| IIFA Award for Best Story | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Performance by a Story writer |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | International Indian Film Academy |
| First award | Sanjay Leela Bhansali & Pratap Karvat Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (2000) |
| Currently held by | Reema Kagti & Zoya Akhtar Gully Boy (2020) |
| Website | http://www.iifa.com |
The IIFA Award for Best Story is chosen by the viewers and the winner is announced at the ceremony.
Since the 22nd IIFA Awards in 2022, the category has been split into Best Story (Original) and Best Story (Adapted).
| Wins | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2 | Aditya Chopra, Jaideep Sahni, Rajkumar Hirani, Zoya Akhtar & Reema Kagti |
The winners are listed below:
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Pratap Karvat and Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam |
| 2001 | Aditya Chopra | Mohabbatein |
| 2002 | Ashutosh Gowariker | Lagaan |
| 2003 | Jaideep Sahni | Company |
| 2004 | Karan Johar | Kal Ho Naa Ho |
| 2005 | Aditya Chopra | Veer-Zaara |
| 2006 | Nagesh Kukunoor | Iqbal |
| 2007 | Rajkumar Hirani | Lage Raho Munna Bhai [1] |
| 2008 | Jaideep Sahni | Chak De India |
| 2009 | Neeraj Pandey | A Wednesday! |
| 2010 | Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi and Vidhu Vinod Chopra | 3 Idiots |
| 2011 | Shibani Bathija | My Name is Khan |
| 2012 | Zoya Akhtar & Reema Kagti | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara |
| 2013 | Anurag Basu and Tani Basu | Barfi! |
| 2014 | Prasoon Joshi | Bhaag Milkha Bhaag |
| 2015 | Vikas Bahl, Chaitally Parmar, Parveez Shaikh | Queen |
| 2016 | Juhi Chaturvedi | Piku [2] |
| 2017 | Ayesha Devitre, Shakun Batra | Kapoor & Sons |
| 2018 | Amit V. Masurkar | Newton |
| 2019 | Sriram Raghavan, Arijit Biswas, Pooja Ladha Surti, Yogesh Chandekar, Hemanth Rao | Andhadhun |
| 2020 | Zoya Akhtar & Reema Kagti | Gully Boy |
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Anurag Basu | Ludo |
| 2023 | Jasmeet K Reen, Parveez Sheikh | Darlings |
| 2024 | Ishita Moitra, Shashank Khaitan, Sumit Roy | Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani |
| 2025 | Biplab Goswami | Laapataa Ladies |
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Kabir Khan, Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan, Vasan Bala | 83 |
| 2023 | Aamil Keeyan Khan, Abhishek Pathak | Drishyam 2 |
| 2024 | Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Jaskunwar Kohli | 12th Fail |
| 2025 | Sriram Raghavan, Arijit Biswas, Pooja Ladha Surti, Anukriti Pandey | Merry Christmas |