Abstract: Self-Esteem reflects a person’s overall subjective emotional evaluation of his or her worth. It’s a judgement of oneself as well as an attitude toward the self. Self-esteem encompasses beliefs about oneself (for example) ”I am competent”, “ I am worth”), as well as emotional states, such as triumph, despair, pride, and shame (Hewitt and John 2009). Method: 90 players were randomly selected from Soyim shuttlers (30 badminton players), Chantongya volleyball association (30 volleyball players) and R.C. Chitenjamir memorial (GHS) Changtongya (30 Athletes players)Mokokchung, Nagaland who competed at inter-university, district and state level competitions. The age of the subject ranged between 18-26 years with no gender difference. Data were collected by using self-esteem questionnaire and score were measure with the help of Rosenberg self-esteem scale. Result:The correlation coefficient between self-esteem and level of achievement is 0.911. The obtained correlation value of 0.911 was greater than the required value of 0.433 at 0.05 level with 88 df. Hence there was a significant relationship between self-esteem and level of achievement of changtongya volleyball association, soyim shuttlers and R.C. chitenjamir memorial GHS changtongya. Conclusion: Players having high self-esteem will have high level of performance and player with high level of achievement will also have higher self-esteem. It was concluded that team players will have significantly higher self-esteem than individual players.

Key-words: Self-esteem, Achievement