2010 ESPY Awards

The 18th ESPY Awards were held on July 14, 2010, at the Nokia Theatre, hosted by Seth Meyers. For the first time since 2003 (when the ceremony was aired on a delay several days later), ESPN televised the ceremony live.

Categories

There are 37 categories and 3 special awards. The winners are listed first in bold. Other nominees are in alphabetical order.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chiff.com/recreation/sports/espy-awards.htm|title=2022 ESPY Awards, TV Schedule, Nominees & Winners}}

class="wikitable" ! width="50%" \| Best Male Athlete ! width="50%" \| Best Female Athlete
valign="top" \| Drew Brees – NFL Football {{cite web \|url=http://thepigskindoctors.com/2010/07/drew-brees-wins-best-male-athlete-at-espys/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100718132522/http://thepigskindoctors.com/2010/07/drew-brees-wins-best-male-athlete-at-espys/ \|archive-date=2010-07-18 \|title=Drew Brees Wins Best Male Athlete at ESPYs {{!}} The Pigskin Doctors}} Kobe Bryant – NBA Basketball LeBron James – NBA Basketball Jimmie Johnson – Auto Racing Albert Pujols – MLB Baseball \| valign="top" \| Lindsey Vonn – Skiing Maya Moore – NCAA Basketball Diana Taurasi – WNBA Basketball Serena Williams – Tennis
Best Moment !Best Team
valign="top" \| Landon Donovan – Goal vs. Algeria Phil Mickelson – 2010 Masters Joannie Rochette – 2010 Winter Olympics New Orleans Saints – Super Bowl XLIV \| valign="top" \| New Orleans Saints Alabama Crimson Tide football Chicago Blackhawks Los Angeles Lakers Connecticut Huskies women's basketball New York Yankees
Best Coach-Manager !Best Game
valign="top" \| Phil Jackson – Los Angeles Lakers Geno Auriemma – Connecticut Huskies Mike Krzyzewski – Duke Blue Devils Joe Girardi – New York Yankees Sean Payton – New Orleans Saints Nick Saban – Alabama Crimson Tide \| valign="top" \| Canada edges United States – Olympic hockey championship game in overtime Twins beat Tigers in Extra Innings – AL Central One-Game Tiebreak Duke Blue Devils gets past Butler Bulldogs – Men's NCAA Championship
Best Championship Performance !Castrol Edge Performance Under Pressure Award
valign="top" \| Drew Brees – NFL American football Anthony Johnson – Big Sky Conference Championship Michael Phelps – Swimming Shaun White – Winter Olympics \| valign="top" \| Landon Donovan World Cup vs. Algeria Sidney Crosby in the Olympic Hockey Gold Medal Game Brett Favre in his return to Green Bay Stephen Strasburg in MLB debut
Best Upset !Best Breakthrough Athlete
valign="top" \| Northern Iowa shocks No. 1 Kansas – NCAA Men's Basketball Frankie Edgar over B.J. Penn – MMA Hawaii softball upsets #1 Alabama – NCAA softball Y. E. Yang stuns Tiger Woods – PGA Championship \| valign="top" \| Chris Johnson – Tennessee Titans Brittney Griner – Baylor Bears John Wall – Kentucky Wildcats Stephen Strasburg – Washington Nationals
Best Record Breaking Performance !Best Sports Movie
valign="top" \| Isner vs. {{flagicon\|FRA}} Mahut at Wimbledon – Longest Match in Professional Tennis History {{flagicon\|JAM}} Usain Bolt – 100 and 200-meter World Records Brett Favre – NFL record for consecutive starts {{flagicon\|SWI}} Roger Federer – Most Grand Slam singles titles Connecticut Huskies – Longest winning streak in Women's NCAA Basketball History \| valign="top" \| The Blind Side Big Fan Invictus The Damned United The Karate Kid
Best Male College Athlete !Best Female College Athlete
valign="top" \| John Wall – Kentucky Wildcats Blake Geoffrion – Wisconsin Badgers Mark Ingram II – Alabama Crimson Tide Evan Turner – Ohio State Buckeyes Garrett Wittels – Florida International Golden Panthers \| valign="top" \| Maya Moore – Connecticut Huskies Tina Charles – Connecticut Huskies Megan Hodge – Penn State Nittany Lions Megan Langenfeld – UCLA Bruins
Best Male Athlete With A Disability !Best Female Athlete With A Disability
valign="top" \| Steve Cash – Hockey Rudy Garcia-Tolson – Ironman Triathlon/Swimming Andy Soule – Nordic skiing \| valign="top" \| Amy Palmiero-Winters – Track & Field Linnea Dohring – Gymnastics Alana Nichols – Basketball Stephani Victor – Slalom
Best NBA Player !Best WNBA Player
valign="top" \| Kobe Bryant – Los Angeles Lakers LeBron James – Cleveland Cavaliers Dwight Howard – Orlando Magic Dwyane Wade – Miami Heat Kevin Durant – Oklahoma City Thunder \| valign="top" \| Diana Taurasi – Phoenix Mercury Candace Parker – Los Angeles Sparks Tamika Catchings – Indiana Fever Becky Hammon – San Antonio Silver Stars Lauren Jackson – Seattle Storm
Best MLB Player !Best NFL Player
valign="top" \| {{flagicon\|DOM}} Albert Pujols – St. Louis Cardinals Tim Lincecum – San Francisco Giants Zack Greinke – Kansas City Royals Joe Mauer – Minnesota Twins Derek Jeter – New York Yankees \| valign="top" \| Drew Brees – New Orleans Saints Brett Favre – Minnesota Vikings Chris Johnson – Tennessee Titans Peyton Manning – Indianapolis Colts Darrelle Revis – New York Jets Charles Woodson – Green Bay Packers
Best NHL Player !Best MLS Player
valign="top" \| {{flagicon\|CAN}} Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins Ryan Miller – Buffalo Sabres {{flagicon\|SWE}} Henrik Sedin – Vancouver Canucks {{flagicon\|RUS}} Alexander Ovechkin – Washington Capitals {{flagicon\|CAN}} Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning \| valign="top" \| Landon Donovan – Los Angeles Galaxy Conor Casey – Colorado Rapids {{flagicon\|JAM}} Jeff Cunningham – FC Dallas {{flagicon\|GRN}} Shalrie Joseph – New England Revolution Kasey Keller – Seattle Sounders FC
Best Male Action Sports Athlete !Best Female Action Sports Athlete
valign="top" \| Shaun White – Snowboarding Bobby Brown – Freestyle Skiing Ryan Dungey – Motocross {{flagicon\|AUS}} Mick Fanning – Surfing Garrett Reynolds – BMX \| valign="top" \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Torah Bright – Snowboarding {{flagicon\|AUS}} Stephanie Gilmore – Surfing {{flagicon\|CAN}} Ashleigh McIvor – Freestyle Skiing Jen Hudak – Freestyle Skiing Ashley Fiolek – Motocross
Best US Male Olympian !Best US Female Olympian
valign="top" \| Shaun White – Snowboarding Apolo Anton Ohno – Speedskating Shani Davis – Speedskating Evan Lysacek – Figure Skating Bode Miller – Skiing \| valign="top" \| Lindsey Vonn – Skiing Hannah Kearney – Skiing Julia Mancuso – Skiing
Best Bowler !Best Driver
valign="top" \| Walter Ray Williams Jr. Kelly Kulick Bill O'Neill \| valign="top" \| Jimmie Johnson Kyle Busch {{flagicon\|UK}} Dario Franchitti Ron Hornaday Jr. Tony Schumacher
Best Fighter !Best Jockey
valign="top" \| Floyd Mayweather Jr. – Boxing {{flagicon\|PHI}} Manny Pacquiao – Boxing {{flagicon\|CAN}} Georges St-Pierre – MMA \| valign="top" \| Calvin Borel {{flagicon\|FRA}} Julien Leparoux Mike Smith
Best Male Golfer !Best Female Golfer
valign="top" \| Phil Mickelson Tiger Woods {{flagicon\|RSA}} Ernie Els \| valign="top" \| {{flagicon\|MEX}} Lorena Ochoa Cristie Kerr Jiyai Shin
Best Male Tennis Player !Best Female Tennis Player
valign="top" \| {{flagicon\|SWI}} Roger Federer {{flagicon\|ESP}} Rafael Nadal {{flagicon\|ARG}} Juan Martín del Potro \| valign="top" \| Venus Williams Serena Williams {{flagicon\|BEL}} Kim Clijsters

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! width="50%" | Best Female Athlete

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Drew Brees – NFL Football {{cite web |url=http://thepigskindoctors.com/2010/07/drew-brees-wins-best-male-athlete-at-espys/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100718132522/http://thepigskindoctors.com/2010/07/drew-brees-wins-best-male-athlete-at-espys/ |archive-date=2010-07-18 |title=Drew Brees Wins Best Male Athlete at ESPYs {{!}} The Pigskin Doctors}}
Kobe Bryant – NBA Basketball
LeBron James – NBA Basketball
Jimmie Johnson – Auto Racing
Albert Pujols – MLB Baseball

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Lindsey Vonn – Skiing
Maya Moore – NCAA Basketball
Diana Taurasi – WNBA Basketball
Serena Williams – Tennis

Best Moment

!Best Team

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Best Coach-Manager

!Best Game

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Canada edges United States – Olympic hockey championship game in overtime
Twins beat Tigers in Extra Innings – AL Central One-Game Tiebreak
Duke Blue Devils gets past Butler Bulldogs – Men's NCAA Championship

Best Championship Performance

!Castrol Edge Performance Under Pressure Award

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Drew Brees – NFL American football
Anthony Johnson – Big Sky Conference Championship
Michael Phelps – Swimming
Shaun White – Winter Olympics

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Landon Donovan World Cup vs. Algeria
Sidney Crosby in the Olympic Hockey Gold Medal Game
Brett Favre in his return to Green Bay
Stephen Strasburg in MLB debut

Best Upset

!Best Breakthrough Athlete

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Northern Iowa shocks No. 1 Kansas – NCAA Men's Basketball
Frankie Edgar over B.J. Penn – MMA
Hawaii softball upsets #1 Alabama – NCAA softball
Y. E. Yang stuns Tiger Woods – PGA Championship

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Chris Johnson – Tennessee Titans
Brittney Griner – Baylor Bears
John Wall – Kentucky Wildcats
Stephen Strasburg – Washington Nationals

Best Record Breaking Performance

!Best Sports Movie

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Isner vs. {{flagicon|FRA}} Mahut at Wimbledon – Longest Match in Professional Tennis History
{{flagicon|JAM}} Usain Bolt – 100 and 200-meter World Records
Brett Favre – NFL record for consecutive starts
{{flagicon|SWI}} Roger Federer – Most Grand Slam singles titles
Connecticut Huskies – Longest winning streak in Women's NCAA Basketball History