Esports Awards 2025: All winners and nominees

The Esports Awards returned in Riyadh for its 10th anniversary, celebrating a decade of esports players, teams, events, and industry figures.

Instead of focusing on a single year, the 2025 ceremony honored the players, teams, creators, and events that defined esports from 2015 to 2025. Fans voted daily until August 11, with the results revealed live at the Esports World Cup.

esports awards of the decade

League of Legends took Game of the Decade, and Faker and T1 cemented their legacies, for player and team. xQc and Nadeshot were recognized as fan-favorite personalities, as Streamer and Personality of the decade, respectively. Fans and experts combine to decide the outcome of all categories.

Winners at a glance

Game of the Decade

Winner: League of Legends

Nominees: 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

Winner: Nadeshot

Nominees: Tarik, Nadeshot, Sjokz, Faker, Ibai, Scump, s1mple, H3CZ, Nobru, Caedrel, FalleN

Streamer of the Decade

Winner: xQc

Nominees: Ninja, Ibai, Shroud, xQc, Pokimane, Gaules, summit1g, Tarik, Tyler1, Rivers, TimTheTatman, SodaPoppin, Mortal, Kameto

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Organisation of the Decade

Winner: Team Liquid

Nominees: Team Liquid, G2 Esports, T1, OpTic Gaming, Team Vitality, Cloud9, FaZe Clan, Fnatic, NAVI, Gen.G, Edward Gaming

Team of the Decade

Winner: T1 (League of Legends)

Nominees: T1 (League of Legends), Astralis, OpTic Texas, OG, G2 Esports, TSM, NAVI, Team Secret, Team Liquid, Atlanta FaZe, Team Vitality, Team BDS

PC Player of the Decade

Winner: Faker

Nominees: Faker, s1mple, N0tail, ZywOo, aspas, Caps, coldzera, Miposhka, Nisha

Controller Player of the Decade

Winner: Shotzzy

Nominees: Scump, SonicFox, SIMP, Shotzzy, Hungrybox, FormaL, ImperialHal, Crimsix, TurboPulsa, Kaydop, SnakeBite

Breakthrough Player of the Decade

Winner: ZywOo

Nominees: SIMP, m0NESY, Keria, Bugha, Kenny, Shotzzy, Miracle-, ZywOo, M0nkey M00n, Malr1ne, Punk

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Coach of the Decade

Winner: kkOma

Nominees: Zonic, kkOma, Potter, B1AD3, XTQZZZ, Moon, Heen, Kim Jung-su

On-Air Talent of the Decade

Winner: Sjokz

Nominees: Sjokz, Goldenboy, Puckett, Machine, Sheever, Spunj, CaptainFlowers, Dash, Pansy, Uber, Kobe, Soe

Live Event of the Decade

Winner: League of Legends Worlds 2017

Nominees: Worlds 2017, Esports World Cup 2024, The International 2018, EVO 2024, Fortnite World Cup 2019, IEM Katowice 2017, ELEAGUE Major Boston 2018, FFWS Singapore 2021, M5 World Championship 2023, CDL Playoffs 2020

Publisher of the Decade

Winner: Riot Games

Nominees: Riot Games, Valve, Activision Blizzard, Epic Games, EA, Tencent, Krafton, Moonton, Ubisoft

Commercial Partner of the Decade

Winner: Intel

Nominees: Red Bull, Intel, Logitech G, Monster Energy, HyperX, MasterCard, Secretlab, Razer, DHL, Corsair, Alienware

Content & Coverage Platform of the Decade

Winner: Liquipedia

Nominees: Liquipedia, Dexerto, Esports Charts, TheScore, HLTV, Esports Insider