List of National Sports Award recipients in Olympic sports

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{{short description|List article for National Sports award recipients in Olympic sports}}
{{Infobox award
| name = National Sports Awards in Olympic sports
| subheader = Various civilian awards for contributions to Sports (Individual/Team)
| image = File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award to Ms. Dipa Karmakar for Gymnastics, in a glittering ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on August 29, 2016.jpg
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| awarded_for = Various sports honour of India
| sponsor = [[Government of India]]
| location = [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]]
| country = [[India|Republic of India]]
| presenter = [[President of India]]
| firstawarded = 1961
| lastawarded = 2020
| award1_type = Total awarded
| award1_winner = 827
| award2_type = Awards
| award2_winner = {{bulleted list|[[Arjuna Award]]|[[Dronacharya Award]]|[[Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award]]|[[Dhyan Chand Award]]}}
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The '''[[National Sports Awards]]''' is the collective name given to the six sports awards of [[India|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 29th August each year along with the [[Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award|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 [[Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna|Khel Ratna Award]], [[Arjuna Award]], [[Dhyan Chand Award]] and [[Dronacharya Award]].<ref name="NSA" />

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.<ref name="AAscheme" /> 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.<ref name="DAscheme" /> 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.<ref name="RGKRscheme" /> 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."<ref name="DCAscheme" /> 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.<ref name="NSA" />

==Recipients==
===Archery===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Key
|-
|{{legend|#E9D4C9| + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour|outline=orange|border=1px solid red}}
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:73%"
|+ List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender<ref name="NSA" />
! scope="col" style="width:10%" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:30%" | Recipient
! scope="col" style="width:19%" | Award
! scope="col" style="width:16%" | Gender
|- {{anchor|ArcheryAA}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1981
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Krishna |Das|dab=archer}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1989
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Shyam Lal |Meena}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1991
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Limba |Ram}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1992
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sanjeeva Kumar |Singh}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2005
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Dola |Banerjee}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2005
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Tarundeep |Rai}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2006
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jayanta |Talukdar}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2009
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Mangal Singh |Champia}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2011
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Rahul |Banerjee|dab = archer}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2012
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Deepika |Kumari}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2012
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bombayla Devi |Laishram}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2013
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Chekrovolu |Swuro}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2014
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Abhishek |Verma|dab = archer}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2015
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sandeep |Kumar|dab = archer}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2016
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Rajat |Chauhan}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2017
! scope="row" | {{sortname|V. J. |Sureka|link=Jyothi Sureka Vennam}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Atanu |Das}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2018
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Satyadev|Prasad}}
| Dhyan Chand Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2019
! scope="row" | {{sortname|C.|Lalremsanga|nolink=1}}
| Dhyan Chand Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E9D4C9 | {{sortname|Dharmendra|Tiwary|nolink=1}} {{sup|+}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2007
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sanjeeva Kumar|Singh}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2013
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Purnima|Mahato}}
| Dronacharya Award || Female
|}

===Athletics===
{{main|List of National Sports Award recipients in athletics}}
===Aquatics===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Key
|-
|{{legend|#E9D4C9| + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour|outline=orange|border=1px solid red}}
|{{legend|#CEE8F0| {{Hash}} Indicates a posthumous honour|outline=blue|border=1px solid blue}}
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:73%"
|+ List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender<ref name="NSA" />
! scope="col" style="width:10%" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:30%" | Recipient
! scope="col" style="width:19%" | Award
! scope="col" style="width:16%" | Gender
|- {{anchor|SwimmingAA}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1961
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bajarangi |Prasad|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1966
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Rima |Dutta|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1967
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Arun |Shaw|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1969
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Baidyanath |Nath|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1971
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bhanwar |Singh|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1973
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Dhanvir |Khatau|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1974
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Manjari |Bhargava}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1974
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Avinash B. |Sarang|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1975
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Smita |Desai|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1975
! scope="row" | {{sortname|M. S. |Rana|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1982
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Persis |Madan|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1983
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Anita |Sood}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1984
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Khajan |Singh}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1988
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Wilson |Cherian|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1990
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bula |Choudhury}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1996
! scope="row" | {{sortname|V. |Kutraleeswaran|link=Kutraleeswaran}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1998
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bhanu |Sachdeva|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1999
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Nisha |Millet}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2000
! scope="row" | {{sortname|J. |Abhijith|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2000
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sebastian |Xavier}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2005
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Shikha |Tandon}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2010
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Rehan |Poncha}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2011
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Virdhawal |Khade}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2012
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sandeep |Sejwal}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2011
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sushil|Kohli|nolink=1}}
| Dhyan Chand Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2014
! scope="row" | {{sortname|K. P.|Thakkar|nolink=1}}
| Dhyan Chand Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" style="background-color:#CEE8F0;" | {{sortname|Sachin|Nag}}{{sup|{{Hash}}}}
| Dhyan Chand Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2015
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E9D4C9 | {{sortname|Nihar|Ameen}} {{sup|+}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2016
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E9D4C9 | {{sortname|S. Pradeep|Kumar|nolink=1}} {{sup|+}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|}
===Badminton===
{{main|List of National Sports Award recipients in badminton}}
===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Key
|-
|{{legend|#E9D4C9| + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour|outline=orange|border=1px solid red}}
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:73%"
|+ List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender<ref name="NSA" />
! scope="col" style="width:10%" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:30%" | Recipient
! scope="col" style="width:19%" | Award
! scope="col" style="width:16%" | Gender
|- {{anchor|BasketballAA}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1961
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sarbjit |Singh|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1967
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Khushi |Ram}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1968
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Gurdial |Singh|dab=basketball player|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1969
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Hari |Dutt|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1970
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Gulam Abbas |Moontasir}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1971
! scope="row" | {{sortname|M. M. |Singh|dab=basketball|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1973
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Surendra Kumar |Kataria}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1974
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Anil Kumar |Punj|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1975
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Hanuman |Singh}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1977–1978
! scope="row" | {{sortname|T. |Vijayaraghava|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1979–1980
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Om |Prakash|dab=basketball player|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1982
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ajmer |Singh|dab=basketball}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1983
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Suman |Sharma}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1983
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Radhey |Shyam}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1999
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E9D4C9 | {{sortname|Sajjan Singh |Cheema}} {{sup|+}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2001
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Parmender |Singh|dab=basketball player|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2014
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Geethu Anna |Jose}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2017
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Prashanti |Singh}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Vishesh |Bhriguvanshi}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2002
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Aparna|Ghosh|dab=basketball|nolink=1}}
| Dhyan Chand Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2003
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ram|Kumar|dab=basketball}}
| Dhyan Chand Award || Male
|}

===Boxing===
{{main|List of National Sports Award recipients in boxing}}
===Cycling===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:73%"
|+ List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender<ref name="NSA" />
! scope="col" style="width:10%" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:30%" | Recipient
! scope="col" style="width:19%" | Award
! scope="col" style="width:16%" | Gender
|- {{anchor|CyclingAA}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1975
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Amar |Singh|dab=cyclist|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1978–1979
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Minati |Mahapatra|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1983
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Armin R. |Arthan|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|}
===Equestrian===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:73%"
|+ List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender<ref name="NSA" />
! scope="col" style="width:10%" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:30%" | Recipient
! scope="col" style="width:19%" | Award
! scope="col" style="width:16%" | Gender
|- {{anchor|EquestrianAA}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1973
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Dafadar Md. |Khan|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1976
! scope="row" | {{sortname|H. S. |Sodhi|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1982
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Rupinder Singh |Brar|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1982
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Raghubir |Singh|dab=equestrian}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1984
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ghulam Mohammed |Khan}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1987
! scope="row" | {{sortname|J. S. |Ahluwalia|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1991
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Adhiraj |Singh|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2003
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Rajesh |Pattu|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2004
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Deep Kumar |Ahlawat|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2019
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Fouaad |Mirza}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sawant Ajay |Anant|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|}

===Football===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:73%"
|+ List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender<ref name="NSA" />
! scope="col" style="width:10%" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:30%" | Recipient
! scope="col" style="width:19%" | Award
! scope="col" style="width:16%" | Gender
|- {{anchor|FootballAA}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1961
! scope="row" | {{sortname|P. K. |Banerjee}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1962
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Tulsidas |Balaram}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1963
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Chuni |Goswami}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1964
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jarnail |Singh|dab=footballer}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1965
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Arun Lal |Ghosh|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1966
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Yousuf |Khan|dab=footballer}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1967
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Peter |Thangaraj}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1969
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Inder |Singh|dab=footballer}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1970
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Syed |Nayeemuddin}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1971
! scope="row" | {{sortname|C. P. |Singh|dab=footballer|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1973
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Magan Singh |Rajvi}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1978–1979
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Gurdev Singh |Gill}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1979–1980
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Prasun |Banerjee}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1980–1981
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Mohammed |Habib|dab=footballer}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1981
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sudhir |Karmakar|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1983
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Shanti |Mullick|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1989
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Subrata |Bhattacharya|dab=footballer}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1997
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Brahmanand |Sankhwalkar}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1998
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bhaichung |Bhutia}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2001
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bruno |Coutinho}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2002
! scope="row" | {{sortname|I. M. |Vijayan}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2010
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Deepak |Mondal}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2011
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sunil |Chhetri}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2016
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Subrata |Pal}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2017
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Oinam Bembem |Devi}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2019
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Gurpreet Singh |Sandhu}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sandesh |Jhingan}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2011
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Shabbir|Ali}}
| Dhyan Chand Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2017
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Syed Shahid|Hakim}}
| Dhyan Chand Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sukhvinder Singh|Sandhu|nolink=1}}
| Dhyan Chand Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1990
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Syed|Naeemuddin}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|}
===Golf===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:73%"
|+ List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender<ref name="NSA" />
! scope="col" style="width:10%" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:30%" | Recipient
! scope="col" style="width:19%" | Award
! scope="col" style="width:16%" | Gender
|- {{anchor|GolfAA}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1961
! scope="row" | {{sortname|P. G. |Sethi}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1963
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ashok |Malik|dab=golfer|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1967
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Raj Kumar |Pitambar|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1972
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Anjani N. |Desai|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1973
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Vikramjit |Singh|dab=golfer|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1975
! scope="row" | {{sortname|S. K. |Jamshed|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1977–1978
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sita |Rawlley|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1982
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Lakshman |Singh|dab=golfer}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1987
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Nonita |Lal|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1991
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ali |Sher|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1996
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Amit |Luthra}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1997
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Harmik |Kahlon|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1999
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jeev Milkha |Singh}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2002
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Shiv |Kapur}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2004
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jyoti |Randhawa}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2007
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Arjun |Atwal}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2013
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Gaganjeet |Bhullar}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2014
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Anirban |Lahiri}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2017
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Shiv |Chawrasia}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2018
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Shubhankar |Sharma}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Aditi |Ashok}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|}

===Gymnastics===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Key
|-
|{{legend|#E9D4C9| + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour|outline=orange|border=1px solid red}}
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:73%"
|+ List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender<ref name="NSA" />
! scope="col" style="width:10%" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:30%" | Recipient
! scope="col" style="width:19%" | Award
! scope="col" style="width:16%" | Gender
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2016
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Dipa|Karmakar}}
| Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna || Female
|- {{anchor|GymnasticsAA}}

| style="text-align:center;" |1961
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sham |Lal|dab=gymnast}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1975
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Mantu |Debnath}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1985
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sunita |Sharma|dab=gymnast}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1989
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Krupali |Patel}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2000
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E9D4C9 | {{sortname|Kalpana |Debnath}} {{sup|+}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2011
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ashish |Kumar|Ashish Kumar (gymnast)}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2015
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Dipa |Karmakar}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2011
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Devender Kumar|Rathore|nolink=1}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2016
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bishweshwar|Nandi|nolink=1}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|}

===Hockey===
{{main|List of National Sports Award recipients in hockey}}
===Judo===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Key
|-
|{{legend|#E9D4C9| + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour|outline=orange|border=1px solid red}}
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:73%"
|+ List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender<ref name="NSA" />
! scope="col" style="width:10%" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:30%" | Recipient
! scope="col" style="width:19%" | Award
! scope="col" style="width:16%" | Gender
|- {{anchor|JudoAA}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1992
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sandeep |Byala}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1993
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Cawas |Billimoria}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1996
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Poonam |Chopra|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1998
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Narender |Singh|dab = judoka}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2003
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Akram |Shah}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2004
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Angom Anita |Chanu}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2007
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Tombi |Devi}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2012
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Yashpal |Solanki|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2014
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E9D4C9 | {{sortname|Gurcharan|Gogi|nolink=1}} {{sup|+}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2018
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E9D4C9 | {{sortname|Jiwan Kumar|Sharma|nolink=1}} {{sup|+}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|}

===Lawn Tennis===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Key
|-
|{{legend|#E9D4C9| + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour|outline=orange|border=1px solid red}}
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:73%"
|+ List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender<ref name="NSA" />
! scope="col" style="width:10%" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:30%" | Recipient
! scope="col" style="width:19%" | Award
! scope="col" style="width:16%" | Gender
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1996–1997
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Leander|Paes}}
| Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2015
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sania|Mirza}}
| Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna || Female
|- {{anchor|Lawn TennisAA}}

| style="text-align:center;" |1961
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ramanathan |Krishnan}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1962
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Naresh |Kumar|dab=tennis}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1966
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jaidip |Mukerjea}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1967
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Premjit |Lall}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1974
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Vijay |Amritraj}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1978–1979
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Nirupama |Mankad}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1980–1981
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ramesh |Krishnan}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1985
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Anand |Amritraj}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1990
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Leander |Paes}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1995
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Mahesh |Bhupathi}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1996
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Gaurav |Natekar}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1997
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Asif |Ismail}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2000
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E9D4C9 | {{sortname|Akhtar |Ali}} {{sup|+}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2001
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sandeep |Kirtane}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2004
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sania |Mirza}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2011
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Somdev |Devvarman}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2017
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Saketh |Myneni}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2018
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Rohan |Bopanna}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Divij |Sharan}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2014
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Zeeshan|Ali}}
| Dhyan Chand Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2015
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Shiv Prakash|Mishra|nolink=1}}
| Dhyan Chand Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2019
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Nitin|Kirtane}}
| Dhyan Chand Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Nandan P.|Bal|nolink=1}}
| Dhyan Chand Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E9D4C9 | {{sortname|Naresh|Kumar|dab=tennis}} {{sup|+}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|}
===Rowing===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Key
|-
|{{legend|#E9D4C9| + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour|outline=orange|border=1px solid red}}
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:73%"
|+ List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender<ref name="NSA" />
! scope="col" style="width:10%" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:30%" | Recipient
! scope="col" style="width:19%" | Award
! scope="col" style="width:16%" | Gender
|- {{anchor|RowingAA}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1983
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Parvin K. |Uberoy|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1984
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Mohd. Amin |Naik|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1991
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Dalvir |Singh|dab=rower|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1994
! scope="row" | {{sortname|R. S. |Bhanwala|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1996
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Surender Singh |Waldia|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1999
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jagjit |Singh|dab = rower}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2000
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E9D4C9 | {{sortname|Surender Singh |Kanwasi|nolink=1}} {{sup|+}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2001
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Kasam |Khan}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2002
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Inderpal |Singh|dab = rower}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2004
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jenil |Krishnan|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2007
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bajrang Lal |Takhar}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2009
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Satish |Joshi|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2014
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Saji |Thomas}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2015
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sawarn |Singh}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Dattu Baban |Bhokanal}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2003
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Smita Shirole|Yadav|nolink=1}}
| Dhyan Chand Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2016
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Rajendra Pralhad|Shelke|nolink=1}}
| Dhyan Chand Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Manjeet|Singh|dab=rower}}
| Dhyan Chand Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2014
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E9D4C9 | {{sortname|Jose|Jacob|nolink=1}} {{sup|+}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2005
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ismail|Baig|nolink=1}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|}

===Shooting===
{{main|List of National Sports Award recipients in shooting}}

===Table Tennis===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Key
|-
|{{legend|#E9D4C9| + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour|outline=orange|border=1px solid red}}
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:73%"
|+ List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender<ref name="NSA" />
! scope="col" style="width:10%" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:30%" | Recipient
! scope="col" style="width:19%" | Award
! scope="col" style="width:16%" | Gender
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Manika|Batra}}
| Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna || Female
|- {{anchor|Table TennisAA}}

| style="text-align:center;" |1961
! scope="row" | {{sortname|J. C. |Vohra|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1964
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Gautam R. |Diwan|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1966
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Usha Sunder |Das|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1967
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Faruk R. |Khodaiji|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1969
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Mir Khasim |Ali}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1970
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Gudalore |Jagannath|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1971
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Kaity Farookh |Khodaiji|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1973
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Niraj Ramkrishna |Bajaj|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1976
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Shailaja |Salokhe}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1979–1980
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Indu |Puri}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1980–1981
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Manjit |Dua|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1982
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Venugopal |Chandrasekhar}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1985
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Kamlesh |Mehta}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1987
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Monalisa Baruah |Mehta}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1989
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Niyati |Shah|link=Niyati Roy-Shah}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1990
! scope="row" | {{sortname|M. S. |Walia|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1997
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Chetan |Baboor}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1998
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Subramaniam |Raman}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2002
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Mantu |Ghosh}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2004
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sharath |Kamal}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2005
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Soumyadeep |Roy|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2006
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Subhajit |Saha}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2009
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Poulomi |Ghatak}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2013
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Mouma |Das}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2016
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Soumyajit |Ghosh}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2017
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Anthony |Amalraj}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2018
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Manika |Batra}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2018
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sathiyan |Gnanasekaran}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2019
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Harmeet |Desai}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Madhurika |Patkar}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2019
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Arup|Basak|nolink=1}}
| Dhyan Chand Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2012
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E9D4C9 | {{sortname|Bhawani|Mukherjee|nolink=1}} {{sup|+}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2018
! scope="row" | {{sortname|A. Srinivasa|Rao|nolink=1}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2019
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sandip|Gupta|nolink=1}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|}
===Volleyball===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Key
|-
|{{legend|#E9D4C9| + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour|outline=orange|border=1px solid red}}
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:73%"
|+ List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender<ref name="NSA" />
! scope="col" style="width:10%" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:30%" | Recipient
! scope="col" style="width:19%" | Award
! scope="col" style="width:16%" | Gender
|- {{anchor|VolleyballAA}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1961
! scope="row" | {{sortname|A. |Palanisamy}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1962
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Nripjit Singh |Bedi}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1972
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Balwant |Singh|dab=volleyball}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1973
! scope="row" | {{sortname|G. Mulilini |Reddy|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1974
! scope="row" | {{sortname|M. Syamsunder |Rao|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1975
! scope="row" | {{sortname|K. C. |Elamma|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1975
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ranvir |Singh|dab=volleyball|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1976
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jimmy |George}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1977–1978
! scope="row" | {{sortname|A. Ramana |Rao}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1978–1979
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Kutty |Krishnan|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1979–1980
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Suresh Kumar |Mishra}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1982
! scope="row" | {{sortname|G. E. |Sridharan}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1983
! scope="row" | {{sortname|R. K. |Purohit}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1984
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Saly |Joseph|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1986
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Cyril C. |Valloor}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1989
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Abdul |Basith|dab=volleyball}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1990
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Dalel Singh |Ror}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1991
! scope="row" | {{sortname|K. |Udayakumar}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1999
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sukhpal |Singh|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2000
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E9D4C9 | {{sortname|P. V. |Ramana}} {{sup|+}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2001
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Amir |Singh|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2002
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ravikant |Reddy|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2010
! scope="row" | {{sortname|K. J. Kapil |Dev}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2011
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sanjay |Kumar|dab=volleyball player|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2014
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Tom |Joseph}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2003
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Om|Prakash|dab=volleyball|nolink=1}}
| Dhyan Chand Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2015
! scope="row" | {{sortname|T. P. Padmanabhan|Nair|nolink=1}}
| Dhyan Chand Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1990
! scope="row" | {{sortname|A. Ramana|Rao}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1995
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Shyam Sunder|Rao}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2007
! scope="row" | {{sortname|G. E.|Sridharan}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|}
===Weightlifting===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:73%"
|+ List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender<ref name="NSA" />
! scope="col" style="width:10%" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:30%" | Recipient
! scope="col" style="width:19%" | Award
! scope="col" style="width:16%" | Gender
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1994–1995
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Karnam|Malleswari}}
| Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1995–1996
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Nameirakpam|Kunjarani|Kunjarani Devi}}
| Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2018
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Saikhom Mirabai|Chanu}}
| Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna || Female
|- {{anchor|WeightliftingAA}}

| style="text-align:center;" |1961
! scope="row" | {{sortname|A. N. |Ghosh|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1962
! scope="row" | {{sortname|L. K. |Dass|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1963
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Kamineni Eswara |Rao}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1965
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Balbir Singh |Bhatia|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1966
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Mohon Lal |Ghosh}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1967
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Savarimuthu John |Cabriel|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1970
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Arun Kumar |Dass}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1971
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Shyamlal |Salwan|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1972
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Anil Kumar |Mandal|dab=weightlifter|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1974
! scope="row" | {{sortname|S. |Vellaiswamy|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1975
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Dalbir |Singh|dab=weightlifter|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1976
! scope="row" | {{sortname|K. |Balamuruganandam|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1977–1978
! scope="row" | {{sortname|M. T. |Selvan|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1978–1979
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ekambaram |Karunakaran}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1981
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bijaya Kumar |Satpathy|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1982
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Tara |Singh|dab=weightlifter}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1983
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Vispy K. |Daroga|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1985
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Mehar Chand |Bhaskar}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1986
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jagmohan |Sapra|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1987
! scope="row" | {{sortname|G. |Devan|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1989
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jyotsna |Dutta|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1990
! scope="row" | {{sortname|R. |Chandra|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1990
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Kunjarani |Devi}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1991
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Chhaya |Adak|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1993
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bharati |Singh|dab=weightlifter|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1994
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Karnam |Malleswari}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1997
! scope="row" | {{sortname|N. |Laxmi|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1997
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Paramjit |Sharma|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1998
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Satheesha |Rai}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1999
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Dalbir |Singh|dab=weightlifter|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2000
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sanamacha |Chanu}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2002
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Thandava Murthy |Muthu}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2006
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Geeta |Rani}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2011
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Katulu Ravi |Kumar}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2012
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ngangbam Soniya |Chanu}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2014
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Renu Bala |Chanu}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2015
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sathish |Sivalingam}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2010
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Anita|Chanu|nolink=1}}
| Dhyan Chand Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1996
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Pal Singh|Sandhu|nolink=1}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1999
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ajay Kumar|Sirohi|nolink=1}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2000
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Hansa|Sharma|nolink=1}}
| Dronacharya Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2018
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Vijay|Sharma|nolink=1}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|}
===Winter Sports===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:73%"
|+ List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender<ref name="NSA" />
! scope="col" style="width:10%" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:30%" | Recipient
! scope="col" style="width:19%" | Award
! scope="col" style="width:16%" | Gender
|- {{anchor|Winter SportsAA}}
| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Shiva |Keshavan}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|}
===Wrestling===
{{main|List of National Sports Award recipients in wrestling}}

==Reference==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="NSA">{{cite web|title=List of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardees (1991–2018)|url=https://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/LIST%20OF%20ARJUNA%20AWARDEES.docx%2061%20-%2017_0_0.pdf|publisher=Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India)|accessdate=11 October 2020|archive-date=18 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718084523/https://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/LIST%20OF%20ARJUNA%20AWARDEES.docx%2061%20-%2017_0_0.pdf|url-status=live}}
*{{cite web|title=List of Arjuna Awardees (1961–2018)|url=https://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/LIST%20OF%20ARJUNA%20AWARDEES.docx%2061%20-%2017_0_0.pdf|publisher=Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India)|accessdate=11 October 2020|archive-date=18 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718084523/https://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/LIST%20OF%20ARJUNA%20AWARDEES.docx%2061%20-%2017_0_0.pdf|url-status=live}}
*{{cite web|title=List of Dhyanchand Awardees (2002–2018)|url=https://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/DHYANCHAND%20AWARDEES%20%284%29_0.pdf|publisher=Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India)|accessdate=11 October 2020|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229143059/https://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/DHYANCHAND%20AWARDEES%20%284%29_0.pdf|url-status=live}}
*{{cite web|title=List of Dronacharya Awardees (1985–2018)|url=https://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/DRONACHARYA%20AWARDEES%2085-17_0.pdf|publisher=Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India)|accessdate=11 October 2020|archive-date=17 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717170512/https://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/DRONACHARYA%20AWARDEES%2085-17_0.pdf|url-status=live}}
*{{cite press release|title=National Sports Awards – 2019 announced|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1582410|publisher=Press Information Bureau, India|accessdate=11 October 2020|date=20 August 2019|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229143129/https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1582410|url-status=live}}
*{{cite press release|title=National Sports Awards – 2020 announced|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1647633|publisher=Press Information Bureau, India|accessdate=11 October 2020|date=21 August 2020|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229143213/https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1647633|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="AAscheme">{{cite web|title=Revised Scheme of Arjuna Award|url=https://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/Revised%20Scheme%20of%20Arjuna%20Award%20%28amended%20as%20on%207.9.2018%29_0.pdf|publisher=Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India)|accessdate=18 October 2020|date=7 September 2018|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229143100/https://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/Revised%20Scheme%20of%20Arjuna%20Award%20%28amended%20as%20on%207.9.2018%29_0.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="DAscheme">{{cite web|title=Scheme for Dronacharya Award For Outstanding Coaches In Sports And Games (Amended as on 3 February 2016)|publisher=Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports|url=http://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/Scheme%20for%20Dronacharya%20Award%20for%20outstanding%20Coaches%20in%20Sports%20and%20Games.pdf|date=3 February 2016|accessdate=18 October 2020|archive-date=31 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131184719/http://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/Scheme%20for%20Dronacharya%20Award%20for%20outstanding%20Coaches%20in%20Sports%20and%20Games.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="RGKRscheme">{{cite web|title=Scheme for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award|date=23 February 2015|publisher=Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports|url=http://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/Rajiv%20Gandhi%20Kel%20Ratna%20Award.pdf|accessdate=18 October 2020|archive-date=9 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909142048/http://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/Rajiv%20Gandhi%20Kel%20Ratna%20Award.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="DCAscheme">{{cite web|title=Scheme for the Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games (Amended as on 3 February 2016)|publisher=Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports|url=http://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/Scheme%20for%20Dhyan%20Chand%20Award%20for%20Lifetime%20Achievement%20in%20Sports%20and%20Games.pdf|date=3 February 2016|accessdate=18 October 2020|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229143101/https://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/Scheme%20for%20Dhyan%20Chand%20Award%20for%20Lifetime%20Achievement%20in%20Sports%20and%20Games.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
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