2022 ESPY Awards

2022 ESPY Awards
Date	July 20, 2022
Location	Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles
Country	United States
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Host	Stephen Curry
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Television/Radio coverage
Network	ABC
Runtime	180 minutes
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The 2022 ESPY Awards was the 30th annual ceremony of the ESPY Award, held on July 20, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, and broadcast on ABC. NBA player Stephen Curry served as the host.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Best Athlete, Men's Sports Shohei Ohtani – Los Angeles Angels, MLB Stephen Curry – Golden State Warriors, NBA Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers, NHL Aaron Rodgers – Green Bay Packers, NFL	Best Athlete, Women's Sports Katie Ledecky – Swimming Sunisa Lee – Gymnastics Oksana Masters – Cross country skiing, biathlon Candace Parker – Chicago Sky, WNBA
Best Breakthrough Athlete Eileen Gu – Skiing Ja Morant – Memphis Grizzlies, NBA Trinity Rodman – Washington Spirit, NWSL Jonathan Taylor – Indianapolis Colts, NFL	Best Comeback Athlete Klay Thompson – Golden State Warriors, NBA Joe Burrow – Cincinnati Bengals, NFL Diamond DeShields – Phoenix Mercury, WNBA Trey Mancini – Baltimore Orioles, MLB
Best Olympian, Men's Sports Caeleb Dressel – Swimming Nathan Chen – Figure skating Declan Farmer – Sled hockey Nick Mayhugh – Track and field	Best Olympian, Women's Sports Katie Ledecky – Swimming Allyson Felix – Track and field Sunisa Lee – Gymnastics Oksana Masters – Cross country skiing, biathlon
Best College Athlete, Men's Sports Bryce Young – Alabama football Chet Holmgren – Gonzaga basketball Dante Polvara – Georgetown soccer Logan Wisnauskas – Maryland lacrosse	Best College Athlete, Women's Sports Jocelyn Alo – Oklahoma Sooners softball Aliyah Boston – South Carolina basketball Jaelin Howell – Florida State soccer Charlotte North – Boston College lacrosse
Best Team Golden State Warriors – NBA Atlanta Braves, MLB Chicago Sky – WNBA Colorado Avalanche – NHL Georgia Bulldogs football – NCAA Division I FBS Los Angeles Rams – NFL Oklahoma Sooners softball – Women's College World Series	Best Championship Performance Cooper Kupp, Los Angeles Rams – Super Bowl LVI Julianna Peña – UFC 269 Max Verstappen, Formula One – Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Cale Makar, Colorado Avalanche – Stanley Cup Finals
Best Game AFC Divisional Game: Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Buffalo Bills in an OT thriller Elite 8 NCAA Women's Basketball: UConn defeats NC State in double OT NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas' 16-point rally, which was the largest comeback in championship game history Iron Bowl: Bryce Young rallies Alabama to beat Auburn in four OTs	Best Play Unbelievable corner kick goal by Megan Rapinoe Hansel Enmanuel with the play of the year Ja Morant's Poster Justin Tucker 66-yard NFL record field goal
Best Record-Breaking Performance Stephen Curry passes Ray Allen for most 3-pointers made in NBA history Jocelyn Alo breaks Lauren Chamberlain's home run record for most in Division I history (96) Tom Brady becomes the NFL all-time passing yards leader overtaking Drew Brees Allyson Felix wins her 11th career medal surpassing Carl Lewis for the United States track and field record	Best NFL Player Cooper Kupp – Los Angeles Rams Aaron Rodgers – Green Bay Packers Jonathan Taylor – Indianapolis Colts T. J. Watt – Pittsburgh Steelers
Best MLB Player Shohei Ohtani – Los Angeles Angels Bryce Harper – Philadelphia Phillies Aaron Judge – New York Yankees Jorge Soler – Atlanta Braves	Best NHL Player Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers Roman Josi – Nashville Predators Auston Matthews – Toronto Maple Leafs Igor Shesterkin – New York Rangers
Best NBA Player Stephen Curry – Golden State Warriors Luka Dončić – Dallas Mavericks Joel Embiid – Philadelphia 76ers Nikola Jokić – Denver Nuggets	Best WNBA Player Candace Parker – Los Angeles Sparks, Chicago Sky Skylar Diggins-Smith – Phoenix Mercury Sylvia Fowles – Minnesota Lynx Jonquel Jones – Connecticut Sun
Best MLS Player Carlos Vela – Los Angeles FC Valentín Castellanos – NYCFC Jesús Ferreira – FC Dallas Carles Gil – New England Revolution	Best NWSL Player Ashley Hatch – Washington Spirit Aubrey Bledsoe – Washington Spirit Jess Fishlock – OL Reign Caprice Dydasco – NJ/NY Gotham FC
Best International Athlete, Men's Soccer Kylian Mbappé – Paris Saint-Germain Karim Benzema – Real Madrid Kevin De Bruyne – Manchester City Sadio Mané – Liverpool	Best International Athlete, Women's Soccer Sam Kerr – Chelsea Caroline Graham Hansen – Barcelona Vivianne Miedema – Arsenal Alexia Putellas – Barcelona
Best Driver Kyle Larson, NASCAR Álex Palou, IndyCar Steve Torrence, NHRA Max Verstappen – Formula One	Best Jockey José Ortiz Joel Rosario Irad Ortiz Flavien Prat
Best Male Golfer Justin Thomas Jon Rahm Scottie Scheffler Cameron Smith	Best Female Golfer Nelly Korda Ko Jin-young Lydia Ko Minjee Lee
Best Boxer Tyson Fury Shakur Stevenson Katie Taylor Mikaela Mayer	Best MMA Fighter Charles Oliveira Kayla Harrison Kamaru Usman Alexander Volkanovski
Best Male Action Sports Athlete Eli Tomac – Supercross Alex Hall – Skiing Yuto Horigome – Skateboarding Ayumu Hirano – Snowboarding	Best Female Action Sports Athlete Eileen Gu – Skiing Chloe Kim – Snowboarding Rayssa Leal, Skateboarding Zoi Sadowski-Synnott – Snowboarding
Best Athlete, Men's Tennis Rafael Nadal Carlos Alcaraz Dylan Alcott Félix Auger-Aliassime	Best Athlete, Women's Tennis Emma Raducanu Ashleigh Barty Iga Świątek Leylah Fernandez
Best Male Athlete with a Disability Brad Snyder – Paratriathlon & swimming Declan Farmer – Sled hockey Nick Mayhugh – Track and field Ian Seidenfeld – Table tennis	Best Female Athlete with a Disability Jessica Long – Swimming Oksana Masters – Cycling & Nordic/Biathlon Brenna Huckaby – Snowboarding Katy Ward – Soccer
Best Bowler Kyle Troup Dom Barrett Jason Belmonte Anthony Simonsen	Best WWE Moment Cody Rhodes's return to WWE at WrestleMania 38

Honorary awards

Jimmy V Award

Dick Vitale

Arthur Ashe Courage Award

Vitali Klitschko

Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award

Albert Pujols

Pat Tillman Award for Service

Gretchen Evans

Sports Humanitarian Team of the Year

Denver Broncos^[2]^[3]

References

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External links

ESPN: Serving sports fans. Anytime. Anywhere. – ESPN

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2022 ESPY Awards
Date	July 20, 2022 (2022-07-20)
Location	Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles
Country	United States
Presented by	Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 446: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Host	Stephen Curry
Official website	<strong%20class= "error"><span%20class="scribunto-error"%20id="mw-scribunto-error-1">Lua%20error%20in%20Module:Wikidata%20at%20line%20446:%20attempt%20to%20index%20field%20'wikibase'%20(a%20nil%20value). http://<strong%20class="error"><span%20class="scribunto-error"%20id="mw-scribunto-error-1">Lua%20error%20in%20Module:Wikidata%20at%20line%20446:%20attempt%20to%20index%20field%20'wikibase'%20(a%20nil%20value).
Television/Radio coverage
Network	ABC
Runtime	180 minutes
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