Pro Kabaddi League

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Pro League
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CountryFlag of India.svg  India
AdministratorMashal Sports Private Limited
First tournament 2014
Tournament format Double round-robin league and playoffs
Number of teams 12
Current champions Puneri Paltan (1st title)
Most successful Patna Pirates (3 titles)
Most raid points Flag of India.svg Pardeep Narwal (1750) [1]
Most tackle points Flag of Iran.svg Fazel Atrachali (524)
TV partner(s)India:

Sports 18 Khel (Indian Tv Network)


Worldwide:

SloganLe Panga
Website prokabaddi.com
Kabaddi current event.svg 2024 Pro Kabaddi League season

Pro Kabaddi League [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] 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). [4] [5] Puneri Paltan are the current champions of PKL. [6]

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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 (₹20,00,000) to join. [7] [8]

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. [7]

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). [9] [10] Star Sports, the Pro Kabaddi League's broadcaster, [11] subsequently announced in 2015 that it would acquire a 74% stake in the league's parent company Mashal Sports. [12]

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". [13] 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 wom 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.

The league won the Best Sports League’ at the Confederation of Indian Industry Sports Business Awards in October 2024 at New Delhi, India. [14]

Seasons

Season 1 (2014)

The first signing and auction of players for the 8 teams were held on 20 May 2014 [11] 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. [15] Tae Deok Eom was the highest paid overseas player bought for ₹7 lakh by the Patna franchise. [15]

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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]

Season 11 (2024)

The 2024 Pro Kabaddi League is the eleventh season of the Pro Kabaddi League, a franchise-based Kabaddi league in India. PKL auction was held in Mumbai on August 15 and 16. Raider Sachin Tanwar was made the most expensive player of the 2024 PKL auction, as he was bought for Rs. 2.15 crore by the Tamil Thalaivas on the first day of the season 11 auction. The season will begin on 18 October 2024.

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 Warriorz    Kolkata, West Bengal Netaji Indoor Stadium 15,000
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 Yoddhas    Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium 5,000
Note: Table list in alphabetical order.

PKL season results

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

Results

SeasonFinalFinal VenueNo. of TeamsBest Raider
(Most Raid Points)		Best Defender
(Most Tackle Points)		Most Total Points
WinnerResultRunner-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 AdakeRavinder PahalKashiling Adake
III Patna Pirates 31–28
SD = 3
Report 		U Mumba Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi Pardeep Narwal Manjeet Chhillar Pardeep Narwal
IV Patna Pirates37–29
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 [45] Surender Nada Pardeep Narwal
VI Bengaluru Bulls 38–33
SD = 5
Report 		Gujarat Fortune Giants Dome @ NSCI, Mumbai Pawan Sehrawat [46] Nitesh Kumar [47] Pawan Sehrawat [48]
VII Bengal Warriors 39–34
SD = 5
Report 		Dabang Delhi The Arena, Ahmedabad Pawan Sehrawat [49] 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
X Puneri Paltan 28–25
SD = 3
Report 		Haryana Steelers Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad Ashu MalikMohammadreza ChiyanehAshu Malik

By Season

Season & No. of Teams I
(8)		 II
(8)		 III
(8)		 IV
(8)		 V
(12)		 VI
(12)		 VII
(12)		 VIII
(12)		 IX
(12)		 X
(12)
Bengal Warriors 7th6th4th8th3rd6th1st9th11th7th
Bengaluru Bulls 4th2nd7th6th7th1st4th3rd3rd8th
Dabang Delhi 6th7th8th7th12th4th2nd1st5th5th
Gujarat Giants Team did not exist2nd2nd9th5th8th6th
Haryana Steelers Team did not exist5th12th5th7th7th2nd
Jaipur Pink Panthers 1st5th6th2nd10th10th7th8th1st4th
Patna Pirates 3rd4th1st1st1st7th8th2nd10th3rd
Puneri Paltan 8th8th3rd3rd4th8th10th6th2nd1st
Tamil Thalaivas Team did not exist11th11th12th11th4th9th
Telugu Titans 5th3rd5th4th9th9th11th12th12th12th
U Mumba 2nd1st2nd5th8th5th3rd10th9th10th
UP Yoddhas Team did not exist6th3rd6th4th6th11th

Performance of all the teams in all seasons

Team [50] PlayedWonLoss
Draw
Win%Loss%Draw%SDTrophy
Bengal Warriors 19585872343.58%44.61%11.79%-2111
Bengaluru Bulls 20094931347%46.5%6.5%1081
Dabang Delhi 19684931942.85%47.44%9.69%-2481
Gujarat Giants 13973531352.51%38.12%9.35%2400
Haryana Steelers 13767571349.26%41.17%9.55%-870
Jaipur Pink Panthers 19597811749.74%41.53%8.71%3012
Patna Pirates 204107772052.45%37.74%9.80%3563
Puneri Paltan 19996861748.24%43.21%8.54%2171
Tamil Thalaivas 13439752029.10%55.97%14.92%-2670
Telugu Titans 192561162029.16%60.41%10.41%-5850
U Mumba 197104771652.79%39.08%8.12%2461
UP Yoddhas 14058651745.42%46.42%12.14%-700
Last updated: 1 March 2024, As of Haryana Steelers vs Puneri Paltan

Team records

RecordFirstSecondThirdFourthFifth
Most Matches Played Patna Pirates 204 Bengaluru Bulls 200 Puneri Paltan 199 U Mumba 197 Dabang Delhi 196
Most Wins (Total) Patna Pirates 107 U Mumba 104 Jaipur Pink Panthers 97 Puneri Paltan 96 Bengaluru Bulls 94
Most Defeats (Total) Telugu Titans 116 Dabang Delhi 93 Bengaluru Bulls 93 Bengal Warriors 87 Puneri Paltan 86
Highest Win% U Mumba 52.79 Gujarat Giants 52.51 Patna Pirates 52.45 Jaipur Pink Panthers 49.74 Haryana Steelers 49.26
Lowest Win% Tamil Thalaivas 29.10 Telugu Titans 29.16 UP Yoddhas 41.42 Dabang Delhi 42.85 Bengal Warriors 43.58
Highest Defeat% Telugu Titans 60.41 Tamil Thalaivas 55.97 Dabang Delhi 47.44 Bengaluru Bulls 46.5 UP Yoddhas 46.42
Lowest Defeat% Patna Pirates 37.74 Gujarat Giants 38.12 U Mumba 39.08 Haryana Steelers 41.17 Jaipur Pink Panthers 41.53

Sponsorship

PeriodSponsorTournament
2013–16 Flag of India.svg Star Sports Star Sports Pro Kabaddi
2017–2022 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Vivo Vivo Pro Kabaddi

Team records

Total points scored

RankTeamMatchesTotal Points
1 Patna Pirates 2147,505
2 Bengaluru Bulls 2097,037
3 Puneri Paltan 2086,937
4 U Mumba 2076,852
5 Dabang Delhi 2066,834
6 Jaipur Pink Panthers 2046,779
7 Bengal Warriors 6,645
8 Telugu Titans 2016,460
9 UP Yoddhas 1495,124
10 Haryana Steelers 1465,010
11 Gujarat Giants 1494,982
12 Tamil Thalaivas 1434,734
As of 15 November 2024. [51]

Total points conceded

RankTeamMatchesPoints Conceded
1 Patna Pirates 2046,775
2 Telugu Titans 1926,758
3 Dabang Delhi 1966,756
4 Bengaluru Bulls 2006,647
5 Bengal Warriors 1956,565
6 Puneri Paltan 1996,396
7 U Mumba 1976,270
8 Jaipur Pink Panthers 1956,156
9 UP Yoddha 1404,876
10 Haryana Steelers 1374,772
11 Tamil Thalaivas 1344,680
12 Gujarat Giants 1394,452
As of 2 March 2024. [52]

Average points scored

RankTeamMatchesAverage Points
1 Patna Pirates 20434.96
2 UP Yoddhas 14034.33
3 Haryana Steelers 13734.18
4 Bengaluru Bulls 20033.77
5 Gujarat Giants 13933.76
6 Puneri Paltan 19933.25
7 Dabang Delhi 19633.2
8 Jaipur Pink Panthers 19533.11
9 U Mumba 19733.08
10 Tamil Thalaivas 13432.93
11 Bengal Warriors 19532.58
12 Telugu Titans 19232.15
As of 2 March 2024. [53]

Successful raids

RankTeamMatchesSuccessful Raids
1 Patna Pirates 2043,264
2 Bengaluru Bulls 2003,109
3 Dabang Delhi 1963,099
4 Bengal Warriors 1952,986
5 Jaipur Pink Panthers 2,917
6 U Mumba 1972,907
7 Puneri Paltan 1992,903
8 Telugu Titans 1922,877
9 UP Yoddhas 1402,155
10 Haryana Steelers 1372,148
11 Gujarat Giants 1392,129
12 Tamil Thalaivas 1342,073
As of 2 March 2024. [54]

Raid points

RankTeamMatchesRaid Points
1 Patna Pirates 2044,094
2 Bengaluru Bulls 2003,916
3 Dabang Delhi 1963,841
4 Bengal Warriors 1953,793
5 U Mumba 1973,672
6 Jaipur Pink Panthers 1953,626
7 Telugu Titans 1923,609
8 Puneri Paltan 1993,587
9 UP Yoddhas 1402,771
10 Haryana Steelers 1372,731
11 Gujarat Giants 1392,671
12 Tamil Thalaivas 1342,553
As of 2 March 2024. [55]

Average raid points (teams)

RankTeamMatchesAverage Raid Points
1 Patna Pirates 20420.07
2 Haryana Steelers 13719.93
3 UP Yoddhas 14019.79
4 Dabang Delhi 19619.6
5 Bengaluru Bulls 20019.58
6 Bengal Warriors 19519.45
7 Gujarat Giants 13919.22
8 Tamil Thalaivas 13419.05
9 Telugu Titans 19218.8
10 U Mumba 19718.64
11 Jaipur Pink Panthers 19518.59
12 Puneri Paltan 19918.03
As of 2 March 2024. [56]

Successful tackles

RankTeamMatchesSuccessful Tackles
1 Puneri Paltan 1991,987
2 Patna Pirates 2041,915
3 U Mumba 1971,873
4 Bengaluru Bulls 2001,822
5 Jaipur Pink Panthers 1951,776
6 Telugu Titans 1921,669
7 Dabang Delhi 1961,664
8 Bengal Warriors 1951,622
9 Haryana Steelers 1371,298
10 Gujarat Giants 1391293
11 UP Yoddhas 1401,281
12 Tamil Thalaivas 1341,253
As of 2 March 2024. [57]

Tackle points

RankTeamMatchesTackle Points
1 Puneri Paltan 1992,166
2 Patna Pirates 2042,110
3 U Mumba 1972,056
4 Bengaluru Bulls 2001,978
5 Jaipur Pink Panthers 1951,961
6 Telugu Titans 1921,863
7 Dabang Delhi 1961,810
8 Bengal Warriors 1951,752
9 UP Yoddhas 1401,417
10 Haryana Steelers 1371,416
11 Gujarat Giants 1391,388
12 Tamil Thalaivas 1341,375
As of 2 March 2024. [58]

Average tackle points (team)

RankTeamMatchesAvg Tackle Points
1 Puneri Paltan 19910.88
2 U Mumba 19710.44
3 Patna Pirates 20410.34
Haryana Steelers 137
5 Tamil Thalaivas 13410.26
6 UP Yoddhas 14010.12
7 Jaipur Pink Panthers 19510.06
8 Gujarat Giants 1399.99
9 Bengaluru Bulls 2009.89
10 Telugu Titans 1929.7
11 Dabang Delhi 1969.23
12 Bengal Warriors 1958.98
As of 2 March 2024. [59]

Super raids

RankTeamMatchesSuper Raids
1 Bengal Warriors 195120
2 Patna Pirates 204118
3 Bengaluru Bulls 200115
4 Jaipur Pink Panthers 19598
5 Telugu Titans 19296
6 Puneri Paltan 19995
7 Dabang Delhi 19694
U Mumba 197
9 UP Yoddhas 14091
10 Haryana Steelers 13779
11 Gujarat Giants 13973
12 Tamil Thalaivas 13443
As of 2 March 2024. [60]

Super Tackles

RankTeamMatchesSuper Tackles
1 Patna Pirates 204192
2 Telugu Titans 192190
3 U Mumba 197183
4 Jaipur Pink Panthers 195182
5 Puneri Paltan 199175
6 Bengaluru Bulls 200154
7 Dabang Delhi 196142
8 UP Yoddhas 140135
9 Bengal Warriors 195129
10 Tamil Thalaivas 134121
11 Haryana Steelers 137118
12 Gujarat Giants 13995
As of 2 March 2024. [61]

Most Do or Die raid points (teams)

RankTeamMatchesPoints
1 Puneri Paltan 199805
2 Patna Pirates 204763
3 Jaipur Pink Panthers 195710
4 U Mumba 197654
5 Bengal Warriors 195643
Dabang Delhi 196
7 Bengaluru Bulls 200639
8 Telugu Titans 192620
9 Tamil Thalaivas 134470
10 UP Yoddhas 140457
11 Gujarat Giants 139449
12 Haryana Steelers 137404
As of 2 March 2024. [62]

Most all outs inflicted

RankTeamMatchesAll Outs Inflicted
1 Patna Pirates 204299
2 Bengaluru Bulls 200265
3 Puneri Paltan 199255
4 U Mumba 197249
5 Jaipur Pink Panthers 195247
6 Dabang Delhi 196240
7 Bengal Warriors 195228
8 Telugu Titans 192198
9 Gujarat Giants 139186
10 UP Yoddhas 140176
11 Haryana Steelers 137158
12 Tamil Thalaivas 134143
As of 2 March 2024. [63]

Most all outs conceded

RankTeamMatchesAll Outs Conceded
1 Telugu Titans 192279
2 Dabang Delhi 196273
3 Bengaluru Bulls 200252
4 Bengal Warriors 195246
5 Puneri Paltan 199238
6 U Mumba 197234
7 Patna Pirates 204228
8 Jaipur Pink Panthers 195211
9 UP Yoddhas 140183
10 Tamil Thalaivas 134182
11 Haryana Steelers 137176
12 Gujarat Giants 138142
As of 2 March 2024. [64]

Player records

Total points (all seasons)

RankPlayerCurrent TeamMatchesTotal PointsPoints/match
1 Flag of India.svg Pardeep Narwal Bengaluru Bulls 1771,7509.80
2 Flag of India.svg Maninder Singh Bengal Warriors 1521,4959.83
3 Flag of India.svg Pawan Sehrawat Telugu Titans 1351,34910.06
4 Flag of India.svg Deepak Niwas Hooda Bengal Warriors 1571,1197.12
5 Flag of India.svg Rahul Chaudhari Jaipur Pink Panthers 1541,1067.18
6 Flag of India.svg Sachin Tanwar Tamil Thalaivas 1371,07510.43
7 Flag of India.svg Arjun Deshwal Jaipur Pink Panthers 1001,05310.53
8 Flag of India.svg Naveen Kumar Dabang Delhi 95104410.98
9 Flag of India.svg Vikash Kandola Bengaluru Bulls 1248336.71
10 Flag of India.svg Ajay Thakur Dabang Delhi 1208166.75
As of 15 November 2024 [65]

Best raiders

Most raid points (all seasons)

RankPlayerCurrent TeamMatchesRaid PointsRaid points/match
1 Flag of India.svg Pardeep Narwal Bengaluru Bulls 1771,7279.75
2 Flag of India.svg Maninder Singh Bengal Warriors 1521,4819.74
3 Flag of India.svg Pawan Sehrawat Telugu Titans 1351,2819.48
4 Flag of India.svg Arjun Deshwal Jaipur Pink Panthers 1001,04710.47
5 Flag of India.svg Rahul Chaudhari Jaipur Pink Panthers 1541,0456.78
6 Flag of India.svg Naveen Kumar Dabang Delhi 951,02910.83
7 Flag of India.svg Deepak Niwas Hooda Bengal Warriorz 15710206.49
8 Flag of India.svg Sachin Tanwar Tamil Thalaivas 13710147.40
9 Flag of India.svg Vikash Kandola Jaipur Pink Panthers 1248106.53
10 Flag of India.svg Ajay Thakur Dabang Delhi 1207946.62
As of 15 November 2024. [66]

Most successful raids (all seasons)

RankPlayerCurrent TeamMatchesSuccessful RaidsSuccessful raids/match
1 Flag of India.svg Pardeep Narwal Bengaluru Bulls 1701,2797.52
2 Flag of India.svg Maninder Singh Bengal Warriors 1431,1117.76
3 Flag of India.svg Pawan Sehrawat Bengaluru Bulls 1269217.30
4 Flag of India.svg Rahul Chaudhari Jaipur Pink Panthers 1548598.57
5 Flag of India.svg Naveen Kumar Dabang Delhi 918439.26
6 Flag of India.svg Deepak Niwas Hooda Bengal Warriors 1578355.31
7 Flag of India.svg Sachin Tanwar Patna Pirates 1287856.13
8 Flag of India.svg Arjun Deshwal Jaipur Pink Panthers 917548.28
9 Flag of India.svg Ajay Thakur Dabang Delhi 1206435.35
10 Flag of India.svg Vikash Kandola Jaipur Pink Panthers 1206385.31
As of 29 February 2024. [67]

Average raid points

RankPlayer NameCurrent TeamMatchesAverage Raid Points
1 Flag of India.svg Naveen Kumar Dabang Delhi 9111.04
2 Flag of India.svg Arjun Deshwal Jaipur Pink Panthers 10.41
3 Flag of India.svg Maninder Singh Bengal Warriors 1439.99
4 Flag of India.svg Pardeep Narwal UP Yoddhas 1709.94
5 Flag of India.svg Narender Hoshiyar Tamil Thalaivas 449.75
6 Flag of India.svg Pawan Sehrawat Telugu Titans 1269.44
7 Flag of India.svg Siddharth Sirish Desai Haryana Steelers 798.72
8 Flag of India.svg Nitin Kumar Bengal Warriors 208.45
9 Flag of India.svg Parteek Dahiya Gujarat Giants 397.9
10 Flag of India.svg Bharat Bengaluru Bulls 647.77
As of 29 February 2024. [68]

Most super raids

RankPlayer NameCurrent TeamMatchesSuper Raids
1 Flag of India.svg Pardeep Narwal UP Yoddhas 17075
2 Flag of India.svg Maninder Singh Bengal Warriors 14347
3 Flag of India.svg Pawan Sehrawat Telugu Titans 12634
4 Flag of India.svg Siddharth Sirish Desai Haryana Steelers 7925
Flag of India.svg Rishank Devadiga Bengal Warriors 122
Flag of India.svg Rahul Chaudhari Jaipur Pink Panthers 154
7 Flag of India.svg Vikash Kandola Bengaluru Bulls 12024
8 Flag of India.svg Kashiling Adake9223
Flag of India.svg Ajay Thakur Dabang Delhi 120
Flag of India.svg Deepak Niwas Hooda Bengal Warriors 157
As of 22 February 2024. [69]

Most Do or Die raid points

RankPlayer NameCurrent TeamMatchesPoints
1 Flag of India.svg Sachin Tanwar Patna Pirates 128233
2 Flag of India.svg Deepak Niwas Hooda Bengal Warriors 157209
3 Flag of India.svg Pardeep Narwal Bengaluru Bulls 170202
4 Flag of India.svg Maninder Singh Bengal Warriors 143178
5 Flag of India.svg Rahul Chaudhari Jaipur Pink Panthers 154175
6 Flag of India.svg Ajay Thakur Dabang Delhi 120163
7 Flag of India.svg Shrikant Jadhav Bengal Warriors 135142
8 Flag of India.svg Vikash Kandola Bengaluru Bulls 120138
9 Flag of India.svg Ajinkya Pawar Tamil Thalaivas 92136
10 Flag of India.svg Arjun Deshwal Jaipur Pink Panthers 91129
Flag of India.svg Rishank Devadiga Bengal Warriors 122
As of 29 February 2023. [70]

Most Super 10s (all seasons)

RankPlayer NameCurrent TeamMatchesSuper 10sMatches/super 10s
1 Flag of India.svg Pardeep Narwal UP Yoddhas 170852
2 Flag of India.svg Maninder Singh Bengal Warriors 143721.98
3 Flag of India.svg Naveen Kumar Dabang Delhi 91631.44
4 Flag of India.svg Pawan Sehrawat Telugu Titans 126622.03
5 Flag of India.svg Arjun Deshwal Jaipur Pink Panthers 91531.71
6 Flag of India.svg Rahul Chaudhari 154423.66
7 Flag of India.svg Sachin Tanwar Patna Pirates 128363.55
8 Flag of India.svg Deepak Niwas Hooda Bengal Warriors 157354.48
9 Flag of India.svg Siddharth Sirish Desai Haryana Steelers 79342.32
10 Flag of India.svg Vikash Kandola Bengaluru Bulls 120304
As of 29 February 2024. [71]

Fastest to multiples of 500 raid points

Raid pointsRaiderTeamMatches
500 Naveen Kumar Dabang Delhi 47
1,00090
1,500 Pardeep Narwal UP Yoddha 147

Best defenders

Most tackle points (all seasons)

RankPlayerCurrent TeamMatchesTackle PointsPoints/match
1 Flag of Iran.svg Fazel Atrachali Bengal Warriors 1825242.9
2 Flag of India.svg PO Surjeet Singh Jaipur Pink Panthers 1624292.72
3 Flag of India.svg Manjeet Chillar Dabang Delhi 1323912.96
4 Flag of India.svg Nitesh Kumar Bengal Warriors 1413782.46
5 Flag of India.svg Sunil Kumar U Mumba 1513662.30
6 Flag of India.svg Girish Maruti Ernak 1473622.71
7 Flag of India.svg Sandeep Narwal UP Yodhas 1563602.73
8 Flag of India.svg Ravinder Pahal 1243392.45
10 Flag of India.svg Sandeep Dhull Telugu Titans 1183282.77
9 Flag of India.svg Parvesh Bhainswal U Mumba 3302.74
As of 29 February 2024. [72]

Most successful tackles (all seasons)

RankPlayerCurrent TeamMatchesSuccessful TacklesPoints/match
1 Flag of Iran.svg Fazel Atrachali Gujarat Giants 1694582.71
2 Flag of India.svg PO Surjeet Singh Bengaluru Bulls 1483792.56
3 Flag of India.svg Manjeet Chillar Dabang Delhi 1323742.83
4 Flag of India.svg Girish Maruti Ernak U Mumba 1473462.35
5 Flag of India.svg Sandeep Narwal UP Yoddhas 1563302.11
6 Flag of India.svg Nitesh Kumar 1293232.50
7 Flag of India.svg Ravinder Pahal Telugu Titans 1243202.58
8 Flag of India.svg Sunil Kumar Jaipur Pink Panthers 1373142.29
9 Flag of India.svg Sandeep Dhull Telugu Titans 1183052.58
10 Flag of India.svg Vishal Bhardwaj Dabang Delhi 2882.44
As of 29 February 2024. [73]

Average tackle points

RankPlayerCurrent TeamMatchesAverage Tackle Points
1 Flag of Iran.svg Mohammadreza Chiyaneh Puneri Paltan 684
2 Flag of India.svg Ankush Jaipur Pink Panthers 463.46
3 Flag of India.svg Yogesh Dabang Delhi 233.22
4 Flag of India.svg Sagar Tamil Thalaivas 703.19
5 Flag of India.svg Manjeet Chillar Dabang Delhi 1322.96
6 Flag of India.svg Rinku U Mumba 502.94
7 Flag of India.svg Sombir Gujarat Giants 152.93
8 Flag of Iran.svg Fazel Atrachali 1692.88
9 Flag of India.svg Ankit Patna Pirates 232.87
10 Flag of India.svg Jaideep Dahiya Haryana Steelers 662.85
Flag of India.svg Sumit UP Yoddhas 89
As of 2 March 2024. [74]

Most Super Tackles (all seasons)

RankPlayerCurrent TeamMatchesSuper Tackles
1 Flag of India.svg Vishal Bharadwaj Dabang Delhi 11836
2 Flag of India.svg Mahender Singh U Mumba 12632
3 Flag of India.svg Parvesh Bhainswal Telugu Titans 13731
4 Flag of India.svg Sandeep Narwal UP Yoddhas 15630
5 Flag of Iran.svg Fazel Atrachali Gujarat Giants 16928
6 Flag of India.svg Nitesh Kumar UP Yoddhas 12927
7 Flag of India.svg Dharmaraj Cheralathan Jaipur Pink Panthers 12325
Flag of India.svg PO Surjeet Singh Bengaluru Bulls 148
9 Flag of India.svg Sagar Tamil Thalaivas 7024
Flag of India.svg Sombir Gujarat Giants 94
As of 29 February 2024. [75]

Most high 5s

RankPlayer NamePositionCurrent TeamMatchesHigh 5sMatch/high 5s
1 Flag of India.svg PO Surjeet Singh Defender, right cover Bengaluru Bulls 148344.35
2 Flag of Iran.svg Fazel Atrachali Defender, left corner Gujarat Giants 169295.82
3 Flag of Iran.svg Mohammadreza ChiyanehAll Rounder Puneri Paltan 67272.48
4 Flag of India.svg Manjeet Chillar All Rounder Dabang Delhi 132255.28
5 Flag of India.svg Girish Maruti ErnakDefender, left corner U Mumba 147246.08
6 Flag of India.svg Ravinder PahalDefender, right corner Telugu Titans 124235.39
Flag of India.svg Nitesh Kumar Defender UP Yoddhas 1295.60
8 Flag of India.svg Surender Nada Defender, left corner Bengal Warriors 102214.85
Flag of India.svg Vishal BhardwajDefender Dabang Delhi 1185.61
Flag of India.svg Sandeep DhullDefender Telugu Titans
As of 29 February 2024. [76]

Most Matches Played

RankPlayer NameCurrent TeamMatches
1 Flag of India.svg Pardeep Narwal UP Yoddhas 170
2 Flag of Iran.svg Fazel Atrachali Gujarat Giants 169
3 Flag of India.svg Deepak Niwas Hooda Bengal Warriors 157
4 Flag of India.svg Ran Singh Bengaluru Bulls 156
Flag of India.svg Sandeep Narwal UP Yoddhas
6 Flag of India.svg Rahul Chaudhari Jaipur Pink Panthers 154
7 Flag of India.svg PO Surjeet Singh Bengaluru Bulls 148
8 Flag of India.svg Girish Maruti Ernak U Mumba 147
9 Flag of India.svg Maninder Singh Bengal Warriors 143
10 Flag of India.svg Ravi Kumar Gujarat Giants 141
As of 22 February 2024.

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. [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]

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