2025 ESPY Awards

The 2025 ESPY Awards, the 33rd annual ceremony of the ESPY Awards, will be held on July 16, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, and broadcast by ABC.

2025 ESPY Awards
Date	July 16, 2025 (2025-07-16)
Location	Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles
Country	United States
Hosted by	Shane Gillis
Television/radio coverage
Network	ABC
Runtime	180 minutes
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Ceremony information

Comedian Shane Gillis will host the ceremony.^[1]

Nominees

Best Athlete, Men's Sports Josh Allen – Buffalo Bills, NFL Shohei Ohtani – Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB Saquon Barkley – Philadelphia Eagles, NFL Shai Gilgeous-Alexander – Oklahoma City Thunder, NBA	Best Athlete, Women's Sports Simone Biles – Gymnastics Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone – Track and Field Gabby Thomas – Track and Field A'ja Wilson – Las Vegas Aces, WNBA
Best Breakthrough Athlete Cooper Flagg – Duke men's basketball Chloe Humphrey – North Carolina women's lacrosse Ilona Maher – Rugby Paul Skenes – Pittsburgh Pirates, MLB	Best Comeback Athlete Suni Lee – Gymnastics Lindsey Vonn – Skiing Gabriel Landeskog – Colorado Avalanche, NHL Mallory Swanson – USWNT/Chicago Red Stars, NWSL
Best College Athlete, Men's Sports Cooper Flagg – Duke basketball Wyatt Hendrickson – Oklahoma State wrestling Travis Hunter – Colorado football CJ Kirst – Cornell lacrosse	Best College Athlete, Women's Sports Gretchen Walsh – Virginia swimming Kate Faasse – North Carolina soccer Olivia Babcock – Pittsburgh volleyball JuJu Watkins – USC basketball
Best Team UConn Huskies – NCAA Women’s Basketball Philadelphia Eagles – NFL Ohio State Buckeyes – NCAA Football New York Liberty – WNBA North Carolina Tar Heels – NCAA Women’s Lacrosse United States Women's National Team – Soccer Oklahoma City Thunder – NBA Florida Panthers – NHL Los Angeles Dodgers – MLB	Best Championship Performance Simone Biles – 2024 Olympics Women’s All-Around Stephen Curry – 2024 US Men’s Olympic Basketball Freddie Freeman – LA Dodgers, World Series MVP Rory McIlroy – Wins first Masters title, completing career Grand Slam
Best Athlete with a Disability Tatyana McFadden – Track and Field Ezra Frech – Track and Field Noah Elliott – Snowboard Grace Norman – Paratriathlon	Best Play Saquon Barkley’s backwards hurdle – NFL Tyrese Haliburton Calls Game!!! – NBA Finals Game 1 Sabrina Ionescu Logo 3 Game Winner – WNBA Finals Game 3 Trinity Rodman with the OT Goal to send USWNT to the semi-finals – 2024 Olympics
Best Record-Breaking Performance Alexander Ovechkin scores 895th goal to break Gretzky's NHL goals record Caitlin Clark has a sixth WNBA game with 25+ points and 10+ assists Geno Auriemma wins 1,217th game to pass Tara VanDerveer for most by any coach in NCAA basketball history Kevin Durant breaks USA men's all-time Olympic basketball scoring record	Best NFL Player Josh Allen – Buffalo Bills Saquon Barkley – Philadelphia Eagles Lamar Jackson – Baltimore Ravens Patrick Surtain II – Denver Broncos
Best MLB Player Shohei Ohtani – Los Angeles Dodgers Aaron Judge – New York Yankees Freddie Freeman – Los Angeles Dodgers Tarik Skubal – Detroit Tigers	Best NHL Player Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning Cale Makar – Colorado Avalanche Connor Hellebuyck – Winnipeg Jets
Best NBA Player Nikola Jokić – Denver Nuggets Giannis Antetokounmpo – Milwaukee Bucks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander – Oklahoma City Thunder Jayson Tatum – Boston Celtics	Best WNBA Player A'ja Wilson – Las Vegas Aces Napheesa Collier – Minnesota Lynx Caitlin Clark – Indiana Fever Breanna Stewart – New York Liberty
Best Soccer Player Aitana Bonmatí – FC Barcelona/Spain Christian Pulisic – AC Milan/US Alexia Putellas – FC Barcelona/Spain Lamine Yamal – FC Barcelona/Spain	Best Driver Álex Palou – IndyCar Max Verstappen – Formula One Oscar Piastri – Formula One Joey Logano – NASCAR
Best Golfer Scottie Scheffler Rory Mcllroy Nelly Korda Maja Stark	Best Boxer Katie Taylor Claressa Shields Naoya Inoue Oleksandr Usyk
Best UFC Fighter Dricus du Plessis Kayla Harrison Islam Makhachev Merab Dvalishvili	Best Tennis Player Jannik Sinner Carlos Alcaraz Coco Gauff Aryna Sabalenka