* 1979: Best Latin Recording for "Oye Como Va"
* 1983: Best Latin Jazz Album for "Mambo Birdland"
* 1984: Best Latin Jazz Album for "Mucho Mambo"
* 1990: Best Tropical Latin Album for "Mambo Diablo"
* 1998: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
* Latin Grammy Awards:
* 2000: Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
* 2002: Best Latin Jazz Album for "Tito Puente and Friends"
* Other Awards and Honors:
* 1980: Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
* 1992: National Medal of Arts
* 1997: Smithsonian Institution's Legacy of American Music Award
* 1999: Inducted into the National Hispanic Hall of Fame
* 2000: Inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame
* 2019: Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (for "Oye Como Va")