2019 ESPYS Award: Full List of Winners Name, Best Moments & Highlights Video: The yearly held ESPN’s celebration, the ESPY Awards for all things sports were held on Wednesday in Los Angeles. World-renowned athletes and celebs brought the glitz, glamour and much more to the red carpet in order to be present at the event. This year, the host for the 27th edition of the event was Comedian Tracy Morgan.
2019 ESPYS award winners
From football pros to baseball’s best and tennis champions, the awards event show was filled with popular faces as well as star athletes such as Serena Williams, Simone Biles, Lewis Hamilton and Tiger Woods who were all nominated this year as well.
Here is the complete list of ESPYS 2019 Winners
Best Male Athlete
Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
Mookie Betts, Boston Red Sox
WINNER: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
Brooks Koepka, Golf
Best Female Athlete
Breanna Stewart, Seattle Storm
Simone Biles, Gymnast
WINNER: Alex Morgan, USWNT
Mikaela Shiffrin, US Skiing
Best Breakthrough Athlete
WINNER: Saquon Barkley, New York Giants
Christian Yelich, Milwaukee Brewers
Trae Young, Atlanta Hawks
Naomi Osaka – US Open, Australian Open
Best International Men’s Soccer Player
WINNER: Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Kylian Mbappe
Virgil Van Dyke
Best Game
NCAAF – LSU vs. Texas A&M: Aggies win seven-overtime 74-72 thriller in highest scoring game in FBS history
WINNER: NFL Week 11 – LA Rams (54) vs. Kansas City Chiefs (51) – Monday Night Football
NCAAW Final Four – Notre Dame (81) vs. UConn (76) – 26 lead changes
Best International Women’s Soccer Player
Pernille Harder, Denmark
Ada Hegerberg, Norway
WINNER: Sam Kerr, Australia
Lucy Bronze, England
Best NHL Player
Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning
Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche
WINNER: Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals
Best NBA Player
WINNER: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
James Harden, Houston Rockets
Kevin Durant, Golden State Warriors
Paul George, OKC Thunder
Best NFL Player
WINNER: Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
Aaron Donald, Los Angeles Rams
Todd Gurley, Los Angeles Rams
Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints
Best MLB Player
Mookie Betts, Red Sox
WINNER: Christian Yelich, Milwaukee Brewers
Jacob DeGrom, New York Mets
Blake Snell, Tampa Bays Rays
Best Boxer
WINNER: Canelo Alvarez
Vasily Lomachenko
Oleksandr Usyk
Terence Crawford
Best Driver
Lewis Hamilton, F1
Steve Torrence, NHRA
Scott Dixon, Indy
WINNER: Kyle Busch, NASCAR
Best WNBA Player
WINNER: Breanna Stewart, Seattle Storm
Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury
Elena Delle Donne, Washington Mystics
Candace Parker, Los Angeles Sparks
Best MMA Fighter
Israel Adesanya
WINNER: Daniel Cormier
Henry Cejudo
Amanda Nunes
Best Male Golfer
WINNER: Brooks Koepka
Tiger Woods
Justin Rose
Francesco Molinari
Best Female Golfer
Ariya Jutanugarn
WINNER: Brooke Henderson
Jin-Young Ko
Sung Hyun Park
Best Male Tennis Player
Novak Djokovic
Rafael Nadal
WINNER: Roger Federer
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Best Female Tennis Player
Naomi Osaka
Simona Halep
WINNER: Serena Williams
Petra Kvitová
Best Jockey
Irad Ortiz Jr.
WINNER: Mike Smith
Florent Geroux
Jose Ortiz
Best Male Athlete With A Disability
WINNER: Mark Barr – Triathalon
Declan Farmer – Hockey
Daniel Romanchuk – Marathon Racing
Oz Sanchez – Cycling
Best Female Athlete With A Disability
Oksana Masters, Nordic Skiing
Tatyana McFadden, Marathon Racing
Shawn Morelli, Cycling
WINNER: Allysa Seely, Triathalon
Best Male Action Sports Athlete
WINNER: Nyjah Huston (USA), skateboard
Scotty James (AUS), snowboard
Tom Pages (FRA), freestyle motocross
Gabriel Medina (BRA), surf
Best Female Action Sports Athlete
Kelly Sildaru (EST), ski
WINNER: Chloe Kim (USA), snowboard
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (NZL), snowboard
Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), surf
Best Bowler
Jason Belmonte
WINNER: Norm Duke
Anthony Simonsen
Jakob Butturff
Best MLS Player
Josef Martinez, Atlanta United
Wayne Rooney, DC United
WINNER: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, LA Galaxy
Aaron Long, NY Red Bulls
Best NWSL Player
Lindsey Horan, Portland Thorns
Adrianna Franch, Portland Thorns
WINNER: Sam Kerr, Chicago Red Stars
Abby Erceg, North Carolina Courage
Best College Athlete
Kyler Murray, Oklahoma Football – 2018 Heisman Trophy Winner
WINNER: Zion Williamson, Duke MBB – 2019 Wooden Award Winner
Rachel Garcia, UCLA Softball – USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
Sabrina Ionescu, Oregon WBB – 2019 Wooden Award Winner
Best Record-Breaking Performance
WINNER: Drew Brees (New Orleans Saints) passed Peyton Manning’s 71,940 career passing yards to move into first place on the all-time list; most completions in NFL history, 6,300+ completions passes Brett Favre
BEST PLAY (Bracket-Style Voting)
WINNER: UCLA gymnast Katelyn Ohashi scores a perfect 10
Best Viral Sports Moment
Rudolph “Blaze” Ingram, the 7-year-old running phenom is already faster than you
Texas A&M’s Infinite Tucker goes ALL OUT for the gold
WINNER: Katelyn Ohashi, UCLA Gymnastics – scores a perfect 10
Don’t Sleep on Sister Mary Jo’s curveball
Best Upset
WINNER: Boxing – Andy Ruiz Jr. upset win over Anthony Joshua
Best Esports Moment (Bracket-Style Voting)
WINNER: oLarry’s return to the NBA 2K League after the Jacksonville shooting
Best WWE Moment
WINNER: Roman Reigns returns to WWE Raw, announces his Leukemia is in remission
Best Team
WINNERS: Women’s National Soccer Team
Best Coach
WINNER: Jim Calhoun
Sports Humanitarian Of The Year
WINNER: Chris Long
Pat Tillman Award For Service
WINNER: Kirstie Ennis
Best Comeback
WINNERS: St. Louis Blues
Best Moment
WINNERS: Lindsey Vonn, Rob Gronkowski, Dwyane Wade
Jimmy V Perseverance Award
WINNER: Rob Mendez
Arthur Ashe Award For Courage:
WINNER: Bill Russell