Simone Biles, Jaylen Brown, Caitlin Clark, Coco Gauff, Patrick Mahomes and Shohei Ohtani are among the many prime nominees for the 2024 ESPY Awards.
The winners will likely be introduced on the July 11 ceremony, which will likely be hosted by Serena Williams and broadcast reside at 8 p.m. ET/PT on July 11 from Los Angeles.
NFL quarterback Mahomes and MLB star Ohtani will compete for finest athlete in males’s sports activities, together with golfer Scott Scheffler and hockey professional Connor McDavid. If Mahomes or Ohtani win, they’ll be part of LeBron James, Lance Armstrong and Tiger Woods as the one athletes to win the class a number of occasions.
Faculty basketball star Clark and tennis professional Gauff will vie for finest athlete in ladies’s sports activities, together with golfer Nelly Korda and WNBA star A’ja Wilson.
The ESPYs will as soon as once more hand out a trio of particular honors — the Arthur Ashe Award for Braveness Award, the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance Award and The Pat Tillman Award for Service. The names of these recipients will likely be introduced later this week.
The ESPYs helps ESPN’s ongoing dedication to The V Basis for Most cancers Analysis, launched in 1993 by ESPN in partnership with the late Jim Valvano.
Fan can vote for the winners at ESPYS.com. A full listing of nominees follows.
BEST ATHLETE, MEN’S SPORTS
Patrick Mahomes, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs
Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels / Los Angeles Dodgers
Scottie Scheffler, Golf
Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
BEST ATHLETE, WOMEN’S SPORTS
Caitlin Clark, Iowa Ladies’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 Ladies’s Basketball
Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio Spurs
BEST RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMANCE
49ers Christian McCaffrey scores a TD for a report breaking 17 straight video games
Caitlin Clark turns into NCAA’s All Time Scoring Chief breaking Pete Maravich’s Report
Tara VanDerveer, Stanford Ladies’s Basketball – will get 1,203rd win to move Coach Okay for many by any coach in NCAA basketball historical past
Max Verstappen wins report tenth consecutive race with victory at Italian Grand Prix
BEST CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE
Michigan’s Blake Corum and Will Johnson, 2024 Faculty Soccer Nationwide Championship MVPs
Kayla Martello, Boston Faculty Ladies’s Lacrosse
Midge Purce, NJ/NY Gotham FC – NWSL Championship MVP
Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics
BEST COMEBACK ATHLETE
Simone Biles, Gymnast
Paige Bueckers, College of Connecticut Ladies’s Basketball
Joe Flacco, Cleveland Browns
Zion Williamson, New Orleans Pelicans
BEST PLAY
Jayda Coleman calls GAME sending Oklahoma to their 4th Straight Championship – NCAA Softball 6/4/2024
Anthony Edwards Dunk of the 12 months – 3/18/24 – NBA
Alabama scores on 4th & 31 to win vs. Auburn 11/25/23
Lamar Jackson Caught His Personal Cross & Ran With it – 1/28/24 – NFL
BEST TEAM
South Carolina Gamecocks, NCAA Ladies’s Basketball
Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, NFL
Michigan Wolverines, NCAA Soccer
Las Vegas Aces, WNBA
College of Connecticut Huskies, NCAA Males’s Basketball
Oklahoma Sooners, NCAA Softball
Boston Celtics, NBA
Florida Panthers, NHL
Texas Rangers, MLB
BEST COLLEGE ATHLETE, MEN’S SPORTS
Jayden Daniels, LSU Soccer
Zach Edey, Purdue Males’s 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 Excessive Jumper
Brenna Huckaby Snowboarding Champion
Oksana Masters, Cross-Nation Skier/Hand Bike owner
BEST NFL PLAYER
Myles Garrett, Cleveland Browns
Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens
Patrick Mahomes, Kansas Metropolis 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 Metropolis Thunder
Nikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets
Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics
BEST WNBA PLAYER
Napheesa Collier, Minnesota Lynx
Breanna Stewart, New York Liberty
Alyssa Thomas, Connecticut Solar
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/Actual Madrid
Kylian Mbappé, France/Actual Madrid
BEST GOLFER
Nelly Korda
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
Lilia Vu
BEST TENNIS PLAYER
Carlos Alcaraz
Novak Djokovic
Coco Gauff
Iga Swiatek
