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| Dronacharya Award (List of Winners 1985-2018) |
The award was not given in the year of 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, and 2008.
In 2019, Mohinder Singh Dhillon (athletics), Sandeep Gupta (table tennis) and Vimal Kumar (badminton) are nominated for Dronacharya Award in regular category whereas Sanjay Bhardwaj (cricket), Rambir Singh Khokar (kabaddi) and Mezban Patel (hockey) are nominated for Dronacharya Award in lifetime category.
List of Dronacharya Award Winners
| Year | Recipient(s) | Discipline |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Bhalachandra Bhaskar Bhagwat | Wrestling |
| 1985 | Om Prakash Bhardwaj | Boxing |
| 1985 | O. M. Nambiar | Athletics |
| 1986 | Desh Prem Azad | Cricket |
| 1986 | Raghunandan Vasant Gokhle | Chess |
| 1987 | Guru Hanuman | Wrestling |
| 1987 | Gurcharan Singh | Cricket |
| 1990 | Ramakant Achrekar | Cricket |
| 1990 | Syed Naeemuddin | Football |
| 1990 | A. Ramana Rao | Volleyball |
| 1994 | Ilyas Babar | Athletics |
| 1995 | Shyam Sunder Rao | Volleyball |
| 1995 | Karan Singh | Athletics |
| 1996 | Wilson Jones | Billiards & Snooker |
| 1996 | Pal Singh Sandhu | Weightlifting |
| 1997 | Joginder Singh Saini | Athletics |
| 1998 | G. S. Sandhu | Boxing |
| 1998 | Hargobind Singh Sandhu | Athletics |
| 1998 | Bahadur Singh Chouhan | Athletics |
| 1999 | Kenneth Owen Bosen | Athletics |
| 1999 | Hawa Singh | Boxing |
| 1999 | Ajay Kumar Sirohi | Weightlifting |
| 2000 | S. M. Arif | Badminton |
| 2000 | Gudial Singh Bhangu | Hockey |
| 2000 | Bhupender Dhawan | Powerlifting |
| 2000 | Gopal Purushottam Phadke | Kho kho |
| 2000 | Hansa Sharma | Weightlifting |
| 2001 | Michael Ferreira | Billiards & Snooker |
| 2001 | Sunny Thomas | Shooting |
| 2002 | Maharaj Krishan Kaushik | Hockey |
| 2002 | Renu Kohli | Athletics |
| 2002 | Homi Motivala | Yachting |
| 2002 | E. Prasad Rao | Kabaddi |
| 2002 | Jaswant Singh | Athletics |
| 2003 | Sukhchain Singh Cheema | Wrestling |
| 2003 | Robert Bobby George | Athletics |
| 2003 | Anoop Kumar | Boxing |
| 2003 | Rajinder Singh Jr. | Hockey |
| 2004 | Cyrus Poncha | Squash |
| 2004 | Arvind Savur | Billiards & Snooker |
| 2004 | Sunita Sharma | Cricket |
| 2005 | Ismail Baig | Rowing |
| 2005 | Maha Singh Rao | Wrestling |
| 2005 | Balwan Singh | Kabaddi |
| 2005 | M. Venu | Boxing |
| 2006 | Koneru Ashok | Chess |
| 2006 | Damodaran Chandralal | Boxing |
| 2006 | R. D. Singh | Athletics |
| 2007 | Jagdish Singh | Boxing |
| 2007 | Jagminder Singh | Wrestling |
| 2007 | Sanjeeva Kumar Singh | Archery |
| 2007 | G. E. Sridharan | Volleyball |
| 2009 | Jaydev Bisht | Boxing |
| 2009 | Pullela Gopichand | Badminton |
| 2009 | S. Baldev Singh | Hockey |
| 2009 | Satpal Singh | Wrestling |
| 2010 | Subhash Agarwal | Billiards & Snooker |
| 2010 | Ajay Kumar Bansal | Hockey |
| 2010 | Captain Chandrup | Wrestling |
| 2010 | A. K. Kutty | Athletics |
| 2010 | L Ibomcha Singh | Boxing |
| 2011 | Devender Kumar Rathore | Gymnastics |
| 2011 | Kuntal Kumar Roy | Athletics |
| 2011 | Ramphal | Wrestling |
| 2011 | Inukurthi Venkateshwara Roy | Boxing |
| 2011 | Rajinder Singh Jr. | Hockey |
| 2012 | Jasvinder Singh Bhatia | Athletics |
| 2012 | Sunil Dabas | Kabaddi |
| 2012 | B. I. Fernandez | Boxing |
| 2012 | Bhawani Mukherjee | Table Tennis |
| 2012 | Virender Poonia | Athletics |
| 2012 | Satyapal Singh | Athletics |
| 2012 | Harendra Singh | Hockey |
| 2012 | Yashvir Singh | Wrestling |
| 2013 | Purnima Mahato | Archery |
| 2013 | Narender Singh Saini | Hockey |
| 2013 | Mahavir Singh | Boxing |
| 2013 | Raj Singh | Wrestling |
| 2013 | K. P. Thomas | Athletics |
| 2014 | Gurcharan Gogi | Judo |
| 2014 | Jose Jacob | Rowing |
| 2014 | N. Lingappa | Athletics |
| 2014 | Ganapathy Manoharan | Boxing |
| 2014 | Mahabir Prasad | Wrestling |
| 2015 | Nihar Ameen | Swimming |
| 2015 | Anoop Singh | Wrestling |
| 2015 | Harbans Singh | Athletics |
| 2015 | Naval Singh | Athletics |
| 2015 | Swatantar Raj Singh | Boxing |
| 2016 | Sagar Mal Dhayal | Boxing |
| 2016 | S. Pradeep Kumar | Swimming |
| 2016 | Bishweshwar Nandi | Gymnastics |
| 2016 | Mahavir Singh Phogat | Wrestling |
| 2016 | Nagapuri Ramesh | Athletics |
| 2016 | Rajkumar Sharma | Cricket |
| 2017 | R. Gandhi | Athletics |
| 2017 | Heera Nand Kataria | Kabaddi |
| 2017 | G. S. S. V. Prasad | Badminton |
| 2017 | Brij Bhushan Mohanty | Boxing |
| 2017 | P. A. Raphel | Hockey |
| 2017 | Sanjoy Chakraverty | Shooting |
| 2017 | Roshan Lal | Wrestling |
| 2018 | Subedar Chenanda Achaiah Kuttappa | Boxing |
| 2018 | Vijay Sharma | Weightlifting |
| 2018 | A. Srinivasa Rao | Table Tennis |
| 2018 | Sukhdev Singh Pannu | Athletics |
| 2018 | Clarence Lobo | Hockey |
| 2018 | Tarak Sinha | Cricket |
| 2018 | Jiwan Kumar Sharma | Judo |
| 2018 | V.R. Beedu | Athletics |
| 2019 | Mohinder Singh Dhillon | Athletics |
| 2019 | Sandeep Gupta | Table Tennis |
| 2019 | Vimal Kumar | Badminton |
| 2019 | Sanjay Bhardwaj | Cricket |
| 2019 | Rambir Singh Khokar | Kabaddi |
| 2019 | Mezban Patel | Hockey |