Pro Kabaddi League

"PKL" redirects here. For other uses, see PKL (disambiguation).

Pro Kabaddi League (also known as Vivo Pro Kabbadi for sponsorship reasons)^[2] or abbreviated to PKL is an Indian men's professional Kabaddi league. It was launched in 2014 and is broadcast on Star Sports.^[3] However, Season 8 was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the season commenced on 22 December 2021.^[4][5]

Pro Kabaddi League

Country	India
First tournament	2014
Tournament format	Double round-robin league and playoffs
Number of teams	12
Current champions	Jaipur Pink Panthers (2nd title)
Most successful	Patna Pirates (3 titles)
Most raid points	Pardeep Narwal (1542)^[1]
Most tackle points	Fazel Atrachali (424)
TV partner(s)	Star Sports 2 Star Sports 1 Hindi ESPN+ (US) T Sports(Bangladesh)
Slogan	Le Panga
Website	prokabaddi.com
2022 Pro Kabaddi League season

Tournaments
2014 2015 2016 (III) 2016 (IV) 2017 2018-19 2019 2021-22 2022

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 the Indian Premier League. 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.^[6][7]

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.^[6]

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).^[8][9] Star Sports, the Pro Kabaddi League's broadcaster,^[10] subsequently announced in 2015 that it would acquire a 74% stake in the league's parent company Mashal Sports.^[11]

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".^[12] Soon the league returned to its regular double round-robin format from the 2019 season.

Format

See also: Kabaddi § Standard style

The Pro Kabaddi League's rules are similar to that of the indoor team version of Kabaddi, but with additional rules to encourage more scoring. Kabaddi is a contact team sport, played between two teams of seven players.

• The objective of the game is for a single player on offence, referred to as a "raider", to run into the opposing team's half of a court, touch out as many of their defenders as possible, and return to their own half of the court, all without being tackled by the defenders, and in a single breath. Points are scored for each player tagged by the raider, while the opposing team earns a point for stopping the raider. Players are taken out of the game if they are touched or tackled, but are brought back in for each point scored by their team from a tags or tackle.
• Playing two "empty" raids in a row will trigger a "Do or Die", where the raider must score a point or they will be declared out.
• When a defensive side has three or fewer players remaining, tackles scored are termed as "Super Tackle", which is worth two points instead of one.^[13][14][15]

Seasons

Season 1

The first signing and auction of players for the 8 teams were held on 20 May 2014^[10] in Mumbai. India's national kabaddi captain Rakesh Kumar was the priciest among the players bought for ₹12.80 lakh by the Patna Pirates.^[16] Sports Authority of India's Deepak Niwas Hooda was bought by the Telugu Titans franchise for ₹12.60 lakh.^[16] Tae Deok Eom was the highest paid overseas player bought for ₹7 lakh by the Patna franchise.^[16]

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

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.^[17] U Mumba stood first, Bengaluru Bulls stood second and Telugu Titans stood in the third position in the league.

Season 3

Star Sports Pro Kabaddi season 3 had two editions. The CEO of Star India, Sanjay Gupta,^[18] 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

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

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.^[19] Sachin Tendulkar co-owns the Tamil Nadu team named Tamil Thalaivas.^[20] 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.^[21]

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

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^[22] who became the highest paid player in the history of Pro Kabaddi league.

The most expensive foreign player this season is Fazel Atrachali^[23] 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

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.^[24] The most expensive foreign player of this season was Iranian Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh who was bought by Bengal Warriors for ₹77.75 lakh.^[25] 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.^[26] Dabang Delhi and Bengal Warriors emerged as the winners in the semi finals and qualified to the final for the first time.^[27][28] In the final, Bengal Warriors outplayed Dabang Delhi by a margin of 39–34 and clinched their maiden Pro Kabaddi League title.^[29][30] The season witnessed several records. Pardeep Narwal became the first ever player to reach 1000 points in the Pro Kabaddi League.^[31] Naveen Kumar scored 21 consecutive Super 10s and overall 22.^[32] While Pawan Sehrawat registered most individual points in a match (39) against Haryana Steelers.^[33] In this season, for the first time three raiders crossed the 300-raid points mark.^[34] Among the defenders, Neeraj Kumar of Patna Pirates scored most tackle points (11) in a match and equalled the record of Mohit Chillar (11).^[35]

Season 8

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.^[36] 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 raid's 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 name the best new young player.

Season 9

The 2022 season is the ninth edition of the Pro Kabaddi League.^[37] 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.^[38] 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.

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.^[39]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

 

 

Bengaluru Bulls

 

U Mumba

 

Puneri Paltan

 

Bengal Warriors

 

Jaipur Pink Panthers

 

Patna Pirates

 

Telugu Titans

 

Dabang Delhi

 

Gujarat Giants

 

UP Yoddha

 

Haryana Steelers

 

Tamil Thalaivas

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Locations of the Pro Kabaddi teams

Team	Color	City/State	Stadium^[40]	Capacity
Bengal Warriors		Kolkata, West Bengal	Netaji Indoor Stadium	12,000
Bengaluru Bulls		Bengaluru, Karnataka	Kanteerava Indoor Stadium	4,200
Dabang Delhi KC		Delhi	Thyagaraj Sports Complex	4,494
Gujarat Giants		Ahmedabad, Gujarat	EKA Arena	4,000
Haryana Steelers		Sonipat, Haryana	Motilal Nehru School of Sports	2,000
Jaipur Pink Panthers		Jaipur, Rajasthan	Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium	2,000
Patna Pirates		Patna, Bihar	Patliputra Sports Complex	3,500
Puneri Paltan		Pune, Maharashtra	Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex	4,200
Tamil Thalaivas		Chennai, Tamil Nadu	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	5,000
Telugu Titans		Hyderabad/Vizag, Telangana	Gachibowli Indoor Stadium	5,000
U Mumba		Mumbai, Maharashtra	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium	5,000
UP Yoddha		Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh	Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium	5,000

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

Season	Final			Final Venue	No. of Teams	Best Raider (Most Raid Points)	Best Defender (Most Tackle Points)	Most Total Points
	Winner	Result	Runner-up
I	Jaipur Pink Panthers	35–24 SD = 11 Report	U Mumba	National Sports Club of India, Mumbai	8	Anup Kumar	Manjeet Chhillar	Anup Kumar
II	U Mumba	36–30 SD = 6 Report	Bengaluru Bulls	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai		Kashiling Adake	Ravinder Pahal	Kashiling Adake
III	Patna Pirates	31–28 SD = 3	U Mumba	Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi		Pardeep Narwal	Manjeet Chhillar	Pardeep Narwal
IV	Patna Pirates	37–29 SD = 8 Report	Jaipur Pink Panthers	Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad		Rahul Chaudhari	Fazel Atrachali	Rahul Chaudhari
V	Patna Pirates	55–38 SD = 17 Report	Gujarat Fortune Giants	Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai	12	Pardeep Narwal^[41]	Surender Nada	Pardeep Narwal
VI	Bengaluru Bulls	38–33 SD = 5 Report	Gujarat Fortune Giants	Dome @ NSCI, Mumbai		Pawan Sehrawat^[42]	Nitesh Kumar^[43]	Pawan Sehrawat^[44]
VII	Bengal Warriors	39–34 SD = 5 Report	Dabang Delhi	The Arena, Ahmedabad		Pawan Sehrawat^[45]	Fazel Atrachali	Pawan Sehrawat
VIII	Dabang Delhi	37–36 SD = 1 Report	Patna Pirates	Sheraton Grand Whitefield, Bengaluru		Pawan Sehrawat	Mohammadreza Chiyaneh	Pawan Sehrawat
IX	Jaipur Pink Panthers	33–29 SD = 4 Report	Puneri Paltan	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai		Arjun Deshwal	Ankush	Arjun Deshwal

By Season

Season & No. of Teams	I (8)	II (8)	III (8)	IV (8)	V (12)	VI (12)	VII (12)	VIII (12)	IX (12)
Bengal Warriors	7th	6th	4th	8th	3rd	6th	1st	9th	11th
Bengaluru Bulls	4th	2nd	7th	6th	7th	1st	4th	3rd	3rd
Dabang Delhi	6th	7th	8th	7th	12th	4th	2nd	1st	5th
Gujarat Giants	Team did not exist				2nd	2nd	9th	5th	8th
Haryana Steelers	Team did not exist				5th	12th	5th	7th	7th
Jaipur Pink Panthers	1st	5th	6th	2nd	10th	10th	7th	8th	1st
Patna Pirates	3rd	4th	1st	1st	1st	7th	8th	2nd	10th
Puneri Paltan	8th	8th	3rd	3rd	4th	8th	10th	6th	2nd
Tamil Thalaivas	Team did not exist				11th	11th	12th	11th	4th
Telugu Titans	5th	3rd	5th	4th	9th	9th	11th	12th	12th
U Mumba	2nd	1st	2nd	5th	8th	5th	3rd	10th	9th
UP Yoddhas	Team did not exist				6th	3rd	6th	4th	6th

Performance of all the teams in all seasons

Team^[46]	Played	Won	Loss	Draw	Win%	Loss%	Draw%	Trophy
Bengal Warriors	173	76	76	21	43.93%	43.93%	12.13%	1
Bengaluru Bulls	178	86	81	11	48.31%	45.50%	6.17%	1
Dabang Delhi	173	71	86	16	41.04%	49.71%	9.24%	1
Gujarat Giants	116	60	43	13	51.72%	37.06%	11.20%	0
Haryana Steelers	112	52	48	12	46.42%	42.85%	10.71%	0
Jaipur Pink Panthers	172	81	77	14	47.09%	44.76%	8.13%	2
Patna Pirates	180	95	68	17	52.77%	37.77%	9.44%	3
Puneri Paltan	175	77	84	14	44%	48%	8%	0
Tamil Thalaivas	112	30	62	20	26.78%	55.35%	17.85%	0
Telugu Titans	170	54	97	19	31.76%	57.05%	11.17%	0
U Mumba	175	98	64	13	56%	36.57%	7.42%	1
UP Yoddhas	118	54	48	16	45.76%	40.67%	13.55%	0
Last updated: 18 December 2022, As of Puneri Paltan vs Jaipur Pink Panthers

Team records

Record	First		Second		Third		Fourth		Fifth
Most Matches Played	Patna Pirates	180	Bengaluru Bulls	178	U Mumba	175	Puneri Paltan	175	Bengal Warriors	173
Most Wins (Total)	U Mumba	98	Patna Pirates	95	Bengaluru Bulls	86	Jaipur Pink Panthers	81	Puneri Paltan	77
Most Defeats (Total)	Telugu Titans	97	Dabang Delhi	86	Puneri Paltan	84	Bengaluru Bulls	81	Jaipur Pink Panthers	77
Highest Win%	U Mumba	56	Patna Pirates	52.77	Gujarat Giants	51.72	Bengaluru Bulls	48.31	Jaipur Pink Panthers	47.09
Lowest Win%	Tamil Thalaivas	26.78	Telugu Titans	31.76	Dabang Delhi	41.04	Bengal Warriors	43.93	Puneri Paltan	44
Highest Defeat%	Telugu Titans	57.05	Tamil Thalaivas	55.35	Dabang Delhi	49.71	Puneri Paltan	48	Bengaluru Bulls	45.50
Lowest Defeat%	U Mumba	36.57	Gujarat Giants	37.06	Patna Pirates	37.77	UP Yoddhas	40.67	Haryana Steelers	42.85

Sponsorship

Period	Sponsor	Tournament
2013–16	Star Sports	Star Sports Pro Kabaddi
2017–19	Vivo	Vivo Pro Kabaddi
2021–25

Team records

Total points scored

Rank	Team	Matches	Total Points
1	Patna Pirates	180	6,257
2	Bengaluru Bulls	178	6,021
3	U Mumba	175	5,720
4	Dabang Delhi	173	5,679
5	Puneri Paltan	175	5,666
6	Jaipur Pink Panthers	172	5,614
7	Bengal Warriors	173	5,534
8	Telugu Titans	170	5,437
9	UP Yoddhas	118	4,063
10	Gujarat Giants	116	3,907
11	Haryana Steelers	112	3,762
12	Tamil Thalaivas		3,581
As of 18 December 2022.^[47]

Total points conceded

Rank	Team	Matches	Points Conceded
1	Dabang Delhi	173	5,978
2	Patna Pirates	180	5,937
3	Bengaluru Bulls	178	5,846
4	Telugu Titans	170	5,779
5	Puneri Paltan	175	5,718
6	Bengal Warriors	173	5,702
7	Jaipur Pink Panthers	172	5,450
8	U Mumba	175	5,395
9	UP Yoddha	118	4,017
10	Tamil Thalaivas	112	3,880
11	Haryana Steelers		3,857
12	Gujarat Giants	116	3,682
As of 18 December 2022.^[48]

Average points scored

Rank	Team	Matches	Average Points
1	Patna Pirates	180	34.76
2	UP Yoddhas	118	34.43
3	Bengaluru Bulls	178	33.83
4	Gujarat Giants	116	33.68
5	Haryana Steelers	112	33.59
6	Dabang Delhi	173	32.83
7	U Mumba	175	32.69
8	Jaipur Pink Panthers	172	32.64
9	Puneri Paltan	175	32.38
10	Bengal Warriors	173	31.99
11	Telugu Titans	170	31.98
12	Tamil Thalaivas	112	31.97
As of 18 December 2022.^[49]

Successful raids

Rank	Team	Matches	Successful Raids
1	Patna Pirates	180	2,864
2	Bengaluru Bulls	178	2,798
3	Dabang Delhi	173	2,709
4	Bengal Warriors		2,600
5	Telugu Titans	170	2,565
6	Jaipur Pink Panthers	172	2,548
7	U Mumba	175	2,540
8	Puneri Paltan		2,512
9	UP Yoddhas	118	1,817
10	Gujarat Giants	116	1,797
11	Haryana Steelers	112	1,770
12	Tamil Thalaivas		1,708
As of 18 December 2022.^[50]

Raid points

Rank	Team	Matches	Raid Points
1	Patna Pirates	180	3,599
2	Bengaluru Bulls	178	3,510
3	Dabang Delhi	173	3,367
4	Bengal Warriors		3,289
5	Telugu Titans	170	3,196
6	U Mumba	175	3,186
7	Jaipur Pink Panthers	172	3,162
8	Puneri Paltan	175	3,123
9	UP Yoddhas	118	2,337
10	Gujarat Giants	116	2,249
11	Haryana Steelers	112	2,239
12	Tamil Thalaivas		2,110
As of 18 December 2022.^[51]

Average raid points (teams)

Rank	Team	Matches	Average Raid Points
1	Patna Pirates	180	19.99
	Haryana Steelers	112
3	UP Yoddhas	118	19.81
4	Bengaluru Bulls	178	19.72
5	Dabang Delhi	173	19.46
6	Gujarat Giants	116	19.39
7	Bengal Warriors	173	19.01
8	Tamil Thalaivas	112	18.84
9	Telugu Titans	170	18.8
10	Jaipur Pink Panthers	172	18.38
11	U Mumba	175	18.21
12	Puneri Paltan		17.85
As of 18 December 2022.^[52]

Successful tackles

Rank	Team	Matches	Successful Tackles
1	U Mumba	175	1,674
2	Patna Pirates	180	1,673
3	Puneri Paltan	175	1,656
4	Bengaluru Bulls	178	1,595
5	Jaipur Pink Panthers	172	1,547
6	Telugu Titans	170	1,460
7	Dabang Delhi	173	1,443
8	Bengal Warriors		1,430
9	UP Yoddha	118	1,081
10	Gujarat Giants	116	1,067
11	Haryana Steelers	112	1,002
12	Tamil Thalaivas		989
As of 18 December 2022.^[53]

Tackle points

Rank	Team	Matches	Tackle Points
1	Patna Pirates	180	1,844
2	U Mumba	175	1,829
3	Puneri Paltan		1,817
4	Bengaluru Bulls	178	1,732
5	Jaipur Pink Panthers	172	1,701
6	Telugu Titans	170	1,631
7	Dabang Delhi	173	1,571
8	Bengal Warriors		1,548
9	UP Yoddhas	118	1,193
10	Gujarat Giants	116	1,139
11	Haryana Steelers	112	1,087
12	Tamil Thalaivas		1,080
As of 18 December 2022.^[54]

Average tackle points (team)

Rank	Team	Matches	Avg Tackle Points
1	U Mumba	175	10.45
2	Puneri Paltan		10.38
3	Patna Pirates	180	10.24
4	UP Yoddhas	118	10.11
5	Jaipur Pink Panthers	172	9.89
6	Gujarat Giants	116	9.82
7	Bengaluru Bulls	178	9.73
8	Haryana Steelers	112	9.71
9	Tamil Thalaivas		9.64
10	Telugu Titans	170	9.59
11	Dabang Delhi	173	9.08
12	Bengal Warriors		8.95
As of 18 December 2022.^[55]

Super raids

Rank	Team	Matches	Super Raids
1	Bengal Warriors	173	108
	Patna Pirates	180
3	Bengaluru Bulls	178	99
4	Jaipur Pink Panthers	172	85
	Puneri Paltan	175
6	Telugu Titans	170	84
	U Mumba	175
8	UP Yoddhas	118	81
	Dabang Delhi	173
10	Haryana Steelers	112	63
11	Gujarat Giants	116	55
12	Tamil Thalaivas	112	35
As of 18 December 2022.^[56]

Super Tackles

Rank	Team	Matches	Super Tackles
1	Patna Pirates	180	168
2	Telugu Titans	170	167
3	Puneri Paltan	175	157
4	U Mumba		155
5	Jaipur Pink Panthers	172	151
6	Bengaluru Bulls	178	135
7	Dabang Delhi	173	124
8	Bengal Warriors		117
9	UP Yoddhas	118	111
10	Tamil Thalaivas	112	90
11	Haryana Steelers		85
12	Gujarat Giants	116	72
As of 18 December 2022.^[57]

Most Do or Die raid points (teams)

Rank	Team	Matches	Points
1	Puneri Paltan	175	703
2	Patna Pirates	180	672
3	Jaipur Pink Panthers	172	626
4	U Mumba	175	593
5	Bengal Warriors	173	590
6	Dabang Delhi		569
7	Bengaluru Bulls	178	567
8	Telugu Titans	170	556
9	Tamil Thalaivas	112	397
	UP Yoddha	118
11	Gujarat Giants	116	366
12	Haryana Steelers	112	331
As of 18 December 2022.^[58]

Most all outs inflicted

Rank	Team	Matches	All Outs Inflicted
1	Patna Pirates	180	250
2	Bengaluru Bulls	178	236
3	Jaipur Pink Panthers	172	219
4	U Mumba	175	215
5	Dabang Delhi	173	200
6	Puneri Paltan	175	193
7	Bengal Warriors	173	187
8	Telugu Titans	170	172
9	Gujarat Giants	116	154
10	UP Yoddhas	118	153
11	Haryana Steelers	112	127
12	Tamil Thalaivas	112	109
As of 18 December 2022.^[59]

Most all outs conceded

Rank	Team	Matches	All Outs Conceded
1	Dabang Delhi	173	238
2	Puneri Paltan	175	226
3	Telugu Titans	170	217
4	Bengal Warriors	173	211
5	Bengaluru Bulls	178	203
6	U Mumba	175	193
7	Patna Pirates	180	190
8	Jaipur Pink Panthers	172	175
9	Tamil Thalaivas	112	158
10	UP Yoddhas	118	144
11	Haryana Steelers	112	141
12	Gujarat Giants	116	119
As of 18 December 2022.^[60]

Tournament statistics

Total points (all seasons)

Rank	Player	Current Team	Matches	Total Points	Points/match
1	Pardeep Narwal	UP Yoddhas	153	1,577	10.30
2	Maninder Singh	Bengal Warriors	122	1,244	10.19
3	Deepak Niwas Hooda		157	1,119	7.12
4	Rahul Chaudhari	Jaipur Pink Panthers	150	1,100	7.33
5	Pawan Sehrawat	Tamil Thalaivas	105	1,037	9.87
6	Naveen Kumar	Dabang Delhi	85	948	11.15
7	Sachin Tanwar	Patna Pirates	106	822	7.75
8	Ajay Thakur	Dabang Delhi	120	816	6.8
9	Vikash Kandola	Bengaluru Bulls	101	752	7.44
10	Rohit Kumar	Gujarat Giants	101	730	7.22
As of 17 December 2022.^[61]

Best raiders

Most raid points (all seasons)

Rank	Player	Current Team	Matches	Raid Points	Raid points/match
1	Pardeep Narwal	UP Yoddhas	153	1,568	10.24
2	Maninder Singh	Bengal Warriors	122	1,231	10.09
3	Rahul Chaudhari	Jaipur Pink Panthers	150	1,039	6.92
4	Deepak Niwas Hooda	Bengal Warriors	157	1,020	6.49
5	Pawan Sehrawat	Tamil Thalaivas	105	987	9.4
6	Naveen Kumar	Dabang Delhi	85	934	10.98
7	Ajay Thakur		120	794	6.62
8	Sachin Tanwar	Patna Pirates	106	781	7.36
9	Vikash Kandola	Bengaluru Bulls	101	732	7.24
10	Rohit Kumar	Gujarat Giants	101	683	6.76
As of 17 December 2022.^[62]

Most successful raids (all seasons)

Rank	Player	Current Team	Matches	Successful Raids	Successful raids/match
1	Pardeep Narwal	UP Yoddhas	153	1,180	7.71
2	Maninder Singh	Bengal Warriors	122	958	7.85
3	Rahul Chaudhari	Jaipur Pink Panthers	150	854	5.69
4	Deepak Niwas Hooda	Bengal Warriors	157	835	5.31
5	Naveen Kumar	Dabang Delhi	85	788	9.27
6	Pawan Sehrawat	Tamil Thalaivas	105	765	7.28
7	Sachin Tanwar	Patna Pirates	106	643	6.06
	Ajay Thakur	Dabang Delhi	120	643	5.35
9	Vikash Kandola	Bengaluru Bulls	101	583	5.77
10	Rohit Kumar	Gujarat Giants	101	559	5.53
As of 17 December 2022.^[63]

Average raid points

Rank	Player Name	Current Team	Match Played	Average Raid Points
1	Naveen Kumar	Dabang Delhi	85	10.99
2	Narender Hoshiyar	Tamil Thalaivas	23	10.57
3	Pardeep Narwal	UP Yoddha	153	10.25
4	Maninder Singh	Bengal Warriors	122	10.09
5	Arjun Deshwal	Jaipur Pink Panthers	68	9.87
6	Siddharth Sirish Desai	Telugu Titans	63	9.7
7	Pawan Sehrawat	Tamil Thalaivas	105	9.4
8	Parteek Dahiya	Gujarat Giants	19	9.37
9	Bharat	Bengaluru Bulls	46	8.57
10	Aslam Inamdar	Puneri Paltan	40	7.67
As of 18 December 2022.^[64]

Most super raids

Rank	Player Name	Current Team	Match Played	Super Raids
1	Pardeep Narwal	UP Yoddhas	153	73
2	Maninder Singh	Bengal Warriors	122	42
3	Pawan Sehrawat	Tamil Thalaivas	105	29
4	Rishank Devadiga	Bengal Warriors	122	25
	Rahul Chaudhari	Jaipur Pink Panthers	150
6	Kashiling Adake	Bengaluru Bulls	92	23
	Ajay Thakur	Dabang Delhi	120
	Deepak Niwas Hooda	Bengal Warriors	157
9	Siddharth Sirish Desai	Telugu Titans	63	22
	Vikash Kandola	Bengaluru Bulls	101
As of 17 December 2022.^[65]

Most Do or Die raid points

Rank	Player Name	Current Team	Match Played	Points
1	Deepak Niwas Hooda	Bengal Warriors	157	209
2	Sachin Tanwar	Patna Pirates	106	195
3	Pardeep Narwal	UP Yoddhas	153	185
4	Rahul Chaudhari	Jaipur Pink Panthers	150	174
5	Ajay Thakur	Dabang Delhi	120	163
6	Maninder Singh	Bengal Warriors	122	160
7	Shrikant Jadhav		120	133
8	Rishank Devadiga		122	129
9	Rajesh Mondal	Puneri Paltan	89	124
10	Vikash Kandola	Bengaluru Bulls	101	122
As of 17 December 2022.^[66]

Most Super 10s (all seasons)

Rank	Player Name	Current Team	Match Played	Super 10s	Matches/super 10s
1	Pardeep Narwal	UP Yoddhas	153	79	1.93
2	Maninder Singh	Bengal Warriors	122	63	1.93
3	Naveen Kumar	Dabang Delhi	85	58	1.46
4	Pawan Sehrawat	Tamil Thalaivas	105	49	2.14
5	Rahul Chaudhari	Jaipur Pink Panthers	150	42	3.57
6	Arjun Deshwal		68	36	1.88
7	Deepak Niwas Hooda	Bengal Warriors	157	35	4.48
8	Siddharth Sirish Desai	Telugu Titans	63	30	2.1
9	Vikash Kandola	Bengaluru Bulls	101	29	3.48
	Sachin Tanwar	Patna Pirates	106		3.65
	Ajay Thakur	Dabang Delhi	120		4.13
As of 18 December 2022.^[67]

Fastest to multiples of 500 raid points

Raid points	Raider	Team	Matches
500	Naveen Kumar	Dabang Delhi	47
1,000	Pardeep Narwal	UP Yoddha	99
1,500	Pardeep Narwal	UP Yoddha	147

Best defenders

Most tackle points (all seasons)

Rank	Player	Current Team	Matches	Tackle Points	Points/match
1	Fazel Atrachali	Puneri Paltan	146	424	2.90
2	Manjeet Chillar	Dabang Delhi	132	391	2.96
3	Sandeep Narwal	UP Yoddhas	156	360	2.30
4	Girish Maruti Ernak	Bengal Warriors	143	359	2.51
5	PO Surjeet Singh	Telugu Titans	127	348	2.74
6	Ravinder Pahal		124	339	2.73
7	Nitesh Kumar	UP Yoddhas	113	313	2.76
8	Parvesh Bhainswal	Telugu Titans	122	302	2.47
9	Sandeep Dhull	Dabang Delhi	102	291	2.85
10	Vishal Bhardwaj	Telugu Titans	99	288	2.91
As of 18 December 2022.^[68]

Most successful tackles (all seasons)

Rank	Player	Current Team	Matches	Successful Tackles	Points/match
1	Fazel Atrachali	Puneri Paltan	146	400	2.73
2	Manjeet Chillar	Dabang Delhi	132	374	2.83
3	Girish Maruti Ernak	Bengal Warriors	143	343	2.39
4	Sandeep Narwal	UP Yoddhas	156	330	2.11
5	PO Surjeet Singh	Telugu Titans	127	324	2.55
6	Ravinder Pahal		124	320	2.58
7	Nitesh Kumar	UP Yoddhas	113	290	2.56
8	Parvesh Bhainswal	Telugu Titans	122	271	2.22
9	Sandeep Dhull	Dabang Delhi	102	269	2.63
10	Sunil Kumar	Jaipur Pink Panthers	114	264	2.31
As of 18 December 2022.^[69]

Average tackle points

Rank	Player	Current Team	Matches	Average Tackle Points
1	Mohammadreza Shadloui	Patna Pirates	44	3.93
2	Ankush	Jaipur Pink Panthers	24	3.71
3	Sagar	Tamil Thalaivas	52	3.02
4	Manjeet Chillar	Dabang Delhi	132	2.96
5	Vishal Bhardwaj	Telugu Titans	99	2.91
6	Fazel Atrachali	Puneri Paltan	146	2.9
	Rinku	U Mumba	41
8	Sumit	UP Yoddhas	67	2.88
9	Sandeep Dhull	Dabang Delhi	102	2.85
10	Jaideep Dahiya	Haryana Steelers	43	2.79
As of 18 December 2022.^[70]

Most Super Tackles (all seasons)

Rank	Player	Current Team	Matches	Super Tackles
1	Vishal Bharadwaj	Telugu Titans	99	31
	Parvesh Bhainswal		122
3	Sandeep Narwal	UP Yoddhas	156	30
4	Mahender Singh	Bengaluru Bulls	110	26
5	Dharmaraj Cheralathan	Jaipur Pink Panthers	123	25
6	PO Surjeet Singh	Telugu Titans	127	24
	Fazel Atrachali	Puneri Paltan	146
8	Mohit Chillar	Tamil Thalaivas	109	23
	Nitesh Kumar	UP Yoddhas	113
	Jeeva Kumar	Dabang Delhi	136
	Ravi Kumar		137
As of 18 December 2022.^[71]

Most high 5s

Rank	Player Name	Position	Current Team	Match Played	High 5s	Match/high 5s
1	PO Surjeet Singh	Defender, right cover	Telugu Titans	127	29	4.37
2	Fazel Atrachali	Defender, left corner	Puneri Paltan	146	26	5.61
3	Manjeet Chillar	All Rounder	Dabang Delhi	132	25	5.28
4	Girish Maruti Ernak	Defender, left corner	Bengal Warriors	143	24	5.95
5	Ravinder Pahal	Defender, right corner	Telugu Titans	124	23	5.39
6	Surender Nada	Defender, left corner	Bengal Warriors	102	21	4.85
7	Nitesh Kumar	Defender	UP Yoddha	113	20	5.65
8	Vishal Bhardwaj	Defender	Telugu Titans	99	19	5.21
	Parvesh Bainswal	All Rounder		122		6.42
10	Sandeep Dhull	Defender	Dabang Delhi	102	18	5.66
	Mohit Chhillar	Defender, right corner	Tamil Thalaivas	109		6.05
	Sandeep Narwal	All Rounder	UP Yoddhas	156		8.66
As of 18 December 2022.^[72]

Most Matches Played

Rank	Player Name	Current Team	Matches
1	Deepak Niwas Hooda	Bengal Warriors	157
2	Sandeep Narwal	UP Yoddhas	156
3	Pardeep Narwal		153
4	Rahul Chaudhari	Jaipur Pink Panthers	150
5	Fazel Atrachali	Puneri Paltan	146
6	Girish Maruti Ernak	Bengal Warriors	143
7	Ravi Kumar	Dabang Delhi	137
	Ran Singh	Bengaluru Bulls
9	Jeeva Kumar	Dabang Delhi	136
10	Vishal Mane	U Mumba	134
As of 18 December 2022.

Prize money

Prize money for the winner of season 6 was ₹3 crore. The first and second runners-up were awarded ₹1.80 crore and ₹1.20 crore respectively.^[73] The consolidated prize money for season 7 is ₹8 crore. The champions of season 7 will bag ₹3 crore while the runners-up will receive ₹1.8 crore. The losing semifinalists will receive ₹90 lakh each and, the fifth and the sixth-placed teams will earn ₹45 lakh.^[74]

See also

• Sports in India
• Ultimate Kho Kho

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External links

• Official website