Most Tony Awards Won for Best Direction of a Play

Mike Nichols holds the record for the "Most Tony Awards Won for Best Direction of a Play", with a total of "6 Tony Awards". The German-born American Jewish director secured this achievement on 10 June 2012 in New York City, New York. On that date, he received the award for his direction of the play Death of a Salesman, extending his record with a sixth competitive win in the category.

The record is measured by a count of competitive Tony wins for Best Direction of a Play, a total which is corroborated by official Tony Awards records. The achievement is recognised by Guinness World Records, which identifies six as the category record and documents all six awards across seven associated productions. The record-extending sixth win was documented in an official video from the awards ceremony showing Nichols accepting the honour.

The six winning Tony Awards for Best Direction of a Play were: Barefoot in the Park (1964); a single 1965 award recognising both Luv and The Odd Couple; Plaza Suite (1968); The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1972); The Real Thing (1984); and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman (2012). Thus six awards covered seven productions, because the 1965 award was shared across two plays. Nichols also won Tony Awards in other categories, but those are not included in this directing record.