Winners of Gyanpeeth Award or known as Jnanpith Award for all languages are listed below. Gyanpeeth Award Winners of Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada, Gujarati Languages are listed below. The name of winner of Malayalam language is Sankara Kurup. Full List of Jnanpith Award Winners-
| Award Year | Works Done | Language | Winners Name |
| 1965 | Odakkuzhal | Malayalam | G. Sankara Kurup |
| 1966 | Ganadevta | Bengali | Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay |
| 1967 | Sri Ramayana Darshanam | Kannada | Kuppali Venkatappagowda Puttappa (Kuvempu) |
| 1967 | Nishitha | Gujarati | Umashankar Joshi |
| 1968 | Chidambara | Hindi | Sumitranandan Pant |
| 1969 | Gul-e-Naghma | Urdu | Firaq Gorakhpuri |
| 1970 | Ramayana Kalpavrukshamu (A resourceful tree:Ramayana) | Telugu | Viswanatha Satyanarayana |
| 1971 | Smriti Satta Bhavishyat | Bengali | Bishnu Dey |
| 1972 | Urvashi | Hindi | Ramdhari Singh Dinkar |
| 1973 | Nakutanti (Four Strings) | Kannada | Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre |
| 1973 | Matimatal | Oriya | Gopinath Mohanty |
| 1974 | Yayati | Marathi | Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar |
| 1975 | Chitttrappavai | Tamil | P. V. Akilan |
| 1976 | Pratham Pratisruti | Bengali | Ashapurna Devi |
| 1977 | Mookajjiya Kanasugalu (Mookajjis dreams) | Kannada | K. Shivaram Karanth |
| 1978 | Kitni Navon Men Kitni Bar (How many times in how many boats?) | Hindi | Sachchidananda Vatsyayan |
| 1979 | Mrityunjay (Conquering Death) | Assamese | Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya |
| 1980 | Oru Desathinte Katha (Story of a Land) | Malayalam | S. K. Pottekkatt |
| 1981 | Kagaj te Canvas | Punjabi | Amrita Pritam |
| 1982 | Yama | Hindi | Mahadevi Varma |
| 1983 | Chikkaveera Rajendra (Life and struggle of Kodava King Chikkaveera Rajendra) | Kannada | Masti Venkatesha Iyengar |
| 1984 | Kayar (Coir) | Malayalam | Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai |
| 1985 | Maanavi Ni Bhavaai | Gujarati | Pannalal Patel |
| 1986 | Oriya | Sachidananda Routray | |
| 1987 | For his contributions to Marathi literature | Marathi | Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar (Kusumagraj) |
| 1988 | Viswambhara | Telugu | C. Narayana Reddy |
| 1989 | Akhire Shab Ke Humsafar | Urdu | Qurratulain Hyder |
| 1990 | Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi | Kannada | V. K. Gokak (Vinayaka Krishna Gokak) |
| 1991 | Padatik (The Foot Soldier) | Bengali | Subhas Mukhopadhyay |
| 1992 | Hindi | Naresh Mehta | |
| 1993 | For outstanding contribution to the enrichment of Indian literature, 1973–92 | Oriya | Sitakant Mahapatra |
| 1994 | For his contributions to Kannada literature | Kannada | U. R. Ananthamurthy |
| 1995 | Randamoozham | Malayalam | M. T. Vasudevan Nair |
| 1996 | Hajar Churashir Maa | Bengali | Mahasweta Devi |
| 1997 | Urdu | Ali Sardar Jafri | |
| 1998 | For his contributions to Kannada literature and for contributions to Kannada theatre (Yayati) | Kannada | Girish Karnad |
| 1999 | Hindi | Nirmal Verma | |
| 1999 | Punjabi | Gurdial Singh | |
| 2000 | Datal Hatir Unye Khuwa Howdah (The Termite Eaten Howdah of the Tusker) | Assamese | Indira Goswami |
| 2001 | Dhwani | Gujarati | Rajendra Shah |
| 2002 | Novels: Oru Manidhan Oru Vidu Oru Ulakam (A Man, a Home and a World), Oru Nadikai Nadakam Parkkiral (Actress watches the Act), Parisukkup Po (Go to Paris), Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (Certain people at certain times). More than 200 short stories. Non fiction: Oru Ilakkiyavaathiyin Arasiyal Anubhavangal ((A Literary Man’s Political Experiences), Oru Ilakkiyavaathiyin Aanmeega Anubhavangal (A Literary Man’s Spiritual Experiences) | Tamil | D. Jayakanthan |
| 2003 | For his contributions to Marathi literature | Marathi | Vinda Karandikar |
| 2004 | Subhuk Soda, Kalami Rahi and Siyah Rode Jaren Manz | Kashmiri | Rehman Rahi |
| 2005 | Hindi | Kunwar Narayan | |
| 2006 | Konkani | Ravindra Kelekar | |
| 2006 | Sanskrit | Satya Vrat Shastri | |
| 2007 | For his contributions to Malayalam literature | Malayalam | O. N. V. Kurup |
| 2008 | Urdu | Akhlaq Mohammed Khan ‘Shahryar’ | |
| 2009 | Hindi | Amar Kant | |
| 2009 | Hindi | Sri Lal Sukla | |
| 2010 | For his contributions to Kannada literature | Kannada | Chandrashekhara Kambara |
| 2011 | Yajnaseni | Oriya | Pratibha Ray |
| 2012 | Paakudurallu | Telugu | Ravuri Bharadhwaja |
| 2013 | Akaal Mein Saras | Hindi | Kedarnath Singh |
| 2014 | Hindu: Jagnyachi Samrudhha Adgal | Marathi | Bhalchandra Nemade |