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The ESPY Awards (Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Awards), commonly known as the ESPYs, is an annual American awards show produced by ESPN since 1993. It honors individual and team athletic achievements, as well as other sports-related performances from the previous calendar year.
Initially, from 1993 to 2004, ESPY winners were chosen exclusively by fan votes. Since 2004, the selection process has included votes from sportswriters, broadcasters, sports executives, sportspersons, and ESPN personalities. Currently, winners are determined through global online fan voting from nominees selected by the ESPY Select Nominating Committee.
This is the complete list of nominees and winners (in bold) for this year's ESPYS:
BEST ATHLETE, MEN'S SPORTS
- Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs - WINNER
- Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels / Los Angeles Dodgers
- Scottie Scheffler, Golf
- Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
BEST ATHLETE, WOMEN'S SPORTS
- Caitlin Clark, Iowa Women's Basketball
- Coco Gauff, Tennis
- Nelly Korda, Golf
- A'ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces - WINNER
BEST BREAKTHROUGH ATHLETE
- Haleigh Bryant, LSU Gymnastics
- J. Stroud, Houston Texans
- Juju Watkins, USC Women's Basketball - WINNER
- Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio Spurs
BEST RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMANCE
- 49ers Christian McCaffrey scores a TD for a record breaking 17 straight games
- Caitlin Clark becomes NCAA's All Time Scoring Leader breaking Pete Maravich's Record - WINNER
- Tara VanDerveer, Stanford Women's Basketball - gets 1,203rd win to pass Coach K for most by any coach in NCAA basketball history
- Max Verstappen wins record 10th consecutive race with victory at Italian Grand Prix
BEST CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE
- Michigan's Blake Corum and Will Johnson, 2024 College Football National Championship MVPs
- Kayla Martello, Boston College Women's Lacrosse
- Midge Purce, NJ/NY Gotham FC - NWSL Championship MVP
- Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics - WINNER
BEST COMEBACK ATHLETE
- Simone Biles, Gymnast - WINNER
- Paige Bueckers, University of Connecticut Women's Basketball
- Joe Flacco, Cleveland Browns
- Zion Williamson, New Orleans Pelicans
BEST PLAY
- Jayda Coleman calls GAME sending Oklahoma to their 4th Straight Championship (6/4/24)
- Anthony Edwards Dunk of the Year (3/18/24)
- Alabama scores on 4th & 31 to win Auburn (11/25/23)
- Lamar Jackson Caught His Own Pass & Ran With it - WINNER (1/28/24)
BEST TEAM
- South Carolina Gamecocks, NCAA Women's Basketball - WINNER
- Kansas City Chiefs, NFL
- Michigan Wolverines, NCAA Football
- Las Vegas Aces, WNBA
- University of Connecticut Huskies, NCAA Men's Basketball
- Oklahoma Sooners, NCAA Softball
- Boston Celtics, NBA
- Florida Panthers, NHL
- Texas Rangers, MLB
BEST COLLEGE ATHLETE, MEN'S SPORTS
- Jayden Daniels, LSU Football - WINNER
- Zach Edey, Purdue Men's Basketball
- Ousmane Sylla, Clemson Soccer
- Pat Kavanagh, Notre Dame Lacrosse
BEST COLLEGE ATHLETE, WOMEN'S SPORTS
- Haleigh Bryant, LSU Gymnastics
- Caitlin Clark, Iowa Basketball - WINNER
- Sarah Franklin, Wisconsin Volleyball
- Izzy Scane, Northwestern Lacrosse
BEST ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY
- Jaydin Blackwell World Champion Sprinter
- Ezra Frech, World Champion High Jumper
- Brenna Huckaby Snowboarding Champion - WINNER
- Oksana Masters, Cross-Country Skier/Hand Cyclist
BEST NFL PLAYER
- Myles Garrett, Cleveland Browns
- Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens
- Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs - WINNER
- Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco 49ers
BEST MLB PLAYER
- Ronald Acu�a , Atlanta Braves
- Gerrit Cole, New York Yankees
- Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels - WINNER
- Corey Seager, Texas Rangers
BEST NHL PLAYER
- Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning
- Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche
- Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs
- Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
BEST NBA PLAYER
- Luka Doncic, Dallas Mavericks - WINNER
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder
- Nikola Joki, Denver Nuggets
- Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics
BEST WNBA PLAYER
- Napheesa Collier, Minnesota Lynx
- Breanna Stewart, New York Liberty
- Alyssa Thomas, Connecticut Sun
- A'ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces - WINNER
BEST DRIVER
- Ryan Blaney, NASCAR
- Matt Hagan, NHRA
- �lex Palou, IndyCar
- Max Verstappen, F1 - WINNER
BEST UFC FIGHTER
- Islam Makhachev
- Sean O'Malley
- Alex Pereira
- Zhang Weili
BEST BOXER
- Terence Crawford
- Seniesa Estrada
- Naoya Inoue
- Oleksandr Usyk
BEST SOCCER PLAYER
- Aitana Bonmat�, Spain
- Naomi Girma, USWNT
- Vinicius Junior, Brazil/Real Madrid
- Kylian Mbapp�, France/Real Madrid
BEST GOLFER
- Nelly Korda
- Xander Schauffele
- Scottie Scheffler - WINNER
- Lilia Vu
BEST TENNIS PLAYER
- Carlos Alcaraz
- Novak Djokovic
- Coco Gauff
- Iga Swiatek