Khan is one of the most decorated Bollywood actors.^[52] He has received 14 Filmfare Awards from 30 nominations and special awards,^[312][h] including winning eight for Best Actor; he is tied for the most in this category with Dilip Kumar.^[150] Khan has won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his performances in Baazigar (1993), Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Devdas (2002), Swades (2004), Chak De! India (2007) and My Name Is Khan (2010).^[61]

Although he has never won a National Film Award,^[313] he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2005.^[52] The Government of France has awarded him both the Order of Arts and Letters (2007),^[314] and the fifth degree of the French Legion of Honour, the Chevalier Légion d’honneur (2014).^[315] Khan has received five honorary doctorates; the first from The University of Bedfordshire in 2009,^[316] the second from The University of Edinburgh in 2015,^[317] the third from Maulana Azad National Urdu University in 2016,^[318] and his latest from The University of Law and La Trobe University in 2019.^[319][320]