The list of National Champions from 1999. Traditionally the National Champion has been based on a single Nationals Tournament. In Jan 2026 The Scrabble Association of India has introduced a new computation of the National Champion based on all the major tournaments of the year. As such the Nationals winner Madhav Gopal Kamath retains the National Champion title for 2025, but in addition Sherwin Rodrigues has also been declared as the Indian National Champion for 2025.
You can read more about the computation of the National Champion from 2025 in the policy here.
| Year | National Champion |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Sherwin Rodrigues* |
| 2025 | Madhav Gopal Kamath |
| 2024 | Aditya Iyengar |
| 2023 | Aditya Iyengar |
| 2022 | Aditya Iyengar |
| 2019 | Sherwin Rodrigues |
| 2018 | Nakul Prabhu |
| 2017 | Sherwin Rodrigues |
| 2016 | Sherwin Rodrigues |
| 2015 | Mohan Chunkath |
| 2014 | Sherwin Rodrigues |
| 2013 | Sherwin Rodrigues |
| 2012 | Irineu Gonsalves |
| 2011 | Sherwin Rodrigues |
| 2010 | Sherwin Rodrigues |
| 2009 | Sherwin Rodrigues |
| 2008 | Sherwin Rodrigues |
| 2007 | Varisht Hingorani |
| 2006 | Varisht Hingorani |
| 2005 | Akshay Bhandarkar |
| 2004 | Akshay Bhandarkar |
| 2003 | Akshay Bhandarkar |
| 2002 | Akshay Bhandarkar |
| 2001 | Mohan Chunkath |
| 2000 | Shaik Ahmed |
| 1999 | Mohan Chunkath |
*Title given as per new system, so 2 champs for 2025
The Nationals were not held in Covid years in 2020 and 2021, hence no Champion for those years
National Champions by Number of Titles:
| National Champion Years | No. of years won | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Sherwin Rodrigues | 10 | 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2025* |
| Akshay Bhandarkar | 4 | 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 |
| Aditya Iyengar | 3 | 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Mohan Chunkath | 3 | 1999, 2001, 2015 |
| Varisht Hingorani | 2 | 2006, 2007 |
| Irineu Gonsalves | 1 | 2012 |
| Madhav Gopal Kamath | 1 | 2025 |
| Nakul Prabhu | 1 | 2018 |
| Shaik Ahmed | 1 | 2000 |