- c.1946
- DONALDSON AWARD Billion Dollar Baby
- 1947
- ANTOINETTE PERRY AWARD FOR BEST CHOREOGRAPHER High Button Shoes
- DONALDSON AWARD High Button Shoes
- 1948
- NEW YORK DRAMA CRITICS AWARD High Button Shoes
- NY DRAMA CRITICS AWARD High Button Shoes
- 1950
- DANCE MAGAZINE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
- 1951
- DONALDSON AWARD The King and I
- 1952
- DONALDSON AWARD Two’s Company
- 1953
- SYLVANIA AWARD Ford 50th Anniversary Show
- 1954
- DONALDSON AWARD The Pajama Game
- 1955
- EMMY AWARD FOR BEST CHOREOGRAPHER Peter Pan (televised)
- 1956
- LOOK MAGAZINE AWARD Peter Pan (televised)
- BOX OFFICE BLUE RIBBON AWARD King and I (film)
- 1957
- DANCE MAGAZINE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
- 1958
- ANTOINETTE PERRY AWARD FOR BEST CHOREOGRAPHER West Side Story (musical)
- 1958
- LONDON EVENING STANDARD DRAMA West Side Story (musical)
- 1959
- CITY OF NEW YORK CITATION bestowed by Mayor Wagner Ballets: U.S.A.
- THEATRE DES NATIONS AWARD named Best Choreographer
- 1961
- ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS & SCIENCES AWARD (Oscar) Best Director – West Side Story (with Robert Wise) Honorary Award for Brilliant Achievements in the Art of Choreography on Film
- LAUREL AWARD, WRITERS’ GUILD OF AMERICA WEST West Side Story (film)
- SBI GOLD OWL AWARD – BEST CHOREOGRAPHY West Side Story (film)
- SCREEN DIRECTORS GUILD AWARD West Side Story (Film)
- 1964
- CHEVALIER DE L’ORDRE DES ARTS ET DES LETTRES
- 1965
- ANTOINETTE PERRY AWARD Fiddler on the Roof (Best Director 1965) Fiddler on the Roof (Best Choreographer 1965)
- DRAMA CRITICS AWARD Best Musical – Fiddler on the Roof
- 1967
- BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY CREATIVE ARTS AWARD Theater
- 1971
- CITY OF PARIS AWARD International Dance Festival, Best Ballet: Les Noces
- 1974
- HONORARY DEGREE FROM OHIO UNIVERSITY
- 1976
- HANDEL MEDALLION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
- CAPEZIO DANCE AWARD
- 1979
- AMERICA-ISRAEL ARTS, SCIENCES & HUMANITIES AWARD
- THEATRE HALL OF FAME
- 1980
- HONORARY DOCTORATE, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Graduate School and University Center of CUNY
- 1981
- KENNEDY CENTER HONOREE John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Washington, D.C. December 6, 1981
- INTERNATIONAL DANCE, FILM & VIDEOTAPE FESTIVAL & CONFERENCE Dedicated to Jerome Robbins Sponsored by the Dance Collection of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, and the International Dance Council, Inc./UNESCO
- 1982
- AMERICA-ISRAEL CULTURAL FOUNDATION’S KING SOLOMON Award for Artistic Achievement
- 1984
- BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY CREATIVE ARTS AWARD Dance
- 1985
- AMERICAN ACADEMY & INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND LETTERS Honorary Member
- HONORARY DOCTORATE OF FINE ARTS, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
- ASTAIRE AWARD Lifetime Achievement in Dance — Given by the Anglo-American Contemporary Dance Foundation
- 1988
- HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN BALLET PRIZE Royal Danish Theatre
- NATIONAL MEDAL OF ARTS AWARD National Endowment for the Arts
- 1989
- ANTOINETTE PERRY AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL Jerome Robbins’ Broadway
- 1990
- COMMONWEALTH AWARD OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN THE DRAMATIC ARTS Bank of Delaware
- COMMANDEUR DE L’ORDRE DES ARTS ET DES LETTRES
- 1993
- FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES Honorary Member
- 1993
- Chevalier dans l’Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur
- 1997