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Pro Kabaddi League (known as Vivo Pro Kabbadi for sponsorship reasons)[1] or abbreviated to PKL is a men's professional Kabaddi league of India. It was launched in 2014 and is broadcast on Star Sports.[2] However, Season 8 was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the season was scheduled to commence on 22 December 2021.[3][4]

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.[5][6]

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.[5]

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).[7][8] Star Sports, the Pro Kabaddi League's broadcaster,[9] subsequently announced in 2015 that it would acquire a 74% stake in the league's parent company Mashal Sports.[10]

For the 2017 and 2018–19 season, the Pro Kabaddi League added for new teams, and changed its format to split the teams into two divisions known as "zones".[11] Soon the league returned to its regular double round-robin format from the 2019 season.

Format[edit]

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.[12][13][14]

Seasons[edit]

Season 1 (Jaipur Pink Panthers)

The first signing and auction of players for the 8 teams were held on 20 May 2014[9] 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 (U Mumba)

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 by 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 (Patna Pirates)

Star Sports Pro Kabaddi season 3 will have 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 (Patna Pirates)

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 finale, scheduled along with the men's final in Hyderabad, the Storm Queens defeated the Fire Sourav Tomar play hard with u Mumba and got a new young player(NYP) Trophy.

Season 5 (Patna Pirates)

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 (Bengaluru Bulls)

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 (Bengal Warriors)

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 (Dabang Delhi)

The 2021-22 is the eighth season 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 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.

Viewership[edit]

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.[36]

Teams[edit]

Stadiums and locations[edit]

Team City/State Stadium[37] 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 20,000
   Puneri Paltan Pune, Maharashtra Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex 4,200
   Tamil Thalaivas Chennai, Tamilnadu Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 5,000
   Telugu Titans Hyderabad/Vizag, Telangana Gachibowli Indoor Stadium 5,000
   U Mumba Mumbai, Maharashtra Dome @ NSCI SVP Stadium 5,000
   UP Yoddha Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium 5,000
Note: Table list in alphabetical order.

PKL season results[edit]

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

Results[edit]

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
Report
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[38] Surender Nada Pardeep Narwal
VI Bengaluru Bulls 38–33
SD = 5
Report
Gujarat Fortune Giants Dome @ NSCI, Mumbai Pawan Sehrawat[39] Nitesh Kumar[40] Pawan Sehrawat[41]
VII Bengal Warriors 39–34
SD = 5
Report
Dabang Delhi The Arena, Ahmedabad Pawan Sehrawat[42] Fazel Atrachali Pawan Sehrawat
VIII Dabang Delhi 37–36
SD = 1
Report
Patna Pirates Sheraton Grand Whitefield, Bengaluru Pawan Sehrawat Mohammadreza Chiyaneh Pawan Sehrawat

Performance of all the teams in all seasons[edit]

Team[43] Played Won Loss
Draw
Win% Loss% Draw% Trophy
Bengal Warriors 151 68 65 18 45.03% 43.04% 11.92% 1
Bengaluru Bulls 154 72 72 10 46.75% 46.75% 6.49% 1
Dabang Delhi 150 61 75 14 40.66% 50.00% 9.33% 1
Gujarat Giants 94 51 32 11 54.25% 34.04% 11.70% 0
Haryana Steelers 90 42 38 10 46.66% 42.22% 11.11% 0
Jaipur Pink Panthers 148 64 71 13 43.24% 47.97% 8.78% 1
Patna Pirates 158 87 57 14 55.06% 36.07% 8.86% 3
Puneri Paltan 151 62 77 12 41.05% 50.99% 7.94% 0
Tamil Thalaivas 88 20 53 15 22.72% 60.22% 17.04% 0
Telugu Titans 148 52 77 19 35.13% 52.02% 12.83% 0
U Mumba 153 88 52 13 57.51% 33.98% 8.49% 1
UP Yoddha 95 42 40 13 44.21% 42.10% 13.68% 0
Last updated: 25 February 2022, As of Patna Pirates vs Dabang Delhi

Sponsorship[edit]

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

Team Records[edit]

Total Points Scored[edit]

Rank Team Matches Total Points
1 Patna Pirates 158 5,534
2 Bengaluru Bulls 154 5,075
3 U Mumba 153 5,005
4 Telugu Titans 148 4,804
5 Puneri Paltan 151 4,794
6 Dabang Delhi K.C. 150 4,768
7 Bengal Warriors 151 4,730
8 Jaipur Pink Panthers 148 4,658
9 UP Yoddha 95 3,209
10 Gujarat Giants 94 3,074
11 Haryana Steelers 90 2,992
12 Tamil Thalaivas 88 2,728
As of 26 February 2022.[44]

Total Points Conceded[edit]

Rank Team Matches Points Conceded
1 Patna Pirates 158 5,156
2 Dabang Delhi K.C. 150 466
3 Bengaluru Bulls 154 9,951
4 Puneri Paltan 151 4,910
5 Telugu Titans 148 4,901
6 Bengal Warriors 151 4,886
7 Jaipur Pink Panthers 148 4,692
8 U Mumba 153 4,652
9 UP Yoddha 95 3,205
10 Haryana Steelers 90 3,103
11 Tamil Thalaivas 88 3,030
12 Gujarat Giants 94 2,833
As of 26 February 2022.[45]

Average Points Scored[edit]

Rank Team Matches Average Points
1 Patna Pirates 158 35.03
2 UP Yoddha 95 33.78
3 Haryana Steelers 90 33.24
4 Bengaluru Bulls 154 32.95
5 U Mumba 153 32.71
6 Gujarat Giants 94 32.7
7 Telugu Titans 148 32.46
8 Dabang Delhi K.C. 150 31.79
9 Puneri Paltan 151 31.75
10 Jaipur Pink Panthers 148 31.47
11 Bengal Warriors 151 31.32
12 Tamil Thalaivas 88 31
As of 26 February 2022.[46]

Successful Raids[edit]

Rank Team Matches Raid Points
1 Patna Pirates 158 2,521
2 Bengaluru Bulls 154 2,358
3 Dabang Delhi K.C. 150 2,275
4 Telugu Titans 148 2,268
5 U Mumba 153 2,246
6 Bengal Warriors 151 2,222
7 Jaipur Pink Panthers 148 2,116
8 Puneri Paltan 151 2,101
9 UP Yoddha 95 1,433
10 Haryana Steelers 90 1,411
11 Gujarat Giants 94 1,377
12 Tamil Thalaivas 88 1,326
As of 26 February 2022.[47]

Raid Points[edit]

Rank Team Matches Raid Points
1 Patna Pirates 158 3,181
2 Bengaluru Bulls 154 2,960
3 Dabang Delhi K.C. 150 2,825
4 Telugu Titans 148 2,820
5 U Mumba 153 2,802
6 Bengal Warriors 151 2,800
7 Jaipur Pink Panthers 148 2,643
8 Puneri Paltan 151 2,616
9 UP Yoddha 95 1,833
10 Haryana Steelers 90 1,781
11 Gujarat Giants 94 1,700
12 Tamil Thalaivas 88 1,623
As of 26 February 2022.[48]

Average Raid Points (Teams)[edit]

Rank Team Matches Average Raid Points
1 Patna Pirates 158 20.13
2 Haryana Steelers 90 19.79
3 UP Yoddha 95 19.29
4 Bengaluru Bulls 154 19.22
5 Telugu Titans 148 19.05
6 Dabang Delhi K.C. 150 18.83
7 Bengal Warriors 151 18.54
8 Tamil Thalaivas 88 18.44
9 U Mumba 153 18.31
10 Gujarat Giants 94 18.09
11 Jaipur Pink Panthers 148 17.86
12 Puneri Paltan 151 17.32
As of 26 February 2022.[49]

Successful Tackles[edit]

Rank Team Matches Tackle Points
1 Patna Pirates 158 1,477
2 U Mumba 153 1,458
3 Puneri Paltan 151 1,418
4 Bengaluru Bulls 154 1,359
5 Telugu Titans 148 1,295
6 Jaipur Pink Panthers 1,273
7 Bengal Warriors 151 1,226
8 Dabang Delhi K.C. 150 1,220
9 Gujarat Giants 94 890
10 UP Yoddha 95 879
11 Haryana Steelers 90 795
12 Tamil Thalaivas 88 746
As of 26 February 2022.[50]

Tackle Points[edit]

Rank Team Matches Tackle Points
1 Patna Pirates 158 1,630
2 U Mumba 153 1,583
3 Puneri Paltan 151 1,565
4 Bengaluru Bulls 154 1,478
5 Telugu Titans 148 1,429
6 Jaipur Pink Panthers 1,411
7 Bengal Warriors 151 1,334
8 Dabang Delhi K.C. 150 1,326
9 UP Yoddha 95 969
10 Gujarat Giants 94 959
11 Haryana Steelers 90 863
12 Tamil Thalaivas 88 809
As of 26 February 2022.[51]

Average Tackle Points (Team)[edit]

Rank Team Matches Avg Tackle Points
1 Puneri Paltan 151 10.36
2 U Mumba 153 10.35
3 Patna Pirates 158 10.32
4 UP Yoddha 95 10.2
Gujarat Giants 94
6 Telugu Titans 148 9.66
7 Bengaluru Bulls 154 9.6
8 Haryana Steelers 90 9.59
9 Jaipur Pink Panthers 148 9.53
10 Tamil Thalaivas 88 9.19
11 Dabang Delhi K.C. 150 8.84
12 Bengal Warriors 151 8.83
As of 26 February 2022.[52]

Super Raids[edit]

Rank Team Matches Average Points
1 Patna Pirates 158 99
2 Bengal Warriors 151 86
3 Bengaluru Bulls 154 79
4 Telugu Titans 148 78
5 Jaipur Pink Panthers 147 74
Puneri Paltan 151
7 U Mumba 153 72
8 Dabang Delhi K.C. 150 68
9 UP Yoddha 95 61
10 Haryana Steelers 90 50
11 Gujarat Giants 94 39
12 Tamil Thalaivas 88 24
As of 26 February 2022.[53]

Super Tackles[edit]

Rank Team Matches Super Tackles
1 Patna Pirates 158 150
2 Puneri Paltan 151 143
3 Jaipur Pink Panthers 148 135
4 Telugu Titans 148 130
5 U Mumba 153 125
6 Bengaluru Bulls 154 117
7 Bengal Warriors 151 107
8 Dabang Delhi K.C. 150 102
9 UP Yoddha 95 89
10 Gujarat Giants 94 69
11 Haryana Steelers 90 68
12 Tamil Thalaivas 88 62
As of 26 February 2022.[54]

Most Do-or-Die Raid Points (Teams)[edit]

Rank Team Matches Points
1 Puneri Paltan 151 623
2 Patna Pirates 158 565
3 Jaipur Pink Panthers 148 556
4 Bengal Warriors 151 530
5 U Mumba 153 518
6 Dabang Delhi K.C. 150 510
7 Bengaluru Bulls 154 507
8 Telugu Titans 148 499
9 UP Yoddha 95 327
10 Gujarat Giants 94 303
11 Tamil Thalaivas 88 299
12 Haryana Steelers 90 281
As of 26 February 2022.[55]

Most All Outs Inflicted[edit]

Rank Team Matches All Outs Inflicted
1 Patna Pirates 158 222
2 U Mumba 153 192
3 Bengaluru Bulls 154 191
4 Jaipur Pink Panthers 148 171
5 Dabang Delhi K.C. 150 166
6 Telugu Titans 148 161
7 Bengal Warriors 151 157
8 Puneri Paltan 151 155
9 Gujarat Giants 94 120
10 UP Yoddha 95 116
11 Haryana Steelers 90 102
12 Tamil Thalaivas 88 79
As of 26 February 2022.[56]

Most All Outs Conceded[edit]

Rank Team Matches All Outs Conceded
1 Puneri Paltan 151 200
2 Dabang Delhi K.C. 150 197
3 Bengal Warriors 151 179
4 Telugu Titans 148 169
5 Bengaluru Bulls 154 167
6 U Mumba 153 166
7 Jaipur Pink Panthers 148 157
8 Patna Pirates 158 156
9 Tamil Thalaivas 88 125
10 UP Yoddha 95 115
11 Haryana Steelers 90 112
12 Gujarat Giants 94 89
As of 26 February 2022.[57]

Tournament statistics[edit]

Total points (All seasons)[edit]

Rank Player Current Team Matches Total Points Points/match
1 India Pardeep Narwal UP Yoddha 131 1,357 10.40
2 India Deepak Niwas Hooda Jaipur Pink Panthers 140 1,063 7.59
3 India Pawan Sehrawat Bengaluru Bulls 104 1,036 9.96
4 India Rahul Chaudhari Puneri Paltan 129 1,027 7.96
5 India Maninder Singh Bengal Warriors 101 1,004 9.94
6 India Ajay Thakur Dabang Delhi 120 816 6.8
7 India Rohit Kumar Telugu Titans 99 729 7.36
8 India Naveen Kumar Dabang Delhi 62 690 11.12
9 India Rishank Devadiga Bengal Warriors 122 672 5.50
10 India Sachin Tanwar Patna Pirates 86 643 7.47
As of 26 February 2022.[58]

Best raiders[edit]

Most raid points (All seasons)[edit]

Rank Player Current Team Matches Raid Points Raid points/match
1 India Pardeep Narwal UP Yoddha 131 1,348 10.29
2 India Maninder Singh Bengal Warriors 101 993 9.83
3 India Pawan Sehrawat Bengaluru Bulls 104 986 9.48
4 India Deepak Niwas Hooda Jaipur Pink Panthers 140 973 6.95
5 India Rahul Chaudhari Puneri Paltan 129 968 7.50
6 India Ajay Thakur Dabang Delhi 120 794 6.62
7 India Rohit Kumar Telugu Titans 99 682 6.89
8 India Naveen Kumar Dabang Delhi 62 680 10.96
9 India Rishank Devadiga Bengal Warriors 122 625 5.12
10 India Sachin Tanwar Patna Pirates 86 605 7.03
As of 26 February 2022.[59]

Most successful raids (All seasons)[edit]

Rank Player Current Team Matches Successful Raids Successful raids/match
1 India Pardeep Narwal UP Yoddha 131 1,019 7.77
2 India Rahul Chaudhari Puneri Paltan 129 798 6.18
India Deepak Niwas Hooda Jaipur Pink Panthers 140 5.7
4 India Maninder Singh Bengal Warriors 101 778 7.70
5 India Pawan Sehrawat Bengaluru Bulls 104 764 7.34
6 India Ajay Thakur Dabang Delhi 120 643 5.35
7 India Naveen Kumar 62 575 9.27
8 India Rohit Kumar Telugu Titans 99 558 5.63
9 India Sachin Tanwar Patna Pirates 86 498 5.79
10 India Rishank Devadiga Bengal Warriors 122 495 4.05
As of 26 February 2022.[60]

Average Raid Points[edit]

Rank Player Name Current Team Match Played Average Raid Points
1 India Naveen Kumar Dabang Delhi 62 10.97
2 India Pardeep Narwal UP Yoddha 131 10.29
3 India Siddharth Sirish Desai Telugu Titans 46 10.2
4 India Maninder Singh Bengal Warriors 101 9.83
5 India Pawan Sehrawat Bengaluru Bulls 104 9.48
6 India Arjun Deshwal Jaipur Pink Panthers 44 8.52
7 India Vikash Kandola Haryana Steelers 77 7.75
8 India Mohit Goyat Puneri Paltan 21 7.57
9 India Rahul Chaudhari 129 7.5
10 India Aslam Inamdar 23 7.35
As of 26 February 2022.[61]

Most Super Raids[edit]

Rank Player Name Current Team Match Played Super Raids
1 India Pardeep Narwal UP Yoddha 131 64
2 India Maninder Singh Bengal Warriors 101 31
3 India Pawan Sehrawat Bengaluru Bulls 104 29
4 India Rishank Devadiga Bengal Warriors 122 25
5 India Rahul Chaudhari Puneri Paltan 129 24
6 India Kashiling Adake Bengaluru Bulls 92 23
India Ajay Thakur Dabang Delhi 120
8 India Deepak Niwas Hooda Jaipur Pink Panthers 140 21
9 India Siddharth Sirish Desai Telugu Titans 46 20
10 India Sukesh Hegde Bengal Warriors 115 18
As of 26 February 2022.[62]

Most Do-or-Die Raid Points[edit]

Rank Player Name Current Team Match Played Points
1 India Deepak Niwas Hooda Jaipur Pink Panthers 140 195
2 India Rahul Chaudhari Puneri Paltan 129 167
3 India Ajay Thakur Dabang Delhi 120 163
4 India Pardeep Narwal UP Yoddha 131 156
5 India Maninder Singh Bengal Warriors 101 141
6 India Rishank Devadiga 122 129
7 India Sachin Tanwar Patna Pirates 86 128
8 India Rajesh Mondal Puneri Paltan 89 124
9 India Shrikant Jadhav UP Yoddha 99 116
10 India Vikash Kandola Haryana Steelers 77 108
India Rohit Kumar Telugu Titans 99
As of 26 February 2022.[63]

Most Super 10s (All seasons)[edit]

Rank Player Name Current Team Match Played Super 10s Matches/super 10s
1 India Pardeep Narwal UP Yoddha 131 68 1.92
2 India Maninder Singh Bengal Warriors 101 49 2.06
India Pawan Sehrawat Bengaluru Bulls 104 2.12
4 India Naveen Kumar Dabang Delhi 62 42 1.47
5 India Rahul Chaudhari Puneri Paltan 129 40 3.22
6 India Deepak Niwas Hooda Jaipur Pink Panthers 140 35 4
7 India Ajay Thakur Dabang Delhi 120 29 4.13
8 India Rohit Kumar Telugu Titans 99 26 3.80
9 India Vikash Kandola Haryana Steelers 77 25 3.08
10 India Siddharth Sirish Desai Telugu Titans 46 24 1.91
As of 26 February 2022.[64]

Best defenders[edit]

Most tackle points (All seasons)[edit]

Rank Player Current Team Matches Tackle Points Points/match
1 India Manjeet Chillar Dabang Delhi 132 391 2.96
2 Iran Fazel Atrachali U Mumba 125 368 2.94
3 India Sandeep Narwal Dabang Delhi 149 348 2.33
4 India Ravinder Pahal Gujarat Giants 120 338 2.81
5 India PO Surjeet Singh Tamil Thalaivas 114 331 2.90
6 India Girish Maruti Ernak Gujarat Giants 125 308 2.46
7 India Nitesh Kumar UP Yoddha 91 279 3.06
8 India Mohit Chillar Tamil Thalaivas 109 277 2.54
9 India Ran Singh Bengal Warriors 134 269 2.00
10 India Surender Nada Haryana Steelers 92 267 2.90
As of 26 February 2022.[65]

Most successful tackles (All seasons)[edit]

Rank Player Current Team Matches Successful Tackles Points/match
1 India Manjeet Chillar Dabang Delhi 132 374 2.83
2 Iran Fazel Atrachali U Mumba 125 345 2.76
3 India Ravinder Pahal Gujarat Giants 120 319 2.65
India Sandeep Narwal Dabang Delhi 149 2.14
5 India PO Surjeet Singh Tamil Thalaivas 114 309 2.71
6 India Girish Maruti Ernak Gujarat Giants 125 293 2.34
7 India Nitesh Kumar UP Yoddha 91 258 2.83
8 India Mohit Chillar Tamil Thalaivas 109 254 2.33
India Ran Singh Bengal Warriors 134 1.89
10 India Surender Nada Haryana Steelers 92 247 2.68
As of 26 February 2022.[66]

Average Tackle Points[edit]

Rank Player Current Team Matches Average Tackle Points
1 Iran Mohammadreza Chiyaneh Patna Pirates 24 3.71
2 India Sandeep Kandola Telugu Titans 32 3.16
3 India Nitesh Kumar UP Yoddha 91 3.07
4 India Sandeep Dhull Jaipur Pink Panthers 85 3.06
5 India Vishal Bharadwaj Puneri Paltan 80 3.05
6 India Sumit UP Yoddha 46 3.02
7 India Jaideep Haryana Steelers 22 3
8 India Sagar Tamil Thalaivas 35 2.97
9 India Manjeet Chhillar Dabang Delhi 132 2.96
10 India Fazel Atrachali U Mumba 125 2.94
As of 26 February 2022.[67]

Most super tackles (All seasons)[edit]

Rank Player Current Team Matches Super Tackles
1 India Sandeep Narwal Dabang Delhi 149 29
2 India Dharmaraj Cheralathan Jaipur Pink Panthers 123 25
3 India Vishal Bharadwaj Puneri Paltan 80 24
4 India Mahender Singh Bengaluru Bulls 87 23
India Mohit Chillar Tamil Thalaivas 109
Iran Fazel Atrachali U Mumba 125
India Jeeva Kumar Dabang Delhi 136
8 India PO Surjeet Singh Tamil Thalaivas 114 22
India Ravi Kumar Haryana Steelers 118
10 India Nitesh Kumar UP Yoddha 91 21
India Parvesh Bhainswal Gujarat Giants 101
As of 26 February 2022.[68]

Most high 5s[edit]

Rank Player Name Position Current Team Match Played High 5s Match/high 5s
1 India PO Surjeet Singh Defender, right cover Tamil Thalaivas 114 29 4.66
2 India Manjeet Chillar All Rounder Dabang Delhi 132 25 5.28
3 India Ravinder Pahal Defender, right Gujarat Giants 120 23 5.21
Iran Fazel Atrachali Defender, left corner U Mumba 125 5.43
5 India Surender Nada Defender, left corner Haryana Steelers 92 21 4.38
6 India Nitesh Kumar Defender UP Yoddha 91 20 4.55
India Girish Maruti Ernak Defender, left corner Gujarat Giants 125 6.25
8 India Mohit Chhillar Defender, right corner Tamil Thalaivas 109 18 6.05
9 India Vishal Bhardwaj Defender Puneri Paltan 80 17 4.70
India Sandeep Dhull Defender Jaipur Pink Panthers 85 5
India Sandeep Narwal All Rounder Dabang Delhi 149 8.76
As of 26 February 2022.[69]

Prize money[edit]

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.[70] 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.[71]

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