| SN | Sportsperson | Sport | Year of Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viswanathan Anand | Chess | 1991–1992 |
| 2 | Geet Sethi | Billiards | 1992–1993 |
| 3 | Homi Motivala* | Yachting (Team event) | 1993–1994 |
| 4 | Pushpendra Kumar Garg* | Yachting (Team event) | 1993–1994 |
| 5 | Karnam Malleswari | Weightlifting | 1994–1995 |
| 6 | Nameirakpam Kunjarani | Weightlifting | 1995–1996 |
| 7 | Leander Paes | Tennis | 1996–1997 |
| 8 | Sachin Tendulkar | Cricket | 1997–1998 |
| 9 | Jyotirmoyee Sikdar | Athletics | 1998–1999 |
| 10 | Dhanraj Pillay | Hockey (Men) | 1999–2000 |
| 11 | Pullela Gopichand | Badminton | 2000–2001 |
| 12 | Abhinav Bindra | Shooting | 2001 |
| 13 | KM Beenamol* | Athletics | 2002 |
| 14 | Anjali Bhagwat* | Shooting | 2002 |
| 15 | Anju Bobby George | Athletics | 2003 |
| 16 | Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore | Shooting | 2004 |
| 17 | Pankaj Advani | Billiards and Snooker | 2005 |
| 18 | Manavjit Singh Sandhu | Shooting | 2006 |
| 19 | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Cricket | 2007 |
| 20 | Mary Kom* | Boxing (Women) | 2009 |
| 21 | Vijender Singh* | Boxing | 2009 |
| 22 | Sushil Kumar* | Wrestling | 2009 |
| 23 | Saina Nehwal | Badminton | 2010 |
| 24 | Gagan Narang | Shooting | 2011 |
| 25 | Vijay Kumar* | Shooting | 2012 |
| 26 | Yogeshwar Dutt* | Wrestling | 2012 |
| 27 | Ronjan Sodhi | Shooting | 2013 |
| 28 | Sania Mirza | Tennis | 2015 |
| 29 | PV Sindhu* | Badminton | 2016 |
| 30 | Dipa Karmakar* | Gymnastics | 2016 |
| 31 | Jitu Rai* | Shooting | 2016 |
| 32 | Sakshi Malik* | Wrestling | 2016 |
| 33 | Devendra Jhajharia* | Paralympic athletics | 2017 |
| 34 | Sardara Singh* | Hockey (Men) | 2017 |
| 35 | Saikhom Mirabai Chanu* | Weightlifting | 2018 |
| 36 | Virat Kohli* | Cricket | 2018 |
| 37 | Deepa Malik* | Paralympic | 2019 |
| 38 | Bajrang Punia* | Freestyle Wrestling | 2019 |
This was the list of Khel Ratna Awardees, which will get updated annually.
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