| Vivo Pro Kabaddi 2021 Season 8 | |
| Start Date: | 22 December 2021 |
| End Date: | 25 February 2022 |
| Administrator: | Mashal Sports |
| Tournament Format: | Double round robin and playoffs |
| Host: | India |
| Champion: | Dabang Delhi (1st title) |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Matches: | 137 |
| Stat1 Label: | Most tackle points |
| Stat2 Label: | Most successful raid |
| Stat3 Label: | Most successful tackle |
| Stat2: |  Pawan Sehrawat (244) (Bengaluru Bulls) |
| Stat1: |  Mohammadreza Chiyaneh (89) (Patna Pirates) |
| Stat3: | Mohammadreza Chiyaneh (86) (Patna Pirates) |
| Previous: | 2019 |
| Next: | 2022 |
| Runner-Up1: | Patna Pirates |
| Top Scorer: | Pawan Sehrawat (304) (Bengaluru Bulls) |
The 2021–22 Vivo Pro Kabaddi League was the eighth season of Pro Kabaddi League. The season began on 22 December 2021.[1] The usual travelling caravan format was changed to a single venue hosting all the matches of the season due to spread of COVID-19 pandemic in India. Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bangalore was initially announced as the venue, but was later changed to the Sheraton Grand Hotel and Convention Center located in Whitefield, Bangalore.[2]
Each team played against all the other teams twice, and the top 6 teams proceed to the play-offs. The player auctions for the season 8 were conducted from August 29 to 31, 2021 in Mumbai.[3] Dabang Delhi defeated Patna Pirates in the final match to win their maiden title [4]
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
| Teams | Owners | Captain | Head coach | Kit Manufacturer | Main Kit Sponsor | Associate Sponsor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bengal Warriors | Maninder Singh | BC Ramesh | Spunk | WinZO | Big Bazaar | |||
| Bengaluru Bulls | Badri Narayan Choudhary Kota Ananda Giri | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat | Randhir Singh Sherahawat | TYKA | 1xNews | Breathing Room | ||
| Dabang Delhi KC | Radha Kapoor | Joginder Narwal | Krishan Kumar Hooda | Shiv-Naresh | JK Super Cement | Vision11 | ||
| Gujarat Giants | Gautam Adani | Sunil Kumar | Manpreet Singh | Shiv-Naresh | WinZO | Astral | ||
| Haryana Steelers | Parth Jindal | Vikash Khandola | Rakesh Kumar | T10 Sports | DafaNews | Borosil | ||
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | Abhishek Bachchan | Sandeep Dhull | Sanjeev Kumar Baliyan | TYKA | Indinews | MyFab11 | ||
| Patna Pirates | Rajesh V. Shah | Prashanth Kumar Rai | Ram Mehar Singh | Pace International | DafaNews | WinZO | ||
| Puneri Paltan | Rajesh Harkishandas Doshi Sumanlal Babulal Shah Nallepilly Ramaswami Subramanian | Nitin Tomar | Anup Kumar | Shiv-Naresh | Schaeffler | |||
| Tamil Thalaivas | Nimmagadda Prasad Sachin Tendulkar Allu Arjun Ram Charan Ritik Chauhan | Surjeet Singh Narwal | Udaya Kumar | Trak Only | Parimatch News[5] | Iodex | ||
| Telugu Titans | Srinivas Sreeramaneni Goutham Reddy Nedurmalli Mahesh Kolli | Surinder Singh | Jagadish Kumble | Vats | Indinews | Woods | ||
| U Mumba | Ronnie Screwvala | Fazel Atrachali | Rajaguru Subramanian | Puma | Sansui | Macho Hint | ||
| UP Yoddha | Kiran Kumar Grandhi | Nitesh Kumar | Jasveer Singh | Sqad Gear | ABP News | Iodex |
Each team can sign maximum 3 foreign players in the squad.
| Teams | Player 1 | POS | Player 2 | POS | Player 3 | POS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bengal Warriors | Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh | AR | Abozar Mohajermighani | DF | |||
| Bengaluru Bulls | Abolfazl Maghsodloumahali | RD |  Dong Geon Lee | RD | |||
| Dabang Delhi | Emad Sedaghatnia | RD | Mohammad Malak | DF | |||
| Gujarat Giants | Hadi Oshtorak | AR | Soleiman Pahlevani | DF | |||
| Haryana Steelers | Mohammad Mahalli | RD | Hamid Nader | AR | |||
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | Amirhossein Mohammad Maleki | RD | Mohammad Nosrati | RD | |||
| Patna Pirates | Mohammadreza Chiyaneh | DF |  Daniel Odhiambo | AR | |||
| Puneri Paltan | Hadi Tajik | DF | Victor Obiero | AR | |||
| Tamil Thalaivas |  Asiri Alawathge | RD |  Anwar Baba | AR | |||
| Telugu Titans | Hyunsu Park | RD |  Abe Tetsuro | DF | |||
| U Mumba | DF | Mohsen Maghsoudlou Jafari | AR | ||||
| UP Yoddha | Mohammad Taghi Paein Mahali | RD | James Kamweti | RD |
This year PKL was played without an audience and shed the caravan style format. Instead, all teams played at a single location in Bengaluru. Looking back at IPL last year, media planners suggest that format changes will have little to no impact on the viewership of the tournament. Mashal Sports has also announced that triple headers will be played on all Saturdays which may have a positive impact on the viewership over weekends.
| Rank | Player | Team | Matches | Raid Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pawan Sehrawat | 24 | 304 | ||
| 2 | Arjun Deshwal | Jaipur Pink Panthers | 22 | 267 | |
| 3 | 22 | 262 | |||
| 4 | Dabang Delhi | 17 | 207 | ||
| 5 | Surender Gill | UP Yoddha | 24 | 189 | |
| [6] | |||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Matches | Tackle Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohammadreza Chiyaneh | 24 | 89 | |
| 2 | Sagar | 22 | 82 | |
| 3 | Saurabh Nandal | Bengaluru Bulls | 24 | 69 |
| 4 | Jaideep | Haryana Steelers | 22 | 66 |
| 5 | Sumit | UP Yoddha | 24 | 62 |
| Rank | Player | Team | Matches | Total Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 | 320 | |||
| 2 | Arjun Deshwal | 22 | 268 | ||
| 3 | 22 | 264 | |||
| 4 | Naveen Kumar | 17 | 210 | ||
| 5 | Surender Gill | UP Yoddha | 23 | 198 | |
| [8] | |||||