It’s summertime, which means it’s ESPYS season.
ESPN’s yearly celebration of the sports world is on the horizon, with nominees for all categories revealed Wednesday morning by the network. Voting for fans is also now open until 5 p.m. ET on July 11. Later that night the ESPYS, hosted this year by tennis legend Serena Williams, will air live (8 p.m. ET) on ABC.
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark leads the way with three different ESPY Award nominations — Best athlete, women’s sports; Best record-breaking performance; Best college athlete, women’s sports — in recognition of her record-setting career at Iowa.
Here are all the athletes and teams nominated for a 2024 ESPY Award:
Best athlete, men’s sports
Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels/Dodgers
Scottie Scheffler, Golf
Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
Best athlete, women’s sports
Caitlin Clark, Iowa women’s basketball
Coco Gauff, Tennis
Nelly Korda, Golf
A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
Best breakthrough athlete
Haleigh Bryant, LSU gymnastics
C.J. Stroud, Houston Texans
Juju Watkins, USC women’s basketball
Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio Spurs
Best record-breaking performance
49ers’ Christian McCaffrey: TD in record 17 consecutive games
Iowa’s Caitlin Clark: Becomes NCAA’s all-time leading scorer
Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer: Gets win No. 1,203 to pass Mike Krzyzewski for most in NCAA history
Max Verstappen: Wins record 10 consecutive F1 races
Best championship performance
Michigan’s Blake Corum and Will Johnson in football championship game
Boston College’s Kayla Martello, Most Outstanding Player in women’s lacrosse tournament
NJ/NY Gotham FC’s Midge Purce, MVP of NWSL championship
Boston Celtics’ Jaylen Brown, NBA Finals MVP
Best comeback athlete
Simone Biles, Gymnastics
Paige Bueckers, UConn women’s basketball
Joe Flacco, Cleveland Browns
Zion Williamson, New Orleans Pelicans
Best play
Jayda Coleman: Walk-off home run sends Oklahoma to softball championship series
Anthony Edwards: Timberwolves star posterizes Jazz’s John Collins
Alabama: Jalen Milroe’s TD pass on fourth-and-31 to beat Auburn.
Lamar Jackson: Catches own pass for first down in AFC title game
Best team
South Carolina women’s basketball team
Kansas City Chiefs
Michigan football team
Las Vegas Aces
UConn men’s basketball team
Oklahoma softball team
Boston Celtics
Florida Panthers
Texas Rangers
Best college athlete, men’s sports
Jayden Daniels, LSU football
Zach Edey, Purdue basketball
Ousmane Sylla, Clemson soccer
Pat Kavanagh, Notre Dame lacrosse
Best college athlete, women’s sports
Haleigh Bryant, LSU gymnastics
Caitlin Clark, Iowa basketball
Sarah Franklin, Wisconsin volleyball
Izzy Scane, Northwestern lacrosse
Best athlete with a disability
Jaydin Blackwell, World champion sprinter
Ezra Frech, World champion high jumper
Brenna Huckaby, Snowboarding champion
Oksana Masters, Cross-country skier/hand cyclist
Best NFL player
Myles Garrett, Cleveland Browns
Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens
Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco 49ers
Best MLB player
Ronald Acuña Jr., Atlanta Braves
Gerrit Cole, New York Yankees
Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels/Dodgers
Corey Seager, Texas Rangers
Best NHL player
Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning
Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche
Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs
Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
Best NBA player
Luka Dončić, Dallas Mavericks
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder
Nikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets
Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics
Best WNBA player
Napheesa Collier, Minnesota Lynx
Breanna Stewart, New York Liberty
Alyssa Thomas, Connecticut Sun
A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
Best driver
Ryan Blaney, NASCAR
Matt Hagan, NHRA
Álex Palou, IndyCar
Max Verstappen, F1
Best UFC fighter
Islam Makhachev
Sean O’Malley
Alex Pereira
Zhang Weili
Best boxer
Terence Crawford
Seniesa Estrada
Naoya Inoue
Oleksandr Usyk
Best soccer player
Aitana Bonmatí, Spain
Naomi Girma, USWNT
Vinicius Junior, Brazil/Real Madrid
Kylian Mbappé, France/Real Madrid
Best golfer
Nelly Korda
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
Lilia Vu
Best tennis player
Carlos Alcaraz
Novak Djokovic
Coco Gauff
Iga Swiatek
