List of National Sports Award recipients in wrestling#AA

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| name = National Sports Awards in Wrestling

| subheader = Various civilian awards for contributions to Sports (Individual/Team)

| image = File:The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year-2009 to Shri Sushil Kumar for Wrestling, in a glittering ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi on August 29, 2009.jpg

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| awarded_for = Various sports honour of India

| sponsor = Government of India

| location = Rashtrapati Bhavan

| country = Republic of India

| presenter = President of India

| firstawarded = 1961

| lastawarded = 2024

| award1_type = Total awarded

| award1_winner = 92

| award2_type = Awards

| award2_winner = {{bulleted list|Arjuna Award|Dronacharya Award|Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna|Dhyan Chand Award}}

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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 eighty-eight individuals have been awarded the various National Sports Awards in wrestling. The four awards presented in wrestling are Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Dronacharya Award.

First presented in the year 1961, a total of fifty-six individuals have been honoured with the Arjuna Award in wrestling for their "good performance at the international level" over the period of last four years, with three individuals being awarded for their lifetime contribution. First presented in the year 1985, a total of fifteen coaches have been honoured with the Dronacharya Award in wrestling for their "outstanding work on a consistent basis and enabling sportspersons to excel in international events" over the period of last four years, with four coaches being awarded in the lifetime contribution category. First presented in the year 2009, a total of six sportspersons have been honoured with the Khel Ratna, the highest sporting honour of India, in wrestling for their "most outstanding performance at the international level" over the period of last four years. First presented in the year 2005, a total of twelve retired sportspersons have been honoured with the Dhyan Chand Award, the lifetime achievement sporting honour of India, in wrestling 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." One awardee K. D. Jadhav was honoured Arjuna Award posthumously for lifetime contribution in the year 2000.

Recipients

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|+ List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award and gender

! scope="col" style="width:12%" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:30%" | Recipient

! scope="col" style="width:24%" | Award

! scope="col" style="width:16%" | Gender

style="text-align:center;" |2009

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sushil|Kumar|dab=wrestler}}

| Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2012

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Yogeshwar|Dutt}}

| Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2016

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sakshi|Malik}}

| Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Female

style="text-align:center;" |2019

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bajrang|Punia}}

| Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2020

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Vinesh|Phogat}}

| Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Female

style="text-align:center;" |2021

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ravi Kumar|Dahiya}}

| Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna

Male

| style="text-align:center;" |1961

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Udey |Chand}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1962

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Malwa |Singh}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1963

! scope="row" | Ganpatrao Andhalkar

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1964

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bishambar |Singh}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1966

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bhim |Singh|dab=wrestler}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1967

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Mukhtiar |Singh}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1969

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Chandgi |Ram}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1970

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sudesh |Kumar}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1972

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Prem |Nath|dab=wretler}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1973

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jagroop |Singh|nolink=1}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1974

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Satpal |Singh}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1978–1979

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Rajinder |Singh|dab=wrestler}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1980–1981

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jagmander |Singh}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1982

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Kartar |Singh}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1985

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Mahabir |Singh}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1987

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Subhash |Verma}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1988

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Rajesh |Kumar|dab=wrestler}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1989

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Satyawan

dab=wrestler}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1990

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ombir |Singh|nolink=1}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1992

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Pappu |Yadav|dab=wrestler}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1993

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ashok Kumar |Garg}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1997

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sanjay |Kumar|dab = wrestler, born 1967}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1997

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jagdish |Singh|link=Jagdish Bhola}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1998

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Kaka |Pawar|nolink=1}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1998

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Rohtas |Singh}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1999

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E9D4C9 | {{sortname|Ashok |Kumar|dab = wrestler, born 1959}} {{sup|+}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2000

! scope="row" style="background-color:#CEE8F0;" | {{sortname|K. D. |Jadhav}}{{sup|{{Hash}}}} {{sup|+}}

| style="background-color:#E9D4C9;" | Arjuna Award {{sup|+}}

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2000

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E9D4C9 | {{sortname|Naresh |Kumar|dab = wrestler}} {{sup|+}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2000

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Kripa Shankar |Patel}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2000

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Randhir |Singh|dab=wrestler|nolink=1}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2001

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ramesh |Kumar|dab = wrestler}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2002

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Palwinder Singh |Cheema}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2002

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sujeet |Mann}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2003

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Shokinder |Tomar|nolink=1}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2004

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Anuj |Kumar}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2005

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sushil |Kumar}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2006

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Geetika |Jakhar}}

| Arjuna Award

Female

style="text-align:center;" |2007

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Alka |Tomar}}

| Arjuna Award

Female

style="text-align:center;" |2009

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Yogeshwar |Dutt}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2010

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Rajiv |Tomar}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2011

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ravinder |Singh|dab = wrestler}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2012

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Rajender |Kumar}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2012

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Geeta |Phogat}}

| Arjuna Award

Female

style="text-align:center;" |2012

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Narsingh |Yadav}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2013

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Dharmender |Dalal|nolink=1}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2013

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Neha |Rathi}}

| Arjuna Award

Female

style="text-align:center;" |2014

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sunil Kumar |Rana|nolink=1}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2015

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Babita |Kumari}}

| Arjuna Award

Female

style="text-align:center;" |2015

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bajrang |Punia}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2016

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Amit Kumar |Dahiya}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2016

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Vinesh |Phogat}}

| Arjuna Award

Female

style="text-align:center;" |2017

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Satyawart |Kadian}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2018

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sumit |Malik}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2019

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Pooja |Dhanda}}

| Arjuna Award

Female

style="text-align:center;" |2020

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Rahul |Aware}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2020

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Divya |Kakran}}

| Arjuna Award

Female

style="text-align:center;" |2021

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Deepak|Punia|dab=wrestler}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2022

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Anshu |Malik}}

| Arjuna Award

Female

style="text-align:center;" |2022

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sarita|Mor}}

| Arjuna Award

Female

style="text-align:center;" |2023

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sunil|Kumar|dab=wrestler}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2023

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Antim|Panghal}}

| Arjuna Award

Female

style="text-align:center;" |2024

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Aman|Sehrawat}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2005

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Maruti|Mane}}

| Dhyan Chand Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2006

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Harishchandra|Birajdar}}

| Dhyan Chand Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2007

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Rajinder|Singh|dab=wrestler}}

| Dhyan Chand Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2008

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Gian|Singh|dab=wrestler|nolink=1}}

| Dhyan Chand Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2009

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Satbir Singh|Dahiya|nolink=1}}

| Dhyan Chand Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2010

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Kuldeep|Singh|dab=wrestler|nolink=1}}

| Dhyan Chand Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2011

! scope="row" | {{sortname

Rajkumar|dab=wrestler|nolink=1}}

| Dhyan Chand Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2012

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Vinod|Kumar|nolink=1}}

| Dhyan Chand Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2013

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Anil|Mann}}

| Dhyan Chand Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2018

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Dadu Dattatray|Chougale|nolink=1}}

| Dhyan Chand Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2019

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Manoj|Kumar|nolink=1}}

| Dhyan Chand Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2020

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Netarpal|Hooda|nolink=1}}

| Dhyan Chand Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2021

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sajan|Singh}}

| Dhyan Chand Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2016

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E9D4C9 | {{sortname|Mahavir Singh|Phogat}} {{sup|+}}

| Dronacharya Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2017

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E9D4C9 | {{sortname|Roshan|Lal|nolink=1}} {{sup|+}}

| Dronacharya Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2020

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E9D4C9 | {{sortname|Om Parkash|Dahiya|nolink=1}} {{sup|+}}

| Dronacharya Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2022

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E9D4C9 | {{sortname|Raj|Singh|nolink=1}} {{sup|+}}

| Dronacharya Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1985

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bhalachandra Bhaskar|Bhagwat|nolink=1}}

| Dronacharya Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1987

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Guru|Hanuman}}

| Dronacharya Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2003

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sukhchain Singh|Cheema|nolink=1}}

| Dronacharya Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2005

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Maha Singh|Rao}}

| Dronacharya Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2007

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jagminder|Singh|nolink=1}}

| Dronacharya Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2009

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Satpal|Singh}}

| Dronacharya Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2010

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Captain|Chandrup|nolink=1}}

| Dronacharya Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2011

! scope="row" | {{sortname

Ramphal|nolink=1}}

| Dronacharya Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2012

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Yashvir|Singh|dab=wrestler|nolink=1}}

| Dronacharya Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2013

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Raj|Singhh|nolink=1}}

| Dronacharya Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2014

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Mahabir|Prasad|dab=wrestler|nolink=1}}

| Dronacharya Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2015

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Anoop|Singh Dahiya|nolink=1}}

| Dronacharya Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2022

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sujeet|Maan}}

| Dronacharya Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2023

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Lalit|Kumar|nolink=1}}

| Dronacharya Award

Male

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