On January 9, 2024, 26 sportspersons received the Arjuna Award from the President of India Draupadi Murmu. The list mostly includes athletes from the Asian Games 2023, where India created history by winning more than 100 medals in a single edition of the event.
Only one cricketer, Mohammed Shami, was awarded the award after he finished as the leading wicket-taker of the World Cup 2023 when India lost to Australia in the final.
Shital Devi, the world’s first armless woman archer to win three medals at the Para Games in Hangzhou, is also part of the list.
Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar and Isha Singh, who helped India win 22 medals in shooting, also received the Arjuna Award. Naorem Roshibina Devi, who won a silver medal in Hangzhou, is also included in the list.
Ayhika Mukherjee, who won a bronze medal in women’s doubles with Sutirtha Mukherjee, is also part of the 26-member list. R Vaishali, 18-year-old Rameshbabu Praggnanand’s sister, was also included in the list.
| Athletes | Discipline |
| Ms Aditi Gopichand Swami | Archery |
| Shri Ojas Pravin Deotale | Archery |
| Shri Sreeshankar Murali | Athletics |
| Ms Parul Chaudhary | Athletics |
| Shri Mohameed Hussamuddin | Boxing |
| Ms R Vaishali | Chess |
| Shri Mohammed Shami | Cricket |
| Shri Anush Agarwalla | Equestrian |
| Ms Divyakriti Singh | Equestrian Dressage |
| Ms Diksha Dagar | Golf |
| Shri Krishan Bahadur Pathak | Hockey |
| Ms Pukhrambam Sushila Chanu | Hockey |
| Shri Pawan Kumar | Kabaddi |
| Ms Ritu Negi | Kabaddi |
| Ms Nasreen | Kho-Kho |
| Ms Pinki | Lawn Bowls |
| Shri Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar | Shooting |
| Ms Esha Singh | Shooting |
| Shri Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu | Squash |
| Ms Ayhika Mukherjee | Table Tennis |
| Shri Sunil Kumar | Wrestling |
| Ms Antim Panghal | Wrestling |
| Ms Naorem Roshibina Devi | Wushu |
| Ms Sheetal Devi | Para Archery |
| Shri Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy | Blind Cricket |
| Para Canoeing | Ms Prachi Yadav |
