The Positive Player Award
Celebrating how games bring out the best in us
Submit Your Nominees
From May 16, 2025 to June 6, 2025 Competitors and coaches of EA SPORTS FC Pro can nominate a FC Pro Competitor who they feel demonstrates the principles of the EA Positive Player Award of outstanding sportspersonship towards opponents, fans, and the league while playing in EA SPORTS FC Pro.
Nominee Reveal & Public Voting
From July 1, 2025 to July 22, 2025 the EA SPORTS FC Pro community and the fans can vote on the finalist they feel best demonstrates the Electronic Arts Positive Player Award.
Winner Revealed at the World Championships
Winner Revealed at the World Championships
FAQs
Q: What is the Positive Player Award?
A: Introduced in 2023, The Positive Player Award recognizes esports competitors with a deep commitment to positive play, who consistently show outstanding sportspersonship toward opponents, and fans, and the league while playing in EA SPORTS FC Pro.
Q: How is ‘outstanding sportspersonship’ defined?
A: Outstanding (adjective): consistently supporting the team, and being an honorable opponent.
Sportspersonship (noun): generous behavior or treatment of others.
Q: Who can be nominated?
A: Current EA SPORTS FC Pro League Competitors, 16 years and older can be nominated for the award.
Q: Who can nominate players?
A: Competitors and coaches in FC Pro may nominate an FC Pro competitor who they feel shows outstanding sportspersonship toward opponents, the league, and fans, during the FC Pro season.
Q: How do nominations work?
A: Two step process:
Step 1: Nomination Submission:
Competitors and coaches participating in FC Pro 24 can nominate an eligible FC Pro Competitor who they feel demonstrates the principles of the EA Positive Player Award of outstanding sportspersonship anytime from 8:00AM UTC / 12:00AM Pacific Time (PT) on May 16th to 11:59PM UTC / 4:59PM PT on June 6th.
Step 2: Final Nominees Decided
Once nominations are received, a panel of inclusive play and esports representatives from FC Pro and Electronic Arts will select between three (3) and ten (10) from the eligible nominations, based on the positive player award judging criteria set out in the Official Rules. At the close of nominations, we’ll post the finalists to this site on July 1st and invite the community to vote on the Competitor they believe best exemplifies the Electronic Arts Positive Player Award principles.
Q: How does voting work?
A: On July 1st at 8:00AM UTC / 12:00AM PT, EA will post the finalists on www.ea.com/positive-player-award/fc-pro at which time the community can vote on the finalist they feel best demonstrates the Electronic Arts Positive Player Award principles. Voting closes July 22nd, 2025 at 11:59PM UTC / 4:59PM PT.
Q: Who can vote?
A: Voting will be open to the public from July 1st, 2025 at 8:00AM UTC / 12:00AM PT to July 22nd, 2025 at 11:59PM UTC / 4:59PM PT. Limit one vote per person and per EA account.
Q: How is the winner determined?
A: Following the close of the Voting Period, the EA Judges will reconvene to re-evaluate the finalists taking into consideration the community votes, collected during the Voting Period, and the finalist that the EA Judges determine best demonstrate outstanding sportspersonship, including consistently supporting their teams, being an honorable opponent, and generous behavior and treatment of others. The award will be announced during the EA SPORTS FC Pro broadcast.