| Years | Player Name | Event / Game |
| 2002 | Shahuraj Birajdar | Boxing |
| 2002 | Ashok Diwan | Hockey |
| 2002 | Aparna Ghosh | Basketball |
| 2003 | Charles Cornelius | Hockey |
| 2003 | Ram Kumar | Basketball |
| 2003 | Dharam Singh | Hockey |
| 2003 | Om Prakash | Volleyball |
| 2003 | Smita Shirole Yadav | Rowing |
| 2004 | Digamber Mehendale | Athletics (Physically challenged) |
| 2004 | Hardayal Singh | Hockey |
| 2004 | Labh Singh | Athletics |
| 2005 | Maruti Mane | Wrestling |
| 2005 | Manoj Kumar Kothari | Billiards & Snooker |
| 2005 | Rajinder Singh | Hockey |
| 2006 | Harishchandra Birajdar | Wrestling |
| 2006 | Uday K. Prabhu | Athletics |
| 2006 | Nandy Singh | Hockey |
| 2007 | Rajinder Singh | Wrestling |
| 2007 | Shamsher Singh | Kabaddi |
| 2007 | Varinder Singh | Hockey |
| 2008 | Gian Singh | Wrestling |
| 2008 | Hakam Singh | Athletics |
| 2008 | Mukhbain Singh | Hockey |
| 2009 | Satbir Singh Dahiya | Wrestling |
| 2009 | Ishar Singh Deol | Athletics |
| 2010 | Anita Chanu | Weightlifting |
| 2010 | Satish Pillai | Athletics |
| 2010 | Kuldeep Singh | Wrestling |
| 2011 | Shabbir Ali | Football |
| 2011 | Sushil Kohli | Swimming |
| 2011 | Rajkumar Baisla | Wrestling |
| 2012 | Gundeep Kumar | Hockey |
| 2012 | Vinod Kumar | Wrestling |
| 2012 | Jagraj Singh Mann | Athletics |
| 2012 | Sukhbir Singh Tokas | Para-Sports |
| 2013 | Syed Ali | Hockey |
| 2013 | Anil Mann | Wrestling |
| 2013 | Mary D’Souza Sequeira | Athletics |
| 2013 | Girraj Singh | Athletics (Parasports) |
| 2014 | Zeeshan Ali | Tennis |
| 2014 | Gurmail Singh | Hockey |
| 2014 | K. P. Thakkar | Swimming |
| 2015 | Romeo James | Hockey |
| 2015 | Shiv Prakash Mishra | Tennis |
| 2015 | T. P. Padmanabhan Nair | Volleyball |
| 2016 | Sylvanus Dung Dung | Hockey |
| 2016 | Sathi Geetha | Athletics |
| 2016 | Rajendra Pralhad Shelke | Rowing |
| 2017 | Bhupender Singh | Athletics |
| 2017 | Syed Shahid Hakim | Football |
| 2017 | Sumrai Tete | Hockey |
| 2018 | Satyadev Prasad | Archery |
| 2018 | Bharat Chettri | Hockey |
| 2018 | Bobby Aloysius | Athletics |
| 2018 | Dadu Dattatray Chougale | Wrestling |
| 2019 | Manuel Frederick | Hockey |
| 2019 | Arup Basak | Table Tennis |
| 2019 | Manoj Kumar | Wrestling |
| 2019 | Nitin Kirtane | Tennis |
| 2019 | C. Lalremsanga | Archery |
| 2020 | Kuldip Singh Bhullar | Athletics |
| 2020 | Jincy Philips | Athletics |
| 2020 | Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe | Badminton |
| 2020 | Trupti Murgunde | Badminton |
| 2020 | N. Usha | Boxing |
| 2020 | Lakha Singh | Boxing |
| 2020 | Sukhvinder Singh Sandhu | Football |
| 2020 | Ajit Pal Singh | Hockey |
| 2020 | Manpreet Singh | Kabaddi |
| 2020 | J. Ranjith Kumar | Para Athletics |
| 2020 | Satyaprakash Tiwari | Para Badminton |
| 2020 | Manjeet Singh | Rowing |
| 2020 | Sachin Nag | Swimming |
| 2020 | Nandan P. Bal | Tennis |
| 2020 | Netarpal Hooda | Wrestling |
| 2021 | Lekha K.C. | Boxing |
| 2021 | Abhijit Kunte | Chess |
| 2021 | Davinder Singh | Hockey |
| 2021 | Vikas Kumar | Kabaddi |
| 2021 | Sajan Singh | Wrestling |
| 2022 | Ashwini Akkunji | Athletics |
| 2022 | Dharamvir Singh | Hockey |
| 2022 | B.C. Suresh | Kabaddi |
| 2022 | Nir Bahadur Gurung | Para Athletics |
udated from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhyan_Chand_Award