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The Esports Awards 2025 Voting Is Open: Complete List of Nominees

The Esports Awards 2025 Voting Is Open: Complete List of Nominees

Martin Arévalo-Östberg

16 Oct, 2025, 17:57

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Last updated: 16 Oct, 2025, 21:28

Celebrating excellence across esports in all shapes and forms, the Esports Awards return for their tenth iteration! The Esports Awards 2025 Ceremony is set to honor several names across the industry on November 19th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The final list of nominees is out, so make sure to head to this link and vote for the esports titles, players, teams, and personalities that you think deserve to be recognized for their contributions throughout the year among categories such as "Esports Game of the Year", "Streamer of the Year", and many more.

Esports Awards 2025 Nominees

To give you a glimpse of what you could be voting for, here's the complete list of finalists at this year's Esports Awards, ranging from names in League of Legends, Counter-Strike, VALORANT, and more:

Esports Game of the Year

  • Apex Legends
  • Counter-Strike 2
  • DOTA 2
  • Fortnite
  • Honor of Kings
  • League of Legends
  • Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
  • Pokemon Unite
  • PUBG Mobile
  • Valorant

Esports Mobile Game of the Year

  • Brawl Stars
  • Call of Duty Mobile
  • Free Fire
  • Honor of Kings
  • Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
  • PUBG Mobile
  • Pokemon Unite

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

  • AG Super Play – Honor of Kings
  • Furia – Rainbow Six Siege
  • Gen.G – League of Legends
  • Karmine Corp – Rocket League
  • LA Thieves – Call of Duty
  • NRG – Valorant
  • OpTic Texas - Call of Duty
  • Team Falcons – DOTA
  • Team Falcons - Rocket League
  • Team Vitality – Counter-Strike 2
  • Team Vitality – MLBB Women

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 Organization 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 Color 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

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