Arjuna Award Winners Since 1961 - Arjuna Award

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Arjuna Award is given as a sports honor in India for outstanding performance in sports. Arjuna Award for Sports in India It is given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for outstanding achievements in the field of sports at the international level. It is India's second highest sports honor after the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the highest Khel Ratna award.
The four awards conferred in sports are Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Dronacharya Award. First presented in the year 1961, the award is for the performance of a sportsperson over the last four years with "leadership qualities, good performance, sportsmanship and spirit of discipline". Over the years, there have been many changes in the criteria used for awarding. As per the latest amendment in 2018, the award is given only to the disciplines involved in the events of Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Asia Games, Commonwealth Games, World Championship and World Cup, as well as cricket, indigenous sports and parasports.

Currently, the winner of the Arjuna Award gets a bronze statue of Arjuna, a skilled archer and one of the Pandavas from the epic Mahabharata of Indian mythology, portrayed as a skilled archer winning Draupadi's hand in marriage. and in the Kurukshetra war, Lord Krishna becomes their charioteer and teaches them the sacred knowledge of the Gita. He is considered one of the greatest warriors of ancient India after Rama, Lakshmana and Parashurama. In Hinduism, he is seen as a symbol of hard work, dedication and concentration.
The winners of the Arjuna Award receive a certificate, a formal dress and a cash prize of INR 15 lakhs. The honor - which is usually given during the National Sports Day held on 29 August every year.

Arjuna Award Recipients (1961–2022)

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 2022:-

No	Name of the sportsperson	Discipline
1.	Ms Seema Punia	Athletics
2.	Shri Eldhose Paul	Athletics
3.	Shri Avinash Mukund Sable	Athletics
4.	Shri Lakshya Sen	Badminton
5.	Shri Prannoy HS	Badminton
6.	Shri Amit	Boxing
7.	Ms Nikhat Zareen	Boxing
8.	Ms Bhakti Pradip Kulkarni	Chess
9.	Shri R Praggnanandhaa	Chess
10.	Ms Deep Grace Ekka	Hockey
11.	Ms Shushila Devi	Judo
12.	Ms Sakshi Kumari	Kabaddi
13.	Ms Nayan Moni Saikia	Lawn Bowl
14.	Shri Sagar Kailas Ovhalkar	Mallakhamb
15.	Ms ElavenilValarivan	Shooting
16.	Shri Omprakash Mitharval	Shooting
17.	Ms Sreeja Akula	Table Tennis
18.	Shri Vikas Thakur	Weightlifting
19.	Ms Anshu	Wrestling
20.	Ms Sarita	Wrestling
21.	Shri Parveen	Wushu
22.	Ms Manasi Girishchandra Joshi	Para Badminton
23.	Shri Tarun Dhillon	Para Badminton
24.	Shri Swapnil Sanjay Patil	Para Swimming
25.	Ms Jerlin Anika J	Deaf Badminton

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 2021:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Arpinder Singh	Athletics
2	Simranjit Kaur	Boxing
3	Shikhar Dhawan	Cricket
4	Bhavani D. C. A. Sundhararaman	Fencing
5	Amit Rohidas	Hockey
6	Birendra Lakra	Hockey
7	Dilpreet Singh	Hockey
8	Gurjant Singh	Hockey
9	Hardik Singh	Hockey
10	Harman Preet Singh	Hockey
11	Lalit Kumar Upadhyay	Hockey
12	Mandeep Singh	Hockey
13	Monika	Hockey
14	Nilakanta Sharma	Hockey
15	Rupinder Pal Singh	Hockey
16	Shamsher Singh	Hockey
17	Simranjeet Singh	Hockey
18	Sumit	Hockey
19	Surender Kumar	Hockey
20	Vandana Katariya	Hockey
21	Varun Kumar	Hockey
22	Vivek Sagar Prasad	Hockey
23	Sandeep Narwal	Kabaddi
24	Himani Uttam Parab	Mallakhamb
25	Abhishek Verma	Shooting
26	Ankita Raina	Tennis
27	Deepak Punia	Wrestling
28	Harvinder Singh	Para-Archery
29	Nishad Kumar	Para-Athletics
30	Praveen Kumar	Para-Athletics
31	Sharad Kumar	Para-Athletics
32	Yogesh Kathuniya	Para-Athletics
33	Suhash Yathiraj	Para-Badminton
34	Singhraj Adhana	Para-Shooting
35	Bhavina Patel	Para-Table-tennis

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 2020:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Atanu Das	Archery
2	Dutee Chand	Athletics
3	Sandeep Chaudhary	Athletics
4	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Badminton
5	Chirag Shetty	Badminton
6	Vishesh Bhriguvanshi	Basketball
7	Lovlina Borgohain	Boxing
8	Manish Kaushik	Boxing
9	Deepti Sharma	Cricket
10	Ishant Sharma	Cricket
11	Sawant Ajay Anant	Equestrian
12	Sandesh Jhingan	Football
13	Aditi Ashok	Golf
14	Akashdeep Singh	Hockey
15	Deepika Thakur	Hockey
16	Deepak Niwas Hooda	Kabaddi
17	Kale Sarika Sudhakar	Kho Kho
18	Divij Sharan	Lawn Tennis
19	Dattu Baban Bhokanal	Rowing
20	Manu Bhaker	Shooting
21	Saurabh Chaudhary	Shooting
22	Manish Narwal	Shooting
23	Suyash Jadhav	Swimming
24	Madhurika Patkar	Table Tennis
25	Rahul Aware	Wrestling
26	Divya Kakran	Wrestling
27	Akash	Wrestling Greco Roman

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 2019:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Muhammed Anas	Athletics
2	Swapna Barman	Athletics
3	Tejinder Pal Singh Toor	Athletics
4	Sundar Singh Gurjar	Athletics
5	B. Sai Praneeth	Badminton
6	Pramod Bhagat	Badminton
7	S. Bhaskaran	Bodybuilding
8	Sonia Lather	Boxing
9	Ravindra Jadeja	Cricket
10	Poonam Yadav	Cricket
11	Fouaad Mirza	Equestrian
12	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	Football
13	Chinglensana Kangujam	Hockey
14	Ajay Thakur	Kabaddi
15	Gaurav Gill	Motor Sports
16	Simran Singh Shergill	Polo
17	Anjum Moudgil	Shooting
18	Harmeet Desai	Table Tennis
19	Pooja Dhanda	Wrestling

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 2018:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Neeraj Chopra	Athletics
2	Hima Das	Athletics
3	Jinson Johnson	Athletics
4	Ankur Dhama	Athletics
5	N. Sikki Reddy	Badminton
6	Manoj Sarkar	Badminton
7	Satish Kumar	Boxing
8	Smriti Mandhana	Cricket
9	Shubhankar Sharma	Golf
10	Savita Punia	Hockey
11	Manpreet Singh	Hockey
12	Rohan Bopanna	Lawn Tennis
13	Ravi Rathore	Polo
14	Ankur Mittal	Shooting
15	Rahi Sarnobat	Shooting
16	Shreyasi Singh	Shooting
17	Manika Batra	Table Tennis
18	Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	Table Tennis
19	Sumit Malik	Wrestling
20	Pooja Kadian	Wushu

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 2017:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	V. J. Sureka	Archery
2	Khushbir Kaur	Athletics
3	Arokia Rajiv	Athletics
4	Varun Singh Bhati	Athletics
5	Mariyappan Thangavelu	Athletics
6	Prashanti Singh	Basketball
7	Devendro Singh	Boxing
8	Harmanpreet Kaur	Cricket
9	Cheteshwar Pujara	Cricket
10	Oinam Bembem Devi	Football
11	Shiv Chawrasia	Golf
12	S. V. Sunil	Hockey
13	Jasvir Singh	Kabaddi
14	Saketh Myneni	Lawn Tennis
15	Prakash Nanjappa	Shooting
16	Anthony Amalraj	Table Tennis
17	Satyawart Kadian	Wrestling

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 2016:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Rajat Chauhan	Archery
2	Lalita Babar	Athletics
3	Sandeep Singh Maan	Athletics
4	Raj Kumar	Badminton
5	Sourav Kothari	Billiards & Snooker
6	Shiva Thapa	Boxing
7	Ajinkya Rahane	Cricket
8	Subrata Pal	Football
9	V. R. Raghunath	Hockey
10	Ritu Rani	Hockey
11	Apurvi Chandela	Shooting
12	Gurpreet Singh	Shooting
13	Soumyajit Ghosh	Table Tennis
14	Amit Kumar Dahiya	Wrestling
15	Vinesh Phogat	Wrestling
16	Virender Singh	Wrestling

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 2015:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Sandeep Kumar	Archery
2	M. R. Poovamma	Athletics
3	Srikanth Kidambi	Badminton
4	Mandeep Jangra	Boxing
5	Rohit Sharma	Cricket
6	Dipa Karmakar	Gymnastics
7	P. R. Sreejesh	Hockey
8	Manjeet Chhillar	Kabaddi
9	Abhilasha Mhatre	Kabaddi
10	Anup Kumar Yama	Roller Skating
11	Sawarn Singh	Rowing
12	Jitu Rai	Shooting
13	Sharath Gayakwad	Swimming
14	Sathish Sivalingam	Weightlifting
15	Babita Kumari	Wrestling
16	Bajrang Punia	Wrestling
17	Yumnam Sanathoi Dev	Wushu

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 2014:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Abhishek Verma	Archery
2	Tintu Luka	Athletics
3	H. N. Girisha	Athletics
4	Valiyaveetil Diju	Badminton
5	Geethu Anna Jose	Basketball
6	Jai Bhagwan	Boxing
7	Manoj Kumar	Boxing
8	Ravichandran Ashwin	Cricket
9	Anirban Lahiri	Golf
10	Mamatha Poojary	Kabaddi
11	Saji Thomas	Rowing
12	Heena Sidhu	Shooting
13	Anaka Alankamony	Squash
14	Tom Joseph	Volleyball
15	Renu Bala Chanu	Weightlifting
16	Sunil Kumar Rana	Wrestling

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 2013:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Chekrovolu Swuro	Archery
2	Amit Kumar Saroha	Athletics
3	P. V. Sindhu	Badminton
4	Rupesh Shah	Billiards & Snooker
5	Kavita Chahal	Boxing
6	Abhijeet Gupta	Chess
7	Virat Kohli	Cricket
8	Gaganjeet Bhullar	Golf
9	Saba Anjum Karim	Hockey
10	Rajkumari Rathore	Shooting
11	Joshna Chinappa	Squash
12	Mouma Das	Table Tennis
13	Dharmender Dalal	Wrestling
14	Neha Rathi	Wrestling

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 2012:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Deepika Kumari	Archery
2	Bombayla Devi Laishram	Archery
3	Kavita Raut	Athletics
4	Sudha Singh	Athletics
5	Deepa Malik	Athletics
6	Ramkaran Singh	Athletics
7	Parupalli Kashyap	Badminton
8	Ashwini Ponnappa	Badminton
9	Aditya Mehta	Billiards & Snooker
10	Vikas Krishan Yadav	Boxing
11	Yuvraj Singh	Cricket
12	Sardara Singh	Hockey
13	Yashpal Solanki	Judo
14	Anup Kumar	Kabaddi
15	Samir Suhag	Polo
16	Joydeep Karmakar	Shooting
17	Annu Raj Singh	Shooting
18	Omkar Singh	Shooting
19	Dipika Pallikal	Squash
20	Sandeep Sejwal	Swimming
21	Ngangbam Soniya Chanu	Weightlifting
22	Rajender Kumar	Wrestling
23	Geeta Phogat	Wrestling
24	Narsingh Yadav	Wrestling
25	M. Bimoljit Singh	Wushu

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 2011:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Rahul Banerjee	Archery
2	Vikas Gowda	Athletics
3	Preeja Sreedharan	Athletics
4	Jwala Gutta	Badminton
5	Suranjoy Singh	Boxing
6	Zaheer Khan	Cricket
7	Sunil Chhetri	Football
8	Ashish Kumar	Gymnastics
9	Rajpal Singh	Hockey
10	Rakesh Kumar	Kabaddi
11	Tejaswini Bai V.	Kabaddi
12	Somdev Devvarman	Lawn Tennis
13	Tejaswini Sawant	Shooting
14	Virdhawal Khade	Swimming
15	Prasanta Karmakar	Swimming
16	Sanjay Kumar	Volleyball
17	Katulu Ravi Kumar	Weightlifting
18	Ravinder Singh	Wrestling
19	W. Sandhyarani Devi	Wushu

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 2010:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Joseph Abraham	Athletics
2	Krishna Poonia	Athletics
3	Jagseer Singh	Athletics
4	Dinesh Kumar	Boxing
5	Parimarjan Negi	Chess
6	Jhulan Goswami	Cricket
7	Deepak Mondal	Football
8	Jasjeet Kaur Handa	Hockey
9	Sandeep Singh	Hockey
10	Dinesh Kumar	Kabaddi
11	Sanjeev Rajput	Shooting
12	Rehan Poncha	Swimming
13	K. J. Kapil Dev	Volleyball
14	Rajiv Tomar	Wrestling
15	Rajesh Chaudhary	Yachting

Arjuna Award Recipients (2000–2009)

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 2009:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Mangal Singh Champia	Archery
2	Sinimole Paulose	Athletics
3	Saina Nehwal	Badminton
4	Parul Parmar	Badminton
5	Laishram Sarita Devi	Boxing
6	Tania Sachdev	Chess
7	Gautam Gambhir	Cricket
8	Surinder Kaur	Hockey
9	Ignace Tirkey	Hockey
10	Pankaj Navnath Shirsat	Kabaddi
11	Satish Joshi	Rowing
12	Ronjan Sodhi	Shooting
13	Poulomi Ghatak	Table Tennis
14	Yogeshwar Dutt	Wrestling
15	Girdhari Lal Yadav	Yachting

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 2007:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Chitra Soman	Athletics
2	Anup Sridhar	Badminton
3	Varghese Johnson	Boxing
4	Harika Dronavalli	Chess
5	Arjun Atwal	Golf
6	Prabhjot Singh	Hockey
7	Tombi Devi	Judo
8	Farman Basha	Powerlifting
9	Bajrang Lal Takhar	Rowing
10	Avneet Sidhu	Shooting
11	Alka Tomar	Wrestling

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 2006:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Jayanta Talukdar	Archery
2	K. M. Binu	Athletics
3	Chetan Anand	Badminton
4	Rohit Bhaker	Badminton
5	Vijender Singh	Boxing
6	Pentala Harikrishna	Chess
7	Anjum Chopra	Cricket
8	Jyoti Sunita Kullu	Hockey
9	Navneet Gautam	Kabaddi
10	Vijay Kumar	Shooting
11	Saurav Ghosal	Squash
12	Subhajit Saha	Table Tennis
13	Geeta Rani	Weightlifting
14	Geetika Jakhar	Wrestling

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 2005:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Dola Banerjee	Archery
2	Tarundeep Rai	Archery
3	Manjeet Kaur	Athletics
4	Aparna Popat	Badminton
5	Anuja Thakur	Billiards & Snooker
6	Akhil Kumar	Boxing
7	Surya Shekhar Ganguly	Chess
8	Anju Jain	Cricket
9	Viren Rasquinha	Hockey
10	Ramesh Kumar	Kabaddi
11	Rajinder Singh Rahelu	Powerlifting
12	Gagan Narang	Shooting
13	Shikha Tandon	Swimming
14	Soumyadeep Roy	Table Tennis
15	Sushil Kumar	Wrestling

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 2004:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Anil Kumar Prakash	Athletics
2	J. J. Shobha	Athletics
3	Devendra Jhajharia	Athletics
4	Abhinn Shyam Gupta	Badminton
5	Deep Kumar Ahlawat	Equestrian
6	Jyoti Randhawa	Golf
7	Helen Mary	Hockey
8	Deepak Thakur	Hockey
9	Angom Anita Chanu	Judo
10	Sunder Singh	Kabaddi
11	Sania Mirza	Lawn Tennis
12	Jenil Krishnan	Rowing
13	Deepali Deshpande	Shooting
14	Sharath Kamal	Table Tennis
15	Anuj Kumar	Wrestling

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 2003:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Soma Biswas	Athletics
2	Madhuri Saxena	Athletics
3	Madasu Srinivas Rao	Badminton
4	Pankaj Advani	Billiards & Snooker
5	Mary Kom	Boxing
6	Koneru Humpy	Chess
7	Mithali Raj	Cricket
8	Harbhajan Singh	Cricket
9	Rajesh Pattu	Equestrian
10	Devesh Chauhan	Hockey
11	Suraj Lata Devi	Hockey
12	Akram Shah	Judo
13	Sanjeev Kumar	Kabaddi
14	Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore	Shooting
15	Shokinder Tomar	Wrestling

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 2002:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Anju Bobby George	Athletics
2	Saraswati Saha	Athletics
3	Ramesh Tikaram	Badminton & Athletics
4	Alok Kumar	Billiards & Snooker
5	Mohammed Ali Qamar	Boxing
6	Krishnan Sasikiran	Chess
7	Virender Sehwag	Cricket
8	I. M. Vijayan	Football
9	Shiv Kapur	Golf
10	Mamta Kharab	Hockey
11	Gagan Ajit Singh	Hockey
12	Ram Mehar Singh	Kabaddi
13	Inderpal Singh	Rowing
14	Suma Shirur	Shooting
15	Anwer Sultan	Shooting
16	Mantu Ghosh	Table Tennis
17	Ravikant Reddy	Volleyball
18	Thandava Murthy Muthu	Weightlifting
19	Palwinder Singh Cheema	Wrestling
20	Sujeet Mann	Wrestling
21	Nitin Mongia	Yachting

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 2001:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	K. R. Shankar Iyer	Athletics
2	Parmender Singh	Basketball
3	Devender Sreekant Joshi	Billiards & Snooker
4	VVS Laxman	Cricket
5	Bruno Coutinho	Football
6	Sita Gussain	Hockey
7	Dilip Tirkey	Hockey
8	B. C. Ramesh	Kabaddi
9	Sandeep Kirtane	Lawn Tennis
10	Kasam Khan	Rowing
11	Samaresh Jung	Shooting
12	Amir Singh	Volleyball
13	Ramesh Kumar	Wrestling
14	Mahesh Ramchandran	Yachting

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 2000:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	K. M. Beenamol	Athletics
2	Vijayamala Bhanot	Athletics
3	Rachna Govil	Athletics
4	Milkha Singh	Athletics
5	Vijay Bhalanchandra Munishwar	Athletics & Powerlifting
6	Joginder Singh Bedi	Athletics
7	Yadvendra Vashishta	Athletics
8	George Thomas	Badminton
9	Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi	Chess
10	Venkatesh Prasad	Cricket
11	Kalpana Debnath	Gymnastics
12	Raghbir Singh Bhola	Hockey
13	Tingonleima Chanu	Hockey
14	Jalaluddin Rizvi	Hockey
15	Baljit Singh Saini	Hockey
16	Balkrishan Singh	Hockey
17	Madhu Yadav	Hockey
18	C. Honappa	Kabaddi
19	Akhtar Ali	Lawn Tennis
20	Surender Singh Kanwasi	Rowing
21	Anjali Bhagwat	Shooting
22	Abhinav Bindra	Shooting
23	Sandhu Singh Gurbir	Shooting
24	J. Abhijith	Swimming
25	Sebastian Xavier	Swimming
26	P. V. Ramana	Volleyball
27	Sanamacha Chanu	Weightlifting
28	Naresh Kumar	Wrestling
29	Kripa Shankar Patel	Wrestling
30	Randhir Singh	Wrestling
31	K. D. Jadhav	Wrestling

Arjuna Award Recipients (1990–1999)

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1999:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Parduman Singh Brar	Athletics
2	Gulab Chand	Athletics
3	Gurmeet Kaur	Athletics
4	Sunita Rani	Athletics
5	G. Venkataravanappa	Athletics
6	Pullela Gopichand	Badminton
7	Sajjan Singh Cheema	Basketball
8	Jitender Kumar	Boxing
9	Gurcharan Singh	Boxing
10	Jeev Milkha Singh	Golf
11	Haripal Kaushik	Hockey
12	Balbir Singh Kullar	Hockey
13	Victor Philips	Hockey
14	Ramandeep Singh	Hockey
15	Tirath Raj	Kabaddi
16	Balwinder Singh	Kabaddi
17	Jagjit Singh	Rowing
18	Vivek Singh	Shooting
19	Nisha Millet	Swimming
20	Sukhpal Singh	Volleyball
21	Dalbir Singh	Weightlifting
22	Ashok Kumar	Wrestling
23	Aashim Mongia	Yachting

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1998:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	S. D. Eshan	Athletics
2	Rachita Mistry	Athletics
3	Sri Chand Ram	Athletics
4	Neelam Jaswant Singh	Athletics
5	Paramjit Singh	Athletics
6	Ranjini Ramanujam	Badminton
7	T. V. Pauly	Bodybuilding
8	Dingko Singh	Boxing
9	Rahul Dravid	Cricket
10	Nayan Mongia	Cricket
11	Bhaichung Bhutia	Football
12	Anju Dua	Gymnastics
13	Baljit Singh Dhillon	Hockey
14	Maharaj Krishan Kaushik	Hockey
15	S. Omana Kumari	Hockey
16	Surjit Singh Randhawa	Hockey
17	Mohammed Riaz	Hockey
18	Baldev Singh	Hockey
19	Pritam Rani Siwach	Hockey
20	Narender Singh	Judo
21	Ashan Kumar	Kabaddi
22	Biswajit Palit	Kabaddi
23	Shobha Narayan	Kho Kho
24	Manavjit Singh Sandhu	Shooting
25	Roopa Unnikrishnan	Shooting
26	Bhanu Sachdeva	Swimming
27	Subramaniam Raman	Table Tennis
28	Satheesha Rai	Weightlifting
29	Kaka Pawar	Wrestling
30	Rohtas Singh	Wrestling

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1997:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Reeth Abraham	Athletics
2	M. Mahadev	Athletics & Cricket
3	Ashok Harishankar Shandilya	Billiards & Snooker
4	Sourav Ganguly	Cricket
5	Ajay Jadeja	Cricket
6	Brahmanand Sankhwalkar	Football
7	Harmik Kahlon	Golf
8	Harmik Singh	Hockey
9	Rajinder Singh	Hockey
10	Surinder Singh Sodhi	Hockey
11	Randhir Singh	Kabaddi
12	Asif Ismail	Lawn Tennis
13	Satendra Kumar	Shooting
14	Shilpi Singh	Shooting
15	Naresh Kumar Sharma	Shooting
16	Misha Grewal	Squash
17	Chetan Baboor	Table Tennis
18	N. Laxmi	Weightlifting
19	Paramjit Sharma	Weightlifting
20	Sanjay Kumar	Wrestling
21	Jagdish Singh	Wrestling

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1996:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Ajit Bhaduria	Athletics
2	Padmini Thomas	Athletics
3	Kalle Gowda	Athletics & Cricket
4	Sandeep Singh Dhillon	Badminton
5	Rajkumar Sangwan	Boxing
6	A. Maria Irudayam	Carrom
7	Javagal Srinath	Cricket
8	Amit Luthra	Golf
9	Ashish Ballal	Hockey
10	A. B. Subbaiah	Hockey
11	Poonam Chopra	Judo
12	Shriram Bhavsar	Kabaddi
13	Neta Moreshwar Dadwe	Kabaddi
14	Gaurav Natekar	Lawn Tennis
15	Surender Singh Waldia	Rowing
16	Moraad Ali Khan	Shooting
17	V. Kutraleeswaran	Swimming
18	Kelly Subbanand Rao	Yachting

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1995:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Jyotirmoyee Sikdar	Athletics
2	Shakti Singh	Athletics
3	Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla	Athletics
4	Venkatesan Devarajan	Boxing
5	Anil Kumble	Cricket
6	Mukesh Kumar	Hockey
7	Dhanraj Pillay	Hockey
8	P. Ganesan	Kabaddi
9	Mahesh Bhupathi	Lawn Tennis

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1994:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Rosa Kutty	Athletics
2	Sachin Tendulkar	Cricket
3	Jude Felix Sabastian	Hockey
4	Subbiah Rajaratnam	Kabaddi
5	Ashok D. Shinde	Kabaddi
6	R. S. B hanwala	Rowing
7	Jaspal Rana	Shooting
8	Karnam Malleswari	Weightlifting

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1993:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	K. Saramma	Athletics
2	Mukund Killekar	Boxing
3	Manoj Pingale	Boxing
4	Kiran More	Cricket
5	Manoj Prabhakar	Cricket
6	Cawas Billimoria	Judo
7	Mansher Singh	Shooting
8	Bharati Singh	Weightlifting
9	Ashok Kumar Garg	Wrestling
10	Homi Motivala	Yachting

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1992:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Sanjeeva Kumar Singh	Archery
2	Bahadur Prasad	Athletics
3	Rajendra Prasad	Boxing
4	Mervyn Fernandis	Hockey
5	Sandeep Byala	Judo
6	E. S. Bhaskaran	Powerlifting
7	Pappu Yadav	Wrestling

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1991:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Limba Ram	Archery
2	Rajeev Bagga	Badminton
3	Dharmendra Singh Yadav	Boxing
4	Adhiraj Singh	Equestrian
5	Ali Sher	Golf
6	Dalvir Singh	Rowing
7	K. Udayakumar	Volleyball
8	Chhaya Adak	Weightlifting

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1990:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Deena Ram	Athletics
2	Anupama Gokhale	Chess
3	Jagbir Singh	Hockey
4	Hardeep Singh	Kabaddi
5	Leander Paes	Lawn Tennis
6	M. R. Dharuvala	Squash
7	Bula Choudhury	Swimming
8	M. S. Walia	Table Tennis
9	Dalel Singh Ror	Volleyball
10	R. Chandra	Weightlifting
11	Kunjarani Devi	Weightlifting
12	Ombir Singh	Wrestling
13	Pushpendra Kumar Garg	Yachting

Arjuna Award Recipients (1980–1989)

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1989

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Shyam Lal Meena	Archery
2	Mercy Kuttan	Athletics
3	Yasin Merchant	Billiards & Snooker
4	Gopal Dewang	Boxing
5	Madan Lal	Cricket
6	Subrata Bhattacharya	Football
7	Krupali Patel	Gymnastics
8	Pargat Singh	Hockey
9	Niyati Shah	Table Tennis
10	Abdul Basith	Volleyball
11	Jyotsna Dutta	Weightlifting
12	Satyawan	Wrestling

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1988

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Ashwini Nachappa	Athletics
2	M. P. Singh	Hockey
3	P. K. Yeshodhra	Powerlifting
4	Wilson Cherian	Swimming
5	Rajesh Kumar	Wrestling

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1987:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Vandana Rao	Athletics
2	Vandana Shanbagh	Athletics
3	Bagicha Singh	Athletics
4	Balwinder Singh	Athletics
5	Seera Jayaram	Boxing
6	Devaki Prasad	Chess
7	Bhagyashree Thipsay	Chess
8	J. S. Ahluwalia	Equestrian
9	Nonita Lal	Golf
10	Kuldeep Singh Garcha	Polo
11	Naman Virendra Parekh	Roller Skating
12	Monalisa Baruah Mehta	Table Tennis
13	G. Devan	Weightlifting
14	Subhash Verma	Wrestling
15	C. S. Pradipak	Yachting

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1986:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Arti Pradhan	Adventure Sports
2	K. S. Rao	Adventure Sports
3	Suman Rawat	Athletics
4	Premchand Degra	Bodybuilding
5	Jaipal Singh	Boxing
6	Sandhya Agarwal	Cricket
7	Mohammad Azharuddin	Cricket
8	Joaquim Carvalho	Hockey
9	Rama Sarkar	Kabaddi
10	Bhagirath Samai	Shooting
11	Cyril C. Valloor	Volleyball
12	Jagmohan Sapra	Weightlifting
13	Dhruv Bhandari	Yachting

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1985:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Gulshan Rai	Adventure Sports
2	Asha Agarwal	Athletics
3	Raghubir Singh Bal	Athletics
4	Adille Sumariwala	Athletics
5	Geet Sethi	Billiards & Snooker
6	Viswanathan Anand	Chess
7	Shubhangi Kulkarni	Cricket
8	Sunita Sharma	Gymnastics
9	Somiya Maney	Hockey
10	Prem Maya Sonir	Hockey
11	S. B. Kulkarni	Kho Kho
12	Anand Amritraj	Lawn Tennis
13	Phu Dorjee	Mountaineering
14	Soma Dutta	Shooting
15	A. J. Pandit	Shooting
16	T. N. Shenoy	Swimming
17	Kamlesh Mehta	Table Tennis
18	Mehar Chand Bhaskar	Weightlifting
19	Mahabir Singh	Wrestling

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1984:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Shiny Abraham	Athletics
2	Raj Kumar	Athletics
3	D. Rajaraman	Ball Badminton
4	Pravin Thipsay	Chess
5	Ravi Shastri	Cricket
6	Ghulam Mohammed Khan	Equestrian
7	Rajbir Kaur	Hockey
8	S. Prakash	Kho Kho
9	D. K. Khullar	Mountaineering
10	Bachendri Pal	Mountaineering
11	P. J. Joseph	Powerlifting
12	Mohd. Amin Naik	Rowing
13	Omprakesh Agrawal	Snooker
14	Khajan Singh	Swimming
15	Saly Joseph	Volleyball

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1983:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	P. T. Usha	Athletics
2	Suresh Yadav	Athletics
3	Suman Sharma	Basketball
4	Radhey Shyam	Basketball
5	Subhash Agarwal	Billiards & Snooker
6	Jaslal Pradhan	Boxing
7	Dibyendu Barua	Chess
8	Diana Edulji	Cricket
9	Armin R. Arthan	Cycling
10	Shanti Mullick	Football
11	Zafar Iqbal	Hockey
12	Maya Kashinath	Kabaddi
13	Veena Narayan Parab	Kho Kho
14	R. S. Sodhi	Polo
15	Parvin K. Uberoy	Rowing
16	Mohinder Lal	Shooting
17	Anita Sood	Swimming
18	R. K. Purohit	Volleyball
19	Vispy K. Daroga	Weightlifting

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1982:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Charles Borromeo	Athletics>
2	Chand Ram	Athletics
3	M. D. Valsamma	Athletics
4	Madhumita Bisht	Badminton
5	Partho Ganguli	Badminton
6	Ajmer Singh	Basketball
7	Kaur Singh	Boxing
8	Mohinder Amarnath	Cricket
9	Rupinder Singh Brar	Equestrian
10	Raghubir Singh	Equestrian
11	Lakshman Singh	Golf
12	Bhuvneshwari Kumari	Squash
15	G. E. Sridharan	Volleyball
16	Tara Singh	Weightlifting
17	Kartar Singh	Wrestling
18	Farokh Tarapore	Yachting
19	Fali Unwalla	Yachting
20	Jeeje Unwalla	Yachting

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1981:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Krishna Das	Archery
2	Sabir Ali	Athletics
3	G. Manoharan	Boxing
4	Dilip Vengsarkar	Cricket
5	Sudhir Karmakar	Football
6	Varsha Soni	Hockey
7	Monika Nath	Kabaddi
8	Sushma Sarolkar	Kho Kho
9	H. M. Takalkar	Kho Kho
10	Chandraprabha Aitwal	Mountaineering
11	Harshwanti Bisht	Mountaineering
12	B. S. Sandhu	Mountaineering
13	Rekha Sharma	Mountaineering
14	S. P. Chauhan	Shooting
15	Bijaya Kumar Satpathy	Weightlifting
16	Zarir Karanjia	Yachting

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1980-1981:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Gopal Saini	Athletics
2	Syed Modi	Badminton
3	Issac Amaldas	Boxing
4	Rohini Khadilkar	Chess
5	Chetan Chauhan	Cricket
6	Syed Kirmani	Cricket
7	Mohammed Habib	Football
8	Eliza Nelson	Hockey
9	Mohammed Shahid	Hockey
10	Shantaram Jadhav	Kabaddi
11	Ramesh Krishnan	Lawn Tennis
12	Manjit Dua	Table Tennis
13	Jagmander Singh	Wrestling

Arjuna Award Recipients (1970–1979)

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1979-1980:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Ramaswamy Gnanasekaran	Athletics
2	Om Prakash	Basketball
3	Sunil Kumar Patra	Bodybuilding
4	Bakshish Singh	Boxing
5	Kapil Dev	Cricket
6	Prasun Banerjee	Football
7	Vasudevan Baskaran	Hockey
8	Rekha B. Mundhphan	Hockey
9	Rajkumar Manchanda	Squash
10	Indu Puri	Table Tennis
11	Suresh Kumar Mishra	Volleyball

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1978-1979:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Suresh Babu	Athletics
2	Angel Mary Joseph	Athletics
3	Monotosh Roy	Bodybuilding
4	C. C. Machaiah	Boxing
5	Minati Mahapatra	Cycling
6	Gurdev Singh Gill	Football
7	S. P. Khatavkar	Kabaddi
8	Nirupama Mankad	Lawn Tennis
9	Shernaz Kermani	Paraplegics
10	Shubrata Dutta	Powerlifting
11	Randhir Singh	Shooting
12	Arvind Savur	Snooker
13	Kutty Krishnan	Volleyball
14	Ekambaram Karunakaran	Weightlifting
15	Rajinder Singh	Wrestling
16	S. K. Mongia	Yachting

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1977-1978:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Satish Kumar	Athletics
2	Kanwal Thakar Singh	Badminton
3	T. Vijayaraghava	Basketball
4	Birender Singh Thapa	Boxing
5	Gundappa Viswanath	Cricket
6	Sita Rawlley	Golf
7	Leslie Fernandez	Hockey
8	Harcharan Singh	Hockey
9	A. Ramana Rao	Volleyball
10	M. T. Selvan	Weightlifting

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1976:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Bahadur Singh Chouhan	Athletics
2	Geeta Zutshi	Athletics
3	Ami Ghia	Badminton
4	A. Sam Christ Das	Ball Badminton
5	Shantha Rangaswamy	Cricket
6	H. S. Sodhi	Equestrian
7	S. R. Dharwadkar	Kho kho
8	Shailaja Salokhe	Table Tennis
9	Jimmy George	Volleyball
10	K. Balamuruganandam	Weightlifting

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1975:-

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No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	V. Anusuya Bai	Athletics
2	Hari Chand	Athletics
3	Devinder Ahuja	Badminton
4	L. A. Iqbal	Ball Badminton
5	Hanuman Singh	Basketball
6	Sunil Gavaskar	Cricket
7	Amar Singh	Cycling
8	S. K. Jamshed	Golf
9	Mantu Debnath	Gymnastics
10	B. P. Govinda	Hockey
11	Rupa Saini	Hockey
12	Shreerang J. Inamdar	Kho kho
13	Usha Vasant Nagarkar	Kho kho
14	V. P. Singh	Polo
15	Smita Desai	Swimming
16	M. S. Rana	Swimming
17	K. C. Elamma	Volleyball
18	Ranvir Singh	Volleyball
19	Dalbir Singh	Weightlifting

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1974

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Shivnath Singh Rajput	Athletics
2	T. C. Yohannan	Athletics
3	Raman Ghosh	Badminton
4	Anil Kumar Punj	Basketball
5	Anjan Bhattacharjee	Cricket
6	Ajinder Kaur	Hockey
7	Ashok Kumar	Hockey
8	N. C. Sarolkar	Kho kho
9	Vijay Amritraj	Lawn Tennis
10	Manjari Bhargava	Swimming
11	Avinash B. Sarang	Swimming
12	M. Syamsunder Rao	Volleyball
13	S. Vellaiswamy	Weightlifting
14	Satpal Singh	Wrestling

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1973:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Sriram Singh	Athletics
2	A. Kareem	Ball Badminton
3	Surendra Kumar Kataria	Basketball
4	Shyam Shroff	Billiards
5	Mehtab Singh	Boxing
6	Dafadar Md. Khan	Equestrian
7	Magan Singh Rajvi	Football
8	Vikramjit Singh	Golf
9	M. P. Ganesh	Hockey
10	O. Mascarenhas	Hockey
11	Bhola Nath Guin	Kabaddi
12	B. H. Parikh	Kho kho
13	Dhanvir Khatau	Swimming
14	Niraj Ramkrishna Bajaj	Table Tennis
15	G. Mulilini Reddy	Volleyball
16	Jagroop Singh	Wrestling
17	Afsar Hussain	Yachting

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1972:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Vijay Singh Chauhan	Athletics
2	Prakash Padukone	Badminton
3	Jayamma Srinivasan	Ball Badminton
4	Satish Kumar Mohan	Billiards
5	Chandraya Narayanan	Boxing
6	B. S. Chandrashekhar	Cricket
7	Eknath Solkar	Cricket
8	Anjani N. Desai	Golf
9	Michael Kindo	Hockey
10	S. M. Shetty	Kabaddi
11	Udayan Chinubhai	Shooting
12	Balwant Singh	Volleyball
13	Anil Kumar Mandal	Weightlifting
14	Prem Nath	Wrestling

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1971:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Edward Sequeira	Athletics
2	Sobha Morthy	Badminton
3	M. M. Singh	Basketball
4	Muniswamy Venu	Boxing
5	Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan	Cricket
6	C. P. Singh	Football
7	Krishnamurthy Perumal	Hockey
8	Achala Suberao Devra	Kho kho
9	Bhim Singh	Shooting
10	Bhanwar Singh	Swimming
11	Kaity Farookh Khodaiji	Table Tennis
12	Shyamlal Salwan	Weightlifting

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1970:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Mohinder Singh Gill	Athletics
2	Damayanti Tambay	Badminton
3	J. Pitchayya	Ball Badminton
4	Gulam Abbas Moontasir	Basketball
5	Michael Ferreira	Billiards
6	Dilip Sardesai	Cricket
7	Syed Nayeemuddin	Football
8	Ajit Pal Singh	Hockey
9	Sudhir B. Parab	Kho kho
10	Gudalore Jagannath	Table Tennis
11	Arun Kumar Dass	Weightlifting
12	Sudesh Kumar	Wrestling
13	S. J. Contractor	Yachting

Arjuna Award Recipients (1961–1969)

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1969:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Harnek Singh	Athletics
2	Dipu Ghosh	Badminton
3	Hari Dutt	Basketball
4	Bishan Singh Bedi	Cricket
5	Inder Singh	Football
6	Bhuvaneshwari Kumari	Shooting
7	Anil Nayar	Squash
8	Baidyanath Nath	Swimming
9	Mir Khasim Ali	Table Tennis
10	Chandgi Ram	Wrestling

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1968:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Joginder Singh	Athletics
2	Manjit Walia	Athletics
3	Gurdial Singh	Basketball
4	Dennis Swamy	Boxing
5	E. A. S. Prasanna	Cricket
6	Balbir Singh Kular	Hockey
7	Rajyashree Kumari	Shooting

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1967:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Bhim Singh	Athletics
2	Praveen Kumar Sobti	Athletics
3	Suresh Goel	Badminton
4	Khushi Ram	Basketball
5	Ajit Wadekar	Cricket
6	Peter Thangaraj	Football
7	Raj Kumar Pitambar	Golf
8	Mohinder Lal	Hockey
9	Harbinder Singh	Hockey
10	Jagjit Singh	Hockey
11	Premjit Lall	Lawn Tennis
12	Arun Shaw	Swimming
13	Faruk R. Khodaiji	Table Tennis
14	Savarimuthu John Cabriel	Weightlifting
15	Mukhtiar Singh	Wrestling

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1966:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Bhogeswar Baruah	Athletics
2	Ajmer Singh	Athletics
3	Hawa Singh	Boxing
4	Chandu Borde	Cricket
5	Yousuf Khan	Football
6	John Peter	Hockey
7	Sunita Puri	Hockey
8	Gurbaksh Singh	Hockey
9	Jaidip Mukerjea	Lawn Tennis
10	Rima Dutta	Swimming
11	Usha Sunder Das	Table Tennis
12	Mohon Lal Ghosh	Weightlifting
13	Bhim Singh	Wrestling

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1965:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Kenneth Powell	Athletics
2	Dinesh Khanna	Badminton
3	Vijay Manjrekar	Cricket
4	Arun Lal Ghosh	Football
5	Elvera Britto	Hockey
6	Udham Singh	Hockey
7	Balbir Singh Bhatia	Weightlifting

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1964:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Makhan Singh	Athletics
2	Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi	Cricket
3	Jarnail Singh	Football
4	Shankar Lakshman	Hockey
5	Hanut Singh	Polo
6	Gautam R. Diwan	Table Tennis
7	Bishambar Singh	Wrestling

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1963:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Stephie D’Souza	Athletics
2	Chuni Goswami	Football
3	Ashok Malik	Golf
4	Charanjit Singh	Hockey
5	Kishen Singh	Polo
6	Kamineni Eswara Rao	Weightlifting
7	G. Andalkar	Wrestling

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1962:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Tarlok Singh	Athletics
2	Meena Shah	Badminton
3	Wilson Jones	Billiards
4	Padam Badadur Mal	Boxing
5	Tulsidas Balaram	Football
6	Naresh Kumar	Lawn Tennis
7	Nripjit Singh Bedi	Volleyball
8	L. K. Dass	Weightlifting
9	Malwa Singh	Wrestling

Arjuna Award recipient list in the year 1961:-

No.	Recipient	Sport Associated
1	Gurbachan Singh Randhawa	Athletics
2	Nandu M. Natekar	Badminton
3	Sarbjit Singh	Basketball
4	Buddy D’Souza	Boxing
5	Manuel Aaron	Chess
6	Salim Durani	Cricket
7	P. K. Banerjee	Football
8	P. G. Sethi	Golf
9	Sham Lal	Gymnastics
10	Ann Lumsden	Hockey
11	Prithipal Singh	Hockey
12	Ramanathan Krishnan	Lawn Tennis
13	Prem Singh	Polo
14	Karni Singh	Shooting
15	K. S. Jain	Squash
16	Bajarangi Prasad	Swimming
17	J. C. Vohra	Table Tennis
18	A. Palanisamy	Volleyball
19	A. N. Ghosh	Weightlifting
20	Udey Chand Wrestling

Interesting facts about Arjuna Award:-

The Arjuna Award was India's highest sporting honour, prior to the introduction of the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna in 1991–1992.

In 1995 indigenous sports, physically challenged categories and lifetime contribution categories were introduced.

In the year 2018, the latest amendment stipulates that the Arjuna Award should be given only to disciplines involved in events such as the Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, World Championship and World Cup as well as cricket, indigenous sports and parasports.

In the year 1961, the Arjuna Award was not conferred in the year 2008 after the award was instituted.

As of 2021, a total of 916 recipients have received the Arjuna Award.

As of 2021, 51 recipients have been awarded for Para Sport, 24 recipients have been awarded for lifetime contributions, and 4 recipients have been awarded posthumously. Two recipients have received the Arjuna Award for Para Sport and Lifetime Contribution, and one recipient has posthumously received the Arjuna Award for Lifetime Contribution.

The year 1988 had the lowest number of recipients in the Arjuna Award (5 recipients) and the year 2000 had the highest number of recipients (31 recipients).

In 1965, a team of 20 members was awarded the Arjuna Award, the first and only team award ever. It was presented to the entire team of twenty climbers representing the successful Indian Everest expedition of 1965.

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