 Knight has been a finalist seven times in the Archibald Prize from 2005–07, and again in 2009, 2010, 2013 and 2019 with portraits were of Richard Gill, Bob Carr, his grandfather Sir Harold Knight, Bill Wright AM, Jason Phu and Adam Cullen respectively, aside from himself.He has been a finalist in the 2005, 2006, 2011 and 2012 Wynne Prize for landscape painting, and the 2013 and 2015 Sir John Sulman Prize.He won the Mosman Art Prize in 2008.