The Esports Awards 2026 nominees are out for all 19 categories. The organisers released them in two waves: 96 finalists across 9 categories in the first wave, then 103 across 10 categories in the second. The ceremony is on November 17, 2026 in Miami, Florida, and fan voting is open until November 10.
Below is every Esports Awards 2026 nominee, sorted by category, plus how voting works.
Esports Awards 2026: date, location and voting
Detail Information Ceremony date November 17, 2026 Location Miami, Florida Voting deadline November 10, 2026 Turbo Week November 3 to 10 (votes count double) Total categories 19 Total finalists 199 Partners Esports World Cup, Oakley
Fans can vote once a day on the official Esports Awards voting page . During Turbo Week, the final week before voting closes, every vote counts twice.
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Esports Game of the Year
Nominees Apex Legends Call of Duty Counter-Strike 2 Dota 2 Fortnite Honor of Kings League of Legends Mobile Legends: Bang Bang PUBG Mobile Rainbow Six Siege Rocket League VALORANT
Esports Mobile Game of the Year
Nominees Brawl Stars Free Fire Honor of Kings Identity V Mobile Legends: Bang Bang PUBG Mobile
Esports Team of the Year
Two Team Spirit rosters are nominated in this category: the CS2 team and the Dota 2 team. PARIVISION is on the list after a year that included reaching the Dota 2 grand final at EWC 2026 .
Team Game Team Vitality CS2 Team Spirit CS2 OpTic Texas Call of Duty PARIVISION Dota 2 Team Spirit Dota 2 Bilibili Gaming League of Legends 100 Thieves Valorant Gentle Mates Rocket League Team Falcons Rocket League FaZe Clan Rainbow Six Siege
100 Thieves is the only Valorant team nominated. The roster won Valorant at the Esports World Cup 2026 earlier this year.
Esports PC Player of the Year
Nominees Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut Illya “Yatoro” Mulyarchuk Danil “Donk” Kryshkovets Kim “Peyz” Soo-hwan Chen “Bin” Zebin Peter “Asuna” Mazuryk Taylor-Petrik “vic0” Gatschelhofer Miguel “Blinkzr” Quiles Jaime “Cyber” Pereira Ramos Marschal “Terra” Weaver
ZywOo and Donk are both on the list again. Their teams met at the Esports World Cup, where Vitality faced FaZe in the CS2 bracket.
Esports Controller Player of the Year
Nominees Saul “MenaRD” Leonardo Mena II Brandon “Dashy” Otell Chris “Simp” Lehr Saleh “Rw9” Abdullah Bakhashwin Nassim “Nass” Bali Axel “Vatira” Touret Arslan “Arslan Ash” Siddique Khawaja “M. Zubair” Muhammad Zubair
Esports Breakthrough Player of the Year
Nominees Jaime “Craime” Bustos Bruno “Neon” Rodríguez Maksim “kyousuke” Lukin Danil “Molodoy” Golubenko Oltean “shxrk” Rareș Ștefan Khawaja “M. Zubair” Muhammad Zubair Jeremiah “Nium” Harrison Alexey “not me” Kosmynin Sin “Smash” Guem-jae Ștefan “Sayonara” Mîtcu
Esports Coach of the Year
Nominees Rémy “XTQZZZ” Quoniam Damon “Karma” Barlow Yaroslav “Miposhka” Naidenov Clement “Puppey” Ivanov Kim “cvMax” Dae-ho Nikita “Coldstar” Morozov Yoon “Homme” Sung-young Rafael “RafadeLL” Batista de Oliveira Dennis “sycrone” Benthin Nielsen
Esports Organisation of the Year
Nominees AG.AL Team Vitality Team Falcons Team Spirit Gentle Mates Karmine Corp T1 G2 Esports NAVI Team Liquid Virtus.pro FaZe Clan
Esports Personality of the Year
Nominees Animesh “Thug” Agarwal Anthony “Shotzzy” Cuevas-Castro Cody “Clix” Conrod Corentin “Gotaga” Houssein Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere Ibai Llanos Garatea Jake “Boaster” Howlett Kamel “Kameto” Kebir Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok Marc “Caedrel” Robert Lamont Nicholas “Jynxzi” Stewart Sven Magnus Carlsen
Streamer of the Year
Nominees Brittany “Cinna” Lynn Watts Case “CaseOh” Baker Darren “iShowSpeed” Jason Watkins Jr Jason “JasonTheWeen” Thanh Nguyen Kai “Kai Cenat” Carlo Cenat III Marc “Caedrel” Robert Lamont Mark “OhnePixel” Zimmermann Nicholas “Jynxzi” Stewart Raj “Snax Gaming” Varma Rani “StableRonaldo” Netz Victor “Coringa” Augusto Costa Camilo TheBurntPeanut
Esports Content Creator of the Year
Nominees Arran “TacticalRab” Francis Corentin “Gotaga” Houssein Donato “TheDonato” Muñoz Jack “NiceWigg” Martin Juan “Hungrybox” Manuel DeBiedma Marc “Caedrel” Robert Lamont Nicholas “Jynxzi” Stewart Óscar “mixwell” Cañellas Pujan “FNS” Mehta Thomas “ZooMaa” Paparatto Tyson “TenZ” Ngo
Esports Content Group of the Year
Nominees 100 Thieves G2 Esports Gentle Mates GodLike Esports Karmine Corp NRG OpTic Gaming Rocket Baguette S8UL Esports T1 Team Spirit Team Vitality
Esports Play-by-Play Caster of the Year
Nominees Alex “Machine” Richardson Victoria “VikkiKitty” Perez Connor “Scrawny” Girvan Owen “ODPixel” Davies Brandon Smith Miles Ross Mark “Onset” Hatcher Steven “Tasty Steve” Scott Mitch “Uber” Leslie Joey “Jorby” Ahrens Seth “Achilios” King Max “Atlus” Anderson
Esports Colour Caster of the Year
Nominees Daniel “Gaskin” Gaskin Josh “Sideshow” Wilkinson Ioannis “Fogged” Loucas Chad “SPUNJ” Burchill James “Jamesbot” Villar Thomas “Chance” Ashworth Mohan “launders” Govindaswamy Cameron “CJCJ” Johns Niclas “Pengu” Mouritzen Isaac “Azael” Cummings-Bentley Vicki “GottMoxi” Johnson
Esports Host of the Year
Nominees Iain Chambers Jake “SirActionSlacks” Kanner Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere Lauren “GlitterXplosion” Laracuente Barney Banks Freya Spiers Evan “Raynday” Byron Salome “Soe” Gschwind-Repp Sean “Stax” Stackhouse Chris “Puckett” Puckett
Esports Analyst of the Year
Nominees Tyler “TBates” Bates Anthony “NAMELESS” Wheeler Quinn “Quinn” Callahan Alex “Mauisnake” Ellenberg Beatriz “kaquka” Alonso John “Jhawk” Harris Léo “Alphama” Robine Emily Rand Jacob “Pimp” Winneche Mira “Ephey” Riad Barento “Raz” Mohammed
Esports Commercial Partner of the Year
Nominees Blacklyte Chipotle Coinbase Intel iQOO Logitech G Monster Energy Pulsar Razer Red Bull Sony INZONE
Esports Tournament Organizer of the Year
Nominees Activision Blizzard BLAST EFG Esports Foundation (EWC and ENC) EVO Hero Esports MOONTON Games Riot Games TiMi Studio Group
Esports Supporting Service of the Year
Nominees Character Select Agency ESG Law Esports Charts FACEIT GRID Esports JAM Management Liquipedia Odin Law and Media Prodigy Agency Shikenso Analytics The Story Mob
Who has the most Esports Awards 2026 nominations
Some names show up in more than one category this year.
Nominee Nominations Categories Caedrel 3 Personality, Streamer, Content Creator Jynxzi 3 Personality, Streamer, Content Creator Team Spirit 4 Team of the Year (twice), Organisation, Content Group Team Vitality 3 Team of the Year, Organisation, Content Group Sjokz 2 Personality, Host Gotaga 2 Personality, Content Creator M. Zubair 2 Breakthrough Player, Controller Player
Chess world champion Magnus Carlsen is nominated for Esports Personality of the Year, alongside Faker and Ibai.
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