The following list of awards and honours bestowed on Don Bradman during his lifetime embodies public reaction and support for his achievements:

• Knighted in 1949. The only Australian cricketer ever to receive a knighthood and the first Test cricketer so honoured.
  
• Received a Companion of the Order of Australia in 1979.
  
• Voted the greatest male athlete of the past 200 years by the Australian Confederation of Sport in 1988.
  
• In 1989, the Bradman Museum opened in Bowral. The first ever museum devoted to an Australian in his or her lifetime.
  
• Selected as one of only two Australians by International Who's Who top 100 people who have done the most to shape the 20th century. The other (former) Australian selected was Rupert Murdoch. Bradman was one of only 3 athletes selected, the other two were boxer Muhammad Ali and soccer player Pele.
  
• Nominated among the Top Ten sportspeople of the 20th century by the World Confederation of Sport.
  
• Named Male Athlete of the Century in 1999 by the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.
  
• Voted sixth, and the highest ranked Australian, in Reuter's Sports Personality of the 20th Century list
  
• In The Australian newspaper's This Living Century Series, Don Bradman was ranked eighth out of the 20 greatest world sporting champions of the 20th century; he was the highest ranked Australian athlete.
  
• Ranked the No.1 Australian Athlete of the 20th Century by Sports Illustrated magazine.
  
• In 2000 he was voted the greatest cricketer of the 20th century by Wisden Cricket Almanack. This decision was unanimous amongst the 100 judges.
  
• Nominated captain of the Australian Cricket Team of the Century
  
• He captained the 1948 Invincibles - The team nominated as The Greatest Team of the Century.
  
  
  In 2001, after the death of Sir Donald, Prime Minister John Howard remarked: "In many ways he was the most remarkable figure that Australia has produced in the last 100 years. He had an impact on our country that is difficult to properly measure".