IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role
The IIFA Best Comedian Award is chosen via a worldwide poll and the winner is announced at the ceremony.
Multiple wins
| Wins | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2 | Govinda, Abhishek Bachchan, Varun Dhawan |
Awards
The winners are listed below:
| Year | Winner | Character Name | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Anil Kapoor | Lakhan Singh Khurana | Biwi No.1 |
| 2001 | Paresh Rawal | Baburao Ganpatrao Apte (Babu Bhaiya) | Hera Pheri |
| 2002 | Govinda | Veer Sahay (Veeru) | Jodi No. 1 |
| 2003 | Mahesh Manjrekar | Raja "Bali" Yadav | Kaante |
| 2004 | Boman Irani | Dr. JC Asthana | Munnabhai M.B.B.S. |
| 2005 | Akshay Kumar | Arun Khanna/Sunny | Mujhse Shaadi Karogi |
| 2006 | Jaaved Jaffrey | Jaggu Yadav aka Crocodile Dundee | Salaam Namaste |
| 2007 | Tusshar Kapoor | Lucky | Golmaal |
| 2008 | Govinda | Bhaskar Diwakar Chaudhary | Partner |
| 2009 | Abhishek Bachchan | Sameer "Sam" Acharya | Dostana |
| 2010 | Sanjay Dutt | Dharam Kapoor | All the Best: Fun Begins |
| 2011 | Riteish Deshmukh | Babu Rao "Bob" | Housefull |
| 2012 | Deshbandhu Lallan Roy/Lee/Tukya/Heera Bhai | Double Dhamaal | |
| 2013 | Abhishek Bachchan | Abbas Ali/Abhishek Bachchan | Bol Bachchan |
| 2014 | Arshad Warsi | Advocate Jagdish Tyagi a.k.a. Jolly | Jolly LLB |
| 2015 | Varun Dhawan | Sreenath Prasad aka "Seenu" | Main Tera Hero |
| 2016 | Deepak Dobriyal | Pappi Kutti | Tanu Weds Manu Returns |
| 2017 | Varun Dhawan | Junaid "J" Ansari | Dishoom |