Understanding how strong electronic correlations shape superconductivity remains a central challenge in quantum materials. In multiorbital systems, correlations driven by Hund's coupling can differentiate the behavior of individual orbitals, producing the so-called Hund's metal state. How such orbital-selectivity also governs superconducting pairing, however, has remained largely unexplored experimentally. Here we use high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy to systematically map the superconducting gap structure across the phase diagram of the representative iron-based superconductor ${\mathrm{Ba}}_{1-x}{\mathrm{K}}_x{\mathrm{Fe}}_2{\mathrm{As}}_2$. We find that superconductivity evolves in a strongly orbital-dependent manner: the gap associated with the $d_{xy}$ orbital collapses beyond optimal doping while pairing on the $d_{xz}/d_{yz}$ orbitals persists. This behavior mirrors the orbital-selective correlations observed in the normal state and reveals a direct connection between Hund's metal physics and the superconducting pairing landscape. Our results demonstrate that superconducting gaps themselves can serve as a sensitive probe of orbital-dependent correlations and suggest that Hund's coupling plays a central role in shaping pairing in multiorbital superconductors.

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• Electronic structure
• Fermi surface
• Multiband superconductivity
• Nesting
• Pairing mechanisms
• Superconducting gap
• Superconductivity
• Iron-based superconductors
• Strongly correlated systems
• Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy