2025 ESPY Awards

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

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

Ceremony information

Comedian Shane Gillis hosted the ceremony.

Winners and nominees

Best Athlete, Men's Sports Shai Gilgeous-Alexander – Oklahoma City Thunder, NBA Josh Allen – Buffalo Bills, NFL Shohei Ohtani – Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB Saquon Barkley – Philadelphia Eagles, NFL	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 Ilona Maher – Rugby Cooper Flagg – Duke men's basketball Chloe Humphrey – North Carolina women's lacrosse 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 JuJu Watkins – USC basketball Gretchen Walsh – Virginia swimming Kate Faasse – North Carolina soccer Olivia Babcock – Pittsburgh volleyball
Best Team Philadelphia Eagles – NFL UConn Huskies – NCAA Women's Basketball 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 Noah Elliott – Snowboard Tatyana McFadden – Track and Field Ezra Frech – Track and Field 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 Wayne Gretzky's NHL goals record Caitlin Clark breaking WNBA records for single-game assists and single-season assists Geno Auriemma wins 1,217th game to surpass 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 Saquon Barkley – Philadelphia Eagles Josh Allen – Buffalo Bills 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 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander – Oklahoma City Thunder Nikola Jokić – Denver Nuggets Giannis Antetokounmpo – Milwaukee Bucks Jayson Tatum – Boston Celtics	Best WNBA Player Caitlin Clark – Indiana Fever A'ja Wilson – Las Vegas Aces Napheesa Collier – Minnesota Lynx Breanna Stewart – New York Liberty
Best Soccer Player Christian Pulisic – AC Milan/US Aitana Bonmatí – FC Barcelona/Spain Alexia Putellas – FC Barcelona/Spain Lamine Yamal – FC Barcelona/Spain	Best Driver Max Verstappen – Formula One Álex Palou – IndyCar Oscar Piastri – Formula One Joey Logano – NASCAR
Best Golfer Scottie Scheffler Rory McIlroy Nelly Korda Maja Stark	Best Boxer Katie Taylor Claressa Shields Naoya Inoue Oleksandr Usyk
Best UFC Fighter Merab Dvalishvili Dricus du Plessis Islam Makhachev Kayla Harrison	Best Tennis Player Coco Gauff Jannik Sinner Carlos Alcaraz Aryna Sabalenka

Honorary awards

Jimmy V Award

• Katie Schumacher-Cawley

Arthur Ashe Courage Award

• Oscar Robertson

Pat Tillman Award for Service

• Los Angeles County firefighters David Walters and Erin Regan

Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award

• Sloane Stephens

Sports Humanitarian Team of the Year

• Indianapolis Colts

Icon Award

• Alex Morgan
• Diana Taurasi

Stuart Scott ENSPIRE Award

• Billy Bean

Sports Philanthropist of the Year Award

• Michele Kang

In Memoriam

The segment faced criticism for not showing the names of all the athletes who died, but notable figures such as Fernando Valenzuela, Diogo Jota, and George Foreman were included. Tobe Nwigwe performed during the segment.