The deadline for voting for this year's Esports Awards is November 12, one week before the awards ceremony in Las Vegas. The Esports Awards are being presented for the tenth time this year. The day after the awards ceremony, there will also be a business conference with panels and talks.

The Esports Awards continues to shine a light on the best in esports and gaming, and we’re thrilled to present our tenth anniversary awards ceremony. Following last year's introduction of two annual shows, we are thrilled to celebrate this year's best in the esports industry in Las Vegas, following our Decade Awards in Riyadh in August. Join us for this year’s celebration of our beloved industry’s greats on November 19th,” says Michael Ashford, CEO of the Esports Awards.

From GSA's perspective, there is little chance that any of the trophies will go to teams, companies, or individuals from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, even though there are awards in 21 categories. The few nominees from GSA include Mark “ohnePixel” Zimmermann (Esports Content Creator of the Year, Streamer of the Year) and Salome “Soe” Gschwind-Repp (Esports Host of the Year), as well as Grid Esports (Esports Supporting Platform of the Year) and G2 Esports (Esports Organization of the Year). Among the “Esports Commercial Partner of the Year” nominees are two companies based in GSA: DHL and Red Bull.

The Nominees for the Esports Awards 2025:  

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

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