Full list of nominees for The Esports Awards 2025

The Esports Awards has announced the return of its esports-focused award ceremony, celebrating its tenth anniversary with ‘The Decade Awards’. 

The Decade Awards will celebrate the most iconic figures, teams and moments that have defined the last ten years of esports, according to The Esports Awards.

Notable British nominees include Marc ‘Caedrel’ Lamont, Alex ‘Machine’ Richardson, Esports Insider, and Fnatic

What are ‘The Decade Awards’?

This year will see The Esports Awards transform into The Decade Awards as part of its tenth anniversary, having launched in 2015.

Celebrating the best in esports from the past decade, including previous winners and new faces.

The special, one-off edition looks to recognise not only individual performances but also those who have demonstrated long-term impact in esports.

The ceremony will bestow winners with the award title ‘of the Decade’, rather than the usual ‘of the Year’.

The event will be held alongside the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as the ‘Summer of Celebration’.

The Summer of Celebration will host a variety of events around esports, including the Esports Awards and Esports World Cup.

This increasingly overt connection to the Esports World Cup, its connection to the Saudi investment fund, has caused concerns about the awards’ legitimacy.

Adding to the continued accusation of the Saudi Arabian government using esports-washing to cover their poor human rights record.

Fans will be able to vote and have their say from June 13th onwards and are able to vote for their favourite finalist every day until August 11th.

2025 is set to be a monumental year with the Decade Awards, celebrating the last ten years of esports and competitive success. 
It’s a privilege to be partnering once again with the Esports World Cup to celebrate the most prestigious night in the Esports calendar
We’re excited to showcase the Summer of Celebration and highlight the triumphs of our beloved esports community and beyond.

Mike Ashford, CEO of the Esports Awards

The Decade Awards 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

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

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

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