IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Male
# IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Male

The IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Male is given by the International Indian Film Academy as part of its annual award ceremony to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in his debut film. Originally known as the "IIFA Award for Fresh Face of the Year (Male)", it was officially given its new title in 2006. During its inaugural year in 2001, four separate actors were presented with an award.

## Winners

### 2000s

* 2001 Abhishek Bachchan – Refugee as Refugee (tied with) Hrithik Roshan – Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai as Rohit/Raj Chopra, Rahul Dev – Champion as Naseer Ahmed and Uday Chopra – Mohabbatein as Vikram Kapoor/Oberoi
* 2002 Arjun Rampal – Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat as Gaurav Saxena
* 2003 John Abraham – Jism as Kabir Lal
* 2004 Shahid Kapoor – Ishq Vishk as Rajiv Mathur
* 2005 Not awarded
* 2006 Shiney Ahuja – Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi as Vikram Malhotra
* 2007 Upen Patel – 36 China Town as Rocky
* 2008 Ranbir Kapoor – Saawariya as Ranbir Raj
* 2009 Farhan Akhtar – Rock On!! as Aditya Shroff

### 2010s

* 2010 Jackky Bhagnani – Kal Kissne Dekha as Nihaal Singh (tied with) Omi Vaidya – 3 Idiots as Chatur Ramalingam (Silencer)
* 2011 Ranveer Singh – Band Baaja Baaraat as Bittoo Sharma
* 2012 Vidyut Jamwal – Force as Vishnu
* 2013 Ayushmann Khurrana – Vicky Donor as Vicky Arora
* 2014 Dhanush – Raanjhanaa as Kundan Shankar
* 2015 Tiger Shroff – Heropanti as Bablu
* 2016 Vicky Kaushal – Masaan as Deepak Chaudhary
* 2017 Diljit Dosanjh – Udta Punjab as Sartaaj Singh
* 2018 Not awarded
* 2019 Ishaan Khatter – Dhadak as Madhukar "Madhu" Bhagla

### 2020s

* 2020 Abhimanyu Dassani – Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota as Suryaanshu "Surya" Sampat
* 2022 Ahan Shetty – Tadap as Ishaan
* 2023 Shantanu Maheshwari - Gangubai Kathiawadi as Afsaan Badr-ur-Razzaq Babil Khan - Qala as Jagan Batwal
