ESPN's yearly celebration of the sports world is on the horizon, with nominees for all categories revealed Wednesday morning by the network. Voting for fans is also now open until 5 p.m. ET on July 11. Later that night the ESPYS, hosted this year by tennis legend Serena Williams, will air live (8 p.m. ET) on ABC.
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark leads the way with three different ESPY Award nominations — Best athlete, women's sports; Best record-breaking performance; Best college athlete, women's sports — in recognition of her record-setting career at Iowa.
Here are all the athletes and teams nominated for a 2024 ESPY Award:
Best athlete, men's sports
Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels/Dodgers
Scottie Scheffler, Golf
Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
Best athlete, women's sports
Caitlin Clark, Iowa women’s basketball
Coco Gauff, Tennis
Nelly Korda, Golf
A'ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
Best breakthrough athlete
Haleigh Bryant, LSU gymnastics
C.J. Stroud, Houston Texans
Juju Watkins, USC women’s basketball
Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio Spurs
Best record-breaking performance
49ers' Christian McCaffrey: TD in record 17 consecutive games
Iowa's Caitlin Clark: Becomes NCAA’s all-time leading scorer
Stanford's Tara VanDerveer: Gets win No. 1,203 to pass Mike Krzyzewski for most in NCAA history
Max Verstappen: Wins record 10 consecutive F1 races
Best championship performance
Michigan's Blake Corum and Will Johnson in football championship game
Boston College's Kayla Martello, Most Outstanding Player in women's lacrosse tournament
NJ/NY Gotham FC's Midge Purce, MVP of NWSL championship
Boston Celtics' Jaylen Brown, NBA Finals MVP
Best comeback athlete
Simone Biles, Gymnastics
Paige Bueckers, UConn women's basketball
Joe Flacco, Cleveland Browns
Zion Williamson, New Orleans Pelicans
Best play
Jayda Coleman: Walk-off home run sends Oklahoma to softball championship series
Anthony Edwards: Timberwolves star posterizes Jazz's John Collins
Alabama: Jalen Milroe's TD pass on fourth-and-31 to beat Auburn.
Lamar Jackson: Catches own pass for first down in AFC title game
