All winners from the Esports Awards 2025

The 2025 Esports Awards took place on November 19 at the HyperX Arena in Las Vegas. Here are all the winners from the 24 categories from this year’s edition.

Esports Awards 2025 winners by category

• Esports Game of the Year: League of Legends
• Esports Mobile Game of the Year: PUBG Mobile
• Esports Personality of the Year: Animesh “Thug” Agarwal
• Esports Content Group of the Year: S8UL
• Esports Content Creator of the Year: Jynxzi
• Esports Play of the Year: Choi “Doran” Hyeon-joon
• Esports Commercial Partner of the Year: Red Bull
• Esports Publisher of the Year: Riot Games
• Esports Supporting Service of the Year: Prodigy Agency
• Esports Supporting Platform of the Year: Liquipedia
• Esports Creative Campaign of the Year: Team Liquid 25 Year Anniversary Campaign
• Esports Breakthrough Player of the Year: Mason “Mercules” Ramsey
• Esports Team of the Year: Team Vitality CS2
• Esports PC Player of the Year: Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut
• Esports Controller Player of the Year: Zeng “Xiao Hai” Zhuojun
• Esports Organisation of the Year: Team Falcons
• Esports Coach of the Year: Kim “Kim” Jung-su
• Esports Play by Play Caster of the Year: Clayton “CaptainFlowers” Raines
• Esports Colour Caster of the Year: Andrew “Vedius” Day
• Esports Host of the Year: Laure Valée
• Esports Analyst of the Year: Mimi “aEvilcat” Wermcrantz
• Panel’s Choice Award: Sebastian “SebTheFloorManager” Leathlean
• Streamer of the Year: iShowSpeed
• Lifetime Achievement in Esports: Class of 2025: Johan “N0tail” Sundstein, Peter “dupreeh” Rasmussen, Matthew “FormaL” Piper, Steve Arhancet of Team Liquid, Tom and Tony Cannon, Tasteless and Artosis

Among the winners, some of the standouts are personalities and players from the League of Legends scene. Riot Games won the Publisher of the year as well as the Esports Game of the Year.

Sebastian “SebTheFloorManager” Leathlean is a known face for taking control of the League of Legends global events, including the 2025 world championship. T1’s player Doran, who is staying with T1 for 2026, also won the Play of the Year, with CaptainFlowers, Vedius, and Laure Valée winning the three categories for play by play caster, colour caster, and host.

Quite the surprise to wake up to to say the least!

Thanks to everyone who has supported me throughout this year. It means a lot to have my work recognised and I'm a bit speechless to say the least!!

Thank you all again, I am very grateful 🥰 https://t.co/XH8y6MXF04

— Andy Day (@Vedius) November 20, 2025

iShowSpeed wins the Streamer of the Year award

The live streamer surpassed the 45 million subscriber count on YouTube after making tours across China and Europe earlier this year.

“It’s Speed here, and we have won the Streamer of the Year Award,” iShowSpeed said through a pre-recorded message. “I want to give a huge thanks to everybody who voted for me. I want to give a huge thanks to my fans. I want to give a huge thanks to anybody who supports me. And I love you all. And also — you all know how much I work hard for you all every single year to give you all the best content, the best streams — so I appreciate you all in joining that content and supporting that content. And I love you all. I’m going to keep working harder, and I appreciate you all. It’s Speed Gang for life. And I love you all. I love you all so much.”

Esports Awards 2025 celebrates 10 years

The 2025 edition of the Esports Awards marked the 10th anniversary for the event. Esports Awards CEO Michael Ashford described it as a significant milestone for the industry: “The show was a celebration of excellence, bringing together the biggest names in gaming and content creation for a night of recognition and community,” said Ashford. “Congratulations to all of this year’s winners, and thank you to everyone who helped make this decade-defining edition so extraordinary.”

For those who missed out on the stream, the Esports Awards can be rewatched on Twitch.