This list of sociology awards is an index to articles about of notable awards given to persons, groups, or institutions for their contributions to the study of sociology.[1]
| Distinguished Scholarly Book Award (formerly named the MacIver Award) | 1956 | ||
| C. Wright Mills Award | 1964 | ||
| Charles Horton Cooley Award | 1978 | ||
| 1979 | |||
| 1979 | |||
| 1980 | |||
| Scholarly Achievement Award | North Central Sociological Association | 1981 | |
| 1981 | |||
| Albert J. Reiss, Jr. Award (formerly named the Distinguished Scholar Award[2]) | 1983 | ||
| Distinguished Book Award | 1984 | ||
| William J. Goode Award | 1985 | ||
| 1986 | |||
| Distinguished Scholarship Award[3] | 1986 | ||
| Outstanding Scholarship Award | 1986 | ||
| Italian Association of Sociology | 1987 | ||
| Book Award | Association for Humanist Sociology | 1987 | |
| Robert Park Award | 1987 | ||
| Outstanding Book Award | 1988 | ||
| Distinguished Scholarship Award | 1989 | ||
| Best Book Award | 1990 | ||
| Book Award | 1991 | ||
| Distinguished Book Award | 1991 | ||
| Michael J. Hindelang Award | 1991 | ||
| Robert K. Merton Award | 1991 | ||
| Distinguished Book Award | American Society of Criminology Division of International Criminology | 1992 | |
| Max Weber Book Award | 1992 | ||
| Otis Dudley Duncan Award | 1992 | ||
| Book Award | 1993 | ||
| Eliot Freidson Outstanding Publication Award | 1993 | ||
| Distinguished Book Award | 1994 | ||
| Distinguished Scholar of the Year | American Society of Criminology Division on Women and Crime | 1994 | |
| Ludwik Fleck Prize | 1994 | ||
| Theory Prize | 1994 | ||
| Willard Waller Award | 1994 | ||
| Oliver Cromwell Cox Award | 1996 | ||
| Thomas & Znaniecki Book Award | 1996 | ||
| Distinguished Book Award | 1997 | ||
| Outstanding Book Award | 1997 | ||
| Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Award | 1998 | ||
| Distinguished Publication Award | 1998 | ||
| 1998 | |||
| Distinguished Book Award | 1999 | ||
| Outstanding Scholarly Achievement | 1999 | ||
| Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award | 2000 | ||
| Outstanding Publication | 2000 | ||
| Outstanding Recent Contribution Award | 2000 | ||
| Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Award | 2001 | ||
| Mirra Komarovsky Book Award | 2001 | ||
| Distinguished Scholarly Book Award | 2003 | ||
| Viviana Zelizer Award | 2003 | ||
| Book Award | 2004 | ||
| Award for Distinguished Scholarship | 2005 | ||
| Distinguished Scholarly Book Award | 2005 | ||
| Outstanding Book | 2006 | ||
| James S. Coleman Award | 2006 |