Esports Awards 2026 Finalists revealed | Sheep Esports

Esports Awards 2026 Finalists revealed | Sheep Esports

Miami will gather the crème de la crème across all of esports

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This Wednesday, the Esports Awards X account announced the finalists for the 2026 ceremony. The Esports Awards celebrate the year’s most outstanding competitive games, teams, players, and talent, combining community votes with an industry panel's opinions. The public will vote on 21 categories directly on the Esports Awards official website until November 10, with the Awards ceremony set to take place in Miami on November 17.

Esports Awards 2026: Full Finalists list

Esports Game of the Year

Apex Legends
Call of Duty
Counter-Strike 2
Dota 2
Fortnite
Honor of Kings
League of Legends
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
PUBG Mobile
Rainbow Six Siege
Rocket League
VALORANT

Esports Mobile Game of the Year

Brawl Stars
Free Fire
Honor of Kings
Identity V
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
PUBG Mobile

Esports Personality of the Year

Animesh "Thug" Agarwal
Anthony "Shotzzy" Cuevas-Castro
Cody "Clix" Conrod
Corentin "Gotaga" Houssein
Eefje "Sjokz" Depoortere
Ibai "Ibai" Llanos Garatea
Jake "Boaster" Howlett
Kamel "Kameto" Kebir
Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok
Marc "Caedrel" Robert Lamont
Nicholas "Jynxzi" Stewart
Magnus Carlsen

Streamer of the Year

Cinna
CaseOh
IShowSpeed
JasonTheWeen
Kai Cenat
Caedrel
OhnePixel
Jynxzi
Snax Gaming
StableRonaldo
Coringa
TheBurntPeanut

Esports Content Group of the Year

100 Thieves
G2 Esports
Gentle Mates
GodLike Esports
Karmine Corp
NRG
OpTic Gaming
Rocket Baguette
S8UL Esports
T1
Team Spirit
Team Vitality

Esports Content Creator of the Year

TacticalRab
Gotaga
TheDonato
NiceWigg
Hungrybox
Caedrel
Jynxzi
mixwell
FNS
ZooMaa
TenZ

Esports Commercial Partner of the Year

Blacklyte
Chipotle
Coinbase
Intel
iQOO
Logitech G
Monster Energy
Pulsar
Razer
Red Bull
Sony INZONE

Esports Tournament Organiser of the Year

Activision Blizzard
BLAST
EFG
Esports Foundation — EWC + ENC
EVO
Hero Esports
MOONTON Games
Riot Games
TiMi Studio Group

Esports Supporting Service of the Year

Character Select Agency
ESG Law
Esports Charts
FACEIT
GRID Esports
JAM Management
Liquipedia
Odin Law and Media
Prodigy Agency
Shikenso Analytics
The Story Mob

Esports Breakthrough Player of the Year

Jaime "Craime" Bustos
Bruno "Neon" Rodríguez
Maksim "kyousuke" Lukin
Danil "Molodoy" Golubenko
Oltean "shxrk" Rareș Ștefan
Khawaja "M. Zubair" Muhammad Zubair
Jeremiah "Nium" Harrison
Alexey "not me" Kosmynin
Sin "Smash" Guem-jae
Ștefan "Sayonara" Mîtcu

Esports Team of the Year

Team Vitality — Counter-Strike 2
OpTic Texas — Call of Duty
PARIVISION — Dota 2
Bilibili Gaming — League of Legends
Team Spirit — Counter-Strike 2
100 Thieves — VALORANT
Team Spirit — Dota 2
Gentle Mates — Rocket League
FaZe Clan — Rainbow Six Siege
Team Falcons — Rocket League

Esports PC Player of the Year

Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut
Illya "Yatoro" Mulyarchuk
Danil "donk" Kryshkovets
Kim "Peyz" Soo-hwan
Chen "Bin" Zebin
Peter "Asuna" Mazuryk
Taylor-Petrik "vic0" Gatschelhofer
Miguel "Blinkzr" Quiles
Jaime "Cyber" Pereira Ramos
Marschal "Terra" Weaver

Esports Controller Player of the Year

Saul "MenaRD" Leonardo Mena II
Brandon "Dashy" Otell
Chris "Simp" Lehr
Saleh "Rw9" Abdullah Bakhashwin
Nassim "Nass" Bali
Axel "Vatira" Touret
Arslan "Arslan Ash" Siddique
Khawaja "M. Zubair" Muhammad Zubair

Esports Organisation of the Year

AG.AL
Team Vitality
Team Falcons
Team Spirit
Gentle Mates
Karmine Corp
T1
G2 Esports
NAVI
Team Liquid
Virtus.Pro
FaZe Clan

Esports Coach of the Year

Rémy "XTQZZZ" Quoniam
Damon "Karma" Barlow
Yaroslav "Miposhka" Naidenov
Clement "Puppey" Ivanov
Kim "cvMax" Dae-ho
Nikita "Coldstar" Morozov
Yoon "Homme" Sung-young
Rafael "RafadeLL" Batista de Oliveira
Dennis "sycrone" Benthin Nielsen

Esports Play-by-Play Caster of the Year

Alex "Machine" Richardson
Victoria "VikkiKitty" Perez
Connor "Scrawny" Girvan
Owen "ODPixel" Davies
Brandon Smith
Miles Ross
Mark "Onset" Hatcher
Steven "Tasty Steve" Scott
Mitch "Uber" Leslie
Joey "Jorby" Ahrens
Seth "Achilios" King
Max "Atlus" Anderson

Esports Colour Caster of the Year

Daniel "Gaskin" Gaskin
Josh "Sideshow" Wilkinson
Ioannis "Fogged" Loucas
Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill
James "Jamesbot" Villar
Thomas "Chance" Ashworth
Mohan "launders" Govindaswamy
Cameron "CJCJ" Johns
Niclas "Pengu" Mouritzen
Isaac "Azael" Cummings-Bentley
Vicki "GottMoxi" Johnson

Esports Host of the Year

Iain Chambers
Jake "SirActionSlacks" Kanner
Eefje "Sjokz" Depoortere
Lauren "GlitterXplosion" Laracuente
Barney Banks
Freya Spiers
Evan "Raynday" Byron Ryanr
Salome "Soe" Gschwind-Repp
Sean "Stax" Stackhouse
Chris "Puckett" Puckett

Esports Analyst of the Year

Tyler "TBates" Bates
Anthony "NAMELESS" Wheeler
Quinn "Quinn" Callahan
Alex "Mauisnake" Ellenberg
Beatriz "kaquka" Alonso
John "Jhawk" Harris
Léo "Alphama" Robine
Emily Rand
Jacob "Pimp" Winneche
Mira "Ephey" Riad
Barento "Raz" Mohammed

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