The 15th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was held on April 20, 2002, at Santa Monica Airport's Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California.

It was aired on Nickelodeon and hosted by Rosie O'Donnell for the seventh consecutive year.

A special program, "The Secrets of the Jimmy Neutron Movie", a special preview to the then-upcoming series, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, aired after the ceremony.