The Asian Awards Top 100 is our definitive list of the most influential Asians on the planet, compiled annually across all categories. First launched in 2013.
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2026 Edition — 10th Asian Awards
Rank
Name
Country
Industry
1
Xi Jinping
China
Politics
2
Narendra Modi
India
Politics
3
Lee Jae-myung
South Korea
Politics
4
Sanae Takaichi
Japan
Politics
5
Prabowo Subianto
Indonesia
Politics
6
Lai Ching-te
Taiwan
Politics
7
Lawrence Wong
Singapore
Politics
8
Anwar Ibrahim
Malaysia
Politics
9
Muhammad Yunus
Bangladesh
Politics
10
Kim Jong-un
North Korea
Politics
11
Asif Ali Zardari
Pakistan
Politics
12
Shehbaz Sharif
Pakistan
Politics
13
Prayuth Chan-ocha
Thailand
Politics
14
Ferdinand Marcos Jr
Philippines
Politics
15
Pham Minh Chinh
Vietnam
Politics
16
Mukesh Ambani
India
Business
17
Gautam Adani
India
Business
18
Zhong Shanshan
China
Business
19
Pony Ma
China
Business
20
Zhang Yiming
China
Business
21
Jensen Huang
Taiwan
Business
22
Masayoshi Son
Japan
Business
23
Tadashi Yanai
Japan
Business
24
Li Ka-shing
Hong Kong
Business
25
Jack Ma
China
Business
26
Robin Zeng
China
Business
27
Sundar Pichai
India
Business
28
Satya Nadella
India
Business
29
Anand Mahindra
India
Business
30
Ratan Tata
India
Business
31
Robin Li
China
Business
32
Lei Jun
China
Business
33
Ho Ching
Singapore
Business
34
Shah Rukh Khan
India
Entertainment
35
Deepika Padukone
India
Entertainment
36
Priyanka Chopra Jonas
India
Entertainment
37
Virat Kohli
India
Sports
38
Alia Bhatt
India
Entertainment
39
Akshay Kumar
India
Entertainment
40
Amitabh Bachchan
India
Entertainment
41
Diljit Dosanjh
India
Entertainment
42
Rajinikanth
India
Entertainment
43
A.R. Rahman
India
Entertainment
44
Ang Lee
Taiwan
Entertainment
45
Gong Li
China
Entertainment
46
Lee Min-ho
South Korea
Entertainment
47
Lisa (BLACKPINK)
Thailand
Entertainment
48
Jennie (BLACKPINK)
South Korea
Entertainment
49
Rosé (BLACKPINK)
South Korea
Entertainment
50
Jisoo (BLACKPINK)
South Korea
Entertainment
51
Jungkook (BTS)
South Korea
Entertainment
52
V / Kim Taehyung (BTS)
South Korea
Entertainment
53
Jimin (BTS)
South Korea
Entertainment
54
RM (BTS)
South Korea
Entertainment
55
Jackson Wang
China
Entertainment
56
IU (Lee Ji-eun)
South Korea
Entertainment
57
Michelle Yeoh
Malaysia
Entertainment
58
Tony Leung
Hong Kong
Entertainment
59
Jackie Chan
Hong Kong
Entertainment
60
Arijit Singh
India
Entertainment
61
Bong Joon-ho
South Korea
Entertainment
62
Park Chan-wook
South Korea
Entertainment
63
Li Ziqi
China
Entertainment
64
Sandra Oh
Canada
Entertainment
65
Yo-Yo Ma
USA
Entertainment
66
Simu Liu
Canada
Entertainment
67
Lee Byung-hun
South Korea
Entertainment
68
Jimmy Choo
Malaysia
Business
69
Shohei Ohtani
Japan
Sports
70
Neeraj Chopra
India
Sports
71
PV Sindhu
India
Sports
72
Naomi Osaka
Japan
Sports
73
Zheng Qinwen
China
Sports
74
Manny Pacquiao
Philippines
Sports
75
Mary Kom
India
Sports
76
Viswanathan Anand
India
Sports
77
Carlos Yulo
Philippines
Sports
78
Hideki Matsuyama
Japan
Sports
79
Rohit Sharma
India
Sports
80
Son Heung-min
South Korea
Sports
81
Ding Liren
China
Sports
82
Patrick Soon-Shiong
USA
Business
83
Malala Yousafzai
Pakistan
Philanthropy
84
Kailash Satyarthi
India
Philanthropy
85
Jay Shetty
India
Philanthropy
86
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
India
Business
87
Cyrus Poonawalla
India
Business
88
Hinduja Brothers
India
Business
89
Saina Nehwal
India
Sports
90
Leander Paes
India
Sports
91
Amir Khan
UK
Sports
92
Jahangir Khan
Pakistan
Sports
93
Ranveer Singh
India
Entertainment
94
Hrithik Roshan
India
Entertainment
95
Katrina Kaif
India
Entertainment
96
Imran Khan
Pakistan
Politics
97
Shashi Tharoor
India
Politics
98
Dev Patel
UK
Entertainment
99
Zayn Malik
UK
Entertainment
100
Sachin Tendulkar
India
Sports
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2014 Edition — 4th Asian Awards
Rank
Name
Country
Industry
1
Xi Jinping
China
Politics
2
Sonia Gandhi
India
Politics
3
Li Keqiang
China
Politics
4
Narendra Modi
India
Politics
5
Rahul Gandhi
India
Politics
6
Manmohan Singh
India
Politics
7
Sir Li Ka Shing
Hong Kong
Business
8
Ban Ki-Moon
Korea
Politics
9
Shinzo Abe
Japan
Politics
10
Ratan Tata
India
Business
11
Jack Ma
China
Business
12
Lee Hsien Loong
Singapore
Politics
13
Sachin Tendulkar
India
Sports
14
A.R. Rahman
India
Entertainment
15
Shah Rukh Khan
India
Entertainment
16
Bruce Lee
Hong Kong
Entertainment
17
Malala Yousafzai
Pakistan
Politics
18
Aung San Suu Kyi
Burma
Politics
19
Akshay Kumar
India
Entertainment
20
Priyanka Chopra
India
Entertainment
21
Satya Nadella
India
Business
22
Anand Mahindra
India
Business
23
Naomi Osaka
Japan
Sports
24
Sundar Pichai
India
Business
25
Indra Nooyi
India
Business
26
Mahathir Mohamad
Malaysia
Politics
27
Haruki Murakami
Japan
Entertainment
28
Dev Patel
UK
Entertainment
29
Mindy Kaling
USA
Entertainment
30
Zayn Malik
UK
Entertainment
31
Meera Syal OBE
UK
Entertainment
32
Gurinder Chadha OBE
UK
Entertainment
33
Muthiah Muralidaran
Sri Lanka
Sports
34
Kumar Sangakkara
Sri Lanka
Sports
35
MS Dhoni
India
Sports
36
Leander Paes
India
Sports
37
Jahangir Khan
Pakistan
Sports
38
Amir Khan
UK
Sports
39
Fauja Singh
UK
Sports
40
Lord Bilimoria of Chelsea
UK
Business
41
Lakshmi Mittal
India
Business
42
Mukesh Ambani
India
Business
43
Cyrus Poonawalla
India
Business
44
Hinduja Brothers
India
Business
45
Lord Alan Sugar
UK
Business
46
John Rocha CBE
Ireland
Entertainment
47
Gok Wan
UK
Entertainment
48
Konnie Huq
UK
Entertainment
49
Nadiya Hussain
UK
Entertainment
50
Russell Peters
Canada
Entertainment
51
Jay Sean
UK
Entertainment
52
Norah Jones
USA
Entertainment
53
Nicole Scherzinger
USA
Entertainment
54
Anupam Kher
India
Entertainment
55
Irrfan Khan
India
Entertainment
56
Jackie Chan
Hong Kong
Entertainment
57
Yash Chopra
India
Entertainment
58
Jiang Jianqing
China
Business
59
Kamui Kobayashi
Japan
Sports
60
Hanif Kureishi
UK
Entertainment
61
Nina Wadia
UK
Entertainment
62
Sanjeev Bhaskar OBE
UK
Entertainment
63
Sir David Tang
Hong Kong
Business
64
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
India
Business
65
Freddie Mercury
UK
Entertainment
66
George Alagiah OBE
UK
Entertainment
67
Abu Jani & Sandeep Khosla
India
Entertainment
68
Anand Burman
India
Business
69
Alan Yau OBE
UK
Business
70
Nitin Sawhney CBE
UK
Entertainment
71
Jay Shetty
UK
Entertainment
72
Tawakkol Karmen
Yemen
Politics
73
Prof. Jim Al-Khalili OBE
UK
Science
74
Arjun Waney OBE
UK
Philanthropy
75
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha
Thailand
Business
76
Mushtaq Ahmed
Pakistan
Sports
77
Nitin Ganatra
UK
Entertainment
78
Manny Pacquiao
Philippines
Sports
79
Yao Ming
China
Sports
80
Li Na
China
Sports
81
Saina Nehwal
India
Sports
82
Mary Kom
India
Sports
83
Viswanathan Anand
India
Sports
84
Tiger Woods
USA
Sports
85
Psy
Korea
Entertainment
86
BTS
Korea
Entertainment
87
Hu Jintao
China
Politics
88
Wen Jiabao
China
Politics
89
Park Geun-hye
Korea
Politics
90
Hamid Karzai
Afghanistan
Politics
91
Asif Ali Zardari
Pakistan
Politics
92
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Indonesia
Politics
93
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Philippines
Politics
94
Lee Myung-bak
Korea
Politics
95
Yoshihiko Noda
Japan
Politics
96
Manmohan Desai
India
Entertainment
97
Lata Mangeshkar
India
Entertainment
98
Rekha
India
Entertainment
99
Amitabh Bachchan
India
Entertainment
100
Jackie Chan
Hong Kong
Entertainment
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2013 Edition — 3rd Asian Awards
Rank
Name
Country
Industry
1
Xi Jinping
China
Politics
2
Manmohan Singh
India
Politics
3
Sonia Gandhi
India
Politics
4
Hu Jintao
China
Politics
5
Li Keqiang
China
Politics
6
Wen Jiabao
China
Politics
7
Ban Ki-Moon
Korea
Politics
8
Shinzo Abe
Japan
Politics
9
Sir Li Ka Shing
Hong Kong
Business
10
Ratan Tata
India
Business
11
Sachin Tendulkar
India
Sports
12
Amitabh Bachchan
India
Entertainment
13
Shah Rukh Khan
India
Entertainment
14
A.R. Rahman
India
Entertainment
15
Bruce Lee
Hong Kong
Entertainment
16
Malala Yousafzai
Pakistan
Politics
17
Aung San Suu Kyi
Burma
Politics
18
Akshay Kumar
India
Entertainment
19
Priyanka Chopra
India
Entertainment
20
Jack Ma
China
Business
21
Lee Hsien Loong
Singapore
Politics
22
Mahathir Mohamad
Malaysia
Politics
23
Anand Mahindra
India
Business
24
Mukesh Ambani
India
Business
25
Lakshmi Mittal
India
Business
26
Naomi Osaka
Japan
Sports
27
MS Dhoni
India
Sports
28
Manny Pacquiao
Philippines
Sports
29
Yao Ming
China
Sports
30
Jahangir Khan
Pakistan
Sports
31
Haruki Murakami
Japan
Entertainment
32
Lata Mangeshkar
India
Entertainment
33
Yash Chopra
India
Entertainment
34
Irrfan Khan
India
Entertainment
35
Jackie Chan
Hong Kong
Entertainment
36
Freddie Mercury
UK
Entertainment
37
Zayn Malik
UK
Entertainment
38
Dev Patel
UK
Entertainment
39
Mindy Kaling
USA
Entertainment
40
Meera Syal OBE
UK
Entertainment
41
Satya Nadella
India
Business
42
Sundar Pichai
India
Business
43
Indra Nooyi
India
Business
44
Cyrus Poonawalla
India
Business
45
Lord Bilimoria of Chelsea
UK
Business
46
Alan Yau OBE
UK
Business
47
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
India
Business
48
Sir David Tang
Hong Kong
Business
49
Hinduja Brothers
India
Business
50
Lord Alan Sugar
UK
Business
51
Muthiah Muralidaran
Sri Lanka
Sports
52
Kumar Sangakkara
Sri Lanka
Sports
53
Saina Nehwal
India
Sports
54
Mary Kom
India
Sports
55
Tiger Woods
USA
Sports
56
Leander Paes
India
Sports
57
Amir Khan
UK
Sports
58
Fauja Singh
UK
Sports
59
Viswanathan Anand
India
Sports
60
Kamui Kobayashi
Japan
Sports
61
Mushtaq Ahmed
Pakistan
Sports
62
Li Na
China
Sports
63
Psy
Korea
Entertainment
64
Nicole Scherzinger
USA
Entertainment
65
Norah Jones
USA
Entertainment
66
Russell Peters
Canada
Entertainment
67
Jay Sean
UK
Entertainment
68
Gok Wan
UK
Entertainment
69
Sanjeev Bhaskar OBE
UK
Entertainment
70
Gurinder Chadha OBE
UK
Entertainment
71
Nitin Sawhney CBE
UK
Entertainment
72
Anupam Kher
India
Entertainment
73
Rekha
India
Entertainment
74
Hanif Kureishi
UK
Entertainment
75
George Alagiah OBE
UK
Entertainment
76
Abu Jani & Sandeep Khosla
India
Entertainment
77
Manmohan Desai
India
Entertainment
78
Hamid Karzai
Afghanistan
Politics
79
Asif Ali Zardari
Pakistan
Politics
80
Park Geun-hye
Korea
Politics
81
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Indonesia
Politics
82
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Philippines
Politics
83
Lee Myung-bak
Korea
Politics
84
Yoshihiko Noda
Japan
Politics
85
Tawakkol Karmen
Yemen
Politics
86
Prof. Jim Al-Khalili OBE
UK
Science
87
Arjun Waney OBE
UK
Philanthropy
88
Anand Burman
India
Business
89
Konnie Huq
UK
Entertainment
90
Nadiya Hussain
UK
Entertainment
91
John Rocha CBE
Ireland
Entertainment
92
Nina Wadia
UK
Entertainment
93
Nitin Ganatra
UK
Entertainment
94
Jay Shetty
UK
Entertainment
95
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha
Thailand
Business
96
Jiang Jianqing
China
Business
97
Mushtaq Ahmed
Pakistan
Sports
98
BTS
Korea
Entertainment
99
Narendra Modi
India
Politics
100
Rahul Gandhi
India
Politics
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