The biggest stars in the world of sports were honored in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
The biggest stars in the world of sports were in Los Angeles on Wednesday for the 2019 ESPY Awards!
Fresh off their World Cup win, the U.S. Women's Soccer Team were the stars of the show, supporting co-captain Alex Morgan, who was nominated for Best Female Athlete, as well as Best Play nominee Julie Ertz. Other fan-favorite nominees included Serena Williams, up for her 10th Best Female Tennis Player award, and Tiger Woods, in search of his first Best Male Golfer honor since 2013.
Hosted by Tracy Morgan, this year's ceremony also honored the Best Upset, Best Viral Sports Moment, Best Esports Moment, and more. Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell was presented with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award for his work on and off the court, which reflects the "spirit, strength and courage" of the late tennis great, who used his sports celebrity to advocate for human rights.
The 2019 ESPY Awards air at 8 p.m. ET live on ABC or streaming on the ABC app. The three-hour pre-show can be seen live on ESPN.
See below for a full list of this year's ESPY winners, updated live throughout the night.
BEST MALE ATHLETE
Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
Mookie Betts, Boston Red Sox
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks **WINNER**
Brooks Koepka, Golf
BEST FEMALE ATHLETE
Breanna Stewart, Seattle Storm
Simone Biles, Gymnast
Alex Morgan, USWNT **WINNER**
Mikaela Shiffrin, US Skiing
BEST BREAKTHROUGH ATHLETE
Saquon Barkley, New York Giants **WINNER**
Christian Yelich, Milwaukee Brewers
Trae Young, Atlanta Hawks
Naomi Osaka – US Open, Australian Open
BEST INTERNATIONAL MEN'S SOCCER PLAYER
Lionel Messi **WINNER**
Cristiano Ronaldo
Kylian Mbappe
Virgil Van Dyke
BEST INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S SOCCER PLAYER
Pernille Harder, Denmark
Ada Hegerberg, Norway
Sam Kerr, Australia **WINNER**
Lucy Bronze, England
BEST NFL PLAYER
Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs **WINNER**
Aaron Donald, Los Angeles Rams
Todd Gurley, Los Angeles Rams
Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints
BEST MLB PLAYER
Mookie Betts, Red Sox
Christian Yelich, Milwaukee Brewers **WINNER**
Jacob DeGrom, New York Mets
Blake Snell, Tampa Bays Rays
BEST NHL PLAYER
Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning
Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche
Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals **WINNER**
BEST DRIVER
Lewis Hamilton, F1
Steve Torrence, NHRA
Scott Dixon, Indy
Kyle Busch, NASCAR **WINNER**
BEST NBA PLAYER
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks **WINNER**
James Harden, Houston Rockets
Kevin Durant, Golden State Warriors
Paul George, OKC Thunder
BEST WNBA PLAYER
Breanna Stewart, Seattle Storm **WINNER**
Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury
Elena Delle Donne, Washington Mystics
Candace Parker, Los Angeles Sparks
BEST BOXER
Canelo Alvarez **WINNER**
Vasily Lomachenko
Oleksandr Usyk
Terence Crawford
BEST MMA FIGHTER
Israel Adesanya
Daniel Cormier **WINNER**
Henry Cejudo
Amanda Nunes
BEST MALE GOLFER
Brooks Koepka **WINNER**
Tiger Woods
Justin Rose
Francesco Molinari
BEST FEMALE GOLFER
Ariya Jutanugarn
Brooke Henderson **WINNER**
Jin-Young Ko
Sung Hyun Park
BEST MALE TENNIS PLAYER
Novak Djokovic
Rafael Nadal
Roger Federer **WINNER**
Stefanos Tsitsipas
BEST FEMALE TENNIS PLAYER
Naomi Osaka
Simona Halep
Serena Williams **WINNER**
Petra Kvitová
BEST MALE ACTION SPORTS ATHLETE
Nyjah Huston (USA), skateboard **WINNER**
Scotty James (AUS), snowboard
Tom Pages (FRA), freestyle motocross
Gabriel Medina (BRA), surf
BEST FEMALE ACTION SPORTS ATHLETE
Kelly Sildaru (EST), ski
Chloe Kim (USA), snowboard **WINNER**
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (NZL), snowboard
Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), surf
BEST JOCKEY
Irad Ortiz Jr.
Mike Smith **WINNER**
Florent Geroux
Jose Ortiz
BEST MALE ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY
Mark Barr – Triathalon **WINNER**
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
Allysa Seely, Triathalon **WINNER**
BEST BOWLER
Jason Belmonte
Norm Duke **WINNER**
Anthony Simonsen
Jakob Butturff
BEST MLS PLAYER
Josef Martinez, Atlanta United
Wayne Rooney, DC United
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, LA Galaxy **WINNER**
Aaron Long, NY Red Bulls
BEST NWSL PLAYER
Lindsey Horan, Portland Thorns
Adrianna Franch, Portland Thorns
Sam Kerr, Chicago Red Stars **WINNER**
Abby Erceg, North Carolina Courage
BEST GAME
NCAAF – LSU vs. Texas A&M: Aggies win a seven-overtime 74-72 thriller in the highest-scoring game in FBS history
NFL Week 11 – LA Rams (54) vs. Kansas City Chiefs (51) – Monday Night Football **WINNER**
NCAAW Final Four – Notre Dame (81) vs. UConn (76) – 26 lead changes
BEST COLLEGE ATHLETE
Kyler Murray, Oklahoma Football – 2018 Heisman Trophy Winner
Zion Williamson, Duke MBB – 2019 Wooden Award Winner **WINNER**
Rachel Garcia, UCLA Softball – USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
Sabrina Ionescu, Oregon WBB – 2019 Wooden Award Winner
BEST RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMANCE
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 **WINNER**
Sabrina Ionescu (Oregon Basketball) recorded her 13th triple-double. She now holds the men's and women's NCAA basketball record for triple doubles. She surpassed Kyle Collinsworth's mark of 12 in four seasons at BYU. She also broke the Division I men's and women's record in a single season in the Ducks' 96–78 win over Southern California (7) breaking former BYU guard Kyle Collinsworth
Klay Thompson (Golden State Warriors) broke the NBA 3-point record in a game with 14, passing Stephen Curry's previous mark
Matthew Boling became the first-ever high schooler to break 10 seconds in the 100-meter dash, dropping a 9.98
BEST PLAY (bracket-style voting)
Miami Miracle: Miami Dolphins Stun the New England Patriots
Kawhi Leonard Drains Game-Winner at Buzzer in Game 7
Derrick Henry's NFL-record 99-yard run vs. Jaguars
Wayne Rooney Just Single-Handedly Won A Match For D.C. United
UCLA gymnast Katelyn Ohashi scores a perfect 10 **WINNER**
Andrew Benintendi calls game
Damian Lillard Sends OKC Home On Buzzer Beater
Manchester QB Brendon Clar throws this ball to Kevin Henderson for the 48 yard TD catch
Texas Tech WR makes one-handed grab that mirrors OBJs best catch
Kinsley Washington singled home Jacqui Prober to win the Bruins' 12th softball title
Julie Ertz gives the USWNT the lead early in the second half
Texas A&M's Infinite Tucker goes ALL OUT for the gold
Arike Ogunbowale Behind the Back Pass
Kihei Clark, Mamadi Diakite Save Virginia at the buzzer
Wilmington Charter's Taylor Gillis with CATCH OF THE YEAR!
"Hail Mary" pass helps Texas high school football team win state title
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
Katelyn Ohashi, UCLA Gymnastics – scores a perfect 10 **WINNER**
Don't Sleep on Sister Mary Jo's curveball
BEST UPSET
NCAAF – Old Dominion defeats No. 13 Virginia Tech 49-35, Old Dominion only had a 1.8% chance of winning according to ESPN's FPI, making it the largest upset by an FBS team in the 14 years of Football Power Index projections
2018 US Open – Naomi Osaka defeating Serena Williams
NHL – Columbus Blue Jackets pulled off what many thought impossible, an upset for the ages after a 7-3 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning on in Game 4 of their best-of-7 series.
Boxing – Andy Ruiz Jr. upset win over Anthony Joshua **WINNER**
BEST ESPORTS MOMENT (bracket-style voting)
SonicFox winning Evo after switching sides
Team Liquid upsets defending world champ Invictus Gaming at MSI
Cloud9 wins CS:GO Boston Major
Astralis winning Katowice
Invictus League of Legends World Championship
Spitfire win inaugural Overwatch League championship
Serral winning StarCraft at BlizzCon
Shanghai Dragons end 42-game losing streak
Team OG wins the International and $11 million from qualifiers
Chiquita Evans becoming the first woman in the 2K League
oLarry's return to the NBA 2K League after the Jacksonville shooting **WINNER**
Leffen finally winning EVO in what could be Melee's last year at the event
Ninja Fortnite win with Marshmello at E3 ProAM
Chritobin Madden Challenge walk off
G2 wins R6 world championship
Mongausse winning Summer Skirmish from out of nowhere
BEST WWE MOMENT
Roman Reigns returns to WWE Raw, announces his Leukemia is in remission **WINNER**
Becky Lynch wins both WWE Women's Championship Titles at Wrestlemania 35
Kofi Kingston wins his first WWE Heavyweight Championship Title at Wrestlemania 35
Ronda Rousey defeats Alexa Bliss at Summerslam 2018 to win her first RAW Women's Championship Title
ARTHUR ASHE COURAGE AWARD
Bill Russell
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