The Best Team ESPY Award has been presented annually since 1993 to the professional, collegiate, or national team, irrespective of nationalityThrough 2019, only teams situated in or representing the United States or constituent of a major North American professional league had been honored. or sport contested, adjudged to be the best in a specified twelve-month period preceding the awards ceremony. In 2001, the award was bifurcated and the resulting honors were styled as the College Team of the Year and Pro Team of the Year ESPY Awards; the awards were joined once more in 2002.
Between 1993 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively experts; and ESPN personalities, but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee.
Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in July and reflect performance from the June previous.Because of the rescheduling of the ESPY Awards ceremony, the award presented in 2002 was given in consideration of performance betwixt February 2001 and June 2002. The award wasn't awarded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
List of winners YearTeamLeague or competitionSport1993Dallas CowboysNational Football League American football1994Toronto Blue JaysMajor League Baseball Baseball1995New York RangersNational Hockey League Ice hockey1996 UConn Women's Basketball TeamNational Collegiate Athletic Association Division IBasketball1997New York YankeesMajor League Baseball Baseball1998Denver BroncosNational Football League American football1999New York Yankees (2)Major League Baseball Baseball2000United States Women's National Soccer Team1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Association football (soccer)2001New York Yankees (3)
Oklahoma SoonersMajor League Baseball
National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-A Baseball
American football2002Los Angeles LakersNational Basketball Association Basketball2003Anaheim AngelsMajor League Baseball Baseball2004Detroit PistonsNational Basketball Association Basketball2005Boston Red SoxMajor League Baseball Baseball2006Pittsburgh SteelersNational Football League American football2007Indianapolis ColtsNational Football League American football2008Boston CelticsNational Basketball AssociationBasketball2009Los Angeles Lakers (2)National Basketball Association Basketball2010New Orleans SaintsNational Football League American football2011Dallas MavericksNational Basketball Association Basketball2012Miami HeatNational Basketball AssociationBasketball2013Miami Heat (2)National Basketball AssociationBasketball2014Seattle SeahawksNational Football LeagueAmerican football2015United States Women's National Soccer Team (2)2015 FIFA Women's World CupAssociation football (soccer)2016Cleveland CavaliersNational Basketball AssociationBasketball2017Golden State WarriorsNational Basketball AssociationBasketball2018Houston AstrosMajor League BaseballBaseball2019United States Women's National Soccer Team (3)2019 FIFA Women's World CupAssociation football (soccer)2020Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic2021Tampa Bay BuccaneersNational Football LeagueAmerican football2022Golden State Warriors (2)National Basketball AssociationBasketball2023Kansas City ChiefsNational Football LeagueAmerican football2024South Carolina GamecocksNational Collegiate Athletic Association Division IBasketball2025Philadelphia EaglesNational Football LeagueAmerican football2026New York KnicksNational Basketball AssociationBasketball
See also Sports trophies and awards
References
List of winners from ESPN's ESPY's site