AVN Award for Male Performer of the Year

AVN Award for Male Performer of the Year
AVN award for contributions of male performers to pornography
Awarded forBest Performance by a Male Performer
Sponsored byAVN
LocationLas Vegas
CountryUSA
Presented byAVN Media Network
First awarded1993; 31 years ago (1993)
Last awarded2024
Most recent winnerIsiah Maxwell
Highlights
Most awardsManuel Ferrara
(6 awards)
Most nominationsManuel Ferrara and Erik Everhard
(14 nominations)
Total awarded32
First winnerRocco Siffredi
Websiteavnawards.avn.com

The AVN Award for Male Performer of the Year is an award that has been given annually by sex industry company AVN since the award's inception in 1993.[1]

First recipient of the award was Rocco Siffredi, who was awarded at 10th AVN Awards in 1993. As of 2024, Manuel Ferrara is the most honored pornographic actor with six awards followed by Lexington Steele, Mick Blue and Evan Stone with three awards, while four pornographic actors–Rocco Siffredi, James Deen, Small Hands and Tom Byron–have won the award two times. Tommy Pistol is the oldest recipient of the award at the age of 45 in 2022 and James Deen is the youngest recipient of the award at the age of 22 in 2009.[2] The most recent recipient is Isiah Maxwell, who was honoured at the 41st AVN Awards in 2024.[3]

Winners and nominees

Manuel Ferrara has been the most frequent winner of the award (six times).
Lexington Steele
Mick Blue
Evan Stone
Lexington Steele (top), Mick Blue (middle) and Evan Stone (bottom) have won the award three times each.
Rocco Siffredi
James Deen
Tom Byron
Small Hands
From top to bottom: Rocco Siffredi, James Deen and Tom Byron and Small Hands have won the award two times each.

1990s

Year Photo Winner Nominee(s) Ref(s)
1993 Rocco Siffredi Mike Horner [1][4][5][6]
1994 Jonathan Morgan [7][8][9][10]
1995 Jon Dough [11][12][13]
1996 Rocco Siffredi [14][15][16]
1997 T. T. Boy [17][18][19][20]
1998 Tom Byron [21][22][23]
1999 [24][25][26]

2000s

Year Photo Winner Nominees Ref(s)
2000 Lexington Steele [27][28][29]
2001 Evan Stone [30][31][32][33]
2002 Lexington Steele [34][35][36][37]
2003 [38][39]
2004 Michael Stefano [40][41]
2005 Manuel Ferrara [42][43][44]
2006 [45][46]
2007 Tommy Gunn [47][48][49]
2008 Evan Stone [50][51]
2009 James Deen [52][53]

2010s

Year Photo Winner Nominees Ref(s)
2010 Manuel Ferrara [54][55]
2011 Evan Stone [56][57]
2012 Manuel Ferrara [58][59]
2013 James Deen [60][61]
2014 Manuel Ferrara [62][63]
2015 Mick Blue [64][65]
2016 [66][67]
2017 [68][69]
2018 Markus Dupree [70][71]
2019 Manuel Ferrara [72][73]

2020s

Year Photo Winner Nominees Ref(s)
2020 Small Hands [74][75]
2021 [76][77]
2022 Tommy Pistol [78][79]
2023 Seth Gamble [80][81]
2024 Isiah Maxwell [3][82]

Superlatives

Superlative Performer Record
Performer with most awards Manuel Ferrara 6
Performer with most nominations Manuel Ferrara and Erik Everhard 14
Performer with most consecutive wins Mick Blue
(2015-17) 		3
Performer with most consecutive nominations Keiran Lee
(2011-21) 		11
Performer with most nominations without ever winning Erik Everhard 14
Oldest winner Tommy Pistol 45
Youngest winner James Deen 22

Multiple winners and nominees

Multiple winners

Wins Performer
6 Manuel Ferrara
3 Lexington Steele
Mick Blue
Evan Stone
2 Rocco Siffredi
James Deen
Tom Byron
Small Hands

Multiple nominees

Nominations Performer
14 Erik Everhard
Manuel Ferrara
13 Mick Blue
12 Ramon Nomar
11 Mr. Marcus
Keiran Lee
10 Evan Stone
James Deen
Prince Yahshua
Xander Corvus
Tommy Pistol
9 Mr. Pete
8 Lexington Steele
7 Sean Michaels
Randy Spears
Michael Stefano
6 Toni Ribas
Steven St. Croix
5 Rocco Siffredi
Mandingo
Tom Byron
4 Max Hardcore
Mark Davis
Nacho Vidal
Tommy Gunn
Marco Banderas
Markus Dupree
Charles Dera
Ricky Johnson
Isiah Maxwell
Seth Gamble
3 T. T. Boy
Alex Sanders
Johnny Sins
Christoph Clark
Dave Hardman
Dillon Day
Brandon Iron
Rocco Reed
Anthony Rosano
Mark Wood
Kurt Lockwood
Ryan Driller
Oliver Flynn
Scott Nails
Zac Wild
2 Mike Horner
Jon Dough
Jean Val Jean
Chad White
Small Hands
Chris Strokes
Mark Ashley
John Strong
Lee Stone
Brian Surewood
Luciano
Mike Adriano
Rodney Moore
Ed Powers
Vince Vouyer
Steve Holmes
Jax Slayher
Dante Colle
Dredd
Nathan Bronson
Ricky Johnson
Codey Steele

See also

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