Over the course of his varied career, Joseph S. Blatter has received many awards and distinctions:

• The Olympic Order
• Honorary member of the Swiss Football Association
• Numerous awards from clubs, national associations and confederations
• A knighthood (with the title of Dato') from the Sultanate of Pahang
• The 'Order of Good Hope', awarded by the Republic of South Africa
• 'Order of Independence (1st class)' of Jordan
• 'Grand Cordon du Wissam Alaouite' of Morocco
• 'Medalla al Mérito Deportivo ' of Bolivia.
• 'Grand Cordon de l'Ordre de la République Tunisienne' of Tunisia
• 'International Humanitarian of the Year' as well as the 'Golden Charter of Peace and Humanitarianism' from the International Humanitarian League for Peace and Tolerance
• Recipient of the 'American Global Award for Peace'
• Recipient of the Rank of Grand Officer of Wissam Al Arch (Morocco)
• Recipient of the UEFA Order of Merit in Diamond
• Recipient of the Award of Merit from Yemen
• Knight of the French Legion of Honour
• Recipient of the 'Order of the Two Niles' from Sudan
• Honoured in Djibouti as a 'Commandeur de L'Ordre National du 27 Juin 1977'
• Supreme companion of 'Tambo' of President of the Republic of South Africa: Thabo Mbeki
• Ordre de la Médaille de la Reconnaissance 'Commander Grade' on behalf of the prime minister of the Central African Republic Célestin Leroy Gaoumbalet
• Honorary Doctor of Arts, De Montfort University (Leicester)
• Honorary Doctorate in Philosophy from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth
• Honorary Citizenship in Visp (hometown, Switzerland)
• Honorary member of Real Madrid
• Recipient of the 'Tenth Anniversary Soccerex Merit Award'
• Recipient of the 'AFC Diamond of Asia Award' 2006
• Order of the National Olympic Committee
• 'Prince Yaroslav the Wise' Order V grade in Ukraine
• Order of 'Dustlik' (Friendship) in Uzbekistan
• 'Danaker' in Kyrgyzstan
• 'Crown of Peace' in India
• Doctor of Letters Honoris Causa of the International Univerity in Geneva
• Order of Francisco de Miranda - First Class, Palace Miraflores, Venezuela 2007, received from Hugo Chavez - President of the Republic of Venezuela
• Diploma of Honorary Doctor of the Azerbaijan State Academy of physical culture and sport
• Honor Diploma from Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijan Republic President
• Honorary Doctoral Degree of Business Administration in Sport Management, Bangkok
• Honorary Citizen by Governor of Bangkok Apirak Kosayothin
• Bahrain Medal of the First Degree
• Honorary Membership of Swiss Olympic Association
• Best World Sports award from the Graduate School of Business Administration of Zurich 2008
• The 'Wissam Al-Qods (Order Jerusalem)' distinction, presented by H.E. President Mahmoud Abbas.
• Davos Crystal for outstanding service and achievement in sport
• Japan's 'Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun'
• 'Dostik' Order from the President of the Kazakhstan Republic, Nursultan Abish-uly Nazarbayev
• Recipient of the 'Dove of Geneva'
• "Golden Key recognition" trophy, Johannesburg, 5 July 2010
• German FA (DFB) Honorary Membership
• Order of Merit for Sports of the Republic of Korea
• Necklace of Honour from the Ecuadorian Football Federation
• Doctor of Science honoris causa from the University of Benin, Nigeria.
• Dato’ Sri – First Class Grand Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of the Sri Sultan Ahmad Shah Pahang, Malaysia
• Honorary Citizen of the Republic of Timor-Leste
• Honorary Citizen of Guatemala City
• Honorary Citizen of Managua, Nicaragua
• Grand Cross of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Grand Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria in Silver
• The National Order of Merit for Sport from the Colombian Football Federation
• The friendship medal awarded by the Government of Laos