Winners of the Best Male Athlete ESPY Award Year Image Athlete Nation represented Sport Ref 1993 Michael Jordan United States Basketball 1994 Barry Bonds United States Baseball 1995 Steve Young United States American football Cal Ripken Jr. United States Baseball 1997 Michael Johnson United States Track and field 1998 Tiger Woods United States Golf Ken Griffey Jr. United States Baseball 1999 Mark McGwire United States Baseball 2000 Tiger Woods United States Golf 2001 Tiger Woods United States Golf 2002 Tiger Woods United States Golf 2003 Lance Armstrong United States Road cycling Lance Armstrong United States Road cycling 2005 Lance Armstrong United States Road cycling 2006 Lance Armstrong United States Road cycling 2007 LaDainian Tomlinson United States American football 2008 Tiger Woods United States Golf 2009 Michael Phelps United States Swimming Drew Brees United States American football 2011 Dirk Nowitzki Germany Basketball 2012 LeBron James United States Basketball 2013 LeBron James United States Basketball 2014 Kevin Durant United States Basketball 2015 Stephen Curry United States Basketball 2016 LeBron James United States Basketball 2017 Russell Westbrook United States Basketball 2018 Alexander Ovechkin Russia Hockey
who won the espy for best male athlete
Alexander Ovechkin