AVN Award for Male Performer of the Year

The AVN Award for Male Performer of the Year is an award that has been given annually by sex industry company AVN since the award's inception in 1993.^[1]

AVN Award for Male Performer of the Year
AVN award for contributions of male performers to pornography
Awarded for	Best Performance by a Male Performer
Sponsored by	AVN
Location	Las Vegas
Country	USA
Presented by	AVN Media Network
First award	1993; 32 years ago (1993)
Final award	2025
Most recent winner	Vince Karter
Highlights
Most wins	Manuel Ferrara (6 awards)
Most nominations	Manuel Ferrara and Erik Everhard (14 nominations)
Total awarded	33
First winner	Rocco Siffredi
Website	avnawards.avn.com

First recipient of the award was Rocco Siffredi, who was awarded at 10th AVN Awards in 1993. As of 2025, Manuel Ferrara is the most honored pornographic actor with six awards followed by Lexington Steele, Mick Blue and Evan Stone with three awards, while four pornographic actors–Rocco Siffredi, James Deen, Small Hands and Tom Byron–have won the award two times. Tommy Pistol is the oldest recipient of the award at the age of 45 in 2022 and James Deen is the youngest recipient of the award at the age of 22 in 2009.^[2] The most recent recipient is Vince Karter, who was honoured at the 42nd AVN Awards in 2025.^[3]

Winners and nominees

Manuel Ferrara has been the most frequent winner of the award (six times).

Lexington Steele (top), Mick Blue (middle) and Evan Stone (bottom) have won the award three times each.

From top to bottom: Rocco Siffredi, James Deen and Tom Byron and Small Hands have won the award two times each.

1990s

Year	Photo	Winner	Nominee(s)	Ref(s)
1993 (10th)		Rocco Siffredi	Mike Horner	[1][4][5][6]
1994 (11th)		Jonathan Morgan	T. T. Boy Jon Dough Steve Drake Mike Horner Sean Michaels Rocco Siffredi Joey Silvera Max Steiner Marc Wallice	[7][8][9][10]
1995 (12th)		Jon Dough	Sean Michaels Alex Sanders	[11][12][13]
1996 (13th)		Rocco Siffredi	T. T. Boy Jon Dough Steve Hatcher Steven St. Croix Alex Sanders Tony Tedeschi	[14][15][16]
1997 (14th)		T. T. Boy	Tom Byron Mark Davis Sean Michaels Rodney Moore Jonathan Morgan Ed Powers Steven St. Croix Alex Sanders Rocco Siffredi Jake Steed Max Steiner Vince Vouyer	[17][18][19][20]
1998 (15th)		Tom Byron	Mark Davis Rod Fontana Jack Hammer Dave Hardman Mr. Marcus Sean Michaels Rodney Moore Ed Powers Jake Steed Max Steiner Vince Vouyer	[21][22][23]
1999 (16th)			Christoph Clark Van Damage Dave Hardman Brandon Iron Mr. Marcus Sean Michaels Alex Sanders Kyle Stone Vince Vouyer	[24][25][26]

2000s

Year	Photo	Winner	Nominees	Ref(s)
2000 (17th)		Lexington Steele	Chris Cannon Christoph Clark Luciano Mr. Marcus Sean Michaels Herschel Savage Rocco Siffredi Randy Spears	[27][28][29]
2001 (18th)		Evan Stone	Mark Davis Dillion Day Erik Everhard Max Hardcore Dave Hardman Luciano Mr. Marcus Rocco Siffredi Randy Spears Nacho Vidal	[30][31][32][33]
2002 (19th)		Lexington Steele	Christoph Clark Anthony Crane Dillion Day Mr. Marcus Rocco Siffredi Evan Stone Brian Surewood Nacho Vidal	[34][35][36][37]
2003 (20th)			Mark Davis Dillon Day Erik Everhard Brandon Iron Mr. Marcus Wesley Pipes Steven St. Croix Michael Stefano Evan Stone Lee Stone Brian Surewood	[38][39]
2004 (21st)		Michael Stefano	Jay Ashley T. T. Boy Erik Everhard Brandon Iron Julian Nick Manning Mr. Pete Randy Spears Steven St. Croix Lexington Steele Evan Stone Mark Wood	[40][41]
2005 (22nd)		Manuel Ferrara	T. T. Boy Ben English Kurt Lockwood Mr. Marcus Mr. Pete Randy Spears Michael Stefano Evan Stone Mark Wood	[42][43][44]
2006 (23rd)			Otto Bauer Erik Everhard Tommy Gunn Kurt Lockwood Mr. Marcus Sean Michaels Mr. Pete Randy Spears Lexington Steele Michael Stefano Evan Stone Lee Stone John Strong	[45][46]
2007 (24th)		Tommy Gunn	Mark Ashley Marco Banderas James Deen Erik Everhard Manuel Ferrara Kurt Lockwood Scott Nails Justin Slayer Lexington Steele Michael Stefano Evan Stone John Strong Tony T.	[47][48][49]
2008 (25th)		Evan Stone	Marco Banderas James Deen Shane Diesel Erik Everhard Manuel Ferrara Tommy Gunn Dirty Harry Jean Val Jean Charlie Macc Nick Manning Mr. Marcus Mr. Pete Randy Spears Mark Wood	[50][51]
2009 (26th)		James Deen	Mark Ashley Marco Banderas Mick Blue Tom Byron Erik Everhard Manuel Ferrara Tommy Gunn Shorty Mac Nick Manning Randy Spears Michael Stefano Steven St. Croix Evan Stone	[52][53]

2010s

Year	Photo	Winner	Nominees	Ref(s)
2010 (27th)		Manuel Ferrara	Marco Banderas Mick Blue Tom Byron James Deen Tony DeSergio Erik Everhard Mr. Marcus Sean Michaels Mr. Pete Rocco Reed Anthony Rosano Evan Stone Rico Strong Prince Yahshua	[54][55]
2011 (28th)		Evan Stone	Mick Blue Tom Byron James Deen Erik Everhard Manuel Ferrara Tommy Gunn Keiran Lee Mr. Marcus Scott Nails Mr. Pete Rocco Reed Anthony Rosano Keni Styles Prince Yahshua	[56][57]
2012 (29th)		Manuel Ferrara	Mick Blue Tom Byron James Deen Erik Everhard Tommy Gunn Keiran Lee Ramón Nomar Mr. Pete Rocco Reed Anthony Rosano Lexington Steele Evan Stone Nacho Vidal Prince Yahshua	[58][59]
2013 (30th)		James Deen	Mike Adriano Mick Blue Xander Corvus Erik Everhard Manuel Ferrara Keiran Lee Mandingo Ramón Nomar Mr. Pete Tommy Pistol Toni Ribas Evan Stone Nacho Vidal Prince Yahshua	[60][61]
2014 (31st)		Manuel Ferrara	Mick Blue Xander Corvus James Deen Ryan Driller Erik Everhard Keiran Lee Ryan Madison Mandingo Ramón Nomar Tommy Pistol Toni Ribas Lexington Steele Christian XXX Prince Yahshua	[62][63]
2015 (32nd)		Mick Blue	Mike Adriano Xander Corvus James Deen Erik Everhard Manuel Ferrara Keiran Lee Mr. Pete Ramon Nomar Tommy Pistol Toni Ribas Johnny Sins Lexington Steele Chris Strokes Prince Yahshua	[64][65]
2016 (33rd)			Flash Brown Xander Corvus James Deen Erik Everhard Manuel Ferrara Keiran Lee Ramon Nomar Tommy Pistol Toni Ribas Lexington Steele Steven St. Croix Chad White Prince Yahshua	[66][67]
2017 (34th)			Xander Corvus James Deen Ryan Driller Markus Dupree Manuel Ferrara Small Hands Keiran Lee Mandingo Derrick Pierce Tommy Pistol Toni Ribas Lexington Steele Chris Strokes Prince Yahshua	[68][69]
2018 (35th)		Markus Dupree	Mick Blue Xander Corvus Charles Dera Manuel Ferrara Ricky Johnson Keiran Lee Mandingo Ramón Nomar Tommy Pistol Toni Ribas Johnny Sins Jean Val Jean Chad White Prince Yahshua	[70][71]
2019 (36th)		Manuel Ferrara	Mick Blue Xander Corvus James Deen Dredd Markus Dupree Small Hands Steve Holmes Ricky Johnson Jessy Jones Keiran Lee Mandingo Ramón Nomar Tommy Pistol Johnny Sins	[72][73]

2020s

Year	Photo	Winner	Nominees	Ref(s)
2020 (37th)		Small Hands	Mick Blue Xander Corvus Charles Dera Ryan Driller Markus Dupree Manuel Ferrara Seth Gamble Steve Holmes Ricky Johnson Keiran Lee Isiah Maxwell Ramón Nomar Derrick Pierce Tommy Pistol	[74][75]
2021 (38th)			Mick Blue Xander Corvus Charles Dera Damon Dice Markus Dupree Manuel Ferrara Seth Gamble Ricky Johnson Keiran Lee Isiah Maxwell Ramón Nomar Tommy Pistol Jax Slayher Prince Yahshua	[76][77]
2022 (39th)		Tommy Pistol	Mick Blue Dante Colle Xander Corvus Charles Dera Oliver Flynn Quinton James Manuel Ferrara Seth Gamble Jax Slayher Codey Steele Isiah Maxwell Ramón Nomar Zac Wild Michael Stefano	[78][79]
2023 (40th)		Seth Gamble	Mick Blue Nathan Bronson Dante Colle Dredd Manuel Ferrara Oliver Flynn Anton Harden Ricky Johnson Isiah Maxwell Ramón Nomar Tommy Pistol Codey Steele Zac Wild Michael Stefano	[80][81]
2024 (41st)		Isiah Maxwell	Mick Blue Nathan Bronson Manuel Ferrara Oliver Flynn Seth Gamble Maximo Garcia JMac Ricky Johnson Alex Jones Scott Nails Ramón Nomar Tommy Pistol Codey Steele Zac Wild	[82][83]
2025 (42nd)		Vince Karter	Mick Blue Nathan Bronson Hollywood Cash Dan Damage Charles Dera Seth Gamble JMac Ricky Johnson Alex Jones Isiah Maxwell Scott Nails Milan Ponjevic Codey Steele Zac Wild	[3][84]

Superlatives

Superlative	Performer	Record
Performer with most awards	Manuel Ferrara	6
Performer with most nominations	Manuel Ferrara	14
	Erik Everhard
Performer with most consecutive wins	Mick Blue (2015-17)	3
Performer with most consecutive nominations	Keiran Lee (2011-21)	11
Performer with most nominations without ever winning	Erik Everhard	14
Oldest winner	Tommy Pistol	45
Youngest winner	James Deen	22

Multiple winners and nominees

Multiple winners

Wins	Performer	Years
6	Manuel Ferrara	2005, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2019
3	Lexington Steele	2000, 2002, 2003
	Mick Blue	2015, 2016, 2017
	Evan Stone	2001, 2008, 2011
2	Rocco Siffredi	1993, 1996
	James Deen	2009, 2013
	Tom Byron	1998, 1999
	Small Hands	2020, 2021

Multiple nominees

Nominations	Performer
14	Erik Everhard
	Manuel Ferrara
13	Mick Blue
12	Ramon Nomar
11	Mr. Marcus
	Keiran Lee
10	Evan Stone
	James Deen
	Prince Yahshua
	Xander Corvus
	Tommy Pistol
9	Mr. Pete
8	Lexington Steele
7	Sean Michaels
	Randy Spears
	Michael Stefano
6	Toni Ribas
	Steven St. Croix
5	Rocco Siffredi
	Mandingo
	Tom Byron
4	Max Hardcore
	Mark Davis
	Nacho Vidal
	Tommy Gunn
	Marco Banderas
	Markus Dupree
	Charles Dera
	Ricky Johnson
	Isiah Maxwell
	Seth Gamble
3	T. T. Boy
	Alex Sanders
	Johnny Sins
	Christoph Clark
	Dave Hardman
	Dillon Day
	Brandon Iron
	Rocco Reed
	Anthony Rosano
	Mark Wood
	Kurt Lockwood
	Ryan Driller
	Oliver Flynn
	Scott Nails
	Zac Wild
2	Mike Horner
	Jon Dough
	Jean Val Jean
	Chad White
	Small Hands
	Chris Strokes
	Mark Ashley
	John Strong
	Lee Stone
	Brian Surewood
	Luciano
	Mike Adriano
	Rodney Moore
	Ed Powers
	Vince Vouyer
	Steve Holmes
	Jax Slayher
	Dante Colle
	Dredd
	Nathan Bronson
	Ricky Johnson
	Codey Steele

See also

• AVN Award for Male Foreign Performer of the Year
• AVN Award for Best Actor
• AVN Award for Best Supporting Actor
• AVN Award for Female Performer of the Year
• AVN Award for Female Foreign Performer of the Year
• AVN Award for Transsexual Performer of the Year