Best MLS Player ESPY Award
List of winners
Player's team won the MLS Cup Player's team lost in the MLS Cup † MPS Cup MVP

Best MLS Player ESPY Award

Section Title: List of winners
Table Section Text: Player's team won the MLS Cup Player's team lost in the MLS Cup † MPS Cup MVP

Year	Image	Player	Nation	Team	Position	Other nominees	Ref(s)

2006	Landon Donovan at the 2004 MLS All-Star Game	Landon Donovan	USA	LA Galaxy	Forward	Dwayne De Rosario ( CAN) – San Jose Earthquakes Jaime Moreno ( BOL) – D.C. United Taylor Twellman ( USA) – New England Revolution

2007	Landon Donovan practicing in 2006	Landon Donovan	USA	LA Galaxy	Forward	Jeff Cunningham ( USA) – Toronto FC Christian Gómez ( ARG) – D.C. United Matt Reis ( USA) – New England Revolution

2008	David Beckham playing for LA Galaxy in 2008	David Beckham	ENG	LA Galaxy	Right midfielder	Juan Pablo Ángel ( COL) – New York Red Bulls Cuauhtémoc Blanco ( MEX) – Chicago Fire Landon Donovan ( USA) – LA Galaxy Luciano Emílio ( BRA) – D.C.

2009	Landon Donovan warming up for a soccer game in 2014	Landon Donovan	USA	LA Galaxy	Forward	Juan Pablo Ángel ( COL) – New York Red Bulls Jon Busch ( USA) – Chicago Fire Kenny Cooper ( USA) – FC Dallas Guillermo Barros Schelotto ( ARG) – Columbus Crew

2010	Landon Donovan playing in a soccer game in 2010	Landon Donovan	USA	LA Galaxy	Forward	Conor Casey ( USA) – Colorado Rapids Jeff Cunningham ( USA) – FC Dallas Shalrie Joseph ( GRD) – New England Revolution Kasey Keller ( USA) – Seattle Sounders FC

2011	Landon Donovan holding a soccer ball in 2011 game	Landon Donovan†	USA	LA Galaxy	Forward	Edson Buddle ( USA) – LA Galaxy David Ferreira ( COL) – FC Dallas Chris Wondolowski ( USA) – San Jose Earthquakes

2012	David Beckham at a visit of the United States Embassy in London in 2012	David Beckham	ENG	LA Galaxy	Right midfielder	Dwayne De Rosario ( CAN) – D.C. United Brad Davis ( USA) – Houston Dynamo Chris Wondolowski ( USA) – San Jose Earthquakes

2013	Thierry Henry with the New York Red Bulls in 2013	Thierry Henry	FRA	New York Red Bulls	Forward	Chris Wondolowski ( USA) – San Jose Earthquakes Graham Zusi ( USA) – Sporting Kansas City

2014	Tim Cahill playing for the New York Red Bulls in 2014	Tim Cahill	AUS	New York Red Bulls	Forward	Marco Di Vaio ( ITA) – Montreal Impact Robbie Keane ( IRL) – LA Galaxy Mike Magee ( USA) – Chicago Fire

2015	Robbie Keane at an international soccer game in 2013	Robbie Keane†	IRL	LA Galaxy	Forward	Obafemi Martins ( NGA) – Seattle Sounders FC Lee Nguyen ( USA) – New England Revolution Bradley Wright-Phillips ( ENG) – New York Red Bulls

2016	Sebastian Giovinco playing for FC Toronto in 2015	Sebastian Giovinco	ITA	Toronto FC	Forward	Kei Kamara ( SLE) – New England Revolution Laurent Ciman ( BEL) – Montreal Impact Luis Robles ( USA) – New York Red Bulls

2017	David Villa representing Spain at the 2013 Confederations Cup	David Villa	ESP	New York City FC	Forward	Andre Blake ( JAM) – Philadelphia Union Stefan Frei ( SUI) – Seattle Sounders FC Matt Hedges ( USA) – FC Dallas Bradley Wright-Phillips ( ENG) – New York Red Bulls

2018	Nemanja Nikolic playing for the Chicago Fire in May 2018	Nemanja Nikolic	HUN	Chicago Fire	Forward	Tim Melia ( USA) – Sporting Kansas City Ike Opara ( USA) – Sporting Kansas City Diego Valeri ( ARG) – Portland Timbers

Sentence(s)

The inaugural winner of the Best MLS Player ESPY Award, was LA Galaxy forward Landon Donovan in 2006.

final_sentence: The inaugural winner of the Best MLS Player ESPY Award, was LA Galaxy forward Landon Donovan in 2006.