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2021 Esports Awards: Nominees and Winners [Updated Live]

The 2021 Esports Awards are finally here – did your favorite team, player or company bring home the top honors?

The 2021 Esports Awards are finally here, and the whole industry is out in force for the gala. Fans can tune in on the Esports Awards Twitch channel at 7:30 PM Central on Saturday, November 20, 2021 to find out if their favorite team or player has won an award.

Partners for the awards this year include Lexus, the city of Arlington TX, Verizon, Expedia, Indeed, Scuf, Union Home Mortgage, Secret Lab, Truman Factory, Roland, Skullz, Koyo, Sizzle, CTRL Meal Replacement, and Touch of Ginger.

We've collected all of the 2021 Esports Awards categories and their nominees below and will be updating this article by bolding the winner of each one as the night proceeds. Without further ado, here are the categories.

Esports Collegiate Ambassador of the Year

  • Ryan Johnson
  • Dr. Chris ‘Doc’ Haskell [Winner]
  • Adam Antor
  • Ariane Lim
  • Chris Turner

Esports Collegiate Program of the Year

  • Buckeye Gaming Collective — Ohio State University
  • University of Hawai’i
  • Northwestern University
  • Boise State University
  • Longhorn Gaming — University of Texas at Austin
  • Illini Esports — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Minnesota State University
  • Grand Canyon University
  • Winthrop University
  • Maryville University [Winner]

Esports Analyst of the Year

  • Anthony ‘NAMELESS’ Wheeler
  • Emily Rand
  • Jacob ‘Pimp’ Winneche
  • Kyle Freedman
  • Jess ‘JessGOAT’ Bolden
  • Sean ‘sgares’ Gares
  • Jonathan ‘Reinforce’ Larsson
  • Jason ‘Moses’ O’Toole
  • Marc Robert ‘Caedral’ Lamont [Winner]

Esports Host of the Year

  • Tres ‘stunna’ Saranthus
  • James ‘Dash’ Patterson
  • Loviel ‘Velly’ Cardwell
  • Alex ‘Goldenboy’ Mendez
  • Eefje ‘sjokz’ Depoortere [Winner]
  • Ana Xisdê
  • Brody ‘Liefx’ Moore
  • Soe Gschwind
  • Jorien ‘Sheever’ van der Heijden
  • Chris Puckett
  • Ghassan ‘MiloshTheMedic’ Finge
  • Caleb ‘WavePunk’ Simmons

Esports Play by Play Caster of the Year

  • BrunoClash
  • Mitch ‘Uber’ Leslie
  • Callum ‘Shogun’ Keir
  • Lauren ‘Pansy’ Scott
  • Miles Ross [Winner]
  • Parker ‘Interro’ Mackay
  • Alex ‘Machine’ Richardson
  • Owen ‘ODPixel’ Davies
  • Trevor ‘Quickshot’ Henry
  • Clayton ‘CaptainFlowers’ Raines

Esports Coach of the Year

  • Emiliano ‘Sizz’ Benny
  • Bok ‘Reapered’ Han-Gyu
  • Kim ‘kKoma’ Jeong-gyun
  • Andrey ‘Engh’ Sholokov
  • James ‘Crowder’ Crowder
  • Mark ‘MarkyB’ Bryceland
  • Byung-chul ‘Moon’ Moon [Winner]
  • James ‘Mac’ MacCormack
  • Dyjair ‘Mity’ Soares
  • Andrii ‘B1ad3’ Gorodenskyi
  • Arthur ‘TchubZ’ Martins

Esports Controller Player of the Year

  • Dominic ‘SonicFox’ McClean
  • Tyler ‘aBeZy’ Pharris
  • Justin ‘jstn’ Morales
  • Jack ‘JBM’ Mascone
  • Eric ‘Snip3down’ Wrona
  • Victor ‘Fairy Peak!’ Locquet
  • Gavin ‘Tweek’ Dempsey
  • Chris ‘Simp’ Lehr [Winner]
  • Evan ‘M0nkey M00n’ Rogez
  • Joseph ‘Mang0’ Marquez

Esports Controller Rookie of the Year

  • Raúl ‘DmentZa’ Palazuelos
  • Paco ‘HyDra’ Rusiewiez
  • Jamie ‘Insight’ Craven
  • Evan ‘M0nkey M00n’ Rogez [Winner]
  • Eli ‘Standy’ Bentz
  • Andres ‘dreaz’ Jordan
  • Marc ‘MaRc_By_8.’ Domingo

Esports Publisher of the Year

  • Riot Games [Winner]
  • Tencent
  • Garena
  • Ubisoft
  • Psyonix
  • EA
  • Activision Blizzard
  • Epic Games
  • Valve

Esports Hardware Provider of the Year

  • Logitech G
  • Razer
  • Elgato
  • HyperX
  • NVIDIA
  • Intel
  • AMD
  • Alienware
  • Secretlab
  • Corsair [Winner]
  • SteelSeries
  • ASUS ROG

Esports Supporting Service of the Year

  • ESG LAW
  • Paper Crowns
  • Aftershock Media Group
  • Hitmarker
  • Discord [Winner]
  • The Story Mob
  • ESEA
  • Creative Artists Agency
  • Character Select Agency
  • Prodigy Agency
  • Mobalytics

Esports Mobile Player of the Year

  • Karl Gabriel ‘KarlTzy’ Nepomuceno
  • Jash ‘Learn’ Shah
  • Zhu ‘Paraboy’ Bocheng [Winner]
  • Brian ‘Tectonic’ Michel
  • Piyapon ‘TheCruz’ Boonchuay
  • Mohamed ‘Mohamed Light’ Tarek
  • Mustafa ‘SkYRiiKZz’ Ibrahim
  • Gabriel ‘Syaz’ Vasconcelos
  • Lucas ‘LucasXGamer’ Vinícius Batista Rocha
  • Cauan ‘Cauan7’ da Silva

Esports Organization of the Year

  • G2 Esports
  • Team Envy
  • TSM FTX
  • NRG
  • OverActive Media
  • T1
  • Fnatic
  • Cloud9
  • 100 Thieves [Winner]
  • Team Liquid
  • LOUD
  • FaZe Clan

Esports PC Player of the Year

  • Heo ‘ShowMaker’ Su
  • Oleksandr ‘s1mple’ Kostyliev [Winner]
  • Jae-won ‘LIP’ Lee
  • Tyson ‘TenZ’ Ngo
  • Kim ‘Doinb’ Tae-sang
  • Wang ‘Ame’ Chunyu
  • Luccas ‘Paluh’ Vinicius Molina
  • Ayaz ‘NAts’ Akhmetshin
  • Dmitry ‘sh1ro’ Sokolov

Esports PC Rookie of the Year

  • Tyson ‘TenZ’ Ngo
  • Adam ‘Adam’ Maanane
  • Ayaz ‘NAts’ Akhmetshin
  • Kyle ‘Danny’ Sakamaki
  • Dmitry ‘sh1ro’ Sokolov
  • Javier ‘Elyoya’ Prades Batalla
  • Se-hyun ‘Pelican’ Oh
  • Robin ‘Robinsongz’ Sung
  • Valerii ‘b1t’ Vakhovskyi [Winner]

Esports Team of the Year

  • DWG KIA (LoL)
  • MAD Lions (LoL)
  • Natus Vincere (CS:GO)
  • Sentinels (Valorant)
  • Gambit Esports (Valorant)
  • Shanghai Dragons (Overwatch)
  • The General NRG (Rocket League)
  • PSG.LGD (Dota 2)
  • Ninjas in Pyjamas (Rainbow Six)
  • Atlanta FaZe (Call of Duty) [Winner]

Esports Apparel of the Year

  • Spacestation Gaming
  • FaZe Clan
  • G2 Esports
  • Team Vitality
  • Fallen Wear
  • Cloud9
  • Ateyo
  • Fnatic
  • 100 Thieves [Winner]
  • Team Liquid

Esports Content Creator of the Year

  • Musty
  • MacieJay
  • LS
  • Bananaslamjamma
  • SunlessKhan
  • Hector ‘OpTic H3CZ’ Rodriguez
  • UpUpDownDown
  • NadeKing
  • iFerg
  • Coconut Brah
  • Ashley Kang [Winner]
  • Thorin

Esports Game of the Year

  • League of Legends
  • VALORANT [Winner]
  • Free Fire
  • CS:GO
  • Call of Duty
  • Rocket League
  • Rainbow Six Siege
  • Dota 2
  • PUBG Mobile
  • Overwatch

Esports Coverage Platform of the Year

  • Dexerto
  • The Esports Observer [Winner]
  • Esports Insider
  • Dot Esports
  • HLTV.org
  • Liquipedia
  • Esportmaníacos
  • Inven Global
  • SiegeGG

Esports Journalist of the Year

  • Jacob Wolf
  • Richard Lewis
  • Adam Fitch
  • Ashley Kang
  • FionnOnFire
  • Kevin Hitt [Winner]
  • Liz Richardson
  • Wasif Ahmed
  • Pablo ‘Bloop’ Suárez
  • H.B. Duran

Esports Color Caster of the Year

  • Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill [Winner]

Esports Play of the Year

1st: G2 Virtue, Rainbow Six from EU LEAGUE Grand Finals [Winner]

2nd: S1mple - Na'vi at IEM Cologne

Esports Mobile Game of the Year

  • Arena of Valor
  • PUBG Mobile
  • Call of Duty Mobile
  • FreeFire [Winner]
  • Clash Royale
  • League of Legends: Wild Rift
  • Brawl Stars
  • Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

Esports Personality of the Year

  • Matthew ‘Nadeshot’ Haag
  • Luka ‘Perkz’ Perkovic
  • Gabriel ‘FalleN’ Toledo
  • Hector ‘H3CZ’ Rodriguez
  • Carlos ‘Ocelote’ Rodriguez
  • John ‘JonnyBoi_I’ Macdonald
  • Alex ‘Goldenboy’ Mendez
  • Bruno ‘Nobru’ Goes [Winner]
  • Gustavo ‘Baiano’ Gomes
  • Eefje ‘sjokz’ Depoortere
  • Parker ‘Interro’ Mackay

Streamer of the Year

  • TheGrefg
  • Dr Disrespect
  • Summit1g
  • Ibai [Winner]
  • LOUD Coringa
  • Ludwig
  • CouRage
  • Valkyrae
  • xQc
  • NICKMERCS
  • Shroud
  • Mortal

Esports Content Series of the Year

  • Liquid Origins
  • The Process (OpTic Gaming)
  • Metagame [Winner]
  • G2 Voicecomms
  • Dota: Dragon’s Blood
  • Fight for First: Excel Esports
  • Lore // Valorant
  • TSM: Legends
  • The Eavesdrop Podcast

Esports Cosplay of the Year

  • FusRoFran
  • Kinpatsu Cosplay
  • Peyton Cosplay [Winner]
  • Willow Creative
  • Sneaky
  • Skydaddi
  • Glory Lamothe
  • LittleJem

Esports Creative of the Year

  • Danny Lopez
  • Liquid Enigma
  • Euller Araujo
  • Karina Ziminaite
  • Thorsten Denk [Winner]
  • Gabriel Ruiz
  • Robert Rogers
  • Caroline Parker-Stark
  • SesoHQ
  • AaronCreate

Esports Creative Piece of the Year

  • No Clue | adidas partners with G2 Esports [Winner]
  • Metagame Documentary
  • LEC Anime Teaser
  • Introducing Your LA THIEVES
  • FaZe Clan enters Rocket League
  • LPL Spring Split 2021: Break the Silence
  • LEC: Reckless with my Heart
  • Introducing Team Liquid Valorant
  • SEGUE O FLUXO | Nobru and Cerol introduce the new LBFF Team

Esports Creative Team of the Year

  • Alex Productions (with Dr Disrespect) [Winner]
  • WePlay
  • G2 Esports
  • StreamSpell
  • Paper Crowns
  • GETREKT Labs
  • AOE Creative
  • 100 Thieves
  • Team Liquid

Esports Broadcast/Production Team of the Year

  • Riot Games [Winner]
  • ESL Gaming
  • Nerd Street Gamers
  • Psyonix
  • Esports Engine
  • Activision Blizzard
  • Beyond the Summit
  • BLAST Premier
  • Garena
  • FACEIT

Esports Commercial Partner of the Year

  • Intel [Winner]
  • Red Bull
  • BMW
  • State Farm
  • Logitech G
  • Mountain Dew
  • HyperX
  • Alienware
  • Verizon
  • FTX
  • Cash App

Esports Video Production Team of the Year

  • G2 Esports [Winner]
  • Loud
  • 100 Thieves
  • FaZe Clan
  • TSM FTX
  • Team Liquid
  • Fluxo
  • Metagame Documentary Team
  • OpTic Gaming
  • Yung Eldr

Lifetime Achievement Awards

Seven Lifetime Achievement awards were awarded in the Esports Awards Prelude show, which was unstreamed. Inductees included:

  • Dave "Walshy" Walsh
  • Justin Wong
  • Michal "Carmac" Blicharz
  • Amber Dalton
  • Amy Brady
  • Adam Apicella
  • Stephanie "MissHarvey" Harvey

Congratulations to all of the 2021 Esports Awards winners and nominees. The 2021 Esports Awards Show was streamed live from Arlington, TX at Esports Stadium Arlington and was attended by hundreds of the best and brightest the esports industry has to offer.

Esports.gg is on-site conducting Red Carpet interviews, which will be linked below as we publish them.