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.
| 2 | Akshaye Khanna, Rishi Kapoor |
The winners are listed below:-
| Year | Actor/Actress | Character Name | Film | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Gulfam Hassan | Sarfarosh | ||
| 2001 | Durga Narayan Chaudhary | Jungle | ||
| 2002 | Vikram Bajaj (Vicky) | Ajnabee | ||
| 2003 | Karan Malhotra | Humraaz | ||
| 2004 | Saba Karim Shah | Janasheen | ||
| 2005 | Kabir | Dhoom | ||
| 2006 | Tabrez Alam | Apaharan | ||
| 2007 | Ishwar 'Langda' Tyagi | Omkara | ||
| 2008 | Mahindra 'Maya' Dolas | Shootout at Lokhandwala | ||
| 2009 | Rajiv Singh | Race | ||
| 2010 | Viru Sahastrabuddhe (Virus) | 3 Idiots | ||
| 2011 | Chedi Singh | Dabangg | ||
| 2012 | Jaikant Shikre | Singham | ||
| 2013 | Rauf Lala | Agneepath | ||
| 2014 | DCP Ravikant Phogat | Aurangzeb | ||
| 2015 | Khurram Meer | Haider | ||
| 2016 | Satbir | NH10[1] | ||
| 2017 | Khalil | Neerja |