• Cauliflower Alley Club
  • Lou Thesz Award (2004)
• Japan Wrestling Association
  • NWA International Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Shohei Baba
  • All Asia Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Michiaki Yoshimura (2) and Kintaro Ohki (1)
  • 11th World Big League
  • 1st and 2nd World Tag League (with Kantaro Hoshino and Seiji Sakaguchi)
• National Wrestling Federation
  • NWF Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
• New Japan Pro Wrestling
  • IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles/Japan version) (1 time) – with Seiji Sakaguchi
  • WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship (1 time, inaugural and final)
  • NJPW Real World Championship (1 time)
  • NJPW IWGP League (1984, 1986, 1987, 1988)
  • NJPW Japan Cup Tag Team League (1986) with Yoshiaki Fujiwara
  • MSG League (1978–1981)
  • MSG Tag League (1980) with Bob Backlund
  • MSG Tag League (1982) with Hulk Hogan
  • MSG Tag League (1983) with Hulk Hogan
  • MSG Tag League (1984) with Tatsumi Fujinami
  • Six Man Tag Team Cup League (1988) with Riki Choshu & Kantaro Hoshino[5]
  • World League (1974, 1975)
  • Greatest Wrestlers (Class of 2007)[6]
• NWA Big Time Wrestling
  • NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (Texas version) (1 time) – with Duke Keomuka
• NWA Hollywood Wrestling
  • NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles/Japan version) (1 time) – with Seiji Sakaguchi
  • NWA United National Championship (1 time)
• NWA Mid-America
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) (1 time) – with Hiro Matsuda
• Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
  • Class of 2009[3]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #5 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003
• Pro Wrestling This Week
  • Wrestler of the Week (June 7–13, 1987)[7]
• Tokyo Sports
  • 30th Anniversary Lifetime Achievement Award (1990)[8]
  • 50th Anniversary Lifetime Achievement Award (2010)[9]
  • Best Tag Team Award (1975) with Seiji Sakaguchi[10]
  • Best Tag Team Award (1981) with Tatsumi Fujinami[11]
  • Distinguished Service Award (1979, 1982)[10][11]
  • Lifetime Achievement Award (1989)[11]
  • Match of the Year Award (1974) vs. Strong Kobayashi on March 19[10]
  • Match of the Year Award (1975) vs. Billy Robinson on December 11[10]
  • Match of the Year Award (1979) with Giant Baba vs. Abdullah the Butcher and Tiger Jeet Singh on August 26[10]
  • Match of the Year Award (1984) vs. Riki Choshu on August 2[11]
  • MVP Award (1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981)[10][11]
  • Special Grand Award (1983, 1987)[11]
  • Technique Award (1985)[11]
• Universal Wrestling Association
  • UWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[12]
• World Championship Wrestling
  • WCW Hall of Fame (Class of 1995)
• World Wide Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment
  • WWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)1
  • WWWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship (2 times, inaugural and final)
  • WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2010)
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  • Promoter of the Year (2001)
  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)

1 ^ Inoki's WWF Heavyweight Championship reign is not officially recognized by WWE.