| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | W | Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Artist | - | - |
| 1992 | N | Favorite New Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Artist | - | - |
| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | N | International Group of the Year | - | - |
| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | W | Best Alternative Music Performance | "MTV Unplugged In New York" | - |
| 1995 | N | Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group | "All Apologies" | - |
| 1994 | N | Best Alternative Music Performance | "In Utero" | - |
| 1993 | N | Best Rock Song | "Smells Like Teen Spirit" | - |
| 1992 | N | Best Alternative Music Performance | "Nevermind" | - |
| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | W | Best Alternative Video | "Heart-Shaped Box" | - |
| 1994 | N | Video of the Year | "Heart-Shaped Box" | - |
| 1994 | N | Viewer's Choice | "Heart-Shaped Box" | - |
| 1993 | W | Best Alternative Video | "In Bloom" | - |
| 1992 | W | Best Alternative Video | "Smells Like Teen Spirit" | - |
| 1992 | W | Best New Artist | - | - |
| 1992 | N | Video of the Year | "Smells Like Teen Spirit" | - |
| 1992 | N | Viewer's Choice | "Smells Like Teen Spirit" | - |
| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | N | Best Reissue | "In Utero: 20th Anniversary Edition" | - |
| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | N | Greatest Act of the Last 25 Years | - | - |
| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | N | Artist of the Year/ Alternative and Active Rock Radio | - | - |
| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | W | Performer | - | - |
| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | N | Best DVD | "Live @ Reading" | - |
| 2008 | W | Best Music DVD | "Unplugged in New York" | - |
| 2005 | N | Best Music DVD | "With The Lights Out" | - |