2023 ESPY Awards

The 2023 ESPY Awards is the 31st annual ceremony of the ESPY Award, will be held on July 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, and broadcast on ABC.

Nominees

Best Athlete, Men's Sports Nikola Jokić – Denver Nuggets, NBA Aaron Judge – New York Yankees, MLB Patrick Mahomes – Kansas City Chiefs, NFL Lionel Messi – Argentina, AFA	Best Athlete, Women's Sports Mikaela Shiffrin – Ski Sophia Smith – Portland Thorns FC, NWSL Iga Świątek – Tennis A'ja Wilson – Las Vegas Aces, WNBA
Best Breakthrough Athlete Caitlin Clark – Iowa Women's Basketball Brock Purdy – San Francisco 49ers, NFL Angel Reese – LSU Women's Basketball Julio Rodríguez – Seattle Mariners, MLB	Best Comeback Athlete Jon Jones – UFC Jamal Murray – Denver Nuggets, NBA Alyssa Thomas – Connecticut Sun, WNBA Justin Verlander – New York Mets, Houston Astros, MLB
Best College Athlete, Men's Sports Zach Edey – Purdue men's basketball Duncan McGuire – Creighton soccer Brennan O'Neill – Duke lacrosse Caleb Williams – USC football	Best College Athlete, Women's Sports Jordy Bahl – Oklahoma Sooners softball Caitlin Clark – Iowa women's basketball Izzy Scane – Northwestern lacrosse Trinity Thomas – Florida Gators gymnastics
Best Team Denver Nuggets – NBA Georgia Bulldogs, NCAA Division I FBS Kansas City Chiefs – NFL Las Vegas Aces – WNBA Louisiana State Tigers – NCAA Women's Basketball Oklahoma Sooners – Women's College World Series Vegas Golden Knights – NHL	Best Championship Performance Leon Edwards – UFC 278 Nikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets – NBA Finals Lionel Messi, Argentina – 2022 FIFA World Cup final Rose Zhang, LPGA
Best Athlete with a Disability Erica McKee, Sled Hockey Team Zach Miller, Snowboarding Aaron Pike, Wheelchair racing & Cross-country skiing Susannah Scaroni, Wheelchair racing	Best Play Michael Block Hole-in-One! Justin Jefferson with the Catch of the Century Ally Lemos with the perfect corner to tie the National Championship game Trinity Thomas Perfect 10 Tying the All-Time NCAA Record
Best Record-Breaking Performance Novak Djokovic breaks Rafael Nadal record for most Grand Slam titles (23) LeBron James surpasses Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for NBA career scoring record Mikaela Shiffrin breaks the record for the most World Cup victories with her 87th win Max Verstappen wins the Mexican Grand Prix, breaking the record for most wins in a season	Best NFL Player Nick Bosa – San Francisco 49ers Jalen Hurts – Philadelphia Eagles Justin Jefferson – Minnesota Vikings Patrick Mahomes – Kansas City Chiefs
Best MLB Player Paul Goldschmidt – St. Louis Cardinals Aaron Judge – New York Yankees Shohei Ohtani – Los Angeles Angels Justin Verlander – Houston Astros	Best NHL Player Jonathan Marchessault – Vegas Golden Knights Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers David Pastrňák – Boston Bruins Linus Ullmark – Boston Bruins
Best NBA Player Jimmy Butler – Miami Heat Joel Embiid – Philadelphia 76ers Nikola Jokić – Denver Nuggets Jayson Tatum – Boston Celtics	Best WNBA Player Skylar Diggins-Smith – Phoenix Mercury Candace Parker – Chicago Sky, Las Vegas Aces Breanna Stewart – Seattle Storm, New York Liberty A'ja Wilson – Las Vegas Aces
Best Soccer Player Aitana Bonmatí – FC Barcelona Femení Erling Haaland – Manchester City F.C. Lionel Messi – Argentina Sophia Smith – Portland Thorns FC	Best Driver Brittany Force, NHRA Kyle Larson, NASCAR Josef Newgarden, IndyCar Max Verstappen – Formula One
Best Golfer Wyndham Clark Nelly Korda Jon Rahm Scottie Scheffler	Best Boxer Gervonta Davis Devin Haney Claressa Shields Shakur Stevenson
Best UFC Fighter Leon Edwards Jon Jones Islam Makhachev Amanda Nunes	Best Tennis Player Carlos Alcaraz Novak Djokovic Aryna Sabalenka Iga Świątek

Honorary awards

Jimmy V Award

• Liam Hendriks

Arthur Ashe Courage Award

• United States women's national soccer team

Pat Tillman Award for Service

• Buffalo Bills training staff

External links

• ESPN: Serving sports fans. Anytime. Anywhere. – ESPN