# List of National Sports Award recipients in Olympic sports

The National Sports Awards is the collective name given to the six sports awards of Republic of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. They are presented by the President of India in the same ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan usually on 29 August each year along with the national adventure award. As of 2020, a total of eight hundred and twenty-seven individuals have been awarded the various National Sports Awards in Olympic sports. The four awards presented in Olympic sports are Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Dronacharya Award.
First presented in the year 1961, a total of six hundred and twenty-nine individuals have been honoured with the Arjuna Award in Olympic sports for their "good performance at the international level" over the period of last four years, with twenty individuals being awarded for their lifetime contribution. First presented in the year 1985, a total of hundred coaches have been honoured with the Dronacharya Award in Olympic sports for their "outstanding work on a consistent basis and enabling sportspersons to excel in international events" over the period of last four years, with thirty coaches being awarded in the lifetime contribution category. First presented in the year 1994–1995, a total of thirty-one sportspersons have been honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the highest sporting honour of India, in Olympic sports for their "most outstanding performance at the international level" over the period of last four years. First presented in the year 2002, a total of sixty-seven retired sportspersons have been honoured with the Dhyan Chand Award, the lifetime achievement sporting honour of India, in Olympic sports for their "good performance at the international level and their continued contributions to the promotion of sports even after their career as a sportsperson is over." Five awardees have been honoured posthumously including Sachin Nag, who was awarded Dhyan Chand Award posthumously in the year 2020 in the discipline of swimming.

## Recipients
### Archery

Key :
* + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour
List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender :
| Year | Recipient | Award | Gender |
| 1981 | Krishna Das | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1989 | Shyam Lal Meena | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1991 | Limba Ram | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1992 | Sanjeeva Kumar Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2005 | Dola Banerjee | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2005 | Tarundeep Rai | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2006 | Jayanta Talukdar | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2009 | Mangal Singh Champia | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2011 | Rahul Banerjee | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2012 | Deepika Kumari | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2012 | Bombayla Devi Laishram | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2013 | Chekrovolu Swuro | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2014 | Abhishek Verma | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2015 | Sandeep Kumar | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2016 | Rajat Chauhan | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2017 | Jyothi Surekha Vennam | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2020 | Atanu Das | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2023 | Ojas Pravin Deotale | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2023 | Aditi Swami | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2018 | Satyadev Prasad | Dhyan Chand Award | Male |
| 2019 | C. Lalremsanga | Dhyan Chand Award | Male |
| 2020 | Dharmendra Tiwary $^+$ | Dronacharya Award | Male |
| 2007 | Sanjeeva Kumar Singh | Dronacharya Award | Male |
| 2013 | Purnima Mahato | Dronacharya Award | Female |
| 2022 | Jiwanjot Singh Teja | Dronacharya Award | Male |

### Aquatics

Key :
| + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour | # Indicates a posthumous honour |
List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender :
| Year | Recipient | Award | Gender |
| 1961 | Bajarangi Prasad | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1966 | Rima Dutta | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1967 | Arun Shaw | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1969 | Baidyanath Nath | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1971 | Bhanwar Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1973 | Dhanvir Khatau | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1974 | Manjari Bhargava | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1974 | Avinash B. Sarang | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1975 | Smita Desai | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1975 | M. S. Rana | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1982 | Persis Madan | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1983 | Anita Sood | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1984 | Khajan Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1988 | Wilson Cherian | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1990 | Bula Choudhury | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1996 | V. Kutraleeswaran | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1998 | Bhanu Sachdeva | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1999 | Nisha Millet | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2000 | J. Abhijith | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2000 | Sebastian Xavier | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2005 | Shikha Tandon | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2010 | Rehan Poncha | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2011 | Virdhawal Khade | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2012 | Sandeep Sejwal | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2024 | Sajan Prakash | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2011 | Sushil Kohli | Dhyan Chand Award | Male |
| 2014 | K. P. Thakkar | Dhyan Chand Award | Male |
| 2020 | Sachin Nag$^#$ | Dhyan Chand Award | Male |
| 2015 | Nihar Ameen $^+$ | Dronacharya Award | Male |
| 2016 | S. Pradeep Kumar $^+$ | Dronacharya Award | Male |
| 2021 | Tapan Kumar Panigrahi $^+$ | Dronacharya Award | Male |

### Basketball

Key :
* + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour
List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender :
| Year | Recipient | Award | Gender |
| 1961 | Sarbjit Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1967 | Khushi Ram | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1968 | Gurdial Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1969 | Hari Dutt | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1970 | Gulam Abbas Moontasir | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1971 | M. M. Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1973 | Surendra Kumar Kataria | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1974 | Anil Kumar Punj | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1975 | Hanuman Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1977–1978 | T. Vijayaraghava | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1979–1980 | Om Prakash | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1982 | Ajmer Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1983 | Suman Sharma | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1983 | Radhey Shyam | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1999 | Sajjan Singh Cheema $^+$ | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2001 | Parmender Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2014 | Geethu Anna Jose | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2017 | Prashanti Singh | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2020 | Vishesh Bhriguvanshi | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2002 | Aparna Ghosh | Dhyan Chand Award | Female |
| 2003 | Ram Kumar | Dhyan Chand Award | Male |

### Cycling

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender :
| Year | Recipient | Award | Gender |
| 1975 | Amar Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1978–1979 | Minati Mahapatra | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1983 | Armin R. Arthan | Arjuna Award | Female |

### Equestrian

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender :
| Year | Recipient | Award | Gender |
| 1973 | Dafadar Md. Khan | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1976 | H. S. Sodhi | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1982 | Rupinder Singh Brar | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1982 | Raghubir Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1984 | Ghulam Mohammed Khan | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1987 | J. S. Ahluwalia | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1991 | Adhiraj Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2003 | Rajesh Pattu | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2004 | Deep Kumar Ahlawat | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2019 | Fouaad Mirza | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2020 | Sawant Ajay Anant | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2023 | Anush Agarwalla | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2023 | Divyakriti Singh | Arjuna Award | Female |

### Fencing

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender :
| Year | Recipient | Award | Gender |
| 2021 | C. A. Bhavani Devi | Arjuna Award | Female |

### Football

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender :
| Year | Recipient | Award | Gender |
| 2021 | Sunil Chhetri | Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna | Male |
| 1961 | P. K. Banerjee | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1962 | Tulsidas Balaram | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1963 | Chuni Goswami | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1964 | Jarnail Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1965 | Arun Ghosh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1966 | Yousuf Khan | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1967 | Peter Thangaraj | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1969 | Inder Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1970 | Syed Nayeemuddin | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1971 | C. P. Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1973 | Magan Singh Rajvi | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1978–1979 | Gurdev Singh Gill | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1979–1980 | Prasun Banerjee | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1980–1981 | Mohammed Habib | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1981 | Sudhir Karmakar | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1983 | Shanti Mullick | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1989 | Subrata Bhattacharya | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1997 | Brahmanand Sankhwalkar | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1998 | Bhaichung Bhutia | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2001 | Bruno Coutinho | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2002 | I. M. Vijayan | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2010 | Deepak Mondal | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2011 | Sunil Chhetri | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2016 | Subrata Pal | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2017 | Oinam Bembem Devi | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2019 | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2020 | Sandesh Jhingan | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2011 | Shabbir Ali | Dhyan Chand Award | Male |
| 2017 | Syed Shahid Hakim | Dhyan Chand Award | Male |
| 2020 | Sukhvinder Singh Sandhu | Dhyan Chand Award | Male |
| 1990 | Syed Nayeemuddin | Dronacharya Award | Male |
| 2022 | Bimal Prafulla Ghosh | Dronacharya Award | Male |
| 2024 | Armando Colaco $^+$ | Dronacharya Award | Male |

### Golf

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender :
| Year | Recipient | Award | Gender |
| 1961 | P. G. Sethi | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1963 | Ashok Malik | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1967 | Raj Kumar Pitambar | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1972 | Anjani N. Desai | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1973 | Vikramjit Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1975 | S. K. Jamshed | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1977–1978 | Sita Rawlley | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1982 | Lakshman Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1987 | Nonita Lal | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1991 | Ali Sher | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1996 | Amit Luthra | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1997 | Harmik Kahlon | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1999 | Jeev Milkha Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2002 | Shiv Kapur | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2004 | Jyoti Randhawa | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2007 | Arjun Atwal | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2013 | Gaganjeet Bhullar | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2014 | Anirban Lahiri | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2017 | Shiv Chawrasia | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2018 | Shubhankar Sharma | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2020 | Aditi Ashok | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2023 | Diksha Dagar | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2024 | Jaskirat Singh Grewal $^+$ | Dronacharya Award | Male |

### Gymnastics

Key :
* + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour
List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender :
| Year | Recipient | Award | Gender |
| 2016 | Dipa Karmakar | Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | Female |
| 1961 | Sham Lal | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1975 | Mantu Debnath | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1985 | Sunita Sharma | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1989 | Krupali Patel | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2000 | Kalpana Debnath $^+$ | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2011 | Ashish Kumar | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2015 | Dipa Karmakar | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2011 | Devender Kumar Rathore | Dronacharya Award | Male |
| 2016 | Bishweshwar Nandi | Dronacharya Award | Male |

### Judo

Key :
* + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour
List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender :
| Year | Recipient | Award | Gender |
| 1992 | Sandeep Byala | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1993 | Cawas Billimoria | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1996 | Poonam Chopra | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1998 | Narender Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2003 | Akram Shah | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2004 | Angom Anita Chanu | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2007 | Tombi Devi | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2012 | Yashpal Solanki | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2022 | Shushila Devi Likmabam | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2014 | Gurcharan Gogi $^+$ | Dronacharya Award | Male |
| 2018 | Jiwan Kumar Sharma $^+$ | Dronacharya Award | Male |

### Lawn Tennis

Key :
* + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour
List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender :
| Year | Recipient | Award | Gender |
| 1996–1997 | Leander Paes | Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | Male |
| 2015 | Sania Mirza | Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | Female |
| 1961 | Ramanathan Krishnan | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1962 | Naresh Kumar | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1966 | Jaidip Mukerjea | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1967 | Premjit Lall | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1974 | Vijay Amritraj | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1978–1979 | Nirupama Mankad | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1980–1981 | Ramesh Krishnan | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1985 | Anand Amritraj | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1990 | Leander Paes | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1995 | Mahesh Bhupathi | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1996 | Gaurav Natekar | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1997 | Asif Ismail | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2000 | Akhtar Ali $^+$ | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2001 | Sandeep Kirtane | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2004 | Sania Mirza | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2011 | Somdev Devvarman | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2017 | Saketh Myneni | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2018 | Rohan Bopanna | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2020 | Divij Sharan | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2021 | Ankita Raina | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2014 | Zeeshan Ali | Dhyan Chand Award | Male |
| 2015 | Shiv Prakash Mishra | Dhyan Chand Award | Male |
| 2019 | Nitin Kirtane | Dhyan Chand Award | Male |
| 2020 | Nandan P. Bal | Dhyan Chand Award | Male |
| 2020 | Naresh Kumar $^+$ | Dronacharya Award | Male |

### Rowing

Key :
* + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour
List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender :
| Year | Recipient | Award | Gender |
| 1983 | Parvin K. Uberoy | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1984 | Mohd. Amin Naik | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1991 | Dalvir Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1994 | R. S. Bhanwala | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1996 | Surender Singh Waldia | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1999 | Jagjit Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2000 | Surender Singh Kanwasi $^+$ | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2001 | Kasam Khan | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2002 | Inderpal Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2004 | Jenil Krishnan | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2007 | Bajrang Lal Takhar | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2009 | Satish Joshi | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2014 | Saji Thomas | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2015 | Sawarn Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2020 | Dattu Baban Bhokanal | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2003 | Smita Shirole Yadav | Dhyan Chand Award | Female |
| 2016 | Rajendra Pralhad Shelke | Dhyan Chand Award | Male |
| 2020 | Manjeet Singh | Dhyan Chand Award | Male |
| 2014 | Jose Jacob $^+$ | Dronacharya Award | Male |
| 2005 | Ismail Baig | Dronacharya Award | Male |

### Table Tennis

Key :
* + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour
List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender :
| Year | Recipient | Award | Gender |
| 2020 | Manika Batra | Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | Female |
| 2022 | Sharath Kamal | Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna | Male |
| 1961 | J. C. Vohra | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1964 | Gautam R. Diwan | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1966 | Usha Sunder Das | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1967 | Faruk R. Khodaiji | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1969 | Mir Khasim Ali | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1970 | Gudalore Jagannath | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1971 | Kaity Farookh Khodaiji | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1973 | Niraj Ramkrishna Bajaj | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1976 | Shailaja Salokhe | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1979–1980 | Indu Puri | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1980–1981 | Manjit Dua | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1982 | Venugopal Chandrasekhar | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1985 | Kamlesh Mehta | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1987 | Monalisa Baruah Mehta | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1989 | Niyati Shah | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1990 | M. S. Walia | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1997 | Chetan Baboor | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1998 | Subramaniam Raman | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2002 | Mantu Ghosh | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2004 | Sharath Kamal | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2005 | Soumyadeep Roy | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2006 | Subhajit Saha | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2009 | Poulomi Ghatak | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2013 | Mouma Das | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2016 | Soumyajit Ghosh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2017 | Anthony Amalraj | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2018 | Manika Batra | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2018 | Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2019 | Harmeet Desai | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2020 | Madhurika Patkar | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2022 | Sreeja Akula | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2023 | Ayhika Mukherjee | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2019 | Arup Basak | Dhyan Chand Award | Male |
| 2012 | Bhawani Mukherjee $^+$ | Dronacharya Award | Male |
| 2023 | Jayanta Kumar Pushilal $^+$ | Dronacharya Award | Male |
| 2018 | A. Srinivasa Rao | Dronacharya Award | Male |
| 2019 | Sandip Gupta | Dronacharya Award | Male |
| 2021 | Subramanian Raman | Dronacharya Award | Male |

### Volleyball

Key :
* + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour
List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender :
| Year | Recipient | Award | Gender |
| 1961 | A. Palanisamy | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1962 | Nripjit Singh Bedi | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1972 | Balwant Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1973 | G. Mulilini Reddy | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1974 | M. Syamsunder Rao | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1975 | K. C. Elamma | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1975 | Ranvir Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1976 | Jimmy George | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1977–1978 | A. Ramana Rao | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1978–1979 | Kutty Krishnan | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1979–1980 | Suresh Kumar Mishra | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1982 | G. E. Sridharan | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1983 | R. K. Purohit | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1984 | Saly Joseph | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1986 | Cyril C. Valloor | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1989 | Abdul Basith | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1990 | Dalel Singh Ror | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1991 | K. Udayakumar | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1999 | Sukhpal Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2000 | P. V. Ramana $^+$ | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2001 | Amir Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2002 | Ravikant Reddy | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2010 | K. J. Kapil Dev | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2011 | Sanjay Kumar | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2014 | Tom Joseph | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2003 | Om Prakash | Dhyan Chand Award | Male |
| 2015 | T. P. Padmanabhan Nair | Dhyan Chand Award | Male |
| 1990 | A. Ramana Rao | Dronacharya Award | Male |
| 1995 | Shyam Sunder Rao | Dronacharya Award | Male |
| 2007 | G. E. Sridharan | Dronacharya Award | Male |

### Weightlifting

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender :
| Year | Recipient | Award | Gender |
| 1994–1995 | Karnam Malleswari | Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | Female |
| 1995–1996 | Nameirakpam Kunjarani | Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | Female |
| 2018 | Saikhom Mirabai Chanu | Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | Female |
| 1961 | A. N. Ghosh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1962 | L. K. Dass | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1963 | Kamineni Eswara Rao | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1965 | Balbir Singh Bhatia | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1966 | Mohon Lal Ghosh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1967 | Savarimuthu John Cabriel | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1970 | Arun Kumar Dass | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1971 | Shyamlal Salwan | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1972 | Anil Mondal | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1974 | S. Vellaiswamy | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1975 | Dalbir Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1976 | K. Balamuruganandam | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1977–1978 | M. T. Selvan | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1978–1979 | Ekambaram Karunakaran | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1981 | Bijay Kumar Satpathy | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1982 | Tara Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1983 | Vispy K. Daroga | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1985 | Mehar Chand Bhaskar | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1986 | Jagmohan Sapra | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1987 | G. Devan | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1989 | Jyotsna Dutta | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1990 | R. Chandra | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1990 | Kunjarani Devi | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1991 | Chhaya Adak | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1993 | Bharati Singh | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1994 | Karnam Malleswari | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1997 | N. Laxmi | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1997 | Paramjit Sharma | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1998 | Satheesha Rai | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1999 | Dalbir Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2000 | Sanamacha Chanu | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2002 | Thandava Murthy Muthu | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2006 | Geeta Rani | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2011 | Katulu Ravi Kumar | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2012 | Ngangbam Soniya Chanu | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2014 | Renu Bala Chanu | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2015 | Sathish Sivalingam | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2022 | Vikas Thakur | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2010 | Anita Chanu | Dhyan Chand Award | Female |
| 1996 | Pal Singh Sandhu | Dronacharya Award | Male |
| 1999 | Ajay Kumar Sirohi | Dronacharya Award | Male |
| 2000 | Hansa Sharma | Dronacharya Award | Female |
| 2018 | Vijay Sharma | Dronacharya Award | Male |

### Winter Sports

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender :
| Year | Recipient | Award | Gender |
| 2020 | Shiva Keshavan | Arjuna Award | Male |