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ESPY Awards 2022 Fashion: Ciara, Stephen Curry & More
These athletes person deed it retired of the park!
ESPN has released this year's nominations for the 2023 EPSY Awards, honoring immoderate of the world's biggest names successful sports. Among the nominees for Best Athlete successful the men and women's sports categories are Patrick Mahomes, Lionel Messi, Mikaela Shiffrin and A'ja Wilson.
That's conscionable 1 of the awards Mikaela is up for, too, arsenic she's besides successful contention for Best Record-Breaking Performance with her whopping 87 World Cup victories.
Also successful the category? None different than Lebron James who broke the NBA All-Time Scoring Record. Rounding retired the class are F1's Max Verstappen for astir wins successful a play and Novak Djokovic for his historical 23rd Grand Slam title—which helium clinched earlier this period astatine the French Open.
Fresh disconnected picking up their archetypal NBA title, the Denver Nuggets are up for Best Team, portion their prima Nikola Jokić picked up an idiosyncratic motion successful the Best Championship Performance category. The Nuggets articulation the Kansas City Chiefs (NFL), Las Vegas Aces (WNBA) and the Georgia Bulldogs (NCAA Football) and much for the apical squad prize.
Fans are capable to ballot for their favourite teams and athletes connected EPSYs.com through Sunday, July 9. As for who volition bring location gold, viewers tin drawback the large lawsuit Wednesday, July 12 astatine 8 p.m. ET / PT connected ABC unrecorded from Los Angeles.
Keep speechmaking for the implicit database of 2023 nominees:
BEST ATHLETE, MEN'S SPORTS
Nikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets
Aaron Judge, New York Yankees
Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
Lionel Messi, Argentina
BEST ATHLETE, WOMEN'S SPORTS
Mikaela Shiffrin, Ski
Sophia Smith, Portland Thorns
Iga Świątek, Tennis
A'ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
BEST BREAKTHROUGH ATHLETE
Caitlin Clark, Iowa Women's Basketball
Brock Purdy, San Francisco 49ers
Angel Reese, LSU Women's Basketball
Julio Rodríguez, Seattle Mariners
BEST RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMANCE
Novak Djokovic wins his 23rd Grand Slam title, defeating Casper Ruud successful the French Open final. Breaking a necktie with rival Rafael Nadal for the astir large singles trophies successful the past of men's tennis, which dates to the 1800s
LeBron James surpasses Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for NBA vocation scoring record
Mikaela Shiffrin breaks the grounds for the astir World Cup victories with her 87th win
Max Verstappen wins the Mexican Grand Prix, breaking the grounds for astir wins successful a season
DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images
BEST CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE
Leon Edwards, UFC - defeats Kamaru Usman by 5th-round KO to triumph UFC welterweight title, handing Usman his archetypal UFC loss
Nikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets - 2023 NBA Finals MVP
Lionel Messi, Argentina - 2022 World Cup Final - scored 2 goals and scored successful the punishment shootout to triumph Man of the Match and helium won the Golden Ball arsenic FIFA's champion subordinate of the tournament
Rose Zhang, LPGA - defeated Jennifer Kupcho successful a two-hole abrupt decease playoff, making past by winning by becoming the archetypal pistillate successful 72 years to triumph her archetypal nonrecreational start.
BEST COMEBACK ATHLETE
Jon Jones, UFC
Jamal Murray, Denver Nuggets
Alyssa Thomas, Connecticut Sun
Justin Verlander, Current New York Mets / Houston Astros
BEST PLAY
Michael Block Hole-in-One! GOLF
Justin Jefferson with the Catch of the Century NFL
Ally Lemos with the cleanable country to necktie the National Championship crippled NCAA
Trinity Thomas Perfect 10 Tying the All-Time NCAA Record NCAA
BEST TEAM
Denver Nuggets, NBA
Georgia Bulldogs, NCAA Football
Kansas City Chiefs, NFL
Las Vegas Aces, WNBA
Louisiana State Tigers, NCAA Women's Basketball
Oklahoma Sooners, NCAA Softball
Vegas Golden Knights, NHL
Matthew Ashton - AMA/Getty Images
BEST COLLEGE ATHLETE, MEN'S SPORTS
Zach Edey, Purdue Men's Basketball
Duncan McGuire, Creighton Soccer
Brennan O'Neill, Duke Lacrosse
Caleb Williams, USC Football
BEST COLLEGE ATHLETE, WOMEN'S SPORTS
Jordy Bahl, Oklahoma Softball
Caitlin Clark, Iowa Women's Basketball
Izzy Scane, Northwestern Lacrosse
Trinity Thomas, Florida Gators Gymnastics
BEST ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY
Erica McKee, Sled Hockey Team
Zach Miller, Snowboarding
Aaron Pike, Wheelchair Racing & Cross-Country Skiing
Susannah Scaroni, Wheelchair Racing
BEST NFL PLAYER
Nick Bosa, San Francisco 49ers
Jalen Hurts, Philadelphia Eagles
Justin Jefferson, Minnesota Vikings
Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
BEST MLB PLAYER
Paul Goldschmidt, St. Louis Cardinals
Aaron Judge, New York Yankees
Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels
Justin Verlander, Houston Astros
Ronald Martinez/Getty Images
BEST NHL PLAYER
Jonathan Marchessault, Vegas Golden Knights
Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
David Pastrňák, Boston Bruins
Linus Ullmark, Boston Bruins
BEST NBA PLAYER
Jimmy Butler, Miami Heat
Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers
Nikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets
Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics
BEST WNBA PLAYER
Skylar Diggins-Smith, Phoenix Mercury
Candace Parker, Chicago Sky (Current Las Vegas Aces)
Breanna Stewart, Seattle Storm (Current New York Liberty)
A'ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
BEST DRIVER
Brittany Force, NHRA
Kyle Larson, NASCAR
Josef Newgarden, IndyCar
Max Verstappen, F1
BEST UFC FIGHTER
Leon Edwards
Jon Jones
Islam Makhachev
Amanda Nunes
Garrett Ellwood/USTA
BEST BOXER
Gervonta Davis
Devin Haney
Claressa Shields
Shakur Stevenson
BEST SOCCER PLAYER
Aitana Bonmatí, Spain/Barcelona
Erling Haaland, Norway/Manchester City
Lionel Messi, Argentina/PSG
Sophia Smith, USWNT/Portland Thorns
BEST GOLFER
Wyndham Clark
Nelly Korda
Jon Rahm
Scottie Scheffler
BEST TENNIS PLAYER
Carlos Alcaraz
Novak Djokovic
Aryna Sabalenka
Iga Świątek
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