Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ejiofor ya sami lambobin yabo da yawa don taka rawar da Ba'amurke ya yi na kawar da mulkin mallaka Solomon Northup a cikin fim ɗin wasan kwaikwayo na tarihin rayuwar 2013 "Shekaru 12 a Bawa". Ya karɓi lambar yabo ta BAFTA don Mafi Kyawun Jarumi a cikin Babban Matsayi kuma an zaɓe shi don Kyautar Kwalejin don Mafi Kyawun Jarumi. Bugu da kari, ya lashe kyaututtukan Mafi Kyawun Jarumi a 3rd AACTA International Awards da 14th BET Awards, kuma an zabi shi a Gasar Golden Globe Awards ta 71,
20th Screen Actors Guild Awards, 19th Critics 'Choice Awards, da kuma 18th Satellite Awards. A cikin 2013, ya kuma fito a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na talabijin na BBC "Dancing on the Edge", wanda aka zaɓe shi don lambar yabo ta Golden Globe, lambar yabo ta Primetime Emmy, da kuma lambar yabo ta Satellite. An ba Ejiofor lambar yabo ta CBE a shekarar 2015.