of the Year

  • AG.AL
  • G2 Esports
  • Gen.G
  • NRG
  • OpTic Gaming
  • Team Falcons
  • Team Liquid
  • Team Vitality
  • Virtus.pro
  • Weibo Gaming

Esports Coach of the Year

  • Alexandre “alecks” Sallé
  • Jin “zWy” Changlin
  • Julio “Julio” Coelho Neto Giacomelli
  • Kim “Kim” Jung-su
  • Kim “NineK” Bum-hoon
  • Kurtis “Aui_2000” Ling
  • Malkolm “bonkar” Rench
  • Matthew “Satthew” Ackermann
  • Rémy “XTQZZZ” Quoniam

Esports Commercial Partner of the Year

  • DHL
  • Infinix
  • Intel
  • Logitech G
  • Mastercard
  • Mobil 1
  • PepsiCo
  • Red Bull
  • Shopify
  • VISA
  • Zenni

Esports Publisher of the Year

  • Electronic Arts
  • Epic Games
  • Krafton
  • Level Infinite
  • Microsoft
  • Moonton
  • NetEase
  • Riot Games
  • Valve

Esports Supporting Service of the Year

  • Bad Moon Talent
  • Character Select Agency
  • ESG Law
  • Evolved Talent Agency
  • Heaven Media
  • Loaded
  • Ocelot Sports
  • Prodigy Agency
  • Ulti Agency

Esports Supporting Platform of the Year

  • Blinkfire
  • Blitz.gg
  • Discord
  • Esports Charts
  • FACEIT
  • GRID Esports
  • Liquipedia
  • Mobalytics
  • Overwolf
  • Shikenso
  • Tracker Network

Esports Creative Campaign of the Year

  • Team Vitality x Nescafé: Ready to level up
  • DHL – eFFiBOT Game: World Championship
  • Team Vitality x Aldi: Rising Day
  • ALGS x Red Bull: iiTzTimmy + ImperialHal
  • Prime Video: Esports World Cup Level Up
  • G2 Esports LoL Roster Announcement
  • Team Liquid 25 Year Anniversary Campaign

Esports Play by Play Caster of the Year

  • Anders Blume
  • Brandon “BSmith” Smith
  • Clayton “CaptainFlowers” Raines
  • Conner “Scrawny” Girvan
  • James “Kaelaris” Carrol
  • Lauren “Pansy” Scott
  • Mark “Onset” Hatcher
  • Michael “Yipes” Mendoza
  • Miles Ross
  • Owen “ODPixel” Davies
  • The7WG
  • Victoria “VikkiKitty” Perez

Esports Colour Caster of the Year

  • Andy “Bravo” Dudynsky
  • Andrew “Vedius” Day
  • Chad “SPUNJ” Burchill
  • Dan “Gaskin” Gaskin
  • Isaac “Azael” Cummings-Bentley
  • Josh “Sideshow” Wilkinson
  • Mohan “launders” Govindasamy
  • Thomas “Chance” Ashworth

Esports Host of the Year

  • Chris “Puckett” Puckett
  • Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
  • Evan “Raynday” Byron Raynr
  • Frankie Ward
  • Freya “Freya” Spiers
  • Ghassan “Milosh” Finge
  • Iain Chambers
  • James Banks
  • Lauren “GlitterXplosion” Laracuente
  • Laure Valée
  • Salome “Soe” Gschwind-Repp
  • Trevor “Quickshot” Henry

Esports Analyst of the Year

  • Emily Rand
  • Jack “Fresh” Allen
  • Jacob “Pimp” Winneche
  • John “JHawk” Harris
  • Joshua “steel” Nissan
  • Léo “Alphama” Robine
  • Mimi “aEvilcat” Wermcrantz
  • Robert “Dagda” Price
  • Weston “Clutch” Price