| IIFA Award for Best Actor | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The 2019 Recipient: Ranveer Singh | |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | International Indian Film Academy |
| First awarded | Sanjay Dutt, Vaastav: The Reality (2000) |
| Currently held by | Ranveer Singh Padmaavat (2019) |
| Website | IIFA Awards |
The IIFA Award for Best Actor recognizes leading male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The recipient is chosen by viewers and the winner is announced at the ceremony.
With four awards each, Hrithik Roshan and Shahrukh Khan share the record for most wins in this category.
† - indicates the actor also won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor
‡ - indicates the actor was also nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Superlatives
| Superlative | Actor | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Actor with most awards | Shah Rukh Khan & Hrithik Roshan | 4 |
| Actor with most nominations | Shah Rukh Khan | 16 |
| Actor with most nominations without ever winning | Salman Khan | 9 |
| Actor with most nominations in a single year | Aamir Khan
(2002) |
Multiple Nominees
- 16 Nominations: Shah Rukh Khan
- 9 Nominations: Salman Khan, Hrithik Roshan
- 8 Nominations: Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor
- 7 Nominations: Aamir Khan
- 6 Nominations: Ajay Devgn
- 4 Nominations: Sanjay Dutt, Saif Ali Khan, Shahid Kapoor
List of winners
2000s
- 2000 Sanjay Dutt – Vaastav: The Reality as Raghunath "Raghu" Namdev Shivalkar †
- Aamir Khan – Sarfarosh as ACP Ajay Singh Rathod ‡
- Ajay Devgan – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam as Vanraj ‡
- Govinda – Haseena Maan Jaayegi as Monu
- Salman Khan – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam as Sameer ‡
- 2001 Hrithik Roshan – Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai as Rohit / Raj †
- Akshay Kumar – Dhadkan as Ram
- Anil Kapoor – Pukar as Major Jaidev Rajvansh ‡
- Sanjay Dutt – Mission Kashmir as SSP Inayat Khan ‡
- Shah Rukh Khan – Mohabbatein as Raj Aryan Malhotra ‡
- 2002 Aamir Khan – Lagaan as Bhuvan †
- Aamir Khan – Dil Chahta Hai as Akash Malhotra ‡
- Amitabh Bachchan – Aks as Inspector Manu Verma ‡
- Shah Rukh Khan – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... as Rahul Raichand ‡
- Sunny Deol – Gadar: Ek Prem Katha as Tara Singh ‡
- 2003 Shah Rukh Khan – Devdas as Devdas Mukherjee †
- Ajay Devgan – Company as Malik ‡
- Ajay Devgan – The Legend of Bhagat Singh as Bhagat Singh
- Akshaye Khanna – Deewangee as Raj Goyal
- Amitabh Bachchan – Kaante as Yashvardhan Rampal 'Major' ‡
- 2004 Hrithik Roshan – Koi... Mil Gaya as Rohit Mehra †
- Amitabh Bachchan – Baghban as Raj Malhotra ‡
- Salman Khan – Tere Naam as Radhe Mohan ‡
- Sanjay Dutt – Munna Bhai MBBS as Murli Prasad Sharma / Munna Bhai
- Shah Rukh Khan – Kal Ho Naa Ho as Aman Mathur ‡
- 2005 Shah Rukh Khan – Veer-Zaara as Veer Pratap Singh ‡
- Nana Patekar – Ab Tak Chhappan as Inspector Sadhu Agashe
- Saif Ali Khan – Hum Tum as Karan Kapoor
- Salman Khan – Mujhse Shaadi Karogi as Sameer Malhotra
- Shah Rukh Khan – Swades as Mohan Bhargava †
- 2006 Amitabh Bachchan – Black as Debraj Sahai †
- Abhishek Bachchan – Bunty Aur Babli as Rakesh Trivedi / Bunty ‡
- Amitabh Bachchan – Sarkar as Subhash 'Sarkar' Nagre ‡
- Saif Ali Khan – Parineeta as Shekhar Rai ‡
- Saif Ali Khan – Salaam Namaste as Nikhil "Nick" Arora
- Shah Rukh Khan – Paheli as Kishanlal / Prem
- 2007 Hrithik Roshan – Krrish as Krishna (Krrish) Mehra / Rohit Mehra ‡
- Aamir Khan – Rang De Basanti as Daljeet 'DJ' / Chandrashekhar Azad ‡
- Ajay Devgan – Omkara as Omkara 'Omi' Shukla
- Sanjay Dutt – Lage Raho Munna Bhai as Murli Prasad Sharma / Munna Bhai ‡
- Shah Rukh Khan – Don as Don / Vijay ‡
- Shah Rukh Khan – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Dev Saran ‡
- 2008 Shah Rukh Khan – Chak De! India as Kabir Khan †
- Abhishek Bachchan – Guru as Gurukant "Guru" Desai ‡
- Akshay Kumar – Bhool Bhulaiyaa as Dr. Aditya Shrivastav
- Salman Khan – Partner as Prem "Love Guru"
- Shahid Kapoor – Jab We Met as Aditya Kashyap ‡
- 2009 Hrithik Roshan – Jodhaa Akbar as Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar †
- Aamir Khan – Ghajini as Sanjay Singhania ‡
- Abhishek Bachchan – Dostana as Sameer ‡
- Naseeruddin Shah – A Wednesday! as The Common Man ‡
- Shah Rukh Khan – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi as Surinder "Suri" Sahni / Raj ‡
2010s
- 2010 Amitabh Bachchan – Paa as Auro †
- Aamir Khan – 3 Idiots as Ranchhoddas 'Rancho' Shyamaldas Chhanchad / Phunsukh Wangdu ‡
- Ranbir Kapoor – Wake Up Sid as Siddharth "Sid" Mehra ‡
- Saif Ali Khan – Love Aaj Kal as Jai Vardhan Singh / Veer Singh ‡
- Salman Khan – Wanted as Radhe
- Shahid Kapoor – Kaminey as Charlie / Guddu ‡
- 2011 Shah Rukh Khan – My Name is Khan as Rizwan Khan †
- Ajay Devgn – Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai as Sultan Mirza ‡
- Hrithik Roshan – Guzaarish as Ethan Mascarenhas ‡
- Ranbir Kapoor – Raajneeti as Samar Pratap ‡
- Salman Khan – Dabangg as Chulbul Pandey ‡
- 2012 Ranbir Kapoor – Rockstar as Janardhan Jordan Jakhar †
- Ajay Devgn – Singham as Inspector Bajirao Singham ‡
- Hrithik Roshan – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara as Arjun ‡
- Salman Khan – Bodyguard as Lovely Singh ‡
- Shah Rukh Khan – Don 2 as Don ‡
- 2013 Ranbir Kapoor – Barfi! as Murphy "Barfi" Johnson †
- Ayushmann Khurrana – Vicky Donor as Vicky Arora
- Hrithik Roshan – Agneepath as Vijay Deenanath Chauhan ‡
- Irrfan Khan – Paan Singh Tomar as Paan Singh Tomar ‡
- Manoj Bajpai – Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 as Sardar Khan ‡
- Shah Rukh Khan – Jab Tak Hai Jaan as Samar Anand ‡
- 2014 Farhan Akhtar – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag as Milkha Singh †
- Hrithik Roshan – Krrish 3 as Krishna (Krrish) Mehra / Rohit Mehra ‡
- Ranbir Kapoor – Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani as Kabir "Bunny" Thapar ‡
- Ranveer Singh – Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela as Ram Rajari ‡
- Shah Rukh Khan – Chennai Express as Rahul Mithaiwala ‡
- Sushant Singh Rajput – Kai Po Che! as Ishaan Bhatt
- 2015 Shahid Kapoor – Haider as Haider Meer †
- Aamir Khan – PK as PK ‡
- Arjun Kapoor – 2 States as Krish Malhotra
- Hrithik Roshan – Bang Bang as Rajveer / Jai Nanda ‡
- Randeep Hooda – Highway as Mahabir Bhati
- Shah Rukh Khan – Happy New Year as Chandramohan Manohar Sharma a.k.a. Charlie
- 2016 Ranveer Singh – Bajirao Mastani as Peshwa Bajirao †
- Amitabh Bachchan – Piku as Bhashkor Banerjee ‡
- Ranbir Kapoor – Tamasha as Ved Vardhan Sahni ‡
- Salman Khan – Bajrangi Bhaijaan as Pawan Kumar Chaturvedi "Bajrangi" ‡
- Varun Dhawan – Badlapur as Raghav "Raghu" Pratap Singh ‡
- 2017 Shahid Kapoor – Udta Punjab as Tommy Singh ‡
- Amitabh Bachchan – Pink as Deepak Sehgal ‡
- Ranbir Kapoor – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil as Ayan Sanger ‡
- Salman Khan – Sultan as Sultan Ali Khan ‡
- Shah Rukh Khan – Fan as Gaurav / Aryan Khanna ‡
- Sushant Singh Rajput – M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story as M.S. Dhoni ‡
- 2018 Irrfan Khan – Hindi Medium as Raj Batra †
- Adil Hussain - Mukti Bhawan as Rajiv
- Akshay Kumar - Toilet: Ek Prem Katha as Keshav Sharma ‡
- Rajkummar Rao - Newton as Nutan "Newton" Kumar
- Ranbir Kapoor - Jagga Jasoos as Jagga
- 2019 Ranveer Singh - Padmaavat as Alauddin Khilji ‡
- Ayushmann Khurrana - Andhadhun as Akash ‡
- Rajkummar Rao - Stree as Vicky ‡
- Ranbir Kapoor - Sanju as Sanjay Dutt †
- Vicky Kaushal - Raazi as Iqbal Syed