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

16 Oct

Martin Arévalo-Östberg

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 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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