Performance of twelve hirsutum cotton genotypes for water stress was evaluated for two years (kharif 2015-16and 2016-17) under field experimentation at Agriculture Research Station, Dharwad farm. Morpho-physiological and yieldparameters were recorded in all the genotypes grown under water stressed and nonstressed conditions. The per centreduction in various parameters viz., relative water content, excised leaf water loss, cell membrane stability, specific leafweight, chlorophyll content, stomatal frequency, trichomes density and yield and yield components of each genotype instressed over nonstressed condition was worked out. Based on the criteria of least per cent reduction in maximum numberof parameters, five cotton genotypes viz., GSHV-169, BS-37, BS-39, AKH-09-5, ARBH-1352 were identified as moretolerant to water stress.