Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Simone Biles, the Philadelphia Eagles and Ilona Maher have been among the many high winners on the 2025 ESPY Awards.
Comic Shane Gillis hosted the awards ceremony, offered by ESPN, on Wednesday evening stay from The Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. A plethora of awards have been handed out to an array of athletes in various classes, together with the coveted titles of finest athlete in males’s and ladies’s sports activities, which went to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Simone Biles, respectively.
Gilgeous-Alexander was nominated alongside the likes of Josh Allen (Buffalo Payments), Saquon Barkley (Philadelphia Eagles) and Shohei Ohtani (Los Angeles Dodgers) whereas Biles was up in opposition to Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (monitor & area), Gabby Thomas (monitor & area) and A’ja Wilson (Las Vegas Aces).
Different high winners of the evening included Group USA rugby participant Maher, who received the dignity of finest breakthrough athlete. Apart from her finest athlete win, Biles additionally picked up the title of finest championship efficiency for her 2024 Olympics ladies’s all-around set that noticed her win the gold medal.
Biles’ crew USA teammate, Suni Lee, was honored with the most effective comeback athlete award, whereas NFL star Saquon Barkley earned the most effective play win for his backwards hurdle through the Philadelphia Eagles’ Nov. 3 sport in opposition to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The title of finest crew went to the Philadelphia Eagles (who notably received the Tremendous Bowl earlier this 12 months), whereas further “finest participant” awards got out to athletes within the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA and WNBA, moreover within the driving, UFC, boxing, soccer, golf and tennis classes.
The complete checklist of 2025 ESPYs winners follows.
BEST ATHLETE – MEN’S SPORTS
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander – Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder
BEST ATHLETE – WOMEN’S SPORTS
Simone Biles – Gymnast
BEST BREAKTHROUGH ATHLETE
Ilona Maher – Rugby
BEST RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMANCE
Alexander Ovechkin – Washington Capitals
BEST CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE
Simone Biles – 2024 Olympics Ladies’s All-Round
BEST COMEBACK ATHLETE
Suni Lee – Gymnast
BEST PLAY
Saquon Barkley’s backwards hurdle – NFL (11/3/24)
BEST TEAM
Philadelphia Eagles – NFL
BEST COLLEGE ATHLETE – MEN’S SPORTS
Cooper Flagg – Duke Basketball
BEST COLLEGE ATHLETE – WOMEN’S SPORTS
JuJu Watkins – USC Basketball
BEST ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY
Noah Elliott – Snowboard
BEST NFL PLAYER
Saquon Barkley – Philadelphia Eagles
BEST MLB PLAYER
Shohei Ohtani – Los Angeles Dodgers
BEST NHL PLAYER
Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers,
BEST NBA PLAYER
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander – Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder
BEST WNBA PLAYER
Caitlin Clark – Indiana Fever
BEST DRIVER
Max Verstappen – F1
BEST UFC FIGHTER
Merab Dvalishvili
BEST BOXER
Katie Taylor
BEST SOCCER PLAYER
Christian Pulisic – AC Milan, US
BEST GOLFER
Scottie Scheffler
BEST TENNIS PLAYER
Coco Gauff
GATORADE BEST FEMALE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Jane Hendengren (cross nation, monitor & area)
GATORADE BEST MALE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Cameron Boozer (basketball)