The Esports Awards has announced its second wave of nominees for The Esports Awards 2026, with the ceremony set to place place on November 17 in Miami.
The new wave of nominees include nominations for T1’s Kim ‘Peyz’ Soo-hwan, Team Spirit’s Danil ‘Donk’ Kryshkovets, and League of Legends hosting legend Eefje ‘Sjokz’ Depoortere, with categories nominated including Breakthrough Player of the Year, PC Player of the Year, and Anaylst of the Year, including others.
The second wave of Esports Awards 2026 nominees are:
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
The first wave of Esports Awards 2026 nominees were:
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 Organizer of the Year
- Activision Blizzard
- BLAST
- EFG
- Esports Foundation
- 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
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Darragh is an Esports Journalist for Insider Gaming specialising in Counter-Strike. He loves to explore how esports teams work, or why they very often do not.
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