| Records | - First person in the world to win the points and time formats both in the same year at the IBSF World Billiards Championship
- Won his first world title 'Men's World Snooker Championship' in China at the age of eighteen only
- Won the Grand Double for the third time in the UK
- 24-time IBSF World Billiards Champion (points and time formats)
- Only player to win both snooker and billiards amateur world titles
- First to win all five national, regional, and world billiards tournaments in a single season (2005)
- Holds the record number of IBSF world championships
- Won the Grand Double on three occasions: 2008 in Bangalore, 2014 in England, and 2018 in Myanmar
- Won 150-up Billiards Championship (Points Format) in 2019
- 28-time IBSF World Champion in billiards and snooker
- 27-time IBSF world champion with 20 billiards world titles including 17 IBSF World Billiards Championships and 1 World Team Billiards Championship
- Won World Professional Billiards Championship in 2009 beating Mike Russell in the final at Leeds
- Won WPBSA World Billiards Champion in 2012
- Won the inaugural Liber Win Champions Cup 2026, defeating Kamal Chawla 6-3 in the final
- Secured his 36th overall national title and 10th men's snooker crown at the Indian Snooker Championship
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| Awards/Achievements | | Awards | - 2003 - Indo-American Young Achiever's Award
- 2004 - Arjuna Award, Rajiv Gandhi Award, Hero India Sports Award
- 2006 - Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
- 2009 - Padmashree
- 2010 - DNA Most Stylish Sportsperson, Sahara India Sports Award, Teacher's Achievement Award in Sports
- 2011 - World Economic Forum’s Global Shaper Award
- 2012 - Asian Billiards Championship, NDTV Spirit of Sports
- 2018 - Padmabhushan
- 2007 - Rajyotsava Award, Kempegowda Award, Ekalavya Award
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| World Titles | - 2003, 2015, 2017 - IBSF World Snooker Champion
- 2005, 2007-09, 2012, 2014-15 - World Billiards Champion (Time Format)
- 2014 - The World Team Billiards Championship
- 2014-15 - IBSF World Six-Red Snooker Champion
- 2005, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2017 - World Billiards Champion (Points Format)
- 2018 - IBSF World Snooker Team Championship
- 2018 - IBSF World Billiards Champion (Time Format)
- 2019 - 150-up Billiards Champion (Points Format)
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