The IIFA Award for Best Actor recognizes leading male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The recipient is chosen by viewers and the winner is announced at the ceremony. With 5 awards, Hrithik Roshan and Shahrukh Khan hold the record for most wins in this category.
Superlatives
Multiple winners
Multiple nominees
- 18 Nominations: Shah Rukh Khan
- 11 Nominations: Hrithik Roshan
- 10 Nominations: Ranbir Kapoor
- 9 Nominations: Salman Khan
- 8 Nominations: Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn
- 7 Nominations: Aamir Khan
- 6 Nominations: Ranveer Singh
- 5 Nominations: Shahid Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan
- 4 Nominations: Sanjay Dutt, Saif Ali Khan, Vicky Kaushal, Rajkummar Rao
- 3 Nominations: Akshay Kumar, Ayushmann Khurrana, Irrfan Khan
- 2 Nominations: Sushant Singh Rajput, Manoj Bajpayee, Sunny Deol, Kartik Aaryan
- Amitabh Bachchan, Irrfan, Farhan Akhtar and Vicky Kaushal are the recipients who also won the IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor.
- Hrithik Roshan, Shahid Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor, Farhan Akhtar, Ranveer Singh and Vicky Kaushal are the recipients who also won the IIFA Award for Best Male Debut.
- Farhan Akhtar and Vicky Kaushal are the only actors who won in all three big categories: Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Male Debut.
- Hrithik Roshan achieved supremacy in the 2000s with 4 wins. Ranbir Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor and Ranveer Singh took over in the 2010s with 2 wins each.
- Sanjay Dutt, Hrithik Roshan, Shah Rukh Khan and Kartik Aaryan are the only actors to be nominated twice for the same role. Sanjay Dutt was nominated in 2004 and 2007 for his portrayal of Munna Bhai in Munnabhai MBBS and Lage Raho Munnabhai. Hrithik Roshan achieved this feat twice in the Krrish franchise; he was nominated for his role as Krishna Mehra for Krrish in 2007 and 2014 for Krrish 3 (he won in 2007), and for his role as Rohit Mehra in 2004 for Koi... Mil Gaya and 2014 for Krrish 3 (he won in 2004). Shah Rukh Khan was nominated in 2007 and 2012 for his portrayal of the titular character in Don and Don 2 respectively. Kartik Aaryan was nominated in 2023 and 2025 for his portrayal of Rooh Baba in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 (he won in 2025).
- In 2000, both Ajay Devgan and Salman Khan were nominated for the same film â Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. However, none of them won.
- Shah Rukh Khan is the only actor to secure wins in the category in all three decades (2000s, 2010s, 2020s), winning in 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2024.
- Hrithik Roshan holds the record for the longest gap between Best Actor wins, spanning 14 years between 2009 (Jodhaa Akbar) and 2023 (Vikram Vedha).
List of winners
2000s
2010s
2020s
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