ESPY Awards: Caitlin Clark, Saquon Barkley, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Among 2025 Nominees
NFL stars Josh Allen and Saquon Barkley, WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark, Coco Gauff, Simone Biles, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Ilona Maher and Alexander Ovechkin are among the top nominees for the 2025 ESPY Awards, announced Thursday.
The winners will be announced on Wednesday July 16, with the ceremony set to be hosted by comedian Shane Gillis live from The Dolby Theater in Los Angeles at 8 p.m., airing live on ABC and streaming on ESPN+.
Te show will see celebrities from the worls of sports and entertainment hand out awards in categories like “Best Athlete – Men’s Sports,” “Best Athlete – Women’s Sports,” “Best Breakthrough Athlete,” “Best Record Breaking Performance,” “Best Championship Performance” and “Best Comeback Athlete.”
Allen, Barkley and Gilgeous-Alexander will face off in the men’s sports category, with Shohei Ohtani rounding out the nominees list. Biles is nominated in the women’s category, Ilona Maher in the breakthrough category and Ovechkin and Clark in the record breaking performance category.
You can see the full list of categories and nominees, below.
BEST ATHLETE – MEN’S SPORTS
BEST ATHLETE – WOMEN’S SPORTS
BEST BREAKTHROUGH ATHLETE
BEST RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMANCE
BEST CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE
BEST COMEBACK ATHLETE
BEST PLAY
BEST TEAM
BEST COLLEGE ATHLETE – MEN’S SPORTS
BEST COLLEGE ATHLETE – WOMEN’S SPORTS
BEST ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY
BEST NFL PLAYER
BEST MLB PLAYER
BEST NHL PLAYER
BEST NBA PLAYER
BEST WNBA PLAYER
BEST DRIVER
BEST UFC FIGHTER
BEST BOXER
BEST SOCCER PLAYER
BEST GOLFER
BEST TENNIS PLAYER
