Esports Awards 2023: Finalists, categories & schedule
Esports AwardsThe Esports Awards are back once again in 2023, celebrating the very best of the industry, from players to publishers, videographers to journalists, and many more in between. Here are all the details, including the final nominees and how to vote.
On Thursday, June 1, the Esports Awards announced the eighth edition of the event, bringing it back to Las Vegas, Nevada, for the second year in a row.
The event celebrates the best of the esports industry across a wide range of categories, honoring players, teams, influencers, journalists, and more.
Here are all of the details you need about the Esports Awards 2023, including the finalists for all categories, ahead of the big show on November 30, 2023.
Esports Awards 2023: Finalists
The Esports Awards have now revealed the finalists for all major categories ahead of the 2023 awards. Here are all of the nominees:
Esports Cosplay of the Year
- Larissa Rochefort
- LittleJem
- Kinpatsu Cosplay
- Annjelife
- Inaste
- Akemi Hogan
- Bec of Hearts
Esports Creative of the Year
- Ovilee ‘Ovilee May’ May
- Seso
- kvindsgn (fix)
- Thorsten Denk
- Team Liquid Enigma
- Sydney Malham
Esports Creative Team of the Year
- LOUD
- Team Vitality
- G2 Esports
- Sentinels
- Team Liquid
- North Studio
- FlyQuest
- Paper Crowns
- NMBRS
Esports Content of the Year
- Gucci
- Valorant
- G2 Esports
- ESL
- LoL Esports
- Seth ‘Scump’ Abner
- Red Bull Gaming
- Rocket League Esports
- FURIA
- Team Liquid Valorant
Esports Content Creator of the Year
- Juan ‘Hungrybox’ Debiedma
- LOUD
- Seth ‘Scump’ Abner
- The Score Esports
- Gaules
- S8ul Esports
- Judo Sloth
- OTK
- Last Free Nation
- Christian ‘IWDominate’ Rivera
Esports Personality of the Year
- Seth ‘Scump’ Abner
- Ludwig Ahgren
- Gaules
- MoistCr1TiKaL
- Disguised Toast
- NOBRU
- Hector ‘H3CZ’ Rodriguez
- Mortal
- Coringa
Streamer of the Year
- Ibai
- xQc
- Kai Cenat
- tarik
- Gaules
- QTCinderella
- Seth ‘Scump’ Abner
- Paulinho O Loko
- RiversGG
- FPS_Shaka
Esports Broadcast/Production Team of the Year
- ESL
- Esports Engine
- Riot Games
- BLAST
- Psyonix
Esports Commercial Partner of the Year
- Red Bull
- Logitech
- Monster
- Prime Gaming
- Gillette
- Intel
- Gucci
- Chipotle
- State Farm
Esports Coverage Platform of the Year
- Liquipedia
- Dexerto
- Esports Insider
- HLTV
- Esports Charts
- Dot Esports
- Sports Business Journal
Esports Hardware Piece of the Year
- AMD RYZEN 9 7950X
- Logitech G Pro X 2 Lightspeed
- ASUS ROG ALLY
- Stream Deck MK.2
- Higround Keyboard
- Razer Viper Mini Signature Edition
- Samsung Odyssey OLED G8
- Corsair Xeneon Flex
Esports Publisher of the Year
- Riot Games
- Mobile Legends
- Supercell
- Pokemon
- Valve
- Psyonix
- EA
Esports Supporting Service of the Year
- Character Select Agency
- ESG Law
- GRID
- Evolved Talent
- Esports Engine
- OP.GG
- Paper Crowns
- Bad Moon Talent
- New LVL Recruiting
- Prodigy Agency
Esports Game of the Year
- Valorant
- League of Legends
- CS:GO
- Rocket League
- Call of Duty
- Mobile Legends
- PUBG Mobile
- Dota 2
- Fortnite
Esports Mobile Game of the Year
- PUBG Mobile
- Mobile Legends
- Brawl Stars
- Arena of Valor
- Call of Duty Mobile
- Free Fire
- Honor of Kings
- Clash Royale
- Pokemon UNITE
Esports Team of the Year
- Team Vitality – CS:GO
- Team Vitality – Rocket League
- Fnatic – VALORANT
- Evil Geniuses – VALORANT
- New York Subliners – Call of Duty
- JD Gaming – League of Legends
- w7m Esports – Rainbow Six Siege
- Echo – ML:BB
- Gaimin Gladiators – DOTA
- TSM – Apex Legends
Esports Organisation of the Year
- Team Vitality
- LOUD
- Team Liquid
- G2 Esports
- Gen.G Esports
- Karmine Corp
- Moist Esports
- 100 Thieves
- OpTic Gaming
- NAVI
- NRG
Esports Coach of the Year
- Danny “Zonic” Sørensen
- Victor “Ferra” Francal
- Christine “Potter” Chi
- Ehsan “DREAL” Javed
- Igor “igoorctg” Santos
- Renzo “Renzo” Oemrawsingh
- Jan “Swani” Müller
- Aske “Cy-” Larsen
- Yoon “Homme” Sung-young
Esports Breakthrough Player of the Year
- Alexis “Zen” Bernier
- Max “Demon1” Mazanov
- Thomas “Scrappy” Ernst
- Kim “D0NGHAK” Min-sung
- Kim “Peyz” Su-hwan
- Anders “Vejrgang” Vejrgang
- Martin “Yike” Sundelin
Esports PC Player of the Year
- Nikola “NiKo” Kovač
- Cho “Maru” Seong-ju
- Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut
- Quinn “Quinn” Callahan
- Nemanja “Hunter” Kovač
- Zhuo “Knight” Ding
- Emir “Alfajer” Beder
- Max “Demon1” Mazanov
- Phillip “ImperialHal” Dosen
- Jung “Chovy” Ji-hun
Esports Controller Player of the Year
- Alexis “Zen” Bernier
- Paco “HyDra” Rusiewiez
- Zain “Zain” Naghmi
- Matthew “KiSMET” Tinsley
- Mashita “acola” Hayato
- Amjad “AngryBird” Al-Shalabi
- Finlay “Rise” Ferguson
- Jack “ApparentlyJack” Benton
- Arslan “Arslan Ash” Siddique
- Phillip “ImperialHal” Dosen
Esports Mobile Player of the Year
- Mohamed “Mohamed Light” Tarek
- Frederic “Bennyqt” Gonzales
- Gaku “Gaku” Mukai
- Erik “Joker” Granström
- Burenbayar “TOP” Altangerel
- Tensai “Tensai”
- Peng “Fly” Yunfei
Esports Colour Caster of the Year
- Marc “Caedrel” Robert Lamont
- Dan “Gaskin” Gaskin
- Josh “Sideshow” Wilkinson
- John “JohnnyBoi_i” MacDonald
- Mohan “Launders” Govindasamy
- Thomas “Chance” Ashworth
- Ioannis “Fogged” Loucas
- Dominik “Lacoste” Stipić
- Chad “Spunj” Burchill
- Michael “Hypoc” Robins
Esports Desk Analyst of the Year
- Mimi “aEvilCat” Wermcrantz
- Tyler “Tbates” Bates
- Barento “Raz” Mohammed
- Alyssa “Allycxt” Parker
- Anthony “NAMELESS” Wheeler
- Mira “Ephey” Riad
- Alex “Mauisnake” Ellenberg
- Kale “Genome” Morton
- Mathieu “Maniac” Quiquerez
Esports Host of the Year
- Alex “GoldenBoy” Mendez
- Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
- Freya “Freya” Spiers
- Sean “Stax” Stackhouse
- Caleb “WavePunk” Simmons
- Yinsu “Yinsu” Collins
- Chris Puckett
- Jorien “Sheever” van der Heijden
- Lottie Van-Praag
- Ana Xisdê
- James “Dash” Patterson
Esports Play by Play Caster of the Year
- Steven “Tasty Steve” Scott
- Alex “Machine” Richardson
- Brennon “Bren” Hook
- Mark “Onset” Hatcher
- Conner “Scrawny” Girvan
- Brandon Smith
- Callum “Shogun” Keir
- Clayton “Captain Flowers” Raines
- Mitch “Uber” Leslie
- Bruno “BrunoClash” Veiga Lopes
- Miles Ross
- Lauren “Pansy” Scott
Esports Journalist of the Year
- Jacob Hale
- Richard Lewis
- Dominic Sacco
- Kevin Hitt
- Alexander Lee
- James Fudge
- Mikhail Klimentov
- Antonio Yuste
- Cecilia D’Anastasio
- Alejandro Gomis
Esports Awards 2023 date & location
This year’s event will take place in Las Vegas, NV on November 30, 2023, just like it did in December 2022. The best in the industry will be heading out to Resorts World Las Vegas, to celebrate the games we all know and love.
In 2022, they also hosted various events around the awards, such as a golf tournament, so there could be more to come like that down the line.
Esports Awards 2023: Voting & nominations
With a few months still to go before the event takes place, the nomination process has been and gone..
Nominations were open to those working in the industry from June 1 and had to be completed before July 7. The names of the first nominees were revealed on July 26, while the names of the Pro and On-Air finalists were revealed on September 20.
Once nominations were in and announced, the Esports Awards panel shortlisted the candidates for each category. You can now vote on the Esports Awards website.
Esports Awards 2023: Key dates
Key dates include:
- June 1: Nominations open
- July 7: Nominations close
- July 26: First nominees reveal
- July 26: Voting opens
- September 20: Pro and On-Air nominees reveal
- November 13-20: Turbo voting period–votes are worth double
- November 20: Voting closes on all categories but 3
- November 25: Voting closes for Esports PC Player, Esports Organization, and Esports Team of the Year
- November 27-28: Inaugural Scholars
- November 29-30: Esports Awards 2023
