The SBS Drama Awards (), also known as SBS Awards Festival, is an awards ceremony presented annually by Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) for outstanding achievements in Korean dramas aired on its network. It is held annually on December 31. The highest honor of the ceremony is the "Grand Prize" (), awarded to the best actor or actress of the year.
Grand Prize (Daesang) No. Year Winner Drama Ref. 1 1993 Lee Mi-sook How's Your Husband? 2 1994 Choi Myung-gil Marriage 3 1995 Choi Min-soo Sandglass 4 1996 Park Geun-hyung The Brothers' River 5 1997 6 1998 Kim Hee-sun Mister Q 7 1999 Shim Eun-ha Trap of Youth 8 2000 Go Doo-shim Virtue 9 2001 Kang Soo-yeon, Jeon In-hwa Ladies of the Palace 10 2002 Ahn Jae-mo Rustic Period 11 2003 Lee Byung-hun All In 12 2004 Park Shin-yang, Kim Jung-eun Lovers in Paris 13 2005 Jeon Do-yeon Lovers in Prague 14 2006 Han Hye-sook Dear Heaven 15 2007 Park Shin-yang War of Money Kim Hee-ae My Husband's Woman 16 2008 Moon Geun-young Painter of the Wind 17 2009 Jang Seo-hee Temptation of Wife 18 2010 Go Hyun-jung Big Thing 19 2011 Han Suk-kyu Deep Rooted Tree 20 2012 Son Hyun-joo The Chaser 21 2013 Lee Bo-young I Can Hear Your Voice 22 2014 Jun Ji-hyun My Love from the Star 23 2015 Joo Won Yong-pal 24 2016 Han Suk-kyu Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim 25 2017 Ji Sung Defendant 262018 Kam Woo-sungShould We Kiss First?Kim Sun-ah27 2019 Kim Nam-gil The Fiery Priest 28 2020 Namkoong Min Hot Stove League29 2021 Kim So-yeon The Penthouse: War in Life30 2022 Kim Nam-gil Through the Darkness31 2023 Lee Je-hoon Taxi Driver 2 Kim Tae-ri Revenant 32 2024 Jang Na-ra Good Partner33 2025 Lee Je-hoon Taxi Driver 3
SBS Special Award Year Winner Drama 2013 Zo In-sung That Winter, the Wind Blows 2014 Lee Jong-suk Pinocchio, Doctor Stranger
Top Excellence in Acting Awards
Best Actor Year Winner Drama 1996 Lee Jung-gil Beginning of Happiness 1998 Kim Min-jong Mister Q 1999 Lee Geung-young Love Story: Rose, Crystal 2000 Park In-hwan Wang Rung's Land 2001 Cho Jae-hyun Piano 2002 Jang Hyuk Great Ambition, Successful Story of a Bright Girl 2003 Cha In-pyo Perfect Love 2004 Zo In-sung Something Happened in Bali 2005 Kim Joo-hyuk Lovers in Prague 2006 Kim Kap-soo Yeon Gaesomun 2007 Jun Kwang-ryul The King and I 2008 Lee Joon-gi Iljimae 2009 So Ji-sub Cain and Abel
Best Actress Year Winner Drama 1996 Lee Hwi-hyang The Beginning of Happiness 1998 Lee Young-ae Romance 1999 Kim Young-ae Waves 2000 Chae Shi-ra Cheers for Women 2001 Do Ji-won Ladies of the Palace 2002 Jeon Do-yeon Shoot for the Stars 2003 Song Hye-kyo All In 2004 Ha Ji-won Something Happened in Bali 2005 Kim Mi-sook Queen's Conditions 2006 Son Ye-jin Alone in Love2007 Lee Yo-won Surgeon Bong Dal-hee Park Jin-hee War of Money2008 Kim Ha-neul On Air Song Yun-ah 2009 Kim Mi-sook Brilliant Legacy
Best Actor in a Miniseries Year Winner Drama 2012 Lee Min-ho Faith 2013 So Ji-sub Master's Sun 2014 Park Yoochun Three Days 2015 Park Yoochun A Girl Who Sees Smells 2019 Lee Seung-gi Vagabond
Best Actress in a Miniseries Year Winner Drama 2012 Jung Ryeo-won History of a Salaryman 2013 Song Hye-kyo That Winter, the Wind Blows 2014 Gong Hyo-jin It's Okay, That's Love 2015 Kim Tae-hee Yong-pal 2019 Bae Suzy Vagabond
Best Actor in a Mid-Length Drama Year Winner Drama2010 Hyun Bin Secret Garden Kwon Sang-woo Big Thing 2011 Ji Sung Protect the Boss Lee Min-ho City Hunter 2012 So Ji-sub Phantom 2013 Lee Min-ho The Heirs 2014 Kim Soo-hyun My Love from the Star2015 Yoo Jun-sang Heard It Through the Grapevine Cho Jae-hyun Punch 2019 Jo Jung-suk Nokdu Flower 2020 Uhm Ki-joon The Penthouse: War in Life
Best Actress in a Mid-Length Drama Year Winner Drama 2010 Ha Ji-won Secret Garden 2011 Choi Kang-hee Protect the Boss 2012 Han Ji-min Rooftop Prince 2013 Lee Yo-won Empire of Gold 2014 Park Shin-hye Pinocchio 2015 Ji Sung Kill me heal me 2015 Choi Myung-gil Punch 2019 Lee Hanee The Fiery Priest 2020 Kim So-yeon The Penthouse: War in Life Eugene Lee Ji-ah
Best Actor in a Special Planning Drama Year Winner Drama 2010 Lee Beom-soo Giant 2011 Jang Hyuk Midas Kim Rae-won A Thousand Days' Promise
Best Actress in a Special Planning Drama Year Winner Drama 2010 Kim Jung-eun I Am Legend 2011 Soo Ae A Thousand Days' Promise
Best Actor in a Serial Drama Year Winner Drama 2010 Son Hyun-joo Definitely Neighbors 2011 Lee Dong-wook Scent of a Woman 2012 Jang Dong-gun A Gentleman's Dignity 2013 Jun Kwang-ryul Passionate Love 2014 Lee Je-hoon Secret Door 2015 Yoo Ah-in Six Flying Dragons 2016 Jang Keun-suk Jackpot 2019 Seo Do-young Gangnam Scandal, Want a Taste?
Best Actress in a Serial Drama Year Winner Drama 2010 Yoo Ho-jeong Definitely Neighbors 2011 Kim Sun-a Scent of a Woman 2012 Kim Ha-neul A Gentleman's Dignity 2013 Nam Sang-mi Goddess of Marriage 2014 Hwang Jung-eum Endless Love 2015 Kim Hyun-joo I Have a Lover 2016 Kim Hae-sook Yes, That's How It Is 2019 Shim Yi-young Want a Taste?
Best Actor in a Genre & Fantasy Drama Year Winner Drama2016 Kim Rae-won The Doctors Lee Min-ho Legend of the Blue Sea
Best Actress in a Genre & Fantasy Drama Year Winner Drama 2016 Park Shin-hye The Doctors
Best Actor in a Romantic-Comedy Drama Year Winner Drama2016 Jo Jung-suk Don't Dare to Dream Namkoong Min Beautiful Gong Shim
Best Actress in a Romantic-Comedy Drama Year Winner Drama 2016 Gong Hyo-jin Don't Dare to Dream
Best Actor in a Monday–Tuesday Drama Year Winner Drama 2017 Namkoong Min Distorted2018Lee Je-hoonWhere Stars Land
Best Actress in a Monday–Tuesday Drama Year Winner Drama 2017 Lee Bo-young Whisper2018Shin Hye-sunStill 17
Best Actor in a Wednesday–Thursday Drama Year Winner Drama 2017 Lee Jong-suk While You Were Sleeping2018 Choi Jin-hyuk The Last Empress Shin Sung-rok
Best Actress in a Wednesday–Thursday Drama Year Winner Drama 2017 Bae Suzy While You Were Sleeping2018Jang Na-ra The Last Empress
Best Actor in a Daily/Weekend Drama Year Winner Drama 2017 Son Chang-min Band of Sisters2018Kim JaewonLet Me Introduce Her
Best Actress in a Daily/Weekend Drama Year Winner Drama 2017 Jang Seo-hee Band of Sisters2018Song Yoon-ahSecret Mother
Best Actor in a Miniseries Fantasy/Romance Drama Year Winner Drama 2020 Lee Min-ho The King: Eternal Monarch
Best Actress in a Miniseries Fantasy/Romance Drama Year Winner Drama 2020 Park Eun-bin Do You Like Brahms?
Best Actor in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama Year Winner Drama 2020 Ju Ji-hoon Hyena2023Park Sung-woongThe Killing Vote
Best Actress in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama Year Winner Drama 2020 Kim Seo-hyung Nobody Knows2023Moon Chae-wonPayback
Best Actor in a Miniseries Genre/Fantasy Drama Year Winner Drama 2021 Lee Je-hoon Taxi Driver 2022 Huh Joon-ho Why Her Kim Rae-won The First Responders
Best Actor in a Miniseries Fantasy Drama Year Winner Drama 2022 Lee Joon-gi Again My Life
Best Actress in a Miniseries Genre/Fantasy Drama Year Winner Drama 2021 Kim You-jung Lovers of the Red Sky 2022 Seo Hyun-jin Why Her
Best Actor in a Miniseries Romance/Comedy Drama Year Winner Drama 2021 Lee Sang-yoon One the Woman 2022 Ahn Hyo-seop Business Proposal2023Song KangMy Demon
Best Actress in a Miniseries Romance/Comedy Drama Year Winner Drama 2021 Lee Hanee One the Woman 2022 Kim Se-jeong Business Proposal2023Kim You-jungMy Demon
Excellence in Acting Awards
Best Actor Year Winner Drama 1996 Jo Min-ki City Men and Women 1998 Lee Geung-young Romance, Eun-shil 1999 Kim Suk-hoon Tomato 2000 Kim Sang-joong Legends of Love, SWAT Police2001 Ahn Jae-mo Rustic Period Kim Min-jong Guardian Angel Noh Joo-hyun Why Can't We Stop Them Sunwoo Jae-duk Morning Without Parting
Best Actress Year Winner Drama 1996 Kim Nam-joo City Men and Women 1998 Song Yun-ah Mister Q, 공포의 눈동자 1999 Yoo Ho-jeong Trap of Youth2000 Kim Hyun-joo Love Story: Insomnia, Manual and Orange Juice, Virtue Kang Sung-yeon Virtue, Rookie2001 Choi Ji-woo Beautiful Days Kim Mi-sook Well Known Woman Kim Won-hee Song Chae-hwan Morning Without Parting, Way of Living: Couple
Best Actor in a Miniseries Year Winner Drama 2006 Eric Mun Invincible Parachute Agent2007 Kim Sang-joong My Husband's Woman Yoo Jun-sang Catching Up with Gangnam Moms 2012 Kim Sang-joong The Chaser 2013 Lee Jong-suk I Can Hear Your Voice 2014 Sung Dong-il It's Okay, That's Love 2015 Park Hyung-sik High Society 2019 Lee Sang-yoon VIP
Best Actress in a Miniseries Year Winner Drama 2006 Shim Hye-jin Please Come Back, Soon-ae 2007 Ha Hee-ra Catching Up with Gangnam Moms 2012 Kim Sung-ryung The Chaser 2013 Sung Yu-ri The Secret of Birth 2014 So Yi-hyun Three Days 2015 Moon Geun-young The Village: Achiara's Secret 2019 Lee Se-young Doctor John
Best Actor in a Mid-Length Drama Year Winner Drama 2002 Go Soo Age of Innocence2003 Ji Sung All In Joo Jin-mo Punch 2004 Ji Jin-hee Miss Kim's Million Dollar Quest 2005 Son Chang-min Bad Housewife 2008 Park Yong-ha On Air 2009 Cha Seung-won City Hall 2010 Lee Seung-gi My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox 2011 Jung Gyu-woon Sign 2012 Park Yoochun Rooftop Prince 2013 Sung Dong-il Jang Ok-jung, Living by Love 2014 Shin Sung-rok My Love from the Star 2015 Ju Ji-hoon Mask 2019 Kim Sung-kyun The Fiery Priest 2020 Bong Tae-gyu The Penthouse: War in Life Yoon Jong-hoon
Best Actress in a Drama Special Year Winner Drama 2002 Kim Ji-ho Affection 2003 Choi Ji-woo Stairway to Heaven 2004 Kim Hyun-joo Miss Kim's Million Dollar Quest 2005 Lee Da-hae Green Rose, My Girl 2008 Choi Kang-hee My Sweet Seoul 2009 Kim Sun-a City Hall 2010 Shin Min-a My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox 2011 Shin Se-kyung Deep Rooted Tree 2012 Jeong Yu-mi Rooftop Prince 2013 Park Shin-hye The Heirs 2014 Han Ye-seul Birth of a Beauty 2015 Go Ah-sung Heard It Through the Grapevine 2019 Han Ye-ri Nokdu Flower 2020 Shin Eun-kyung The Penthouse: War in Life
Best Actor in a Special Planning Drama Year Winner Drama 2002 Han Jae-suk Great Ambition 2003 So Ji-sub Thousand Years of Love 2004 Lee Dong-gun Stained Glass, Lovers in Paris 2005 Go Soo Green Rose 2008 Jang Hyuk Tazza 2009 Lee Seung-gi Brilliant Legacy Park Si-hoo Family's Honor 2010 Jeong Bo-seok Giant 2011 Jun Kwang-ryul Warrior Baek Dong-soo
Best Actress in a Special Planning Drama Year Winner Drama 2002 Kim Hyun-joo Glass Slippers 2003 Sung Yu-ri Thousand Years of Love 2004 Song Yun-ah Into the Storm 2005 Lee Yo-won Fashion 70's 2008 Han Ye-seul Tazza 2009 Han Hyo-joo Brilliant Legacy 2010 Park Jin-hee Giant 2011 Yoon So-yi Warrior Baek Dong-soo
Best Actor in a Serial Drama Year Winner Drama 2002 Kim Tae-woo That Woman Catches People 2003 Kim Yeong-cheol Rustic Period 2004 Lee Soon-jae The Land 2005 Yoo Jun-sang The Land 2006 Lee Hoon Love and Ambition2007 Im Chae-moo Golden Bride Oh Man-seok The King and I 2008 Ahn Nae-sang First Wives' Club 2009 Byun Woo-min Temptation of Wife 2010 Song Chang-eui Life Is Beautiful 2011 Um Ki-joon Scent of a Woman 2012 Kim Soo-ro A Gentleman's Dignity 2013 Kim Ji-hoon Goddess of Marriage 2014 Song Chang-eui Thrice Married Woman 2015 Byun Yo-han Six Flying Dragons 2016 Yeo Jin-goo Jackpot
Best Actress in a Serial Drama Year Winner Drama 2002 Kim Ji-soo Like a Flowing River 2003 Choi Myung-gil South of the Sun 2004 Yoo Sun Into the Storm 2005 Kyeon Mi-ri Love and Sympathy 2006 Kim Ji-young My Lovely Fool2007 Kyeon Mi-ri Golden Bride Yoo Sun That Woman Is Scary2008 Kim Hye-sun First Wives' Club Oh Hyun-kyung 2009 Kim Seo-hyung Temptation of Wife 2010 Kang Sung-yeon Wife Returns 2011 Lee So-yeon My Love By My Side 2012 Shin Eun-kyung Still You 2013 Wang Bit-na Two Women's Room 2014 Choi Jung-yoon Cheongdam-dong Scandal 2015 Shin Se-kyung Six Flying Dragons 2016 Kim Ji-young Here Comes Love
Best Actor in a Drama Short Year Winner Drama 2002 Shin Goo You Are My World2003 Kim Young-ho Ang-sook Sung Ji-ru 2013 Jung Eun-woo Stranger 2014 Lee Deok-hwa Wonderful Day in October 2015 Lee Han-wi
Best Actress in a Drama Short