Esports Awards 2025 Winners: A Decade of Legends Honored
The Esports Awards 2025 wasn’t just another glitzy night of trophies and hashtags. This year already carried a special weight — the 10th anniversary of the awards — and to celebrate, the organizers went bold.
Instead of simply naming the best of the past year, they crowned the greatest players, teams, streamers, and organizations of the entire decade. And they didn’t do it in some small studio either — the event was staged live at the Esports World Cup 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in front of a global audience.
The stage was massive, the documentaries at the beginning got everyone surprisingly emotional, and the winners’ list? Well, while some choices were obvious, others triggered debates that are still raging online. Here’s a breakdown of the biggest winners and what made this year truly historic.
Esports Awards 2025 – Full Winners List
Esports Game of the Decade
Winner: League of Legends
Other Nominees: Counter-Strike, DOTA 2, Valorant, Call of Duty, Fortnite, Rocket League, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Rainbow Six Siege
Esports Personality of the Decade
Winner: Nadeshot
Other Nominees: Faker, Ibai, Scump, Tarik, S1mple, Sjokz, H3CZ, Nobru, Caedrel, Fallen
Streamer of the Decade
Winner: xQc
Other Nominees: Ninja, Shroud, Pokimane, Summit1G, Gaules, Tyler1, Tarik, TimTheTatMan, Mortal, Kameto
Esports Commercial Partner of the Decade
Winner: Intel
Other Nominees: Red Bull, Logitech G, Monster Energy, HyperX, MasterCard, Secretlab, Razer, DHL, Corsair, Alienware
Esports Content & Coverage Platform of the Decade
Winner: Liquipedia
Other Nominees: Dexerto, Esports Charts, HLTV, Esports Insider, TheScore
Esports Publisher of the Decade
Winner: Riot Games
Other Nominees: Valve, Activision Blizzard, Epic Games, EA, Tencent, Krafton, Moonton, Ubisoft
Esports Live Event of the Decade
Winner: League of Legends Worlds 2017
Other Nominees: The International 8, EVO 2024, Fortnite World Cup 2019, IEM Katowice 2017, Esports World Cup 2024
Esports PC Player of the Decade
Winner: Faker
Other Nominees: S1mple, N0tail, Zywoo, Aspas, Caps, ColdZera, Nisha, Miposhka
Esports Breakthrough Player of the Decade
Winner: Zywoo
Other Nominees: SIMP, M0NESY, Keria, Bugha, Kenny, Shotzzy, Miracle
Esports Controller Player of the Decade
Winner: Shotzzy
Other Nominees: Scump, SonicFox, SIMP, Crimsix, HungryBox, Formal
Esports Coach of the Decade
Winner: KKoma
Other Nominees: Zonic, Potter, Moon, B1AD3, Heen, XTQZZZ
Esports Team of the Decade
Winner: T1 – League of Legends
Other Nominees: Astralis (CS), OG (DOTA 2), Optic Texas, G2 Esports (LoL), NAVI (CS), Team Liquid (DOTA 2), TSM (Apex), Team Vitality
Esports Organization of the Decade
Winner: Team Liquid
Other Nominees: G2 Esports, T1, Optic Gaming, Cloud9, Faze Clan, Fnatic, Natus Vincere, Gen.G
Esports On-Air Talent of the Decade
Winner: Sjokz
Other Nominees: GoldenBoy, Puckett, Machine, Sheever, Spunj, Captain Flowers, Dash, Pansy, Uber, Kobe
Why This Year Felt Different
What made this Esports Awards so memorable wasn’t just the winners — it was the vibe. Short documentaries rolled before categories, reminding everyone how crazy this journey has been. We saw old-school CS LANs, Faker’s first championship, huge Fortnite stadiums, and even quirky stream clips that now feel like cultural artifacts.
For the first time, the awards weren’t just a popularity contest of the moment — they felt like a time capsule of esports itself. I saw fans on Twitter (or X, whatever we’re calling it now) saying watching the ceremony felt like “re-watching their teenage years in fast-forward.” That’s kind of beautiful.
