{"id":2046129,"date":"2026-07-16T07:54:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T04:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2046129"},"modified":"2026-07-16T07:54:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T04:54:47","slug":"n-y-knicks-sweep-2026-espys-as-show-returns-to-new-york-full-winners-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2046129","title":{"rendered":"N.Y. Knicks Sweep 2026 ESPYS as Show Returns to New York: Full Winners List"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tOne month after The New York Knicks won the 2026 NBA Finals, ending a 53-year championship drought for the franchise, the team and its star players took a victory lap by sweeping the 2026 ESPY Awards. The show, fittingly, was held in New York for the first time in five years, this time at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. The 2026 ESPYS aired live on the East Coast on Wednesday (July 15) at 8 p.m. ET\/PT on ABC.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe Knicks won the ESPY for best team; Jalen Brunson won best athlete, men\u2019s sports; best championship performance; and best NBA player; and teammate OG Anunoby\u2019s tip-in in the NBA finals won for best play.<\/p>\n

\n\tOther multiple winners were A\u2019ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces, who won best athlete, women\u2019s sports and best WNBA player; Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who won best single-game performance and best MLB player; and Myles Garrett, who was traded from the Cleveland Browns to the Los Angeles Rams on June 1. Neither Wilson nor Ohtani was present at the show.<\/p>\n

SNL<\/em> star Marcello Hern\u00e1ndez proved to be a charismatic and effective host. He was introduced as the show\u2019s first Latino host in 25 years. (That would be since actor Jimmy Smits hosted the 2000 show.)<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Savannah Bananas opened the show with an entertaining variety performance. Hip-hop stars De La Soul, Ghostface Killah and Slick Rick did very abbreviated sets. The ESPYS spends its time on special awards and taped packages, often with a strong emotional pull.<\/p>\n

\n\tTrailblazing former NBA player Jason Collins was posthumously honored with the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage; baseball legend Jim Abbott received the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance; and Scott Ruskan received the Pat Tillman Award for Service.<\/p>\n

\n\tPresenters include both sports legends (Billie Jean King and Mike Tyson) and entertainment and media figures (Kevin Hart, DJ Khaled, Tracy Morgan and Good Morning America<\/em> co-anchor Robin Roberts). Will Ferrell and mentalist Oz Pearlman provided entertainment.<\/p>\n

\n\tHere\u2019s the complete list of 2026 ESPYS nominations, with winners marked.<\/p>\n

Best athlete, men\u2019s sports<\/strong><\/h2>\n

WINNER: Jalen Brunson, New York Knicks<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tLionel Messi, Inter Miami CF<\/p>\n

\n\tShohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers<\/p>\n

\n\tMatthew Stafford, Los Angeles Rams<\/p>\n

Best athlete, women\u2019s sports<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\n\tHilary Knight, hockey<\/p>\n

\n\tNelly Korda, golf<\/p>\n

\n\tMikaela Shiffrin, ski<\/p>\n

WINNER: A\u2019ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best breakthrough athlete<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\n\tMacklin Celebrini, San Jose Sharks<\/p>\n

WINNER: Alysa Liu, figure skating<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tDrake Maye, New England Patriots<\/p>\n

\n\tFernando Mendoza, Indiana Football<\/p>\n

Best record-breaking performance<\/strong><\/h2>\n

WINNER: Myles Garrett, Cleveland Browns \u2014 broke the NFL single-season sack record<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tMegan Grant, UCLA Softball \u2014 broke the NCAA single-season softball home-run record<\/p>\n

\n\tJohannes H\u00f8sflot Kl\u00e6bo, cross-country skier \u2014 first athlete to win six golds at Winter Games<\/p>\n

\n\tSabastian Sawe, long-distance runner \u2014 first to finish a marathon in less than two hours<\/p>\n

Best championship performance<\/strong><\/h2>\n

WINNER: Jalen Brunson, New York Knicks<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tAerin Frankel, USA Women\u2019s Hockey<\/p>\n

\n\tConnor Hellebuyck, USA Men\u2019s Hockey<\/p>\n

\n\tTeagan Kavan, Texas Longhorns Softball<\/p>\n

Best comeback athlete<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\n\tAnthony Kim, golf<\/p>\n

\n\tSavy King, Angel City FC<\/p>\n

WINNER: Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco 49ers<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tKyndal Stowers, Texas A&M Volleyball<\/p>\n

Best play<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\n\tGolden Goal for Gold! \u2014 Olympic Women\u2019s Hockey\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tGolden Goal for Gold! \u2014 Olympic Men\u2019s Hockey<\/p>\n

\n\tUConn stuns Duke with Braylon Mullins\u2019 buzzer-beating 3 \u2014 NCAA Men\u2019s March Madness\u00a0<\/p>\n

WINNER: OG Anunoby\u2019s Tip-In (New York Knicks) \u2014 NBA Finals<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tCaleb Williams\u2019 game-tying TD vs. Rams \u2014 NFL<\/p>\n

Best team<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\n\tLas Vegas Aces, WNBA<\/p>\n

\n\tLos Angeles Dodgers, MLB<\/p>\n

\n\tIndiana Hoosiers, NCAA Football<\/p>\n

\n\tCarolina Hurricanes, NHL<\/p>\n

New York Knicks, NBA<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tTexas Longhorns, NCAA Softball<\/p>\n

\n\tSeattle Seahawks, NFL<\/p>\n

\n\tTeam USA Men\u2019s Hockey<\/p>\n

\n\tTeam USA Women\u2019s Hockey<\/p>\n

Best single-game performance<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\n\tTyce Armstrong, Baylor Baseball \u2014 hit three grand slams in a single game, tying a record set 50 years ago<\/p>\n

\n\tBam Adebayo, Miami Heat \u2014 scored 83 points for the Miami Heat in a 150-129 win against the Washington Wizards, recording the second-highest single-game total in NBA history<\/p>\n

\n\tHannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame Basketball \u2014 broke the NCAA record for most steals (16) in a game<\/p>\n

WINNER: Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers \u2014 pitched six scoreless innings, struck out 10 batters and hit three home runs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best college athlete, men\u2019s sports<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\n\tCameron Boozer, Duke Basketball<\/p>\n

WINNER: Fernando Mendoza, Indiana Football<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tMitchell Mesenbrink, Penn State Wrestling<\/p>\n

\n\tDonavan Phillip, NC State Soccer<\/p>\n

Best college athlete, women\u2019s sports<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\n\tOlivia Babcock, Pittsburgh Volleyball<\/p>\n

WINNER: Lauren Betts, UCLA Basketball<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tMadison Taylor, Northwestern Lacrosse<\/p>\n

\n\tFaith Torrez, Oklahoma Gymnastics<\/p>\n

Best athlete with a disability<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\n\tJake Adicoff, Paralympic Nordic-Skiing<\/p>\n

WINNER: Declan Farmer, Paralympic Hockey<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tOksana Masters, Paralympic Cross-Country Skiing<\/p>\n

\n\tSusannah Scaroni, Wheelchair Racing<\/p>\n

Best NFL player<\/strong><\/h2>\n

WINNER: Myles Garrett, Cleveland Browns\/Los Angeles Rams<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tDrake Maye, New England Patriots<\/p>\n

\n\tJaxon Smith-Njigba, Seattle Seahawks<\/p>\n

\n\tMatthew Stafford, Los Angeles Rams<\/p>\n

Best MLB player<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\n\tAaron Judge, New York Yankees<\/p>\n

WINNER: Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tCal Raleigh, Seattle Mariners<\/p>\n

\n\tPaul Skenes, Pittsburgh Pirates<\/p>\n

Best NHL player<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\n\tMacklin Celebrini, San Jose Sharks<\/p>\n

\n\tNikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning<\/p>\n

\n\tNathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche<\/p>\n

WINNER: Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best NBA player<\/strong><\/h2>\n

WINNER: Jalen Brunson, New York Knicks<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tShai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder<\/p>\n

\n\tNikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets<\/p>\n

\n\tVictor Wembanyama, San Antonio Spurs<\/p>\n

Best WNBA player<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\n\tNapheesa Collier, Minnesota Lynx<\/p>\n

\n\tAllisha Gray, Atlanta Dream<\/p>\n

\n\tAlyssa Thomas, Phoenix Mercury<\/p>\n

WINNER: A\u2019ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best driver<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\n\tKimi Antonelli, F1<\/p>\n

WINNER: Lando Norris, F1<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tAlex Palou, IndyCar<\/p>\n

\n\tTyler Reddick, NASCAR<\/p>\n

Best fighter<\/strong><\/h2>\n

WINNER: Terence Crawford, boxing<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tGabriela Fundora, boxing<\/p>\n

\n\tJustin Gaethje, MMA<\/p>\n

\n\tClaressa Shields, boxing<\/p>\n

Best soccer player<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\n\tTemwa Chawinga, KC Current<\/p>\n

\n\tOusmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9, PSG\/France<\/p>\n

WINNER: Lionel Messi, Inter Miami CF<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tAlexia Putellas, Spain\/Barcelona<\/p>\n

Best golfer<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\n\tNelly Korda<\/p>\n

\n\tRory McIlroy<\/p>\n

WINNER: Scottie Scheffler<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tJeeno Thitikul<\/p>\n

Best tennis player<\/strong><\/h2>\n

WINNER: Carlos Alcaraz<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tElena Rybakina<\/p>\n

\n\tAryna Sabalenka<\/p>\n

\n\tJannik Sinner<\/p>\n

Other Winners<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award:<\/strong> Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors, and his wife, Ayesha Curry<\/p>\n

Jimmy V Award for Perseverance:<\/strong> Jim Abbott<\/p>\n

Pat Tillman Award for Service:<\/strong> Scott Ruskan, U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer<\/p>\n

Gatorade Players of the Year:<\/strong> Maddie DiMaria and Grady Emerson<\/p>\n

Billie Jean King Youth Leadership Award:<\/strong> Kelis Armstrong, Julia Howe and Samuel Phillips<\/p>\n

Arthur Ashe Courage Award:<\/strong> Jason Collins<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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