Players honored with Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award
- Neeraj Chopra
- Ravi Dahiya
- Lovlina Borgohain
- Sreejesh PR
- Avni Lekhara
- Sumit Antil
- Pramod Bhagat
- Manish Narwal
- Mithali Raj
- Sunil Chhetri
- Manpreet Singh
Apart from these, badminton star Krishna Nagar has also received the Khel Ratna Award.
Dronacharya Award 2021
- TP Osif
- Sarkar Sword
- Ashan Kumar
- Dr. Tapan Kumar
- Radha Krishnan Nair
- Sandhya Gurung
- Pritam Siwach
- Jaiprakash Nautiyal
- s. Raman
Arjuna Award 2021 Arpinder Singh (Athletics) Simranjit Kaur (Boxing)
- Shikhar Dhawan (cricket)
- Monica (hockey)
- Nishad Kumar
- Praveen Kumar
- Sharad Kumar
- Suhas LY
- Singhraj Adhana
- Bhavina Patel
- Harvinder Singh
- Deepak Punia