ESPY 2025 Winners, Awards Results, Recap, Top Moments and Twitter Reaction

ESPN hosted the annual ESPY awards on Wednesday, awarding the top athletes and teams from the past year.

Along with athletes and teams being honored, Oscar Robertson received the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage and Penn State women's volleyball coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley received the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance.

Greater Los Angeles first responders and former athletes David Walters and Erin Regan also received the Pat Tillman Award for Service.

Here's a look at all the winners from Wednesday:

2025 ESPYs Winners

• Best Championship Performance: Simone Biles, Team USA Gymnastics
• Best Play: Saquon Barkley, Philadelphia Eagles
• Best Breakthrough Athlete: Ilona Maher, Rugby
• Best Athlete, Women's Sports: Simone Biles, Team USA Gymnastics
• Best Comeback Athlete: Suni Lee, Team USA Gymnastics
• Best Athlete, Men's Sports: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder
• Best Record-Breaking Performance: Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals
• Best Athlete with a Disability: Noah Elliot, Snowboarding
• Best Team: Philadelphia Eagles
• Best WNBA Player: Caitlin Clark
• Best College Athlete, Women's Sports: JuJu Watkins, USC Basketball
• Best College Athlete, Men's Sports: Cooper Flagg, Duke Basketball
• Best MLB Player: Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers
• Best NHL Player: Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton Oilers
• Best NBA Player: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder
• Best Driver: Max Verstappen, F1
• Best UFC Fighter: Merab Dvalishvili
• Best Boxer: Katie Taylor
• Best Soccer Player: Christian Pulisic, AC Milan, US
• Best Golfer: Scottie Scheffler
• Best Tennis Player: Coco Gauff
• Gatorade Best Female Player of the Year: Jane Hendengren, Cross Country, Track and Field
• Gatorade best Male Player of the Year: Cameron Boozer, Basketball

Special Awards

• Jimmy V Award for Perseverance: Katie Schumacher-Cawley
• Arthur Ashe Award for Courage: Oscar Robertson
• Pat Tillman Award for Service: David Walters and Erin Regan

Simone Biles won Best Championship Performance over Stephen Curry, who led Team USA to Gold in Paris, Freddie Freeman, who starred as the Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series, and Rory McIlroy, who won his first Masters to complete a career grand slam.

With the help of the USC marching band, College GameDay's Kirk Herbstreit, Pat McAfee and Desmond Howard paid tribute to Lee Corso, who will be a part of the show for the final time this season. Corso also gave a heartfelt speech.

Diana Taurasi and Alex Morgan, who retired from basketball and soccer, respectively, this year, won the ESPYs Icon Award.

After Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won Best Athlete, fans gave their thoughts about whether he deserved it over Shohei Ohtani, Josh Allen and Saquon Barkley.

This year's ESPYs gave fans a look back at the year in sports, from the gold-medal winning performance at the Olympics to championship runs by teams like the Philadelphia Eagles and the Oklahoma City Thunder.

For the nominees who came up short of winning, they'll look to comeback to the ESPYs next year to collect some hardware.