Viswanathan Anand
Chess
First recipient (1991ā92), 5-time World Champion
Leander Paes
Tennis
Bronze at Atlanta 1996, multiple Grand Slams
Sachin Tendulkar
Cricket
Over 100 international centuries
Karnam Malleswari
Weightlifting
Bronze, Sydney 2000 ā first Indian woman Olympic medalist
Abhinav Bindra
Shooting
First Indian to win Olympic individual gold (2008)
Saina Nehwal
Badminton
Olympic Bronze 2012, World No. 1 (2015)
Mary Kom
Boxing
6-time World Champion, Olympic Bronze (2012)
PV Sindhu
Badminton
Silver (Rio 2016), Bronze (Tokyo 2020), World Champ (2019)
Mirabai Chanu
Weightlifting
Olympic Silver (Tokyo 2020), World Champ (2017)
Neeraj Chopra
Javelin
Olympic Gold (Tokyo 2020), World Champion (2023)
Ravi Kumar Dahiya
Wrestling
Olympic Silver (Tokyo 2020)
Sunil Chhetri
Football
India's highest goal scorer, active international legend
Rani Rampal
Hockey
Led Indian Women's team to Olympic Semifinal
Ravindra Jadeja
Cricket
Consistent all-rounder, ICC top rankings
Lovlina Borgohain
Boxing
Olympic Bronze (Tokyo 2020)
Deepti Sharma
Cricket
Women's all-rounder, 188-run partnership record
Bajrang Punia
Wrestling
Olympic Bronze, multiple World medals
Vinesh Phogat
Wrestling
CWG, Asian Games gold; World Champ bronze
Manika Batra
Table Tennis
CWG Gold, World Top 40
Deepa Malik
Para Athletics
First Indian woman Paralympic medalist
Devendra Jhajharia
Para Javelin
Two Paralympic golds (2004, 2016)
Sardara Singh
Hockey
Captain of Indian men's team, 2x Asian Games medalist
Virat Kohli
Cricket
ICC Cricketer of the Year, numerous ODI records
Rohit Sharma
Cricket
5 IPL titles, 264* ā highest ODI score
Shikhar Dhawan
Cricket
Fastest to 1000, 2000, 3000 ODI runs