The Esports Awards is an annual event that celebrates the very best in the business. The best players, and those behind the scenes are celebrated: We’ve got a rundown of the nominees and winners of each award from the big night.
In previous years at the Esports Awards, we’ve seen epic speeches from the likes of streamer Dr Disrespect and Richard Lewis.
Not only that, but in 2019, Dexerto won the award for Esports Coverage Website of the Year (sadly we didn’t get the nod again in 2021).
Here’s everything you need to know about the Esports Awards 2021, including the categories, nominees, and winners.
Esports Awards 2021: Winners & nominees
You can find the full list of Esports Awards 2021 winners and nominees below.
Esports Organization of the Year
In the final award of the night, @100Thieves has won Esports Organization of the Year at the @esportsawards 2021! pic.twitter.com/5ttoVqbA7N
— Dexerto (@Dexerto) November 21, 2021
- Winner: 100 Thieves
- G2 Esports
- Team Envy
- TSM FTX
- NRG
- OverActive Media
- T1
- Fnatic
- Cloud9
- Team Liquid
- LOUD
- FaZe Clan
Streamer of the Year
.@IbaiLlanos has won Streamer of the Year at the @esportsawards 2021! pic.twitter.com/hzfO5nV0Ol
— Dexerto (@Dexerto) November 21, 2021
- Winner: Ibai ‘Ibai’ Llanos
- David ‘TheGrefg’ Martinez
- Dr Disrespect
- Jaryd ‘Summit1g’ Lazar
- Victor ‘Coringa’ Augusto
- Ludwig ‘Ludwig’ Ahgren
- Jack ‘CouRage’ Dunlop
- Rachell ‘Valkyrae’ Hofstetter
- Felix ‘xQc’ Lengyel
- Nick ‘NICKMERCS’ Kolcheff
- Michael ‘shroud’ Grzesiek
- Naman ‘Soul Mortal’ Mathur
Esports Team of the Year
The @ATLFaZe has won Esports Team of the Year at the @esportsawards 2021! pic.twitter.com/RAocknIz3s
— Dexerto Esports (@DexertoEsports) November 21, 2021
- Winner: Atlanta FaZe (Call of Duty)
- 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)
Esports PC Player of the Year
.@natusvincere's @s1mpleO has won Esports PC Player of the Year at the @esportsawards 2021! pic.twitter.com/W3z17XqBcF
— Dexerto (@Dexerto) November 21, 2021
- Winner: Oleksandr ‘s1mple’ Kostyliev
- Heo ‘ShowMaker’ Su
- Lee ‘LIP’ Jae-won
- Tyson ‘TenZ’ Ngo
- Kim ‘Doinb’ Tae-sang
- Wang ‘Ame’ Chunyu
- Luccas ‘Paluh’ Molina
- Ayaz ‘NAts’ Akhmetshin
- Dmitry ‘sh1ro’ Sokolov
Esports Controller Player of the Year
.@ATLFaZe's @SimpXO has won Esports Controller Player of the Year at the @esportsawards 2021! pic.twitter.com/f4VYRKIgry
— Dexerto Esports (@DexertoEsports) November 21, 2021
- Winner: Chris ‘Simp’ Lehr
- Dominic ‘SonicFox’ McClean
- Tyler ‘aBeZy’ Pharris
- Justin ‘jstn’ Morales
- Jack ‘JBM’ Mascone
- Eric ‘Snip3down’ Wrona
- Victor ‘Fairy Peak!’ Locquet
- Gavin ‘Tweek’ Dempsey
- Evan ‘M0nkey M00n’ Rogez
- Joseph ‘Mang0’ Marquez
Esports Personality of the Year
And the winner of the Esports Personality of the Year award presented by @CocaCola is… @nobru
CONGRATULATIONS!! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/Ai1JSJU6Ms
— Esports Awards (@esportsawards) November 21, 2021
- Winner: Bruno ‘Nobru’ Goes
- Matthew ‘Nadeshot’ Haag
- Luka ‘Perkz’ Perkovic
- Gabriel ‘FalleN’ Toledo
- Hector ‘H3CZ’ Rodriguez
- Carlos ‘Ocelote’ Rodriguez
- John ‘JohnnyBoi_I’ Macdonald
- Alex ‘Goldenboy’ Mendez
- Gustavo ‘Baiano’ Gomes
- Eefje ‘sjokz’ Depoortere
- Parker ‘Interro’ Mackay
Esports Play by Play Caster of the Year
.@MilesTheRoss has won Esports Play By Play Caster of the Year at the @esportsawards 2021! pic.twitter.com/T1VvuDJKS6
— Dexerto (@Dexerto) November 21, 2021
- Winner: Miles Ross
- BrunoClash
- Mitch ‘Uber’ Leslie
- Callum ‘Shogun’ Keir
- Lauren ‘Pansy’ Scott
- Parker ‘Interro’ Mackay
- Alex ‘Machine’ Richardson
- Owen ‘ODPixel’ Davies
- Trevor ‘Quickshot’ Henry
- Clayton ‘CaptainFlowers’ Raines
Esports PC Rookie of the Year
.@natusvincere's @b1tcs has won Esports PC Rookie of the Year at the @esportsawards 2021! pic.twitter.com/yR5G1D1Ljd
— Dexerto (@Dexerto) November 21, 2021
- Winner: Valerii ‘b1t’ Vakhovskyi
- Tyson ‘TenZ’ Ngo
- Adam ‘Adam’ Maanane
- Ayaz ‘NAts’ Akhmetshin
- Kyle ‘Danny’ Sakamaki
- Dmitry ‘sh1ro’ Sokolov
- Javier ‘Elyoya’ Prades Batalla
- Oh ‘Pelican’ Se-hyun
- Robin ‘Robinsongz’ Sung
Esports Controller Rookie of the Year
And the winner of the Esports Controller Rookie of the Year award in partnership with @ScufGaming is… @M0nkeyM00n
CONGRATULATIONS!! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/hjZ8lcFFOA
— Esports Awards (@esportsawards) November 21, 2021
- Winner: Evan ‘M0nkey M00n’ Rogez
- Raúl ‘DmentZa’ Palazuelos
- Paco ‘HyDra’ Rusiewiez
- Jamie ‘Insight’ Craven
- Eli ‘Standy’ Bentz
- Andres ‘dreaz’ Jordan
- Marc ‘MaRc_By_8.’ Domingo
Esports Coach of the Year
.@ShanghaiDragons' @moonbyungchul89 has won Esports Coach of the Year at the @esportsawards 2021! pic.twitter.com/iULiSSntVi
— Dexerto (@Dexerto) November 21, 2021
- Winner: Moon ‘Moon’ Byung-chul
- Emiliano ‘Sizz’ Benny
- Bok ‘Reapered’ Han-Gyu
- Kim ‘kKoma’ Jeong-gyun
- Andrey ‘Engh’ Sholokov
- James ‘Crowder’ Crowder
- Mark ‘MarkyB’ Bryceland
- James ‘Mac’ MacCormack
- Dyjair ‘Mity’ Soares
- Andrii ‘B1ad3’ Gorodenskyi
- Arthur ‘TchubZ’ Martins
Esports Mobile Player of the Year
- Winner: Zhu ‘Paraboy’ Bocheng
- Karl Gabriel ‘KarlTzy’ Nepomuceno
- Jash ‘Learn’ Shah
- 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 Host of the Year
And the winner of the Esports Host of the Year award presented by @visit_arlington is… @sjokz
CONGRATULATIONS!! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/ao25UVYjvp
— Esports Awards (@esportsawards) November 21, 2021
- Winner: Eefje ‘sjokz’ Depoortere
- Tres ‘stunna’ Saranthus
- James ‘Dash’ Patterson
- Loviel ‘Velly’ Cardwell
- Alex ‘Goldenboy’ Mendez
- Ana Xisdê
- Brody ‘Liefx’ Moore
- Soe Gschwind
- Jorien ‘Sheever’ van der Heijden
- Chris Puckett
- Ghassan ‘MiloshTheMedic’ Finge
- Caleb ‘WavePunk’ Simmons
Esports Journalist of the Year
And the winner of the Esports Journalist of the Year award is… @Kevin_Hitt
CONGRATULATIONS!! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/razj9plGPY
— Esports Awards (@esportsawards) November 21, 2021
- Winner: Kevin Hitt
- Jacob Wolf
- Richard Lewis
- Adam Fitch
- Ashley Kang
- Tyler ‘FionnOnFire’ Erzberger
- Liz Richardson
- Wasif Ahmed
- Pablo ‘Bloop’ Suárez
- H.B. Duran
Esports Collegiate Ambassador of the Year
And the winner of the Esports Collegiate Ambassador of the Year award is… @haskell
CONGRATULATIONS!! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/drpd9th4ev
— Esports Awards (@esportsawards) November 21, 2021
- Winner: Dr. Chris ‘Doc’ Haskell
- Ryan Johnson
- Adam Antor
- Arianne Lim
- Chris Turner
Esports Play of the Year
Siege star @Virtue_R6 has won Esports Play of the Year at the @esportsawards 2021! pic.twitter.com/YJ4qWDdbyP
— Dexerto (@Dexerto) November 21, 2021
- First: Jake ‘Virtue’ Grannan
- Second: Oleksandr ‘s1mple’ Kostyliev
- Third: Ariano ‘Kroonos’ Ferreira
- Gabriel ‘FalleN’ Toledo
- Mehmet Yagiz ‘cNed’ Ipek
- Santino ‘try’ Rigal
- Casper ‘cadiaN’ Moller
- Jason ‘Beaulo’ Doty
- Eric ‘Snip3down’ Wrona
- Mathieu ‘ZywOo’ Herbaut
Esports Game of the Year
#VALORANT has won Esports Game of the Year at the @esportsawards 2021! pic.twitter.com/y5CRUHokqF
— Valorant News (@ValorINTEL) November 21, 2021
- Winner: VALORANT
- League of Legends
- Free Fire
- CS:GO
- Call of Duty
- Rocket League
- Rainbow Six Siege
- Dota 2
- PUBG Mobile
- Overwatch
Esports Video Production Team of the Year
And the winner of the Esports Video Production Team of the Year award is… @G2esports
CONGRATULATIONS!! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/iovfhsxaaS
— Esports Awards (@esportsawards) November 21, 2021
- Winner: G2 Esports
- Team Liquid
- FaZe Clan
- LOUD
- TSM FTX
- 100 Thieves
- Metagame Documentary team
- Fluxo
- OpTic Gaming
- YUNG ELDR
Esports Creative of the Year
And the winner of the Esports Creative of the Year award presented by @RolandGlobal is… @thorsten_denk
CONGRATULATIONS!! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/gotuRYXXsN
— Esports Awards (@esportsawards) November 21, 2021
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- Winner: Thorsten Denk
- Danny Lopez
- Liquid Enigma
- Euller Araujo
- Karina Ziminaite
- Gabriel Ruiz
- Robert Rogers
- Caroline Parker-Stark
- SesoHQ
- AaronCreate
Esports Publisher of the Year
And the winner of the Esports Publisher of the Year award is… @riotgames
CONGRATULATIONS!! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/qldepliHis
— Esports Awards (@esportsawards) November 21, 2021
- Winner: Riot Games
- Tencent
- Garena
- Ubisoft
- Psyonix
- EA
- Activision Blizzard
- Epic Games
- Valve
Esports Supporting Service of the Year
And the winner of the Esports Supporting Service of the Year award presented by @UnionHomeMtg is… @discord
CONGRATULATIONS!! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/9oaG9jaq78
— Esports Awards (@esportsawards) November 21, 2021
- Winner: Discord
- ESG LAW
- Paper Crowns
- Aftershock Media Group
- Hitmarker
- The Story Mob
- ESEA
- Creative Artists Agency
- Character Select Agency
- Prodigy Agency
- Mobalytics
Esports Mobile Game of the Year
And the winner of the Esports Mobile Game of the Year award presented by @Verizon is… @FreeFireBR
CONGRATULATIONS!! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/D1P3uMf6mQ
— Esports Awards (@esportsawards) November 21, 2021
- Winner: FreeFire
- Arena of Valor
- PUBG Mobile
- Call of Duty Mobile
- Clash Royale
- League of Legends: Wild Rift
- Brawl Stars
- Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Esports Content Creator of the Year
And the winner of the Esports Content Creator of the Year award presented by @visit_arlington award is… @AshleyKang
CONGRATULATIONS!! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/u8AK1zXUG7
— Esports Awards (@esportsawards) November 21, 2021
- Winner: Ashley Kang
- Musty
- Maciej ‘MacieJay’ Dzikowski
- Nick ‘LS’ De Cesare
- Bananaslamjamma
- SunlessKhan
- Hector ‘H3CZ’ Rodriguez
- UpUpDownDown
- NadeKing
- iFerg
- Coconut Brah
- Duncan ‘Thorin’ Shields
Esports Content Series of the Year
And the winner of the Esports Content Series of the Year award is… @metagamedoc
CONGRATULATIONS!! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/NFEoNwsPUx
— Esports Awards (@esportsawards) November 21, 2021
- Winner: Metagame
- Liquid Origins
- The Process (OpTic Gaming)
- G2 Voicecomms
- Dota: Dragon’s Blood
- Fight for First: Excel Esports
- Lore // Valorant
- TSM: Legends
- The Eavesdrop Podcast
Esports Color Caster of the Year
CSGO caster @SPUNJ has won Esports Color Caster of the Year at the @esportsawards 2021, and probably acceptance speech of the night too 😂 pic.twitter.com/LqL324cEDK
— Dexerto (@Dexerto) November 21, 2021
- Winner: Chad ‘SPUNJ’ Burchill
- Michael ‘KiXSTAr’ Stockley
- Andrew ‘Vedius’ Day
- Stephen ‘Sajam’ Lyon
- John ‘JohnnyBoi_I’ Macdonald
- Sam ‘Kobe’ Hartman-Kenzler
- Thomas ‘Chance’ Ashworth
- Josh ‘Sideshow’ Wilkinson
- Mohan ‘Launders’ Govindasam
Esports Analyst of the Year
League of Legends caster @Caedrel has won Esports Analyst of the Year at the @esportsawards 2021! pic.twitter.com/yMcGK2tE3c
— Dexerto (@Dexerto) November 21, 2021
- Winner: Marc Robert ‘Caedral’ Lamont
- Anthony ‘NAMELESS’ Wheeler
- Emily Rand
- Jacob ‘Pimp’ Winneche
- Kyle Freedman
- Jess ‘JessGOAT’ Bolden
- Sean ‘sgares’ Gares
- Jonathan ‘Reinforce’ Larsson
- Jason ‘Moses’ O’Toole
Esports Hardware Provider of the Year
And the winner of the Esports Hardware Provider of the Year award is… @CORSAIR
CONGRATULATIONS!! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/2hgIb6nX1Y
— Esports Awards (@esportsawards) November 21, 2021
- Winner: Corsair
- Logitech G
- Razer
- Elgato
- HyperX
- NVIDIA
- Intel
- AMD
- Alienware
- Secretlab
- SteelSeries
- ASUS ROG
Esports Creative Piece of the Year
And the winner of the Esports Creative Piece of the Year award is… @G2esports
CONGRATULATIONS!! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/EM2Ah8tFY8
— Esports Awards (@esportsawards) November 21, 2021
- Winner: No Clue | adidas partners with G2 Esports
- 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 Apparel of the Year
And the winner of the Esports Apparel of the Year award is… @100Thieves
CONGRATULATIONS!! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/798JdsFgs2
— Esports Awards (@esportsawards) November 21, 2021
- Winner: 100 Thieves
- Spacestation Gaming
- FaZe Clan
- G2 Esports
- Team Vitality
- Fallen Wear
- Cloud9
- Ateyo
- Fnatic
- Team Liquid
Esports Photo of the Year
And the winner of the Esports Photo of the Year award is… @ericananmalay
CONGRATULATIONS!! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/dN0WuLGPrC
— Esports Awards (@esportsawards) November 21, 2021
- Winner: Eric Ananmalay
Esports Cosplay of the Year
And the winner of the Esports Cosplay the Year award is… @PeytonCosplay
CONGRATULATIONS!! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/tKpu5m2o8H
— Esports Awards (@esportsawards) November 21, 2021
- Winner: Peyton Cosplay
- FusRoFran
- Kinpatsu Cosplay
- Willow Creative
- Sneaky
- Skydaddi
- Glory Lamothe
- LittleJem
Panel’s Choice Award
In case you have missed it! The winner of the 2021 Panel's Choice Award is… @Fizzi36
CONGRATULATIONS!! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/0vmPJcufdR
— Esports Awards (@esportsawards) November 20, 2021
- Winner: Fizzi
Esports Creative Team of the Year
And the winner of the Esports Creative Team of the Year award is… #AlexProductions
CONGRATULATIONS!! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/1DcHOZtsgj
— Esports Awards (@esportsawards) November 20, 2021
- Winner: Alex Productions (with Dr Disrespect)
- WePlay
- G2 Esports
- StreamSpell
- Paper Crowns
- GETREKT Labs
- AOE Creative
- 100 Thieves
- Team Liquid
Esports Collegiate Program of the Year
And the winner of the Esports Collegiate Program of the Year award is… @MaryvilleGG from @MaryvilleU
CONGRATULATIONS!! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/2BmLOev1mH
— Esports Awards (@esportsawards) November 20, 2021
- Winner: Maryville University
- 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
Esports Coverage Platform of the Year
And the winner of the Esports Coverage Platform of the Year award in association with @sizzlecreative is… @esportsobserved
CONGRATULATIONS!! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/sAQGKDVHvc
— Esports Awards (@esportsawards) November 20, 2021
- Winner: The Esports Observer
- Dexerto
- Esports Insider
- Dot Esports
- HLTV.org
- Liquipedia
- Esportmaníacos
- Inven Global
- SiegeGG
Esports Broadcast/Production Team of the Year
And the winner of the Esports Broadcast/Production Team of the Year award is… @riotgames
CONGRATULATIONS!! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/W9AYl6rWDB
— Esports Awards (@esportsawards) November 20, 2021
- Winner: Riot Games
- ESL Gaming
- Nerd Street Gamers
- Psyonix
- Esports Engine
- Activision Blizzard
- Beyond the Summit
- BLAST Premier
- Garena
- FACEIT
Esports Commercial Partner of the Year
And the winner of the Esports Commercial Partner of the Year award presented by @grindgaminginc is… @intel
CONGRATULATIONS!! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/xYFsuQFpHR
— Esports Awards (@esportsawards) November 20, 2021
- Winner: Intel
- Red Bull
- BMW
- State Farm
- Logitech G
- Mountain Dew
- HyperX
- Alienware
- Verizon
- FTX
- Cash App
Esports Awards 2021: Lifetime Achievement Class
Seven pinnacles of the esports community were inducted into the Lifetime Achievement Class at Esports Awards 2021:
- David ‘Walshy’ Walsh
- Justin Wong
- Michal ‘CARMAC’ Blicharz
- Amy Brady
- Amber Dalton
- Stephanie ‘MissHarvey’ Harvey
- Adam Apicella
And our first inductee of the night is @Walshy! pic.twitter.com/NqvQO2jaqM
— Esports Awards (@esportsawards) November 20, 2021