# List of National Sports Award recipients in badminton

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 2024, a total of forty-seven individuals have been awarded the various National Sports Awards in badminton. The four awards presented in badminton are Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Dronacharya Award.
First presented in the year 1961, a total of thirty-seven individuals have been honoured with the Arjuna Award in badminton for their "good performance at the international level" over the period of last four years. First presented in the year 2000, a total of three coaches have been honoured with the Dronacharya Award in badminton for their "outstanding work on a consistent basis and enabling sportspersons to excel in international events" over the period of last four years, with two coaches being awarded in the lifetime contribution category. First presented in the year 2000–2001, a total of five sportspersons have been honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the highest sporting honour of India, in badminton for their "most outstanding performance at the international level" over the period of last four years. First presented in the year 2020, a total of three retired sportspersons have been honoured with the Dhyan Chand Award, the lifetime achievement sporting honour of India, in badminton 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."

## Recipients

Key :
* + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour
List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award and gender :
| Year | Recipient | Award | Gender |
| 2000–2001 | Pullela Gopichand | Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | Male |
| 2010 | Saina Nehwal | Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | Female |
| 2016 | P. V. Sindhu | Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | Female |
| 2023 | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy | Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna | Male |
| 2023 | Chirag Shetty | Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna | Male |
| 1961 | Nandu M. Natekar | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1962 | Meena Shah | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1965 | Dinesh Khanna | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1967 | Suresh Goel | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1969 | Dipu Ghosh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1970 | Damayanti Tambay | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1971 | Sobha Morthy | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1972 | Prakash Padukone | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1974 | Raman Ghosh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1975 | Devinder Ahuja | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1976 | Ami Ghia | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1977–1978 | Kanwal Thakar Singh | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1980–1981 | Syed Modi | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1982 | Madhumita Bisht | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1982 | Partho Ganguli | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1999 | Pullela Gopichand | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2000 | George Thomas | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2004 | Abhinn Shyam Gupta | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2005 | Aparna Popat | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2006 | Chetan Anand | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2007 | Anup Sridhar | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2009 | Saina Nehwal | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2011 | Jwala Gutta | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2012 | Parupalli Kashyap | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2012 | Ashwini Ponnappa | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2013 | P. V. Sindhu | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2014 | Valiyaveetil Diju | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2015 | Srikanth Kidambi | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2018 | N. Sikki Reddy | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2019 | B. Sai Praneeth | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2020 | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2020 | Chirag Shetty | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2022 | Lakshya Sen | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2022 | Prannoy H. S. | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2020 | Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe | Dhyan Chand Award | Male |
| 2020 | Trupti Murgunde | Dhyan Chand Award | Female |
| 2023 | Manjusha Kanwar | Dhyan Chand Award | Female |
| 2017 | G. S. S. V. Prasad $^+$ | Dronacharya Award | Male |
| 2024 | S Muralidharan $^+$ | Dronacharya Award | Male |
| 2000 | S. M. Arif | Dronacharya Award | Male |
| 2009 | Pullela Gopichand | Dronacharya Award | Male |
| 2019 | U. Vimal Kumar | Dronacharya Award | Male |