The stars of the NFL Josh Allen and Saquon Barkley, the superstar of the WNBA Caitlin Clark, Coco Gauff, Simone Biles, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Ilona Maher and Alexander Ovechkin are among the main nominees for the 2025 Espy Awards, announced Thursday.
The winners will be announced on Wednesday July 16, with the ceremony which will be organized by the actor Shane Gillis live from the Dolby Theater of Los Angeles at 8 p.m., broadcasting live on ABC and Streaming on ESPN +.
Te show will see celebrities of the World of Sports and Entertainment Put prizes in categories like “Best athlete – Male Sports”, “Best athlete – Female Sports”, “Best Revolutionary Athlete”, “Best Record performance”, “Best Championship Performance” and “Best Comeback Athlete”.
Allen, Barkley and Gilgeous-Alexander will compete in the Male Sports category, with Shohei Ohtani completing the list of nominees. Biles is nominated in the women’s category, Ilona Maher in the category of breakthroughs and Ovechkin and Clark in the record performance category.
You can see the complete list of categories and nominees below.
Best athlete – Male sports
- Josh Allen – Buffalo Bills
- Saquon Barkley – Philadelphia Eagles
- Shai Gilgeous -Alexander – Oklahoma City Thunder
- Shohei Ohtani – Los Angeles Dodgers
Best athlete – female sports
- Simone Biles – Gymnast
- Sydney McLaughlin -Levrone – Track & Field
- Gabby Thomas – Track & Field
- A’ja Wilson – Las Vegas Aces
Best revolutionary athlete
- Cooper Flagg – Duke Men’s Basketball
- Chloé Humphrey – The Northern Carolina Female Crosse
- Ilona Maher – Rugby
- Paul Scenes – Pirates of Pittsburgh
Best Record performance
- Geno Auriemma – Uconn Huskies
- Caitlin Clark – Indiana Fever
- Kevin Durant – Olympic basketball
- Alexander Ovechkin – Washington Capitals
Best championship performance
- Simone Biles – 2024 Olympic Games
- Stephen Curry – Olympic Male Olympic BB team
- Freddie Freeman – La Dodgers – MVP of World Series
- Rory McILroy – Wins the title First Masters, ending the Grand Slam career
Best return athlete
- Gabe Landeskog – Avalanche du Colorado
- Suni Lee – Gymnast
- Mallory Swanson – USWNT / Chicago Red Stars
- Lindsey vonn – Ski
Best game
- Saquon Barkley’s Brobterderdly – NFL (11/3/24)
- Tyrese Haliburton calls the match !!! – NBA Game 1 NBA finals (6/5/25)
- Sabrina Ionescu Logo 3 Win Game – Wnba Finals Game 3
- Trinity Rodman with the OT lens to send USWNT to the semi -finals – 2024 Olympic Games
Best team
- Florida Panthers – NHL
- Dodgers of Los Angeles – MLB
- New York Liberty – Wnba
- Ohio State Buckeyes – Football NCAA
- Oklahoma City Thunder – NBA
- Philadelphia Eagles – NFL
- Caroline du Nord Tar Heels – The NCAA female stock
- United States national women’s team – Soccer
- Huskies from Connecticut University – Women’s basketball
Best university athlete – Male sports
- Cooper Flagg – Duke Basketball
- Wyatt Hendrickson – Oklahoma State Wrestling
- Travis Hunter – Colorado Football
- CJ Kirst – Cornell Lacrosse
Best university athlete – female sports
- Olivia Babcock – Volleyball at Pittsburgh University
- Kate Façau – Northern Caroline Soccer
- Gretchen Walsh – Virginie Nage
- Juju Watkins – USC basketball
Best athlete with a handicap
- Noah Elliott – Snowboard
- Ezra Frech – Track & Field
- Tatyana McFadden – Track & Field
- Grace Norman – Paratriathlete
Best NFL player
- Josh Allen – Buffalo Bills
- Saquon Barkley – Philadelphia Eagles
- Lamar Jackson – Baltimore Ravens
- Patrick SURINE II – Denver Broncos
Best MLB player
- Freddie Freeman – Los Angeles Dodgers
- Judge Aaron – New York Yankees
- Shohei Ohtani – Los Angeles Dodgers
- Tarik Skubal – Detroit Tigers
Best NHL player
- Leon Draisaitl – Oilers d’Edmonton,
- Connor Hellebuyck – Winnipeg jets
- Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning
- MAKAR Cale – Avalanche du Colorado
Best NBA player
- Giannis Antetokounmpo – Milwaukee Bucks
- Shai Gilgeous -Alexander – Oklahoma City Thunder
- Nikola Jokić – Denver Nuggets
- Jayson Tatum – Boston Celtics
Best WNBA player
- Caitlin Clark – Indiana Fever
- Napheesa Collier – Minnesota Lynx
- Breanna Stewart – New York Liberty
- A’ja Wilson – Las Vegas Aces
Best driver
- Joey Logano – Nascar
- Álex Palou – Indycar
- Oscar Piastri – F1
- Max Verstappen – F1
Best fighter UFC
- Folding Dricus
- Merab Dvalishvili
- Kayla Harrison
- Islam Makhachev
Best boxer
- Naoya Inoue
- Claressed Shields
- Katie Taylor
- Oleksandr USYK
Best footballer
- Aitana Bonmatí – FC Barcelona / Spain
- Christian Pulisic – AC Milan, United States
- Alexia Sluts FC Barcelona
- Lamine Yamal – FC Barcelona/Spain
Best golfer
- Nelly Korda
- Rory Mcllroy
- Scottie Scheffler
- Maja Strong
Best tennis player
- Carlos Alcaraz
- Coco Gauff
- Aryna Sabalenka
- Jannik sinner
