Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Winners List
The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, the highest sporting honour of India, will now be known as Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, August 6, announced the name change in recognition of the Indian hockey legend, Dhyan Chand.
In 1991-92, the first Khel Ratna award is handed out annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The recipients are awarded for their “spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports” at the international level. The selected athletes are awarded a medallion and a certificate, along with a cash prize of ₹ 25 lakh.
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Winners List – Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award Winners List
| NAME | Game | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Viswanathan Anand | Chess | 1992 |
| Geet Sethi | Billiards | 1993 |
| Homi de Motivala and PK Garg | Yachting | 1995 |
| Karnam Malleswari | Weightlifting | 1996 |
| Kunjurani Devi and Leander Paes | Weightlifting, Lawn Tennis | 1997 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | Cricket | 1998 |
| Jyotirmoyee Sikandar | Athletics | 1999 |
| Dhanraj Pillai | Hockey | 2000 |
| Pullela Gopichand | Badminton | 2001 |
| Abhinav Bindra | Shooting | 2002 |
| K. M. Binamol, Anjali Bhagwat | Athletics, Shooting, | 2003 |
| Anju Bobby George | Athletics | 2004 |
| Rajya Vardhan, Singh Rathore | Shooting | 2005 |
| Pankaj Advani | Billiards and Snooker | 2006 |
| Manavjit Singh Sandhu | Shooting | 2007 |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Cricket | 2008 |
| M.C. Marikom, Vijender Singh, | Boxing, Boxing, | 2009 |
| Sushil Kumar | Wrestling | 2009 |
| Saina Nehwal | Badminton | 2010 |
| Gagan Narang | Shooting | 2011 |
| Vijay Kumar, Yogeshwar Dutt | Shooting, Wrestling | 2012 |
| Ranjan Sodhi | Shooting | 2013 |
| Sania Mirza | Lawn Tennis | 2015 |
| P. V. Sindhu, Deepa Kamikar, | Badminton, Gymnastics, | 2016 |
| Sakshi Bhai and Jitu Rai | Wrestling, Shooting | 2016 |
| Devendra Jhajaria, Sardar Singh | Javelin throw, Hockey | 2017 |
| Virat Kohli, Mirabai Chanu | Cricket, Weightlifting | 2018 |
| Deepa Malik, | wrestling, | 2019 |
| Bajrang Punia | Athletics | 2019 |
| Rohit Sharma | Cricketer | 2020 |
| Mariyappan Thangavelu | Paralympic High Jump | 2020 |
| Manika Batra | Table Tennis | 2020 |
| Vinesh | Wrestling | 2020 |
| Rani Rampal | Hockey | 2020 |
| Neeraj Chopra | Athletics | 2021 |
| Ravi Kumar Dahiya | Freestyle wrestling | 2021 |
| Lovlina Borgohain | Boxing | 2021 |
| P. R. Sreejesh | Hockey | 2021 |
| Avani Lekhara | Paralympic shooting | 2021 |
| Sumit Antil | Para-athletics | 2021 |
| Pramod Bhagat | Para-badminton | 2021 |
| Krishna Nagar | Para-badminton | 2021 |
| Manish Narwal | Paralympic shooting | 2021 |
| Mithali Raj | Cricket | 2021 |
| Sunil Chhetri | Football | 2021 |
| Manpreet Singh | Hockey | 2021 |
| Sharath kamal | Table Tennis | 2022 |
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