The IIFA Best Villain Award is chosen via a worldwide poll and the winner is announced at the ceremony.
Superlatives
Rishi Kapoor and Akshaye Khanna are the only actors to win the award twice.
Naseeruddin Shah and Boman Irani are the only actors nominated 3 times winning once.
Manoj Bajpayee is the only actor nominated 3 times without winning.
Bipasha Basu is the only actress nominated multiple times without winning.
John Abraham, Prakash Raj and Kay Kay Menon are actors nominated twice winning once.
Nana Patekar was also nominated for Best supporting actor the same year.
| Wins | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2 | Akshaye Khanna, Rishi Kapoor |
The winners are listed below:-
| Year | Actor/Actress | Character Name | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Naseeruddin Shah | Gulfam Hassan | Sarfarosh |
| 2001 | Sushant Singh | Durga Narayan Chaudhary | Jungle |
| 2002 | Akshay Kumar | Vikram Bajaj (Vicky) | Ajnabee |
| 2003 | Akshaye Khanna | Karan Malhotra | Humraaz |
| 2004 | Feroz Khan | Saba Karim Shah | Janasheen |
| 2005 | John Abraham | Kabir | Dhoom |
| 2006 | Nana Patekar | Tabrez Alam | Apaharan |
| 2007 | Saif Ali Khan | Ishwar 'Langda' Tyagi | Omkara |
| 2008 | Vivek Oberoi | Mahindra 'Maya' Dolas | Shootout at Lokhandwala |
| 2009 | Akshaye Khanna | Rajiv Singh | Race |
| 2010 | Boman Irani | Viru Sahastrabuddhe (Virus) | 3 Idiots |
| 2011 | Sonu Sood | Chedi Singh | Dabangg |
| 2012 | Prakash Raj | Jaikant Shikre | Singham |
| 2013 | Rishi Kapoor | Rauf Lala | Agneepath |
| 2014 | DCP Ravikant Phogat | Aurangzeb | |
| 2015 | Kay Kay Menon | Khurram Meer | Haider |
| 2016 | Darshan Kumar | Satbir | NH10[1] |
| 2017 | Jim Sarbh | Khalil | Neerja |