The Esports Awards announced Thursday the final nominees for the 2025 Esports Awards. This year’s edition of the awards will take place Nov. 19, in Las Vegas, Nevada, in tandem with its industry event, the PWR UP conference (Nov. 20), and its golfing event, the Esports Awards Golf Invitational.
The Esports Awards has faced controversy ever since it signed a three year deal with the Esports World Cup Foundation in 2024. Since that time, the company has been splitting its awards duties between Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and the rest of the world. In August, the Esports Awards hosted what it called the Decade Awards, which celebrated the best games, content creators, players, and more over the last ten years. The company claims that these awards garnered more than 36.25 million views globally.
Readers may notice that two categories are missing from this year’s slate of awards: Esports Journalist of the Year and Esports Coverage Platform of the Year. There’s no specific or official reasons for these omissions, but it is likely due to controversy surrounding the awards being funded indirectly by the Saudi Arabian government’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund. Some journalists and publications have pushed back on even having these categories because of the Saudi Arabian government’s involvement in the murder/execution of journalists such as Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 and, most recently, Turki al-Jasser.
Fans can vote for their favorite players, content creators, and more by visiting www.esportsawards.com/vote (voting closes on Nov. 12). The 2025 Awards categories and nominees are:
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 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