- 1957 Emmy Award for Your Show of Shows
- 1959 Emmy Award for The Phil Silvers Show
- 1965 Tony Award for Best Author - The Odd Couple
- 1967 Evening Standard Award - Barefoot in the Park
- 1968 Sam S. Shubert Award - Sweet Charity
- 1969 Writers Guild of America Award The Odd Couple
- 1970 Writers Guild of America Award The Last of the Red Hot Lovers
- 1971 Writers Guild of America Award The Out-of-Towners
- 1972 Writers Guild of America Award The Trouble With People
- 1972 Cue Entertainer of the Year Award
- 1975 Special Tony Award for contribution to theatre
- 1975 Writers Guild of America Award The Goodbye Girl
- 1978 Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay - The Goodbye Girl
- 1979 Writers Guild of America Award Laurel Award
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- 1981 Doctor of Humane Letters from Hofstra University
- 1983 American Theatre Hall of Fame
- 1983 New York Drama Critics Circle Award - Brighton Beach Memoirs
- 1983 Outer Critics Circle Award - Brighton Beach Memoirs
- 1985 Tony Award for Best Play - Biloxi Blues
- 1986 New York State Governor's Award
- 1989 American Comedy Awards Lifetime Achievement
- 1991 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play - Lost in Yonkers
- 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama - Lost in Yonkers
- 1991 Tony Award for Best Play - Lost in Yonkers
- 1995 Kennedy Center Honoree
- 1996 Helmerich Award, the Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award is presented annually by the Tulsa Library Trust.
- 1996 William Inge Theatre Festival Distinguished Achievement in the American Theater
- 2006 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
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