2018 Kids' Choice Sports


The 5th Annual Kids' Choice Sports was held on July 19, 2018, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, and was broadcast one day later on July 20. Houston Rockets' point guard and former NBA All-Star MVP, Chris Paul hosted the show.

Sports Council

A Kids' Choice Sports Council was formed to "lend their expertise and experience to help inform the awards show, consult on the nominee process and give feedback on categories."
Committee members are:

Host

Nominees

Winners are highlighted in '''bold'''

Best Male Athlete

Best Female Athlete

Favorite Newcomer

Hands of Gold

Clutch Player of the Year

Sickest Moves

Heavy Hitter

Winter Wonders

Most Valuable Most Valuable Player

Don't Try This at Home

King of Swag

Queen of Swag

Best Cannon

Biggest Powerhouse

Need for Speed

Nothing But Net

Biggest Kid

Play of the Year

Stunts and Events

Michael Strahan hosted a dance off between Mikaela Shiffrin, P.K. Subban, P.J Tucker and Ibtihaj Muhammad.
Two children were tasked with making free-throws with basketballs. Adjacent to each hoop was a massive dunk tank filled with green slime, with basketball stars Candace Parker and Isaiah Thomas positioned above the tanks. Whichever child hit the most shots would cause the star adjacent to their basket to fall into the slime. This resulted in Parker being dunked, submerged, and totally covered in the slime.
JoJo Siwa hosted a throwing accuracy challenge between, Alex Shibutani, Maia Shibutani, Shaun White and Chloe Kim that would result in a Knight Squad cast member being dunked into the slime tanks.
Marc Summers and Liza Koshy held a game of Double Dare between host Chris Paul and Michael Phelps.

Legend Award

NASCAR racer Danica Patrick was the Legend Award winner. She was the first woman to receive the award. Patrick was then completely and overwhelmingly covered with thick gold slime that shot out from hidden jets on the ground next to her. This was a tradition that has accompanied all prior winners.