Riot Impressed Everyone at the Esports Awards 2025 – Here’s What Happened

The much-awaited Esports Decade Awards are over, and we saw loads of interesting results. Most people expected certain games and products to win in their respective categories, but others definitely surprised us, so it’s time for a quick overview of what happened. 

Esports Game of the Decade

This was the hottest of all Esports Awards 2025 because we had a lot of games that could win the award. In the end, however, Riot Games dominated because its title, League of Legends, won the competition. The other notable nominees included Valorant, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Dota 2, CS, and a few other titles.

Esports Personality of the Decade

There are a handful of names that deserved this trophy, but Nadeshot stole the show. He is the co-founder and CEO of 100 Thieves, one of the popular  Esports organizations.

Streamer of the Decade

This was one of the awards that everyone was looking forward to. A lot of people expected to see Ninja grab the trophy, especially after his run with Fortnite before, but in the end, it went to xQc. He is one of the world’s most recognizable streamers.

Esports Commercial Partner of the Decade

This award went to Intel, and it did not surprise anyone. Intel is one of the biggest names in several esports, especially Counter-Strike. The competition here was serious because Intel was up against names like Red Bill, HyperX, and Razer.

Esports Content & Coverage Platform of the Decade

Everyone expected Liquipedia to dominate this space and it happened. The site has been the go-to place for tournament information for many years, and it definitely deserves the recognition. 

Esports Publisher of the Decade

This was another category where we saw an epic battle, but Riot Games won it. Valve and Epic Games were also among the favorites, but considering Riot’s success, most people were not surprised to see the company above the rest.

Esports Live Event of the Decade

After dominating the publisher space, Riot also grabbed this trophy with the League of Legends Worlds 2017. This will go down in history as one of the world’s most popular and important events. Aside from the impressive prize pool, the competition brought together millions of fans from around the world.

Esports PC Player of the Decade

There is definitely one player who deserved to win this and it was Faker. He is the best League of Legends player alive and recently won Worlds 2026 with his team, T1. Other popular nominees included n0tail, S1mple, ZyWoo, Caps, and more.

Esports Breakthrough Player of the Decade

This reward included several nominees, but ZywOo blew them out of the water. The CS superstar definitely deserved the recognition following his impressive performance with his squad.

Esports Controller Player of the Decade

No surprise here, Shotzzy was above everyone else and deserved the honor.

Esports Coach of the Decade

Kkoma won the award for the best coach of the decade. He is the most successful LoL coach in the game’s history because he is a part of T1.

Esports On-Air Talent of the Decade

This was a bit weird because there were so many people who could be included. In the end, however, the title went to Sjokz. People could also vote for the likes of Sheever, Puckett, and Goldenboy.

Esports Team of the Decade

T1 had little to no competition when it came to winning this reward. Sure, some would say that Astralis or OG deserved the trophy, and this is true, but T1’s success is unmatched. 

Esports Organization of the Decade

This was another reward that we expected T1 to win, but this was not the case. Instead, Team Liquid won it because the organization had consistent results across all the esports titles it competes in.