Honours and Awards
- 1983 BRIT Award for Best British Group (with Dire Straits)
- 1986 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal with Dire Straits (for "Money for Nothing")
- 1986 Grammy Award nomination for Song of the Year (for "Money for Nothing")
- 1986 Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance with Chet Atkins (for "Cosmic Square Dance")
- 1986 Juno Award for International Album of the Year (for Brothers in Arms with Dire Straits)
- 1986 BRIT Award for Best British Group (with Dire Straits)
- 1987 BRIT Award for Best British Album (for Brothers in Arms with Dire Straits)
- 1991 Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Collaboration with Chet Atkins (for "Poor Boy Blues")
- 1991 Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance with Chet Atkins (for "So Soft, Your Goodbye")
- 1992 Grammy Award nomination for Best Country Instrumental Performance with Chet Atkins (for "Neck and Neck")
- 1993 Honorary Doctor of Music from Newcastle University
- 1995 Honorary Doctor of Music from the University of Leeds
- 1999 OBE
- 2001 Masiakasaurus knopfleri (a species of dinosaur) was named after him by scientists who had listened to his music while digging the fossils.
- 2003 Edison Award for Outstanding Achievements in the Music Industry, the highest award for musicians in the Netherlands
- 2006 Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album (for Brothers in Arms 20th Anniversary Edition with Dire Straits)
- 2007 Honorary Doctor of Music from the University of Sunderland
- 2007 Grammy Award nomination for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album with Emmylou Harris (for "All the Roadrunning").
- 2009 Music Producers Guild Award for Best Studio (for Knopfler's British Grove Studios
- 2009 PRS for Music Heritage Award (with Dire Straits)
- 2011 Steiger Award
- 2012 Ivor Novello Award Lifetime Achievement Award
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