The ESPY Awards, established in 1993 to honor excellent achievements in sports activities, have developed right into a prestigious occasion that celebrates not solely athletic prowess but additionally purple carpet trend. Through the years, the ESPYs have drawn prime athletes and celebrities who use this platform to showcase their model alongside their sporting skills.
Right here, WWD seems on the best-dressed purple carpet stars within the occasion’s historical past.
Ciara
Ciara on the 2019 ESPY Awards.
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Ciara wore a plunging costume by Alexandre Vauthier with Giuseppe Zanotti sneakers for the 2019 purple carpet occasion.
Nina Dobrev
Nina Dobrev on the 2021 ESPY Awards.
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Nina Dobrev wore a purple costume from Versace’s pre-fall 2021 assortment for the ESPYs.
Kylie Jenner
Kylie Jenner on the 2015 ESPY Awards.
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Kylie Jenner went gold in a glowing robe designed by Shady Zeineldine on the EPSYs.
The 2024 ESPY Awards will air reside on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. The occasion will happen at The Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
See the complete checklist of nominees for the 2024 ESPY Awards.
Greatest Athlete, Males’s Sports activities
Patrick Mahomes, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs
Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels / Los Angeles Dodgers
Scottie Scheffler, Golf
Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
Greatest Athlete, Ladies’s Sports activities
Caitlin Clark, Iowa Ladies’s Basketball
Coco Gauff, Tennis
Nelly Korda, Golf
A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
Greatest Breakthrough Athlete
Haleigh Bryant, LSU Gymnastics
C.J. Stroud, Houston Texans
Juju Watkins, USC Ladies’s Basketball
Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio Spurs
Greatest Document-breaking Efficiency
49ers Christian McCaffrey scores a TD for a record-breaking 17 straight video games.
Caitlin Clark turns into NCAA’s all-time scoring chief breaking Pete Maravich’s report.
Tara VanDerveer, Stanford Ladies’s Basketball, will get 1,203rd win to cross Coach Ok for many by any coach in NCAA basketball historical past.
Max Verstappen wins report tenth consecutive race with victory at Italian Grand Prix.
Greatest Championship Efficiency
Michigan’s Blake Corum and Will Johnson, 2024 School Soccer Nationwide Championship MVPs
Kayla Martello, Boston School Ladies’s Lacrosse
Midge Purce, NJ/NY Gotham FC — NWSL Championship MVP
Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics
Greatest Comeback Athlete
Simone Biles, Gymnast
Paige Bueckers, College of Connecticut Ladies’s Basketball
Joe Flacco, Cleveland Browns
Zion Williamson, New Orleans Pelicans
Greatest Play
Jayda Coleman calls GAME sending Oklahoma to their fourth straight championship — NCAA Softball 6/4/2024
Anthony Edwards Dunk of the 12 months 3/18/24 — NBA
Alabama scores on 4th & 31 to win vs. Auburn 11/25/23
Lamar Jackson caught his personal cross & ran with it 1/28/24 — NFL
Greatest Crew
South Carolina Gamecocks, NCAA Ladies’s Basketball
Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, NFL
Michigan Wolverines, NCAA Soccer
Las Vegas Aces, WNBA
College of Connecticut Huskies, NCAA Males’s Basketball
Oklahoma Sooners, NCAA Softball
Boston Celtics, NBA
Florida Panthers, NHL
Texas Rangers, MLB
Greatest School Athlete, Males’s Sports activities
Jayden Daniels, LSU Soccer
Zach Edey, Purdue Males’s Basketball
Ousmane Sylla, Clemson Soccer
Pat Kavanagh, Notre Dame Lacrosse
Greatest School Athlete, Ladies’s Sports activities
Haleigh Bryant, LSU Gymnastics
Caitlin Clark, Iowa Basketball
Sarah Franklin, Wisconsin Volleyball
Izzy Scane, Northwestern Lacrosse
Greatest Athlete With a Incapacity
Jaydin Blackwell, World Champion Sprinter
Ezra Frech, World Champion Excessive Jumper
Brenna Huckaby, Snowboarding Champion
Oksana Masters, Cross-Nation Skier/Hand Bike owner
Greatest NFL Participant
Myles Garrett, Cleveland Browns
Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens
Patrick Mahomes, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs
Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco 49ers
Greatest MLB Participant
Ronald Acuña Jr., Atlanta Braves
Gerrit Cole, New York Yankees
Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels
Corey Seager, Texas Rangers
Greatest NHL Participant
Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning
Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche
Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs
Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
Greatest NBA Participant
Luka Dončić, Dallas Mavericks
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder
Nikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets
Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics
Greatest WNBA Participant
Napheesa Collier, Minnesota Lynx
Breanna Stewart, New York Liberty
Alyssa Thomas, Connecticut Solar
A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
Greatest Driver
Ryan Blaney, NASCAR
Matt Hagan, NHRA
Álex Palou, IndyCar
Max Verstappen, F1
Greatest UFC Fighter
Islam Makhachev
Sean O’Malley
Alex Pereira
Zhang Weili
Greatest Boxer
Terence Crawford
Seniesa Estrada
Naoya Inoue
Oleksandr Usyk
Greatest Soccer Participant
Aitana Bonmatí, Spain
Naomi Girma, USWNT
Vinicius Junior, Brazil/Actual Madrid
Kylian Mbappé, France/Actual Madrid
Greatest Golfer
Nelly Korda
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
Lilia Vu
Greatest Tennis Participant
Carlos Alcaraz
Novak Djokovic
Coco Gauff
Iga Swiatek
