Give it up for the athletes who scored a win at the 2024 ESPYS.
The annual award show—which celebrates the biggest names in sports—aired live from the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles July 11, and even host Serena Williams couldn't believe the star power in the room.
Going into the night, WNBA standout Caitlin Clark lead the way with three nominations for Best Athlete, Female as well as Best Record-Breaking Performance and Best College Athlete, Women's Sports.
But not too far behind her were Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and MLB star Shohei Ohtani, each hoping to pick up a second win for Best Athlete, Men's Sports for a chance to join LeBron James, Lance Armstrong and Tiger Woods as the only athletes to win the category multiple times.
It was also a big night for first time nominee Coco Gauff, with the reigning U.S. Open title holder nominated alongside Clark for Best Athlete, Women's Sports—golfer Nelly Korda and basketball star A'ja Wilson round out the category—as well as going up against fellow tennis stars Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek for Best Tennis Player.
Other first time nominees during the big event included those in the Best Breakthrough Athlete category: USC basketball player Juju Watkins, LSU gymnst Haleigh Bryant, Houston Texans football player C.J. Stroud and San Antonio Spurs' Victor Wembanyama.
But it wasn't just the sports pros bringing the star power to the room. Even royalty made an appearance with Prince Harry receiving the 2024 Pat Tillman Award for Service, an award created in 2014 to honor the former NFL player who left the sport to serve in the U.S. military after 9/11 and was killed by friendly fire in 2004 at the age of 27, for his work with the Invictus Games.
Keep reading to find out who else won at the 2024 ESPYS.
BEST ATHLETE, WOMEN'S SPORTS
Caitlin Clark, Iowa Women's Basketball
Coco Gauff, Tennis
Nelly Korda, Golf
A'ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
BEST ATHLETE, MEN'S SPORTS
Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels / Los Angeles Dodgers
Scottie Scheffler, Golf
Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
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 scores a TD for a record breaking 17 straight games
Caitlin Clark becomes NCAA's All Time Scoring Leader breaking Pete Maravich's Record
Tara VanDerveer, Stanford Women's Basketball – gets 1,203rd win to pass Coach K for most by any coach in NCAA basketball history
Max Verstappen wins record 10th consecutive race with victory at Italian Grand Prix
BEST CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE
Michigan's Blake Corum and Will Johnson, 2024 College Football National Championship MVPs
Kayla Martello, Boston College Women's Lacrosse
Midge Purce, NJ/NY Gotham FC – NWSL Championship MVP
Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics
BEST COMEBACK ATHLETE
Simone Biles, Gymnast
Paige Bueckers, University of Connecticut Women's Basketball
Joe Flacco, Cleveland Browns
Zion Williamson, New Orleans Pelicans
BEST PLAY
Jayda Coleman calls GAME sending Oklahoma to their 4th Straight Championship – NCAA Softball 6/4/2024
Anthony Edwards Dunk of the Year – 3/18/24 – NBA
Alabama scores on 4th & 31 to win vs. Auburn 11/25/23
Lamar Jackson Caught His Own Pass & Ran With it – 1/28/24 – NFL
BEST TEAM
South Carolina Gamecocks, NCAA Women's Basketball
Kansas City Chiefs, NFL
Michigan Wolverines, NCAA Football
Las Vegas Aces, WNBA
University of Connecticut Huskies, NCAA Men's Basketball
Oklahoma Sooners, NCAA Softball
Boston Celtics, NBA
Florida Panthers, NHL
Texas Rangers, MLB
BEST COLLEGE ATHLETE, MEN'S SPORTS
Jayden Daniels, LSU Football
Zach Edey, Purdue Men's Basketball
Ousmane Sylla, Clemson Soccer
Pat Kavanagh, Notre Dame Lacrosse
BEST COLLEGE ATHLETE, WOMEN'S SPORTS
Haleigh Bryant, LSU Gymnastics
Caitlin Clark, Iowa Basketball
Sarah Franklin, Wisconsin Volleyball
Izzy Scane, Northwestern Lacrosse
BEST ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY
Jaydin Blackwell World Champion Sprinter
Ezra Frech, World Champion High Jumper
Brenna Huckaby Snowboarding Champion
Oksana Masters, Cross-Country Skier/Hand Cyclist
BEST NFL PLAYER
Myles Garrett, Cleveland Browns
Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens
Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco 49ers
BEST MLB PLAYER
Ronald Acuña Jr., Atlanta Braves
Gerrit Cole, New York Yankees
Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels
Corey Seager, Texas Rangers
BEST NHL PLAYER
Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning
Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche
Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs
Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
BEST NBA PLAYER
Luka Doncic, Dallas Mavericks
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder
Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets
Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics
BEST WNBA PLAYER
Napheesa Collier, Minnesota Lynx
Breanna Stewart, New York Liberty
Alyssa Thomas, Connecticut Sun
WINNER: A'ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
BEST DRIVER
Ryan Blaney, NASCAR
Matt Hagan, NHRA
Álex Palou, IndyCar
Max Verstappen, F1
BEST UFC FIGHTER
Islam Makhachev
Sean O'Malley
Alex Pereira
Zhang Weili
BEST BOXER
Terence Crawford
Seniesa Estrada
Naoya Inoue
Oleksandr Usyk
BEST SOCCER PLAYER
Aitana Bonmatí, Spain
Naomi Girma, USWNT
Vinicius Junior, Brazil/Real Madrid
Kylian Mbappé, France/Real Madrid
BEST GOLFER
Nelly Korda
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
Lilia Vu
BEST TENNIS PLAYER
Carlos Alcaraz
Novak Djokovic
Coco Gauff
Iga Swiatek
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