- India – 18 players

18 different Indian cricketers have been awarded ODI Man of the Match, despite being on a losing side. Sachin Tendulkar has an individual world record to win most no. of ODI Man of the Match awards in a losing cause as he had received this for 6 times. Total 31 times happened when an Indian cricketer won ODI Man of the Match award from a losing side. Here is the full list:
| Serial no. | Player | Man of the Match Awards |
| 1 | Sachin Tendulkar | 6 |
| 2 | Sourav Ganguly | 3 |
| 3 | Ravi Shastri | 3 |
| 4 | Rahul Dravid | 2 |
| 5 | Kapil Dev | 2 |
| 6 | Dilip Vengsarkar | 2 |
| 7 | Yuvraj Singh | 2 |
| 8 | Mohinder Amarnath | 1 |
| 9 | MS Dhoni | 1 |
| 10 | Ajay Jadeja | 1 |
| 11 | Ravindra Jadeja | 1 |
| 12 | Vinod Kambli | 1 |
| 13 | Ghulam Parkar | 1 |
| 14 | Manoj Prabhakar | 1 |
| 15 | Virender Sehwag | 1 |
| 16 | Rohit Sharma | 1 |
| 17 | Navjot Sidhu | 1 |
| 18 | Kris Srikkanth | 1 |