The Esports Awards 2025 reveals “Decade AWARDS” Nominees

The Esports Awards 2025 is excited to announce the return of its prestigious award ceremony, celebrating its tenth anniversary in 2025. Since its launch in 2015, the awards have grown year-on-year, reaching new heights in 2024 with 60 million ceremony viewers and more than 11 million votes cast.

After a decade of shows across the globe that reached hundreds of millions of fans, the Esports Awards marks this major milestone with a special edition: The Decade Awards, and a star-studded list of nominees for fans to vote for. Check out the all Nominees of The Esports Awards 2025 below.

The Esports Awards 2025: Categories and Nominees

Esports Game of the Decade

• League of Legends
• Counter-Strike
• Dota 2
• Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
• Rocket League
• VALORANT
• Call of Duty
• Fortnite
• Rainbow Six Siege

Esports Personality of the Decade

• Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag
• Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
• Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok
• Ibai “Ibai” Llanos Garatea
• Seth “Scump” Abner
• Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo de Alcântara Sguario
• Oleksandr “s1mple” Oleghovych Kostyljev
• Tarik “Tarik” Celik
• Hector “H3CZ” Rodriguez
• Bruno “Nobru” Goes
• Marc “Caedrel” Lamont
• Kamel “Kameto” Kebir

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The Esports Awards 2025: Streamer of the Decade

• Tyler “Ninja” Blevins
• Ibai “Ibai” Llanos Garatea
• Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek
• Félix “xQc” Lengyel
• Imane “Pokimane” Anys
• Alexandre “gAuLeS” Borba Chiqueta
• Jaryd “summit1g” Russell Lazar
• Tarik “Tarik” Celik
• Tyler “Tyler1” Steinkamp
• Samantha “Rivers” Rivera Treviño
• Timothy “TimTheTatman” John Betar
• Chance “Sodapoppin” Morris
• Naman “Mortal” Mathur

Esports Commercial Partner of the Decade

• Red Bull
• Intel
• Logitech G
• Monster Energy
• HyperX
• Mastercard
• Secretlab
• Razer
• DHL
• Corsair
• Alienware

Esports Content and Coverage Platform of the Decade

• Liquipedia
• Dexerto
• Esports Charts
• TheScore
• HLTV
• Esports Insider

Esports Publisher of the Decade

• Riot Games
• Valve
• Activation Blizzard
• Epic Games
• Electronic Arts
• Tencent
• KRAFTON
• Moonton
• Ubisoft

Esports Live Event of the Decade

• League of Legends Worlds 2017
• Esports World Cup 2024
• The International 8 (2018)
• Evo2024
• Fortnite World Cup 2019
• IEM Katowice 2017
• ELEAGUE Major 2018 Boston (CS:GO)
• FFWS 2021 Singapore
• M5 World Championship
• Call of Duty League 2020: Playoffs

Esports PC Player of the Decade

• Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok
• Oleksandr “s1mple” Oleghovych Kostyljev
• Johan “N0tail” Sundstein
• Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut
• Erick “aspas” Santos
• Rasmus “Caps” Borregaard Winther
• Marcelo “Coldzera” Augusto David
• Yaroslav “Miposhka” Naidenov
• Michał “Nisha” Jankowski

Esports Breakthrough Player of the Decade

• Chris “Simp” Lehr
• Ilya “M0nesy” Osipov
• Ryu “Keria” Min-seok
• Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf
• Kenneth “Kenny” Williams
• Anthony “Shotzzy” Cuevas-Castro
• Amer “Miracle-” Al-Barkawi
• Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut
• Evan “M0nkey M00n” Rogez
• Stanislav “Malr1ne” Potorak
• Victor “PUNK” Woodley

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Esports Controller Player of the Decade

• Seth “Scump” Abner
• Dominique “SonicFox” McLean
• Chris “Simp” Lehr
• Anthony “Shotzzy” Cuevas-Castro
• Juan “Hungrybox” Manuel Debiedma
• Matthew “FormaL” Piper
• Phillip “ImperialHal” Dosen
• Ian “Crimsix” Porter
• Pierre “Turbopolsa” Silfver
• Alexandre “Kaydop” Courant
• Paul “Snakebitefps” Duarte

Esports Coach of the Decade

• Danny “zonic” Selim Sørensen
• Kim “kkOma” Jeong-gyun
• Christine “potter” Chi
• Andrij “B1ad3” Ghorodensjkyj
• Rémy “XTQZZZ” Quoniam
• Moon “Moon” Byung-chul
• Lee “Heen” Seung-Gon
• Kim “Kim” Jung-su

The Esports Awards 2025: Esports Team of the Decade

• T1 – League of Legends
• Astralis – Counter-Strike
• OpTic Texas – Call of Duty
• OG – Dota 2
• G2 Esports – League of Legends
• TSM – Apex Legends
• Natus Vincere – Counter-Strike
• Team Secret – Dota 2
• Team Liquid – Dota 2
• Atlanta FaZe – Call of Duty
• Team Vitality – Counter-Strike
• Team Vitality – Rocket League
• Team BDS – Rainbow Six Siege

Esports Organisation of the Decade

• Team Liquid
• G2 Esports
• T1
• OpTic Gaming
• Team Vitality
• Cloud9
• FaZe Clan
• Fnatic
• Natus Vincere
• Gen.G
• Edward Gaming

Esports On-Air Talent of the Decade

• Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
• Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
• Chris “Puckett” Puckett
• Alex “Machine” Richardson
• Jorien “Sheever” van der Heijden
• Chad “SPUNJ” Burchill
• Clayton “CaptainFlowers” Raines
• James “Dash” Patterson
• Lauren “Pansy” Scott
• Mitch “Uber” Leslie
• Sam “Kobe” Hartman-Kenzler
• Salome “Soe” Gschwind-Repp

While past winners of awards will be strong contenders, the Decade Awards also open the door to nominees who have shaped the competitive landscape – whether or not they’ve previously taken home a trophy. Broadcasting live from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the ceremony will bestow winners with awards titles ‘of the Decade’, rather than the traditional ‘of the Year’.

THE ESPORTS AWARDS 2025: VOTE

This rendition of the Esports Awards will form a key part of the Summer of Celebration, held in partnership with the Esports World Cup aka EWC 2025. This summer-long series will deliver unforgettable moments – from the showstopping opening ceremony to exclusive behind-the-scenes access featuring the biggest stars in the EWC. The festivities culminate in the official EWC closing ceremony, with the Esports Awards offering exclusive co-streams and content to ensure fans don’t miss a moment.

This year promises to be a truly unforgettable experience for the global esports community. Building on its triumphs from the previous years, there’s plenty of new experiences to behold at this year’s ceremony, with more to be revealed soon.

Fans will be able to vote from June 13th and can vote for their favourite finalist every day until August 11th via: www.esportsawards.com/vote