ESPY Award nominees 2025: Complete list of players, teams for all of the ESPYs voting categories | Sporting News

It's that time of the year when the ESPYs take center stage.
Athletes, celebrities, and more are all set to gather together in Los Angeles as ESPN celebrates the best sports accomplishments in the past year.
This year's installment includes accomplishments from the 2024 Summer Olympics, which saw many of the world's greatest athletes produce incredible moments.
The Dodgers , Eagles , and Thunder are all featured prominently across the list of ESPY nominees, along with many Olympic athletes.
The totality of this year's ESPY nominees, however, include champions and legends from all over the sports world.
Here's a list of all the teams, athletes, and coaches up for an ESPY award in 2025.
Follow The Sporting News on WhatsApp ESPY Award nominees 2025 Best athlete, men's sports Saquon Barkley, Philadelphia Eagles Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers Best athlete, women's sports Gabby Thomas, Track and field Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Track and field A'ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces Simone Biles, Gymnastics Best breakthrough athlete Chloe Humphrey, UNC lacrosse Cooper Flagg, Duke men's basketball Ilona Maher, Team USA rugby Paul Skenes, Pittsburgh Pirates Best record-breaking performance Alex Ovechkin becomes the NHL's all-time leading goal-scorer Kevin Durant becomes Team USA basketball's all-time leading Olympic scorer Caitlin Clark breaks the WNBA records for single-game assists and single-season assists Geno Auriemma becomes NCAA basketball's all-time wins leader Best championship performance Rory McIlroy wins the Masters to become golf's sixth-ever Grand Slam champion Freddie Freeman fits walk-off grand slam in the World Series, wins World Series MVP Stephen Curry scores 24 points in men's basketball Olympics gold medal game Simone Biles becomes third woman to win second individual all-around gold medal at the Olympics Best comeback athlete Mallory Swanson, Chicago Stars FC/USWNT Suni Lee, Gymnastics Gabriel Landeskog, Colorado Avalanche Lindsey Vonn, Skiing Best play Tyrese Haliburton hits buzzer-beater in Game 1 of the NBA Finals Saquon Barkley backwards hurdle vs.
the Jaguars Sabrino Ionescu clinches WNBA Finals Game 3 with a three-pointer Trinity Rodman scores game-winning OT goal in Olympic quarterfinals Best team UConn, NCAA women's basketball USWNT UNC, NCAA women's lacrosse Philadelphia Eagles, NFL Ohio State, NCAA football New York Liberty, WNBA Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB Florida Panthers, NHL Oklahoma City Thunder, NBA Best college athlete, men's sports C.J.
Kirst, Cornell lacrosse Wyatt Hendrickson, Oklahoma State wrestling Travis Hunter, Colorado football Cooper Flagg, Duke basketball Best college athlete, women's sports Gretchen Walsh, Virginia swimming Kate Faase, UNC soccer Olivia Babcock, Pittsburgh volleyball JuJu Watkins, USC basketball Best athlete with a disability Grace Norman, Triathlon Tatyana McFadden, Track and field Noah Elliott, Snowboarding Ezra French, Track and field Best NFL player Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills Saquon Barkley, Philadelphia Eagles Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens Patrick Surtain II, Denver Broncos Best MLB player Freddie Freeman, Los Angeles Dodgers Aaron Judge, New York Yankees Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers Tarik Skubal, Detroit Tigers Best NHL player Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning Cale Makar, Colorado Avalanche Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton Oilers Conner Hellebuyck, Winnipeg Jets Best NBA player Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics Best WNBA player A'ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces Breanna Stewart, New York Liberty Napheesa Collier, Minnesota Lynx Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever Best driver Joey Logano, NASCAR Oscar Piastri, F1 Max Verstappen, F1 Alex Palou, IndyCar Best UFC fighter Dricus du Plessis Merab Dvalishvili Kayla Harrison Islam Makhachev Best boxer Claressa Shields Oleksandr Usyk Katie Taylor Naoya Inoue Best soccer player Alexia Putellas, FC Barcelona/Spain Lamine Yamal, FC Barcelona/Spain Aitana Bonmati, FC Barcelona/Spain Christian Pulisic, AC Milan/USMNT Best golfer Maja Stark Rory McIlroy Scottie Scheffler Nelly Korda Best tennis player Coco Gauff Aryna Sabalenka Carlos Alcaraz Jannik Sinner.
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