Oscar winners with most awards by major category 2026| ��ƽ��

Leading multiple Academy Award winners as of 2026, by major category

Category	Winner(s)	Number of wins
Most ever	Walt Disney	22
Most awarded films	Ben-Hur (1959), Titanic (1997), and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	11
Best Director	John Ford	4
Best Actor	Daniel Day-Lewis	3
Best Actress	Katharine Hepburn	4
Best Supporting Actor	Walter Brennan	3
Best Supporting Actress	Dianne Wiest and Shelley Winters	2
Best Original Screenplay	Woody Allen	3
Best Adapted Screenplay	Robert Bolt, Francis Ford Coppola, Christopher Hampton, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Alexander Payne, Mario Puzo, Alvin Sargent, George Seaton, and Michael Wilson	2
Best Animated Feature Film	Pete Doctor	3
Best Art Direction/Best Production Design	Cedric Gibbons	11
Best Costume Design	Edith Head	8
Best Makeup and Hairstyling	Rick Baker	7
Best Score	Alfred Newman	9
Best Original Song	Sammy Cahn, Johnny Mercer, Alan Menken, and Jimmy Van Heusen	4
Best Visual Effects	Dennis Muren	8

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March 2026

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1929 to 2026

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As of March 2026, Cedric Gibbons was the Oscars winner with the most awards in just one category. He won 11 awards for Best Art Direction, later renamed to Best Production Design, between 1929 and 1956, and is additionally credited with designing the Oscars statuette.The biggest winner overall is Walt Disney himself, winning 22 awards over a span of several categories. In terms of most awarded movies, there's a three-way tie between Ben-Hur (1959), Titanic (1997), and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, which each garnered a total of 11 awards.