Awards & Winners

Best Upset ESPY Award

ESPY Award

The Best Upset ESPY Award was conferred once each in 2004 and 2005 and annually since 2007 to the team in a regular season or playoff game or series contested professionally under the auspices of one of the four major North American leagues or collegiately under the auspices of the National Collegiate Athletic Association adjudged to have completed the best, most significant, or most impressive upset in a given calendar year. In 2004, award selections were made by fans voting over the Internet or at relevant sporting events from amongst choices determined by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters, ESPN personalities, and retired sportspersons, whilst since 2005 voting has been undertaken by fans exclusively over the Internet from amongst choices determined by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. The ESPY Awards ceremony is conducted in June and awards conferred reflect performance and achievement over the twelve months previous to presentation.
Date Established : 2004

Check all the winners of Best Upset ESPY Award presented under ESPY Award since 2004 .


Mercer Bears men's basketball

(Mercer over Duke, NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament)

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
Connecticut wins National Championship, NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament
Mercer Bears men's basketball
Mercer over Duke, NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament
Chris Weidman
Chris Weidman over Anderson Silva, UFC 162

Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball

(Florida Gulf Coast over Georgetown, NCAA men\u2019s basketball tournament)

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball
Florida Gulf Coast over Georgetown, NCAA men\u2019s basketball tournament
Juan Manuel Márquez
Juan Manuel Marquez over Manny Pacquiao, Boxing
Louisville Cardinals women's basketball
Louisville over Baylor in Sweet 16, NCAA women\u2019s basketball tournament
Texas A&M Aggies football
Texas A&M over Alabama, College football

Los Angeles Kings

(Los Angeles Kings winning Cup as an eighth seed, Stanley Cup)

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Los Angeles Kings
Los Angeles Kings winning Cup as an eighth seed, Stanley Cup
Iowa State Cyclones football
Iowa State over Oklahoma State in football
Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball
Lehigh over Duke, NCAA men\u2019s basketball tournament
Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball
Norfolk State over Missouri, NCAA Men\u2019s Basketball Tournament

VCU Rams men's basketball

(NCAA Men\u2019s Basketball Tournament)

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
VCU Rams men's basketball
NCAA Men\u2019s Basketball Tournament
Seattle Seahawks
Seahawks upset Saints, NFL Wild Card Playoffs
Fabrício Werdum
Fabricio Werdum stuns Fedor Emelianenko, MMA
Blame
Blame over Zenyatta, Breeder\u2019s Cup

Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball

(Northern Iowa shocks No. 1 Kansas \u2013 NCAA Men's Basketball)

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball
Northern Iowa shocks No. 1 Kansas \u2013 NCAA Men's Basketball
Hawaii Rainbow Wahine softball
Hawaii softball upsets #1 Alabama \u2013 NCAA softball
Frankie Edgar
Frankie Edgar over B.J. Penn \u2013 MMA
Yang Yong-eun
Y. E. Yang stuns Tiger Woods \u2013 PGA Championship

United States men's national soccer team

(United States Soccer shocks Spain in the Confederations Cup semifinals)

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
United States men's national soccer team
United States Soccer shocks Spain in the Confederations Cup semifinals
Mine That Bird
Mine That Bird wins the Kentucky Derby
Oregon State Beavers football
Oregon State stuns then #1 USC Trojans
Tampa Bay Rays
Tampa Bay Rays win the American League Championship Series

New York Giants

(New York Giants beat Patriots In The Super Bowl)

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Appalachian State Mountaineers football
Appalachian State stuns Michigan In College Football, 34-32
Da' Tara
Da' Tara wins The Belmont Stakes As A 38-1 Longshot
New York Giants
New York Giants beat Patriots In The Super Bowl
Fresno State Bulldogs baseball
Fresno State beats Georgia To Win The College World Series

Golden State Warriors

(Golden State Warriors vs. Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Playoffs)

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors vs. Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Playoffs

Bucknell Bison men's basketball

(Bucknell beats Kansas in NCAA Tournament)

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Bucknell Bison men's basketball
Bucknell beats Kansas in NCAA Tournament
Giacomo
Won the Kentucky Derby as a 50-1 longshot
Puerto Rico men's national basketball team
Upset Team USA 92-73 in Athens, the United States' first Olympic loss since professionals were included
Vermont Catamounts men's basketball
No. 13 seed beat fourth-seeded Syracuse 60-57 in OT in the first round of the NCAA men's basketball tournament

Detroit Pistons

(After entering the Finals as a 5-1 underdog, Larry Brown's team took the Lakers out in five games.)

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Detroit Pistons
After entering the Finals as a 5-1 underdog, Larry Brown's team took the Lakers out in five games.
Birdstone
36-1 underdog beat Smarty Jones at the Belmont.
Miami Marlins
Started season 19-29. Beat the Giants, Cubs and Yankees for the World Series title.
Antonio Tarver
Unheralded light heavyweight. Beat the \"world's best pound for pound fighter\" in Roy Jones Jr. with a second-round KO.