| Year | Recipients |
|---|
| 1972 (1st) | Max Fleischer†,Dave Fleischer |
| 1973 (2nd) | Walter Lantz |
| 1974 (3rd) | Tex Avery,Friz Freleng,Chuck Jones,Art Babbitt,Winsor McCay† |
| 1975 (4th) | Grim Natwick,Walt Disney†,John Hubley,Faith Hubley,Norman McLaren |
| 1976 (5th) | Robert Cannon†,Hugh Harman,Rudolf Ising,Mike Maltese,George Pal,Ward Kimball |
| 1977 (6th) | Bill Hanna,Joe Barbera,Mel Blanc,Oskar Fischinger†,Bill Scott,Milt Kahl |
| 1978 (7th) | Jay Ward,Ub Iwerks†,Dick Huemer,Carl Stalling†,Hans Conried |
| 1979 (8th) | Clyde Geronimi,Bill Melendez,Mae Questel,Otto Messmer |
| 1980 (9th) | Ollie Johnston,Frank Thomas,Cal Howard,Paul Julian,Laverne Harding |
| 1981 (10th) | T. Hee,Bill Peet,Bill Tytla†,John Whitney,Ken Harris |
| 1982 (11th) | Ken Anderson,Bruno Bozzetto,June Foray,Don Graham†,Marc Davis |
| 1983 (12th) | Eric Larson,Fred Moore†,Clarence Nash,Wolfgang Reitherman, Leo Salkin,Stephen Bosustow†,Wilfred Jackson |
| 1984 (13th) | Daws Butler,David Hand,Jack Kinney,Michael Lah,Robert McKimson†,Richard Williams,Hamilton Luske† |
| 1985 (14th) | Robert Abel,Preston Blair,Joe Grant,John Halas,Sterling Holloway,Jim McDonald,Phil Monroe,Ben Washam† |
| 1986 (15th) | Frederic Back,Shamus Culhane, William T. Hurtz,Irven Spence,Emery Hawkins,John Lounsbery† |
| 1987 (16th) | Paul Driessen,Jack Hannah,Bill Littlejohn,Maurice Noble, Ken O'Connor,Norman Ferguson†,Mel Shaw |
| 1988 (17th) | Ralph Bakshi,Bob Clampett†,Tissa David,Kihachiro Kawamoto,Virgil Ross |
| 1989–90 (18th) | Art Clokey,Hicks Lokey,Alex Lovy,Don Messick,Osamu Tezuka†,Lester Novros |
| 1991 (19th) | Ray Harryhausen,Herbert Klynn,Bob Kurtz,Yuri Norstein, Joe Siracusa, Ruth Kissane† |
| 1992 (20th) | Les Clark†,Stan Freberg,David Hilberman |
| 1993 (21st) | George Dunning†,Roy E. Disney,Jack Zander |
| 1994 (22nd) | Ed Benedict,Arthur Davis,Jean Vander Pyl |
| 1995 (23rd) | Jules Engel,Vance Gerry, Dan McLaughlin |
| 1996 (24th) | Mary Blair†,Burny Mattinson,Iwao Takamoto |
| 1997 (25th) | Willis O'Brien†,Myron Waldman,Paul Winchell |
| 1998 (26th) | Eyvind Earle,Hayao Miyazaki,Ernest Pintoff |
| 1999 (27th) | Ray Patterson,Marcell Jankovics,Con Pederson |
| 2000 (28th) | Norman McCabe,Hoyt Curtin,Lucille Bliss |
| 2001 (29th) | Bill Justice,Pete Alvarado,Bob Givens |
| 2002 (30th) | Gene Hazelton,Floyd Norman,Sherman Brothers[1] |
| 2003 (31st) | Gene Deitch,John Hench†,Thurl Ravenscroft[2] |
| 2004 (32nd) | Don Bluth,Virginia Davis,Arnold Stang[3] |
| 2005 (33rd) | Corny Cole, Fred Crippen,Tyrus Wong[4] |
| 2006 (34th) | Andreas Deja,Genndy Tartakovsky,Bill Plympton |
| 2007 (35th) | John Canemaker,Glen Keane,John Kricfalusi[5] |
| 2008 (36th) | Mike Judge,John Lasseter,Nick Park[6] |
| 2009 (37th) | Tim Burton,Jeffrey Katzenberg,Bruce Timm |
| 2010 (38th) | Brad Bird,[7]Eric Goldberg,Matt Groening |
| 2011 (39th) | Walt Peregoy,Børge Ring,Ronald Searle† |
| 2012 (40th) | Terry Gilliam, Oscar Grillo,Mark Henn |
| 2013 (41st) | Katsuhiro Otomo,Steven Spielberg,Phil Tippett[8] |
| 2014 (42nd) | Didier Brunner,Don Lusk,Lee Mendelson[9] |
| 2015 (43rd) | Joe Ranft†,Phil Roman,Isao Takahata |
| 2016 (44th) | Dale Baer,Caroline Leaf,Mamoru Oshii |
| 2017 (45th) | James Baxter,Stephen Hillenburg,Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis[10] |
| 2018 (46th) | Ralph Eggleston,Andrea Romano,Frank Braxton† |
| 2019 (47th) | Satoshi Kon†,Henry Selick,John Musker,Ron Clements |
| 2020 (48th) | Willie Ito,Sue C. Nichols†,Bruce W. Smith[11] |
| 2021 (49th) | Ruben A. Aquino,Lillian Schwartz,Toshio Suzuki[12] |
| 2022 (50th) | Pete Docter,Evelyn Lambart†,Craig McCracken[13] |
| 2023 (51st) | Lotte Reiniger†,Joe Hisaishi,Marcy Page[14] |
| 2024 (52nd) | Aaron Blaise,Eunice Macaulay†,Normand Roger[15] |
| 2025 (53rd) | Phil Lord and Christopher Miller,Chris Sanders,Michaël Dudok de Wit[16] |
