Pro Kabaddi League Explained

Pro Kabaddi League
Organisers:Mashal Sports Pvt. Ltd.[1]
Slogan:Le Panga
First:2014
Latest:2023–24
Tournament Format:Double round-robin league and playoffs
Participants:12
Most Raid Points: Pardeep Narwal (1699)[2]
Most Tackle Points: Fazel Atrachali (486)
Champions:Puneri Paltan (1st title)
Most Successful:Patna Pirates (3 titles)
Tv:Star Sports 2
Star Sports 1 Hindi
Star Sports 1 Tamil
Star Sports 1 Telugu
ESPN+ (USA)
T Sports (Bangladesh)
Owner:Disney Star

Pro Kabaddi League[3] or abbreviated to PKL is an Indian men's professional Kabaddi league. It was launched in 2014 and is broadcast on Star Sports.[4] It is the most popular kabaddi league in the world. It is also the second most watched sports league in India after the Indian Premier League (IPL).[5] [6] Puneri Paltan are the current champions of PKL.[7]

The league's inception was influenced by the popularity of the kabaddi tournament at the 2006 Asian Games. The format of the competition was influenced by IPL. The Pro Kabaddi League uses a franchise-based model and its first season was held in 2014 with eight teams each of which has paid fees of up to US$250,000 to join.[8] [9]

There were doubts over whether the Pro Kabaddi League would be successful, noting that many leagues were attempting to emulate the IPL's business model and success and that, unlike cricket, there were relatively fewer well-known players in Kabaddi. However, it was also noted that kabaddi was widely played in grassroots community settings, and could thus attract a wide variety of rural and metropolitan viewers for advertisers to target if the league gained significant attraction.

The inaugural season was seen by 43.5 crores (435 million) viewers, second to the 2014 Indian Premier League's 55.2 crores (552 million), while the first season final between Jaipur Pink Panthers and U-Mumba was watched by 8.64 crores (86.4 million).[10] [11] Star Sports, the Pro Kabaddi League's broadcaster,[12] subsequently announced in 2015 that it would acquire a 74% stake in the league's parent company Mashal Sports.[13]

For the 2017 and 2018–19 season, the Pro Kabaddi League added four new teams, and changed its format to split the teams into two divisions known as "zones".[14] Soon the league returned to its regular double round-robin format from the 2019 season.

Since its inception there have been seven different champions. Patna Pirates has won the competition a record three times, in three consecutive seasons. They are also the only team to win back to back titles. Jaipur Pink Panthers has won twice, while U Mumba, Bengaluru Bulls, Bengal Warriors, Dabang Delhi K.C and Puneri Paltan have one title each.

Puneri Paltan are the current champions, having won the 2023-24 season for the first time, by defeating Haryana Steelers in the final.

The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) is a professional kabaddi league in India where franchise-based teams compete against each other. The league follows a round-robin format, where each team plays against every other team twice during the league phase.

At the end of the league phase, the top teams qualify for the playoffs. The playoffs consist of eliminators and finals where teams compete to reach the ultimate final match. The team that wins the final match is crowned the champion of the Pro Kabaddi League.

The league also has various individual awards like the Most Valuable Player (MVP), Best Raider, and Best Defender, among others, to recognize outstanding performances of players during the season.

Seasons

Season 1 (2014)

See main article: 2014 Pro Kabaddi League. The first signing and auction of players for the 8 teams were held on 20 May 2014 in Mumbai. India's national kabaddi captain Rakesh Kumar was the priciest among the players bought for 12.80 lakh by the Patna Pirates.[15] Sports Authority of India's Deepak Niwas Hooda was bought by the Telugu Titans franchise for 12.60 lakh. Tae Deok Eom was the highest paid overseas player bought for 7 lakh by the Patna franchise.

The duration of the season was from 26 July 2014 to 31 August 2014. There were double round-robin matches along with two semifinals, third place and final games. 56 games were to be played in the first round and 4 in the playoff stage, making a total of 60 games. 8 teams took part in the first edition. The first game was played on 26 July between U Mumba and Jaipur Pink Panthers and the final was played on 31 August at Mumbai. Jaipur Pink Panthers beat U Mumba by 35–24 to win the inaugural Pro Kabaddi League.

Season 2 (2015)

See main article: 2015 Pro Kabaddi League. Star Sports Pro Kabaddi season 2 was from 18 July 2015 to 23 August 2015. There were 60 matches played with two semifinals, a third-place play-off and a final. The first game was played on 18 July between U Mumba and Jaipur Pink Panthers and the final was played on 23 August at Mumbai between u Mumba and Bengaluru Bulls. U Mumba beat Bengaluru Bulls with the points 36–30 to win the 2015 season of the Pro Kabaddi League.[16] U Mumba stood first, Bengaluru Bulls stood second and Telugu Titans stood in the third position in the league.

Season 3 (January 2016)

See main article: 2016 Pro Kabaddi League season (January). Star Sports Pro Kabaddi season 3 had two editions. The CEO of Star India, Sanjay Gupta,[17] confirmed that Star Sports Pro Kabaddi wants to make Pro Kabaddi, a 5-week event, happen 10 weeks a year by having two editions a year. The idea is to play the tournament once in January–February 2016 and once in June–July 2016.It also had 8 teams. Patna Pirates beat U Mumba by 3 points in the final in Delhi to take home the trophy. Puneri Paltan came third this season.

Season 4 (June 2016)

See main article: 2016 Pro Kabaddi League season (June). The fourth season took place from 25 June to 31 July 2016, with the existing eight teams participating. Patna Pirates beat Jaipur Pink Panthers in the final. Season 4 also saw the launch of the first professional women's kabaddi league, Women's Kabaddi Challenge (WKC). The first season saw 3 teams namely Ice Divas, Fire Birds and Storm Queens battle out to be the first-ever WKC champions. In the men's final, Patna Pirates defeated Jaipur Pink Panthers to win the Pro Kabaddi League title for the 2nd time.

Season 5 (2017)

See main article: 2017 Pro Kabaddi League season. The 2017 season was the fifth edition of the Pro Kabaddi League, and it featured 12 teams, including new teams from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat. The team from Haryana is known as Haryana Steelers owned by JSW Sports.[18] Sachin Tendulkar co-owns the Tamil Nadu team named Tamil Thalaivas.[19] The Uttar Pradesh team is named as UP Yoddha owned by GMR group and the Gujarat team is named as Gujarat Fortune Giants owned by Gautam Adani.

Auctions for the new season were held in May, before which the existing teams were allowed to retain one player each. The auction saw over 400 players go under the hammer and ₹46.99 crores spent by the 12 teams.[20]

The Pro Kabaddi League season 5 started on 28 July 2017.

The most expensive pick of the auction was raider Nitin Tomar, who was bought by the Uttar Pradesh team for a sum of ₹93 lakh. Following in second place was Rohit Kumar after the Bengaluru Bulls picked him for a ₹81 lakhs price. The most expensive foreign player was South Korea's Lee Jang-kun after he was retained by the Bengal Warriors for ₹80.3 lakhs.

The new season was slated to be the biggest league tournament of its kind in the history of Indian sports in terms of geographical coverage and duration. It featured 138 matches spread across a time period of 13 weeks across 11 states.

A children's Kabaddi tournament, known as KBD Juniors, was also organised between schools of the cities in which the matches were held.

Patna Pirates beat Gujarat Fortune Giants by 55–38 in the final with the Man of the Tournament Pardeep Narwal stealing the show with 19 raid points against the Fortune Giants defence for the first time in the tournament.

The award ceremony of the finale was hosted by Pooja Bhamrah. Pardeep Narwal was adjudged the man of the finale.

Season 6 (2018)

See main article: 2018-19 Pro Kabaddi League season. The 2018 season is the sixth edition of the Pro Kabaddi League, and it features 12 teams.Auctions for the new season were held in which Haryana Steelers paid ₹1.51 crores for Monu Goyat[21] who became the highest paid player in the history of Pro Kabaddi league.

The most expensive foreign player this season is Fazel Atrachali[22] from Iran. He was bought by U Mumba for ₹1 crore.

Zone B toppers, Bengaluru Bulls beat the Zone A toppers, Gujarat Fortune Giants by 38–33 in the final with the Man of the Tournament Pawan Kumar Sehrawat stealing the show with a record 22 raid points against the young Fortune Giants defence. For a consecutive second time, Gujarat Fortune Giants have lost in the finals. The coach of Bengaluru Bulls, Randhir Singh was happy as his team finally won the tournament after underwhelming finishes in the previous couple of seasons. On the other hand, Manpreet Singh, the coach of the Gujarat Fortune Giants rued the opportunity to win the tournament after losing two successive finals.

Season 7 (2019)

See main article: 2019 Pro Kabaddi League season. The 2019 season is the seventh edition of the Pro Kabaddi League, and it features 12 teams. Auctions for the new season were held in Mumbai on 8 and 9 April. The franchises splashed out over 50 crores to acquire 200 players. Siddharth Sirish Desai became the most expensive buy of the season after Telugu Titans got the winning bid of him at ₹1.45 crore.[23] The most expensive foreign player of this season was Iranian Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh who was bought by Bengal Warriors for ₹77.75 lakh.[24] As termed by the organisers 'Most Toughest Season', the zonal system present in the previous season is removed, and each team will play against all the other teams twice. Top 6 teams will qualify for the playoffs. The top two teams will automatically make the semi-finals while the remaining four will battle it out in eliminators.[25] Dabang Delhi and Bengal Warriors emerged as the winners in the semi-finals and qualified to the final for the first time.[26] [27] In the final, Bengal Warriors outplayed Dabang Delhi by a margin of 39–34 and clinched their maiden Pro Kabaddi League title.[28] [29] The season witnessed several records. Pardeep Narwal became the first ever player to reach 1000 points in the Pro Kabaddi League.[30] Naveen Kumar scored 21 consecutive Super 10s and overall 22.[31] While Pawan Sehrawat registered most individual points in a match (39) against Haryana Steelers.[32] In this season, for the first time three raiders crossed the 300-raid points mark.[33] Among the defenders, Neeraj Kumar of Patna Pirates scored most tackle points (11) in a match and equalled the record of Mohit Chillar (11).[34]

Season 8 (2021)

See main article: 2021-22 Pro Kabaddi League season. The 2021–22 season is the eighth edition of Pro Kabaddi League. The season began on 22 December 2021. The usual travelling caravan format was changed to a single venue hosting all the matches of the season. 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.[35] Dabang Delhi beat Patna Pirates in final to win their maiden PKL title. Naveen Kumar from Delhi created history by winning 2 back to back MVP awards. Bengaluru skipper Pawan Sehrawat successfully defended his best raider crown and won the award for second season in a row. Sehrawat finished the campaign with 18 super raids and 304 raid points to his name. Iranian left corner, Mohammadreza chiyaneh from team Patna Pirates took the best defender award home for second season in a row. The rookie set a new PKL record with 10 High 5's and 89 tackle points. Mohit Goyat from pune was named the best new young player.

Season 9 (2022)

See main article: 2022 Pro Kabaddi League season. The 2022 season is the ninth edition of the Pro Kabaddi League.[36] The auction for the season spanned 5–6 August 2022. The most expensive transfer of the season was Pavan Kumar Sehrawat, who was bought by Tamil Thalaivas for Rs 2.26 crore, a record sum for the PKL.[37] The season began on 7 October 2022 and was held with the season divided into three legs, each taking place in a different venue (Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex and Gachibowli Indoor Stadium). Jaipur Pink Panthers beat Puneri Paltan 33-29 in the final to become the 2nd team after Patna Pirates to win more than 1 title of the Pro Kabaddi League.

Season 10 (2023)

See main article: 2023-24 Pro Kabaddi League. The 2023 season is the tenth edition of the Pro Kabaddi League. The auction of season 10 The auction for the season originally scheduled for September 8 and 9 was postponed and rescheduled to October 9 and 10 due to Asian Games.[38] [39] [40] The caravan format will be back for PKL 10, and all the 12 teams will travel to matches in the home cities. As the Season 10 auction drew to a close, Pawan Sehrawat emerged as the top participant. For ₹2.60 Cr, the Telugu Titans purchased him. The schedule for the tenth season of the Pro Kabaddi League has been made public.[41] The event is planned to happen from December 2, 2023, and February 2024. The Telugu Titans and Gujarat Giants faced each other in the inaugural match of the Pro Kabaddi League and Gujarat Giants won that match.final between the puneri paltans and haryana Steelers and puneri paltans won the final and there first pkl trophy. Full time points are puneri paltans 28-25 haryana Steelers[42]

Viewership

As per the available data of the opening two weeks, Star Sports Pro Kabaddi viewership on TV increased by nearly 56% from the 2014 year's viewership. During the inaugural season, viewership was 43.5 crore (435 million) viewers, which was the second in India after the 56 crore (560 million) of IPL viewership. The online viewership also increased 1.3 crore unique visitors, which is 18.5 times than of last year's 7 lakh unique visitors. The third season which was flagged off on 30 January, recorded a surge in viewership with the opening week ratings 36 per cent higher than the week one viewership for its last season.[43]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

TeamColorCity/StateStadium[44] Capacity
Bengal WarriorsKolkata, West BengalNetaji Indoor Stadium
Bengaluru BullsBengaluru, KarnatakaKanteerava Indoor Stadium
Dabang Delhi KCDelhiThyagaraj Sports Complex
Gujarat GiantsAhmedabad, GujaratEKA Arena
Haryana SteelersSonipat, HaryanaMotilal Nehru School of Sports
Jaipur Pink PanthersJaipur, RajasthanSawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium
Patna PiratesPatna, BiharPatliputra Sports Complex
Pune City PaltanPune, MaharashtraShree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Chennai ThalaivasChennai, Tamil NaduJawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Telangana TitansHyderabad/Vizag, TelanganaGachibowli Indoor Stadium
Mumbai MavericksMumbai, MaharashtraSardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium
UP YoddhasLucknow, Uttar PradeshBabu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium

Note: Table list in alphabetical order.

PKL season results

Four teams, U Mumba, Bengaluru Bulls, Bengal Warriors and Dabang Delhi have won the tournament once, and Jaipur Pink Panthers won the tournament twice, while Patna Pirates have won the Pro Kabaddi League thrice and the only champions to have defended their title twice. The current champions are Jaipur Pink Panthers.

Results

SeasonFinalFinal VenueNo. of TeamsBest Raider
(Most Raid Points)
Best Defender
(Most Tackle Points)
Most Total Points
WinnerResultRunner-up
IJaipur Pink Panthers35–24
SD = 11
Report
U MumbaNational Sports Club of India, Mumbai8Anup KumarManjeet ChhillarAnup Kumar
IIU Mumba36–30
SD = 6
Report
Bengaluru BullsSardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, MumbaiKashiling AdakeRavinder PahalKashiling Adake
IIIPatna Pirates31–28
SD = 3
Report
U MumbaIndira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New DelhiPardeep NarwalManjeet ChhillarPardeep Narwal
IVPatna Pirates37–29
SD = 8
Report
Jaipur Pink PanthersGachibowli Indoor Stadium, HyderabadRahul ChaudhariFazel AtrachaliRahul Chaudhari
VPatna Pirates55–38
SD = 17
Report
Gujarat Fortune GiantsJawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai12Pardeep Narwal[45] Surender NadaPardeep Narwal
VIBengaluru Bulls38–33
SD = 5
Report
Gujarat Fortune GiantsDome @ NSCI, MumbaiPawan Sehrawat[46] Nitesh Kumar[47] Pawan Sehrawat[48]
VIIBengal Warriors39–34
SD = 5
Report
Dabang DelhiThe Arena, AhmedabadPawan Sehrawat[49] Fazel AtrachaliPawan Sehrawat
VIIIDabang Delhi37–36
SD = 1
Report
Patna PiratesSheraton Grand Whitefield, BengaluruPawan SehrawatMohammadreza ChiyanehPawan Sehrawat
IXJaipur Pink Panthers33–29
SD = 4
Report
Puneri PaltanSardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, MumbaiArjun DeshwalAnkushArjun Deshwal
XPuneri Paltan28–25
SD = 3
Report
Haryana SteelersGachibowli Indoor Stadium, HyderabadAshu MalikMohammadreza ChiyanehAshu Malik

By Season

Season & No. of TeamsI
(8)
II
(8)
III
(8)
IV
(8)
V
(12)
VI
(12)
VII
(12)
VIII
(12)
IX
(12)
X
(12)
7th 6th 4th 8th 3rd 6th 1st 9th 11th 7th
4th 2nd7th 6th 7th 1st 4th 3rd 3rd 8th
6th 7th 8th 7th 12th 4th 2nd 1st 5th 5th
Team did not exist 2nd 2nd 9th 5th 8th 6th
Team did not exist 5th 12th 5th 7th 7th 2nd
1st 5th 6th 2nd 10th 10th 7th 8th 1st 4th
3rd4th 1st 1st 1st 7th 8th 2nd 10th 3rd
8th 8th 3rd 3rd 4th 8th 10th 6th 2nd 1st
Team did not exist 11th 11th 12th 11th 4th 9th
5th3rd 5th 4th 9th 9th 11th 12th 12th 12th
U Mumba2nd 1st 2nd 5th 8th 5th 3rd 10th 9th 10th
UP YoddhasTeam did not exist 6th 3rd 6th 4th 6th 11th

Performance of all the teams in all seasons

Team[50] PlayedWonLoss
Draw
Win%Loss%Draw%SDTrophy
Bengal Warriors19585872343.58%44.61%11.79%-2111
Bengaluru Bulls20094931347%46.5%6.5%1081
Dabang Delhi19684931942.85%47.44%9.69%-2481
Gujarat Giants13973531352.51%38.12%9.35%2400
Haryana Steelers13767571349.26%41.17%9.55%-870
Jaipur Pink Panthers19597811749.74%41.53%8.71%3012
Patna Pirates204107772052.45%37.74%9.80%3563
Puneri Paltan19996861748.24%43.21%8.54%2171
Tamil Thalaivas13439752029.10%55.97%14.92%-2670
Telugu Titans192561162029.16%60.41%10.41%-5850
U Mumba197104771652.79%39.08%8.12%2461
UP Yoddhas14058651745.42%46.42%12.14%-700
Last updated: 01 March 2024, As of Haryana Steelers vs Puneri Paltan

Team records

RecordFirstSecondThirdFourthFifth
Most Matches PlayedPatna Pirates204Bengaluru Bulls200Puneri Paltan199U Mumba197Dabang Delhi196
Most Wins (Total)Patna Pirates107U Mumba104Jaipur Pink Panthers97Puneri Paltan96Bengaluru Bulls94
Most Defeats (Total)Telugu Titans116Dabang Delhi93Bengaluru Bulls93Bengal Warriors87Puneri Paltan86
Highest Win%U Mumba52.79Gujarat Giants52.51Patna Pirates52.45Jaipur Pink Panthers49.74Haryana Steelers49.26
Lowest Win%Tamil Thalaivas29.10Telugu Titans29.16UP Yoddhas41.42Dabang Delhi42.85Bengal Warriors43.58
Highest Defeat%Telugu Titans60.41Tamil Thalaivas55.97Dabang Delhi47.44Bengaluru Bulls46.5UP Yoddhas46.42
Lowest Defeat%Patna Pirates37.74Gujarat Giants38.12U Mumba39.08Haryana Steelers41.17Jaipur Pink Panthers41.53

Sponsorship

PeriodSponsorTournament
2013–16 Star SportsStar Sports Pro Kabaddi
2017–22 VivoVivo Pro Kabaddi

Team records

Total points scored

RankTeamMatchesTotal Points
1204 7,131
2200 6755
3199 6,616
4197 6,516
5196 6,508
6195 6,457
76,354
8192 6,173
9140 4,806
10139 4,692
11137 4,682
12134 4,413
[51]

Total points conceded

RankTeamMatchesPoints Conceded
1204 6,775
2192 6,758
3Dabang Delhi196 6,756
4200 6,647
5195 6,565
6199 6,396
7197 6,270
8195 6,156
9140 4,876
10137 4,772
11134 4,680
12139 4,452
[52]

Average points scored

RankTeamMatchesAverage Points
1204 34.96
2140 34.33
3137 34.18
4200 33.77
5139 33.76
6199 33.25
7196 33.2
8195 33.11
9197 33.08
10134 32.93
11195 32.58
12192 32.15
[53]

Successful raids

RankTeamMatchesSuccessful Raids
1204 3,264
2200 3,109
3196 3,099
4195 2,986
52,917
6197 2,907
7199 2,903
8192 2,877
9140 2,155
10137 2,148
11139 2,129
12134 2,073
[54]

Raid points

RankTeamMatchesRaid Points
1204 4,094
2200 3,916
3196 3,841
4195 3,793
5197 3,672
6195 3,626
7192 3,609
8199 3,587
9140 2,771
10137 2,731
11139 2,671
12134 2,553
[55]

Average raid points (teams)

RankTeamMatchesAverage Raid Points
1204 20.07
2137 19.93
3140 19.79
4196 19.6
5200 19.58
6195 19.45
7139 19.22
8134 19.05
9192 18.8
10197 18.64
11195 18.59
12199 18.03
[56]

Successful tackles

RankTeamMatchesSuccessful Tackles
1199 1,987
2204 1,915
3197 1,873
4200 1,822
5195 1,776
6192 1,669
7196 1,664
8195 1,622
9137 1,298
10139 1293
11140 1,281
12134 1,253
[57]

Tackle points

RankTeamMatchesTackle Points
1199 2,166
2204 2,110
3197 2,056
4200 1,978
5Jaipur Pink Panthers195 1,961
6192 1,863
7196 1,810
8195 1,752
9140 1,417
10137 1,416
11139 1,388
12134 1,375
[58]

Average tackle points (team)

RankTeamMatchesAvg Tackle Points
1199 10.88
2197 10.44
3204 10.34
137
5134 10.26
6140 10.12
7195 10.06
8139 9.99
9200 9.89
10192 9.7
11196 9.23
12195 8.98
[59]

Super raids

RankTeamMatchesSuper Raids
1195 120
2204 118
3200 115
4195 98
5192 96
6199 95
7196 94
197
9140 91
10137 79
11139 73
12134 43
[60]

Super Tackles

RankTeamMatchesSuper Tackles
1204 192
2192 190
3197 183
4195 182
5199 175
6200 154
7196 142
8140 135
9195 129
10134 121
11137 118
12139 95
[61]

Most Do or Die raid points (teams)

RankTeamMatchesPoints
1199 805
2204 763
3195 710
4197 654
5195 643
196
7200 639
8192 620
9134 470
10140 457
11139 449
12137 404
[62]

Most all outs inflicted

RankTeamMatchesAll Outs Inflicted
1204 299
2200 265
3199 255
4197 249
5195 247
6196 240
7195 228
8192 198
9139 186
10140 176
11137 158
12134 143
[63]

Most all outs conceded

RankTeamMatchesAll Outs Conceded
1192 279
2196 273
3200 252
4195 246
5199 238
6197 234
7204 228
8195 211
9140 183
10134 182
11137 176
12138 142
[64]

Player records

Total points (all seasons)

RankPlayer Current Team MatchesTotal Points Points/match
1 170 1,699 9.99
2 143 1,442 10.08
3 Telugu Titans126 1,254 9.95
4 157 1,119 7.12
5 154 1,106 7.18
6 91 1,020 11.20
7 128 1,006 7.85
8 91 952 10.46
9 Vikash Kandola 120 822 6.85
10 120 816 6.75
[65]

Best raiders

Most raid points (all seasons)

RankPlayer Current Team MatchesRaid Points Raid points/match
1 Pardeep Narwal170 1,690 9.94
2 Maninder Singh143 1,428 9.98
3 Pawan Sehrawat126 1,189 9.43
4 Rahul Chaudhari154 1,045 6.78
5 Deepak Niwas Hooda157 1,020 6.5
6 Naveen Kumar91 1,005 11.04
7 Sachin TanwarPatna Pirates128 952 7.43
8 Arjun Deshwal91 947 10.40
9 Vikash Kandola 120 800 6.66
10 Ajay Thakur120 794 6.62
[66]

Most successful raids (all seasons)

RankPlayer Current Team MatchesSuccessful Raids Successful raids/match
1 Pardeep NarwalUP Yoddhas170 1,279 7.52
2 Maninder SinghBengal Warriors143 1,111 7.76
3 Pawan SehrawatBengaluru Bulls126 921 7.30
4 Rahul Chaudhari154 859 8.57
5 Naveen Kumar91 843 9.26
6 Deepak Niwas HoodaBengal Warriors157 835 5.31
7 Sachin TanwarPatna Pirates128 785 6.13
8 Arjun Deshwal91 754 8.28
9 Ajay Thakur120 643 5.35
10 Vikash Kandola 120 638 5.31
[67]

Average raid points

RankPlayer NameCurrent TeamMatchesAverage Raid Points
1 Naveen Kumar91 11.04
210.41
3143 9.99
4170 9.94
5 Narender Hoshiyar Tamil Thalaivas44 9.75
6126 9.44
779 8.72
8 Nitin Kumar 20 8.45
9 Parteek DahiyaGujarat Giants39 7.9
10 Bharat Bengaluru Bulls64 7.77
[68]

Most super raids

RankPlayer NameCurrent TeamMatchesSuper Raids
1UP Yoddhas170 75
2143 47
3126 34
479 25
Rishank Devadiga Bengal Warriors122
Jaipur Pink Panthers154
7 Vikash Kandola Bengaluru Bulls120 24
8 Kashiling Adake 92 23
120
157
[69]

Most Do or Die raid points

RankPlayer NameCurrent TeamMatchesPoints
1 Sachin Tanwar128 233
2157 209
3UP Yoddhas170 202
4143 178
5154 175
6120 163
7 Shrikant Jadhav 135 142
8 Vikash Kandola 120 138
9 Ajinkya Pawar 92 136
1091 129
Rishank Devadiga122
[70]

Most Super 10s (all seasons)

RankPlayer NameCurrent TeamMatchesSuper 10sMatches/super 10s
1UP Yoddhas170 85 2
2143 72 1.98
3 Naveen Kumar91 63 1.44
4126 62 2.03
591 53 1.71
6154 42 3.66
7128 36 3.55
8157 35 4.48
979 34 2.32
10 Vikash Kandola 120 30 4
[71]

Fastest to multiples of 500 raid points

Raid pointsRaiderTeamMatches
scope=row style=text-align:center; 50047
scope=row style=text-align:center; 1,00090
scope=row style=text-align:center; 1,500147

Best defenders

Most tackle points (all seasons)

RankPlayer Current Team MatchesTackle Points Points/match
1 Fazel Atrachali169 486 2.87
2Bengaluru Bulls148 404 2.72
3 Manjeet Chillar132 391 2.96
4 Girish Maruti Ernak147 362 2.46
5 Sandeep Narwal156 360 2.30
6 Nitesh Kumar129 350 2.71
7 Ravinder PahalTelugu Titans124 339 2.73
8137 336 2.45
9 Sandeep DhullTelugu Titans118 328 2.77
10 Vishal Bhardwaj324 2.74
[72]

Most successful tackles (all seasons)

RankPlayer Current Team MatchesSuccessful Tackles Points/match
1 Fazel AtrachaliGujarat Giants169 458 2.71
2 PO Surjeet SinghBengaluru Bulls148 379 2.56
3 Manjeet Chillar132 374 2.83
4 Girish Maruti Ernak147 346 2.35
5 Sandeep NarwalUP Yoddhas156 330 2.11
6 Nitesh Kumar129 323 2.50
7 Ravinder PahalTelugu Titans124 320 2.58
8 Sunil Kumar137 314 2.29
9 Sandeep Dhull118 305 2.58
10 Vishal Bhardwaj288 2.44
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Average tackle points

RankPlayer Current Team MatchesAverage Tackle Points
1 Mohammadreza ChiyanehPuneri Paltan68 4
2 Ankush46 3.46
3 Yogesh23 3.22
4 Sagar 70 3.19
5 Manjeet ChillarDabang Delhi132 2.96
6 Rinku50 2.94
7 Sombir15 2.93
8 Fazel Atrachali169 2.88
9 Ankit 23 2.87
10 Jaideep Dahiya66 2.85
Sumit89
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Most Super Tackles (all seasons)

RankPlayer Current Team MatchesSuper Tackles
1 Vishal Bharadwaj118 36
2 Mahender Singh126 32
3137 31
4 Sandeep Narwal156 30
5 Fazel AtrachaliGujarat Giants169 28
6 Nitesh Kumar129 27
7 Dharmaraj Cheralathan123 25
148
9 Sagar70 24
Sombir94
[75]

Most high 5s

RankPlayer NamePositionCurrent TeamMatchesHigh 5sMatch/high 5s
1 Defender, right cover 148 34 4.35
2Defender, left corner 169 29 5.82
3 Mohammadreza Chiyaneh All Rounder 67 27 2.48
4All Rounder 132 25 5.28
5 Girish Maruti Ernak Defender, left corner 147 24 6.08
6 Ravinder Pahal Defender, right corner 124 23 5.39
Defender 129 5.60
8 Defender, left corner 102 21 4.85
Vishal Bhardwaj Defender 118 5.61
Sandeep Dhull Defender Telugu Titans
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Most Matches Played

RankPlayer NameCurrent TeamMatches
1170
2169
3157
4 Ran Singh 156
Sandeep Narwal UP Yoddhas
6154
7148
8 Girish Maruti Ernak 147
9143
10 Ravi Kumar 141

Prize money

Prize money for the winner of season 6 was ₹3 crore. The first and second runners-up were awarded ₹1.80crore and ₹1.20 crore respectively.[77] The consolidated prize money for season 7 was ₹8 crore. The champions of season 7 bagged ₹3 crore while the runners-up received ₹1.8 crore. The losing semifinalists received ₹90 lakh each and, the fifth and the sixth-placed teams earned ₹45 lakh.[78]

See also

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