IShowSpeed Crowned Streamer of the Year at Esports Awards 2025: Here's Full Winners List

The Esports Awards 2025 returned to Las Vegas on November 19, celebrating its 10-year milestone with a grand ceremony at the HyperX Arena. The event honored achievements across 24 categories, spotlighting the players, teams, and creators who have shaped competitive gaming and content creation over the past year.

IShowSpeed Crowned Streamer of the Year at Esports Awards 2025 10th Anniversary Show | Image: EA25

This year’s show had plenty of memorable moments, but one name stood out above the rest: Darren “IShowSpeed.” The 20-year-old YouTube star clinched the coveted Streamer of the Year award.

Winning wasn’t easy. He faced stiff competition from 11 other nominees, including heavyweights like xQc, Ibai Llanos, and Kai Cenat. Yet, his community-driven approach and relentless consistency gave him the edge.

When the award was announced, Speed shared a pre-recorded message brimming with gratitude: “What’s up, y’all? It’s Speed here, and we have won the Streamer of the Year award! I want to give a huge thanks to everybody who voted me… I love y’all.”

For Speed, this win was especially significant. Last year, he was nominated but lost to Mexican Twitch streamer Samanta “Rivers” Rivera Treviño. Coming back stronger in 2025 and breaking through with a win shows just how far he’s come in a short time. He’s also on the list of nominees for the upcoming Streamers Awards 2025, alongside Kai Cenat and ExtraEmily. Let’s see how that goes.

Of course, the Esports Awards wasn’t just about one category. The full list of winners highlighted the diversity of talent across the industry: League of Legends took home Esports Game of the Year, while PUBG Mobile won Esports Mobile Game of the Year. Team Vitality CS2 earned Esports Team of the Year, and Riot Games was named Publisher of the Year.

Other standout winners included Jynxzi as Content Creator of the Year, Animesh “Thug” Agarwal as Esports Personality of the Year, and Team Falcons as Organisation of the Year.

The ceremony also honored legends with the Lifetime Achievement Award, inducting Johan “N0tail” Sundstein, Peter “dupreeh” Rasmussen, Matthew “FormaL” Piper, Steve Arhancet of Team Liquid, Tom and Tony Cannon, and casting duo Tasteless and Artosis.

Here is the complete list of Esports Awards 2025:

Esports Game of the Year

WINNER: League of Legends

• Apex Legends

• Counter-Strike 2

• DOTA 2

• Fortnite

• Honor of Kings

• Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

• Pokemon Unite

• PUBG Mobile

• Valorant

Esports Mobile Game of the Year

WINNER: PUBG Mobile

• Brawl Stars

• Call of Duty Mobile

• Free Fire

• Honor of Kings

• Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

• Pokemon Unite

Esports Personality of the Year

WINNER: Animesh “Thug” Agarwal

• Corentin “Gotaga” Houssein

• Dan “apEX” Madesclaire

• Ibai “Ibai” Llanos

• Jeremy “Disguised Toast” Wang

• Marc “Caedrel” Robert Lamont

• Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag

• Mossad “Msdossary” Aldossary

• Seth “Scump” Abner

• Kamel “Kameto” Kebir

Streamer of the Year

WINNER: Darren “iShowSpeed” Watkins

• Case “CaseOh” Baker

• Emily “ExtraEmily” Zhang

• Félix “xQc” Lengyel

• Ibai “Ibai” Llanos

• Kai”Kai Cenat” Carlo Cenat III

• Marc “Caedrel” Robert Lamont

• Mark “ohnePixel” Zimmermann

• Morgan “AngryGinge” Burtwistle

• Nick “Lacy” Fosco

• Nicholas “Jynxzi” Stewart

• Payal “Payal Gaming” Dhare

Esports Content Group of the Year

WINNER: S8UL

• Fnatic

• Gentle Mates

• Godlike

• Karmine Corp

• Sentinels

• T1

• Team Heretics

• Team Liquid

Esports Content Creator of the Year

WINNER: Nicholas “Jynxzi” Stewart

• Alexandre “gAuLeS” Borba Chiqueta

• Arran “TacticalRab” Francis

• Cody “Clix” Conrod

• Donato “TheDonato” Muñoz

• Jack “NiceWigg” Martin

• Jonathan “JONATHAN GAMING” Amaral

• Marc “Caedrel” Robert Lamont

• Mark “ohnePixel” Zimmermann

• Raj “Snax” Varma

• Tarik “tarik” Celik

• Thomas “ZooMaa” Paparatto

Esports Breakthrough Player of the Year

WINNER: Mason “Mercules” Ramsey

• Brock “brawk” Somerhalder

• Derek “Blaz” Blaz

• Jann “Kirk” Kirk Solcruz Gutierrez

• Kajetan “kaajak” Haremski

• Meng “DaShuai” Jiajun

• Rasyah “Rasyah” Rasyid

• Rudy “SkewMond” Semaan

• Samy “dralii” Hajji

• Sodbayar “Techno4K” Munkhbold

• Zack “Stompn” Lamb

Esports Team of the Year

WINNER: Team Vitality – Counter-Strike 2

• AG Super Play – Honor of Kings

• Furia – Rainbow Six Siege

• Gen.G – League of Legends

• Karmine Corp – Rocket League

• LA Thieves – Call of Duty

• NRG – Valorant

• OpTic Texas – Call of Duty

• Team Falcons – DOTA

• Team Falcons – Rocket League

• Team Vitality – MLBB Women

Esports PC Player of the Year

WINNER: Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut

• Brock “brawk” Somerhalder

• Danil “donk” Kryshkovets

• Jason “f0rsakeN” Susanto

• Jeong “Chovy” Ji-hoon

• Jeong “Stalk3r” Hak-yong

• João “Jv92” Vitor

• Matthew “Whitemon” Filemon

• Stanislav “Malr1ne” Potorak

Esports Controller Player of the Year

WINNER: Zeng “Xiao Hai” Zhuojun

• Anders “Vejrgang” Vejrgang

• Goichi “GO1” Kishida

• Lim “Ulsan” Soo-hoon

• Mason “Mercules” Ramsey

• Miron “Effect” Novikov

• Samy “dralii” Hajji

• Thomas “Scrap” Ernst

• Wyatt “LastShot” Gowan

• Yazeed Abdullah “Kiileerrz” Bakhashwin

Esports Organisation of the Year

WINNER: Team Falcons

• AG.AL

• G2 Esports

• Gen.G

• NRG

• OpTic Gaming

• Team Liquid

• Team Vitality

• Virtus.pro

• Weibo Gaming

Esports Coach of the Year

WINNER: Kim “Kim” Jung-su

• Alexandre “alecks” Sallé

• Jin “zWy” Changlin

• Julio “Julio” Coelho Neto Giacomelli

• Kim “NineK” Bum-hoon

• Kurtis “Aui_2000” Ling

• Malkolm “bonkar” Rench

• Matthew “Satthew” Ackermann

• Rémy “XTQZZZ” Quoniam

Esports Commercial Partner of the Year

WINNER: Red Bull

• DHL

• Infinix

• Intel

• Logitech G

• Mastercard

• Mobil 1

• PepsiCo

• Shopify

• VISA

• Zenni

Esports Publisher of the Year

WINNER: Riot Games

• Electronic Arts

• Epic Games

• Krafton

• Level Infinite

• Microsoft

• Moonton

• NetEase

• Valve

Esports Supporting Service of the Year

WINNER: Prodigy Agency

• Bad Moon Talent

• Character Select Agency

• ESG Law

• Evolved Talent Agency

• Heaven Media

• Loaded

• Ocelot Sports

• Ulti Agency

Esports Supporting Platform of the Year

WINNER: Liquipedia

• Blinkfire

• Blitz.gg

• Discord

• Esports Charts

• FACEIT

• GRID Esports

• Mobalytics

• Overwolf

• Shikenso

• Tracker Network

Esports Creative Campaign of the Year

WINNER: Team Liquid 25 Year Anniversary Campaign

• Team Vitality x Nescafé: Ready to level up

• DHL – eFFiBOT Game: World Championship

• Team Vitality x Aldi: Rising Day

• ALGS x Red Bull: iiTzTimmy + ImperialHal

• Prime Video: Esports World Cup Level Up

• G2 Esports LoL Roster Announcement

Esports Play by Play Caster of the Year

WINNER: Clayton “CaptainFlowers” Raines

• Anders Blume

• Brandon “BSmith” Smith

• Conner “Scrawny” Girvan

• James “Kaelaris” Carrol

• Lauren “Pansy” Scott

• Mark “Onset” Hatcher

• Michael “Yipes” Mendoza

• Miles Ross

• Owen “ODPixel” Davies

• The7WG

• Victoria “VikkiKitty” Perez

Esports Colour Caster of the Year

WINNER: Andrew “Vedius” Day

• Andy “Bravo” Dudynsky

• Chad “SPUNJ” Burchill

• Dan “Gaskin” Gaskin

• Isaac “Azael” Cummings-Bentley

• Josh “Sideshow” Wilkinson

• Mohan “launders” Govindasamy

• Thomas “Chance” Ashworth

Esports Host of the Year

WINNER: Laure Valée

• Chris “Puckett” Puckett

• Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere

• Evan “Raynday” Byron Raynr

• Frankie Ward

• Freya “Freya” Spiers

• Ghassan “Milosh” Finge

• Iain Chambers

• James Banks

• Lauren “GlitterXplosion” Laracuente

• Salome “Soe” Gschwind-Repp

• Trevor “Quickshot” Henry

Esports Analyst of the Year

WINNER: Mimi “aEvilcat” Wermcrantz

• Emily Rand

• Jack “Fresh” Allen

• Jacob “Pimp” Winneche

• John “JHawk” Harris

• Joshua “steel” Nissan

• Léo “Alphama” Robine

• Robert “Dagda” Price

• Weston “Clutch” Price

Lifetime Achievement in Esports: Class of 2025

• Johan "N0tail" Sundstein

• Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen

• Matthew "FormaL" Piper

• Steve Arhancet (Team Liquid)

• Tom and Tony Cannon

• Tasteless 

• Artosis

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