Esports Awards 2025: Full List Of Winners and Finalists
The Esports Awards 2025 wrapped up with a star-studded ceremony on November 19, honouring excellence across 22 categories, from top games and players to innovative campaigns and behind the scenes heroes. League of Legends dominated as Esports Game of the Year, while standouts like ZywOo and Team Falcons claimed major individual and organizational prizes.
Here’s the complete breakdown of winners and key finalists:
Major Competitive Categories
- Esports Game of the Year: League of Legends; Notable Finalists: Counter-Strike 2, VALORANT, Dota 2, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Fortnite, Honor of Kings, PUBG Mobile, Apex Legends, Call of Duty: Mobile, Pokemon Unite
- Esports Mobile Game of the Year: PUBG Mobile; Notable Finalists: Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Honor of Kings, Pokemon Unite, Free Fire, Brawl Stars, Call of Duty: Mobile
- Esports PC Player of the Year: ZywOo (Team Vitality, CS2) – Earned seven MVP trophies this year; Notable Finalists: Chovy (Gen.G, League of Legends), JV92 (FURIA, Rainbow Six Siege), F0rsaken (Paper Rex, VALORANT), Brawk (NRG, VALORANT), Donk (Team Spirit, CS2), Malr1ne (Team Falcons, Dota 2), Stalk3r (Team Falcons, Overwatch), Whitemon (Tundra Esports, Dota 2)
- Esports Controller Player of the Year: Xiao Hai (Team Falcons, FGC); Notable Finalists: Mercules (OpTic Gaming, Call of Duty), Dralii (Karmine Corp/Team Falcons, Rocket League), Ulsan (DN Freecs, Tekken), Effect (Alliance, Apex Legends), Scrap (100 Thieves, Call of Duty), GO1 (DetonatioN FocusMe and PUNK WORKSHOP, FGC), Kiileerrz (Team Falcons, Rocket League), Vejrgang (Team Falcons, EA Sports FC), Lastshot (Shopify Rebellion, Halo)
- Esports Team of the Year: Team Vitality (CS2); Notable Finalists: Team Falcons (Dota 2), Gen.G (League of Legends), AG Super Play (Honor of Kings), NRG (VALORANT), FURIA (R6), Karmine Corp (Rocket League), Team Vitality (MLBB Women), LA Thieves (Call of Duty), OpTic Texas (Call of Duty), Team Falcons (Rocket League)
- Esports Breakthrough Player of the Year: Mercules (OpTic Gaming, Call of Duty) – Described as a true prodigy; Notable Finalists: Stompn (G2 Esports, Rainbow Six Siege), Rasyah (EVOS Divine, Free Fire), Techno4k (The MongolZ, CS2), Kaajak (Fnatic, VALORANT), Blaz (2Game Esports, Street Fighter 6), Skewmond (G2 Esports, League of Legends), Kirk (ONIC Philippines, MLBB), Dralii (Karmine Corp/Team Falcons, Rocket League), Brawk (NRG, VALORANT), DaShuai (AG Super Play, Honor of Kings)
The Breakthrough Player of the Year
CONGRATULATIONS @Tbemercules 🐐 pic.twitter.com/nG41sDlEmW
— OpTic (@OpTic) November 20, 2025
Content, Broadcasting, and Production
- Esports Host of the Year: Laure Valée; Notable Finalists: Raynday, Iain Chambers, GlitterXplosion, Soe, Sjokz, Quickshot, Milosh, Frankie Ward, Chris Puckett, James Banks, Freya Spiers
- Esports Play by Play Caster of the Year: CaptainFlowers; Notable Finalists: ODPixel, Onset, Pansy, Anders Blume, Miles Ross, Kaelaris, Scrawny, The7wg, VikkiKitty, Brandon Smith, Yipes
- Esports Colour Caster of the Year: Vedius; Notable Finalists: Dan Gaskin, SideShow, Launders, Azael, Chance, Bravo, Spunj
- Esports Analyst of the Year: aEvilcat; Notable Finalists: Pimp, Jhawk, Stee, Fresh, Dagda, Clutch, Alphama, Emily Rand
- Esports Content Creator of the Year: Jynxzi; Notable Finalists: Caedrel, Clix, Tarik, Gaules, NiceWigg, OhnePixel, TheDonato, Snax Gaming, Tactical RAB, Zoomaa, Jonathan Gaming
Streamer of the Year: IShowSpeed; Notable Finalists: Caedrel, Ibai, Kai Cenat, AngryGinge13, XQC, Jynxzi, Lacy, OhnePixel, ExtraEmily, Payal Gaming, Caseoh - Esports Content Group of the Year: S8UL; Notable Finalists: GodLike, Sentinels, T1, Team Liquid, Fnatic, Gentle Mates, Karmine Corp, Team Heretics
Teams, Organizations, and Partners
- Esports Organisation of the Year: Team Falcons; Notable Finalists: AG.AL, Team Vitality, Team Liquid, NRG, Virtus.pro, Gen.G, G2 Esports, Optic Gaming, Weibo Gaming
- Esports Coach of the Year: Kim (Gen.G, League of Legends); Notable Finalists: Xtqzzz (Team Vitality, CS2), Zwy (AG Super Play, Honor of Kings), Alecks (Paper Rex, VALORANT), Aui_2000 (Team Falcons, Dota 2), Julio (Team Falcons, Rainbow Six Siege), NineK (Team Falcons, Overwatch), Bonkar (NRG, VALORANT), Satthew (NRG, Rocket League)
- Esports Publisher of the Year: Riot Games; Notable Finalists: Valve, Level Infinite, Epic Games, Krafton, Moonton, Microsoft, NetEase, Electronic Arts
- Esports Commercial Partner of the Year: Red Bull; Notable Finalists: DHL, Mastercard, Pepsico, Shopify, Logitech G, Mobil 1, Visa, Zenni, Intel, Infinix
- Esports Supporting Service of the Year: Prodigy Agency; Notable Finalists: Character Select Agency, ESG Law, Bad Moon Talent, Ocelot Sports, Heaven Media, Loaded, Evolved Talent, Ulti Agency
- Esports Supporting Platform of the Year: Liquipedia; Notable Finalists: Discord, Esports Charts, FACEIT, Blitz.gg, Overwolf, Tracker Network, Mobalytics, Grid, Blinkfire Analytics, Shikenso
Highlight Moments and Special Awards
- Esports Play of the Year: Doran (T1, League of Legends) for a jaw-dropping four-man stun with Jax. Other contenders included Unlucky (Alliance, Apex Legends) and Jawgemo (G2 Esports, VALORANT).
- Esports Creative Campaign of the Year: Team Liquid’s 25-Year Anniversary Campaign, ahead of efforts from Nescafe Latte/Team Vitality and DHL.
- Esports Personality of the Year: Thug, beating out Caedrel, Ibai, and Nadeshot.
Lifetime Achievement Honorees
These esports legends were inducted for their monumental contributions:
- Steve “LiQuiD112” Arhancet (Team Liquid Co-CEO)
- Tom and Tony Cannon (EVO and Radiant Entertainment founders)
- Nick “Tasteless” Plott and Dan “Artosis” Stemkoski (Starcraft 2 casters)
- Matthew “FormaL” Piper (Former Call of Duty and Halo world champion, XGames gold medalist)
- Johan “N0tail” Sundstein (Two-time Dota 2 The International champion with OG)
- Peter “dupreeh” Rasmussen (Five-time Counter-Strike Major champion)
Since: October 29, 2025
