The Esports Awards 2023: Pro & On-Air Talent Finalists Revealed

The Esports Awards 2023 is set to take place this November, on the 29th and 30th. The ceremony will be held in Las Vegas and will seek to honor some of the best individuals, teams, organizations, and more, across esports. 

On September 20, 2023, The Esports Awards unveiled the finalists in their Pro and On-Air Talent award categories, which see some of the best teams and casters recognized for their effort across the year. The Pro category alone consists of awards for Best Esports Team of the Year, Esports Coach of the Year, Esports Breakthrough Player of the Year, and more. Below, we'll list all of the newly unveiled finalists for each category.

The Esports Awards 2023: All Pro Category Finalists

The full Pro finalists for The Esports Awards 2023 are as follows:

Pro

Esports Team of the Year

• Team Vitality - CS:GO
• Team Vitality - Rocket League
• Fnatic - VALORANT
• Evil Geniuses - VALORANT
• New York Subliners - Call of Duty
• JD Gaming - League of Legends
• w7m Esports - Rainbow Six Siege
• Echo - ML:BB
• Gaimin Gladiators - DOTA
• TSM - Apex Legends

Esports Organisation of the Year

• Team Vitality
• LOUD
• Team Liquid
• G2 Esports
• Gen.G Esports
• Karmine Corp
• Moist Esports
• 100 Thieves
• Optic Gaming
• NAVI
• NRG

Esports Coach of the Year

• Danny “Zonic” Sørensen
• Victor “Ferra” Francal
• Christine “Potter” Chi
• Ehsan “DREAL” Javed
• Igor “igoorctg” Santos
• Renzo “Renzo” Oemrawsingh
• Jan “Swani” Müller
• Aske “Cy-” Larsen
• Yoon “Homme” Sung-young

Esports Breakthrough Player of the Year

• Alexis “Zen” Bernier
• Max “Demon1” Mazanov
• Thomas “Scrappy” Ernst
• Kim “D0NGHAK” Min-sung
• Kim “Peyz” Su-hwan
• Anders “Vejrgang” Vejrgang
• Martin “Yike” Sundelin

Esports PC Player of the Year

• Nikola “NiKo” Kovač
• Cho “Maru” Seong-ju
• Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut
• Quinn “Quinn” Callahan
• Nemanja “Hunter” Kovač
• Zhuo “Knight” Ding
• Emir “Alfajer” Beder
• Max “Demon1” Mazanov
• Phillip “ImperialHal” Dosen
• Jung “Chovy” Ji-hun

Esports Controller Player of the Year

• Alexis “Zen” Bernier
• Paco “HyDra” Rusiewiez
• Zain “Zain” Naghmi
• Matthew “KiSMET” Tinsley
• Mashita “acola” Hayato
• Amjad “AngryBird” Al-Shalabi
• Finlay “Rise” Ferguson
• Jack “ApparentlyJack” Benton
• Arslan “Arslan Ash” Siddique
• Phillip “ImperialHal” Dosen

Esports Mobile Player of the Year

• Mohamed “Mohamed Light” Tarek
• Frederic “Bennyqt” Gonzales
• Gaku “Gaku” Mukai
• Erik “Joker” Granström
• Burenbayar “TOP” Altangerel
• Tensai “Tensai”
• Peng “Fly” Yunfei

The Esports Awards 2023: All On-Air Talent Category Finalists

The full On-Air Talent finalists for The Esports Awards 2023 are as follows:

Esports Colour Caster of the Year

• Marc “Caedrel” Robert Lamont
• Dan “Gaskin” Gaskin
• Josh “Sideshow” Wilkinson
• John “JohnnyBoi_i” MacDonald
• Mohan “Launders” Govindasamy
• Thomas “Chance” Ashworth
• Ioannis “Fogged” Loucas
• Dominik “Lacoste” Stipić
• Chad “Spunj” Burchill
• Michael “Hypoc” Robins

Esports Desk Analyst of the Year

• Mimi “aEvilCat” Wermcrantz
• Tyler “Tbates” Bates
• Barento “Raz” Mohammed
• Alyssa “Allycxt” Parker
• Anthony “NAMELESS” Wheeler
• Mira “Ephey” Riad
• Alex “Mauisnake” Ellenberg
• Kale “Genome” Morton
• Mathieu “Maniac” Quiquerez

Esports Host of the Year

• Alex “GoldenBoy” Mendez
• Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
• Freya “Freya” Spiers
• Sean “Stax” Stackhouse
• Caleb “WavePunk” Simmons
• Yinsu “Yinsu” Collins
• Chris Puckett
• Jorien “Sheever” van der Heijden
• Lottie Van-Praag
• Ana Xisdê
• James “Dash” Patterson

Esports Play by Play Caster of the Year

• Steven "Tasty Steve" Scott
• Alex “Machine” Richardson
• Brennon “Bren” Hook
• Mark “Onset” Hatcher
• Conner “Scrawny” Girvan
• Brandon Smith
• Callum “Shogun” Keir
• Clayton “Captain Flowers” Raines
• Mitch “Uber” Leslie
• Bruno “BrunoClash” Veiga Lopes
• Miles Ross
• Lauren “Pansy” Scott

Esports Journalist of the Year

• Richard Lewis
• Dominic Sacco
• Kevin Hitt
• Alexander Lee
• James Fudge
• Mikhail Klimentov
• Antonio Yuste
• Cecilia D'Anastasio
• Alejandro Gomis

Voting is now open for the Pro & On-Air Talent categories, register your vote at Esportsawards.com/vote.

The Esports Awards 2023 Key Dates

Looking to stay on top of The Esports Awards ahead of the ceremony? Then make sure you add these key dates to your calendar:

• 13th – 20th November: Turbo voting period–votes are worth double
• 20th November: Voting closes on all categories but 3
• 25th November: Voting closes for Esports PC Player, Esports Organisation and Esports Team of the Year
• 27th & 28th November: Inaugural Scholars
• 29th & 30th November: TheEsports Awards 2023