The National Sports Awards of India include six major honors presented annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. These prestigious awards are collectively bestowed by the President of India at Rashtrapati Bhavan, typically on August 29, which is also National Sports Day. As of 2020, 67 cricketers have been recognized with various National Sports Awards. In cricket, four primary awards are granted: the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the Arjuna Award, the Dhyan Chand Award, and the Dronacharya Award.
List of National Sports Award Recipients:
| Year | Recipient | Award | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997–1998 | Sachin Tendulkar | Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | Male |
| 2007 | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | Male |
| 2018 | Virat Kohli | Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | Male |
| 2020 | Rohit Sharma | Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | Male |
| 2021 | Mithali Raj | Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna | Female |
| 1961 | Salim Durani | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1964 | Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1965 | Vijay Manjrekar | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1966 | Chandu Borde | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1967 | Ajit Wadekar | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1968 | E. A. S. Prasanna | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1969 | Bishan Singh Bedi | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1970 | Dilip Sardesai | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1971 | Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1972 | B. S. Chandrashekhar | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1972 | Eknath Solkar | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1975 | Sunil Gavaskar | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1976 | Shantha Rangaswamy | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1977–1978 | Gundappa Viswanath | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1979–1980 | Kapil Dev | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1980–1981 | Chetan Chauhan | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1980–1981 | Syed Kirmani | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1981 | Dilip Vengsarkar | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1982 | Mohinder Amarnath | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1983 | Diana Edulji | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1984 | Ravi Shastri | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1985 | Shubhangi Kulkarni | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1986 | Sandhya Agarwal | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1986 | Mohammad Azharuddin | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1989 | Madan Lal | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1993 | Kiran More | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1993 | Manoj Prabhakar | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1994 | Sachin Tendulkar | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1995 | Anil Kumble | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1996 | Javagal Srinath | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1997 | Sourav Ganguly | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1997 | Ajay Jadeja | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1998 | Rahul Dravid | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1998 | Nayan Mongia | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2000 | Venkatesh Prasad | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2001 | VVS Laxman | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2002 | Virender Sehwag | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2003 | Mithali Raj | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2003 | Harbhajan Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2005 | Anju Jain | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2006 | Anjum Chopra | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2009 | Gautam Gambhir | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2010 | Jhulan Goswami | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2011 | Zaheer Khan | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2012 | Yuvraj Singh | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2013 | Virat Kohli | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2014 | Ravichandran Ashwin | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2015 | Rohit Sharma | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2016 | Ajinkya Rahane | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2017 | Harmanpreet Kaur | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2017 | Cheteshwar Pujara | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2018 | Smriti Mandhana | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2019 | Ravindra Jadeja | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2019 | Poonam Yadav | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2020 | Deepti Sharma | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2020 | Ishant Sharma | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2021 | Shikhar Dhawan | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2023 | Mohammed Shami | Arjuna Award | Male |