Caitlin Clark, Patrick Mahomes and Shohei Ohtani are among the superstar athletes nominated for this year’s ESPYS.
Clark is the only athlete nominated for three awards: Best Athlete, Women’s Sports; Best College Athlete, Women’s Sports and Best Record-Breaking Performance (becoming the NCAA’s all-time scoring leader).
Mahomes and Ohtani have been nominated for Best Athlete, Men’s Sports as well as the Best Athlete in NFL and MLB, respectively. Mahomes’ team, the Kansas City Chiefs, has also been nominated for Best Team.
Clark, now a star guard for the Indiana Fever, earned back-to-back consensus collegiate player of the year honors and broke a host of records at Iowa, including the aforementioned NCAA Division I all-time scoring record (women’s or men’s) after surpassing “Pistol” Pete Maravich’s mark. She also holds the NCAA tournament’s all-time career points record as well.
Clark joins Coco Gauff, Nelly Korda and A’ja Wilson for the Best Athlete, Women’s Sports honor.
Gauff has enjoyed a great year on the tennis court since last summer, winning her first major singles title (2023 U.S. Open) and doubles Grand Slam (2024 French Open, with Kateřina Siniaková).
Korda has six LPGA Tour titles in 2024, including a major (the Chevron Championship). That win capped five straight victories for the 14-time tournament victor.
Wilson is now a back-to-back WNBA champion after leading the Las Vegas Aces to the title last year. The 2023 WNBA Finals MVP and two-time WNBA MVP averaged 21.3 points and 12.5 rebounds per game versus the New York Liberty in the championship round.
Mahomes and Ohtani are part of a loaded category honoring the best athlete in men’s sports.
Mahomes just won his third Super Bowl in five years with the Chiefs, earning Super Bowl MVP honors for the third time along the way. He threw for 333 yards and two touchdowns (including the game-ender) versus the San Francisco 49ers to clinch the Lombardi Trophy.
Ohtani won the American League MVP award for the second time in three years last season, dominating at the plate and on the mound for the Los Angeles Angels. He’s now an L.A. Dodger and has continued his offensive success, leading the National League in home runs, batting average and OPS.
Scottie Scheffler has six PGA Tour victories to his name this year, including his second-ever Masters and second straight Players Championship. He just won the Traveler’s Championship on Sunday for No. 6.
Edmonton Oilers superstar and three-time Hart Trophy winner Connor McDavid just had 42 points in 25 playoff games for the Western Conference winners, earning the Conn Smythe Trophy for his Herculean efforts.
The entire nominee and award slate can be found below. Fans can cast their vote at ESPN.com/ESPYS. Voting will close for all categories at 5 p.m. ET on July 11.
Serena Williams, winner of 23 Grand Slam women’s singles titles, will host the ESPY Awards, which will begin on July 11 at 8 p.m. ET in Los Angeles and air on ABC.
The ESPYs will also honor athletes “who embody the spirit” of the ESPYs through its three pillar awards of The ESPYS through three pillar awards: the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage Award, the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance Award, and The Pat Tillman Award for Service.
Per a release, this year’s recipients for those honors will be revealed later in the week.
Best Athlete, Men’s Sports
Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels / Los Angeles Dodgers
Scottie Scheffler, Golf
Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
Best Athlete, Women’s Sports
Caitlin Clark, Iowa Women’s Basketball
Coco Gauff, Tennis
Nelly Korda, Golf
A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
Best Breakthrough Athlete
Haleigh Bryant, LSU Gymnastics
C.J. Stroud, Houston Texans
Juju Watkins, USC Women’s Basketball
Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio Spurs
Best Record-Breaking Performance
49ers Christian McCaffrey scores a TD for a record breaking 17 straight games
Caitlin Clark becomes NCAA’s all-time scoring leader, breaking Pete Maravich’s Record
Tara VanDerveer, Stanford Women’s Basketball: Gets 1,203rd win to pass ex-Duke men’s basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski for most victories by any coach in NCAA basketball history
Max Verstappen wins record 10th consecutive race with victory at Italian Grand Prix
Best Championship Performance
Michigan’s Blake Corum and Will Johnson, 2024 College Football National Championship MVPs
Kayla Martello, Boston College Women’s Lacrosse
Midge Purce, NJ/NY Gotham FC – NWSL Championship MVP
Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics
Best Comeback Athlete
Simone Biles, Gymnast
Paige Bueckers, UConn Women’s Basketball
Joe Flacco, Cleveland Browns
Zion Williamson, New Orleans Pelicans
Best Play
Jayda Coleman hits walk-off home run against Florida to send Oklahoma to its fourth straight Women’s College World Series Finals: June 4, 2024
Anthony Edwards poster dunk on John Collins: March 18, 2024
Alabama football (Jalen Milroe to Isaiah Bond) scores on 4th-and-31 to win vs. Auburn: November 25, 2023
Lamar Jackson catches his own pass and runs with it in AFC Championship: January 28, 2024
Best Team
South Carolina Gamecocks, NCAA Women’s Basketball
Kansas City Chiefs, NFL
Michigan Wolverines, NCAA Football
Las Vegas Aces, WNBA
University of Connecticut Huskies, NCAA Men’s Basketball
Oklahoma Sooners, NCAA Softball
Boston Celtics, NBA
Florida Panthers, NHL
Texas Rangers, MLB
Best College Athlete, Men’s Sports
Jayden Daniels, LSU Football
Zach Edey, Purdue Basketball
Ousmane Sylla, Clemson Soccer
Pat Kavanagh, Notre Dame Lacrosse
Best College Athlete, Women’s Sports
Haleigh Bryant, LSU Gymnastics
Caitlin Clark, Iowa Basketball
Sarah Franklin, Wisconsin Volleyball
Izzy Scane, Northwestern Lacrosse
Best Athlete with a Disability
Jaydin Blackwell, World Champion Sprinter
Ezra Frech, World Champion High Jumper
Brenna Huckaby Snowboarding Champion
Oksana Masters, Cross-Country Skier/Hand Cyclist
Best NFL Player
Myles Garrett, Cleveland Browns
Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens
Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco 49ers
Best MLB Player
Ronald Acuña Jr., Atlanta Braves
Gerrit Cole, New York Yankees
Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels
Corey Seager, Texas Rangers
Best NHL Player
Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning
Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche
Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs
Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
Best NBA Player
Luka Dončić, Dallas Mavericks
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder
Nikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets
Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics
Best WNBA Player
Napheesa Collier, Minnesota Lynx
Breanna Stewart, New York Liberty
Alyssa Thomas, Connecticut Sun
A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
Best Driver
Ryan Blaney, NASCAR
Matt Hagan, NHRA
Álex Palou, IndyCar
Max Verstappen, F1
Best UFC Fighter
Islam Makhachev
Sean O’Malley
Alex Pereira
Zhang Weili
Best Boxer
Terence Crawford
Seniesa Estrada
Naoya Inoue
Oleksandr Usyk
Best Soccer Player
Aitana Bonmatí, Spain
Naomi Girma, USWNT
Vinicius Junior, Brazil/Real Madrid
Kylian Mbappé, France/Real Madrid
Best Golfer
Nelly Korda
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
Lilia Vu
Best Tennis Player
Carlos Alcaraz
Novak Djokovic
Coco Gauff
Iga Swiatek
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