Pro Kabaddi League

Pro Kabaddi League (known as Vivo Pro Kabbadi for sponsorship reasons)[2] or abbreviated to PKL is a men's professional Kabaddi league of India. 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 was scheduled to commence on 22 December 2021.[4][5]

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

Pro Kabaddi League was founded by Indian Kabaddi Giant Gunaseelan
Country India
First tournament2014
Tournament formatDouble round-robin league and playoffs
Number of teams12
Current championsDabang Delhi K.C. (1st title)
Most successfulPatna Pirates (3 titles)
Most raid points Pardeep Narwal (1,348)[1]
Most tackle points Manjeet Chhillar (391)
TV partner(s)Star Sports 2
Star Sports 1 Hindi
ESPN+ (US)
SloganLe Panga
Websiteprokabaddi.com
Season VIII
Pro Kabaddi League

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 for 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 (Jaipur Pink Panthers)

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 (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.[17] 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,[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 (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.[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 (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[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 (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.[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 (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.[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.

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.[37]

Teams

Stadiums and locations
Locations of the Pro Kabaddi teams
Team City/State Stadium[38] 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

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
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[39] Surender Nada Pardeep Narwal
VI Bengaluru Bulls 38–33
SD = 5
Report		 Gujarat Fortune Giants Dome @ NSCI, Mumbai Pawan Sehrawat[40] Nitesh Kumar[41] Pawan Sehrawat[42]
VII Bengal Warriors 39–34
SD = 5
Report		 Dabang Delhi The Arena, Ahmedabad Pawan Sehrawat[43] 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
Team[44] 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
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 Pirates1585,534
2 Bengaluru Bulls1545,075
3 U Mumba1535,005
4 Telugu Titans1484,804
5 Puneri Paltan1514,794
6 Dabang Delhi K.C.1504,768
7 Bengal Warriors1514,730
8 Jaipur Pink Panthers1484,658
9 UP Yoddha953,209
10 Gujarat Giants943,074
11 Haryana Steelers902,992
12 Tamil Thalaivas882,728
As of 26 February 2022.[45]

Total Points Conceded
Rank Team Matches Points Conceded
1 Patna Pirates1585,156
2 Dabang Delhi K.C.150466
3 Bengaluru Bulls1549,951
4 Puneri Paltan1514,910
5 Telugu Titans1484,901
6 Bengal Warriors1514,886
7 Jaipur Pink Panthers1484,692
8 U Mumba1534,652
9 UP Yoddha953,205
10 Haryana Steelers903,103
11 Tamil Thalaivas883,030
12 Gujarat Giants942,833
As of 26 February 2022.[46]

Average Points Scored
Rank Team Matches Average Points
1 Patna Pirates15835.03
2 UP Yoddha9533.78
3 Haryana Steelers9033.24
4 Bengaluru Bulls15432.95
5 U Mumba15332.71
6 Gujarat Giants9432.7
7 Telugu Titans14832.46
8 Dabang Delhi K.C.15031.79
9 Puneri Paltan15131.75
10 Jaipur Pink Panthers14831.47
11 Bengal Warriors15131.32
12 Tamil Thalaivas8831
As of 26 February 2022.[47]

Successful Raids
Rank Team Matches Raid Points
1 Patna Pirates1582,521
2 Bengaluru Bulls1542,358
3 Dabang Delhi K.C.1502,275
4 Telugu Titans1482,268
5 U Mumba1532,246
6 Bengal Warriors1512,222
7 Jaipur Pink Panthers1482,116
8 Puneri Paltan1512,101
9 UP Yoddha951,433
10 Haryana Steelers901,411
11 Gujarat Giants941,377
12 Tamil Thalaivas881,326
As of 26 February 2022.[48]

Raid Points
Rank Team Matches Raid Points
1 Patna Pirates1583,181
2 Bengaluru Bulls1542,960
3 Dabang Delhi K.C.1502,825
4 Telugu Titans1482,820
5 U Mumba1532,802
6 Bengal Warriors1512,800
7 Jaipur Pink Panthers1482,643
8 Puneri Paltan1512,616
9 UP Yoddha951,833
10 Haryana Steelers901,781
11 Gujarat Giants941,700
12 Tamil Thalaivas881,623
As of 26 February 2022.[49]

Average Raid Points (Teams)
Rank Team Matches Average Raid Points
1 Patna Pirates15820.13
2 Haryana Steelers9019.79
3 UP Yoddha9519.29
4 Bengaluru Bulls15419.22
5 Telugu Titans14819.05
6 Dabang Delhi K.C.15018.83
7 Bengal Warriors15118.54
8 Tamil Thalaivas8818.44
9 U Mumba15318.31
10 Gujarat Giants9418.09
11 Jaipur Pink Panthers14817.86
12 Puneri Paltan15117.32
As of 26 February 2022.[50]

Successful Tackles
Rank Team Matches Tackle Points
1 Patna Pirates1581,477
2 U Mumba1531,458
3 Puneri Paltan1511,418
4 Bengaluru Bulls1541,359
5 Telugu Titans1481,295
6 Jaipur Pink Panthers1,273
7 Bengal Warriors1511,226
8 Dabang Delhi K.C.1501,220
9 Gujarat Giants94890
10 UP Yoddha95879
11 Haryana Steelers90795
12 Tamil Thalaivas88746
As of 26 February 2022.[51]

Tackle Points
Rank Team Matches Tackle Points
1 Patna Pirates1581,630
2 U Mumba1531,583
3 Puneri Paltan1511,565
4 Bengaluru Bulls1541,478
5 Telugu Titans1481,429
6 Jaipur Pink Panthers1,411
7 Bengal Warriors1511,334
8 Dabang Delhi K.C.1501,326
9 UP Yoddha95969
10 Gujarat Giants94959
11 Haryana Steelers90863
12 Tamil Thalaivas88809
As of 26 February 2022.[52]

Average Tackle Points (Team)
Rank Team Matches Avg Tackle Points
1 Puneri Paltan15110.36
2 U Mumba15310.35
3 Patna Pirates15810.32
4 UP Yoddha9510.2
Gujarat Giants94
6 Telugu Titans1489.66
7 Bengaluru Bulls1549.6
8 Haryana Steelers909.59
9 Jaipur Pink Panthers1489.53
10 Tamil Thalaivas889.19
11 Dabang Delhi K.C.1508.84
12 Bengal Warriors1518.83
As of 26 February 2022.[53]

Super Raids
Rank Team Matches Average Points
1 Patna Pirates15899
2 Bengal Warriors15186
3 Bengaluru Bulls15479
4 Telugu Titans14878
5 Jaipur Pink Panthers14774
Puneri Paltan151
7 U Mumba15372
8 Dabang Delhi K.C.15068
9 UP Yoddha9561
10 Haryana Steelers9050
11 Gujarat Giants9439
12 Tamil Thalaivas8824
As of 26 February 2022.[54]

Super Tackles
Rank Team Matches Super Tackles
1 Patna Pirates158150
2 Puneri Paltan151143
3 Jaipur Pink Panthers148135
4 Telugu Titans148130
5 U Mumba153125
6 Bengaluru Bulls154117
7 Bengal Warriors151107
8 Dabang Delhi K.C.150102
9 UP Yoddha9589
10 Gujarat Giants9469
11 Haryana Steelers9068
12 Tamil Thalaivas8862
As of 26 February 2022.[55]

Most Do-or-Die Raid Points (Teams)
Rank Team Matches Points
1 Puneri Paltan151623
2 Patna Pirates158565
3 Jaipur Pink Panthers148556
4 Bengal Warriors151530
5 U Mumba153518
6 Dabang Delhi K.C.150510
7 Bengaluru Bulls154507
8 Telugu Titans148499
9 UP Yoddha95327
10 Gujarat Giants94303
11 Tamil Thalaivas88299
12 Haryana Steelers90281
As of 26 February 2022.[56]

Most All Outs Inflicted
Rank Team Matches All Outs Inflicted
1 Patna Pirates158222
2 U Mumba153192
3 Bengaluru Bulls154191
4 Jaipur Pink Panthers148171
5 Dabang Delhi K.C.150166
6 Telugu Titans148161
7 Bengal Warriors151157
8 Puneri Paltan151155
9 Gujarat Giants94120
10 UP Yoddha95116
11 Haryana Steelers90102
12 Tamil Thalaivas8879
As of 26 February 2022.[57]

Most All Outs Conceded
Rank Team Matches All Outs Conceded
1 Puneri Paltan151200
2 Dabang Delhi K.C.150197
3 Bengal Warriors151179
4 Telugu Titans148169
5 Bengaluru Bulls154167
6 U Mumba153166
7 Jaipur Pink Panthers148157
8 Patna Pirates158156
9 Tamil Thalaivas88125
10 UP Yoddha95115
11 Haryana Steelers90112
12 Gujarat Giants9489
As of 26 February 2022.[58]

Tournament statistics

Total points (All seasons)
RankPlayerCurrent TeamMatchesTotal PointsPoints/match
1 Pardeep NarwalUP Yoddha1311,35710.40
2 Deepak Niwas HoodaJaipur Pink Panthers1401,0637.59
3 Pawan SehrawatBengaluru Bulls1041,0369.96
4 Rahul ChaudhariPuneri Paltan1291,0277.96
5 Maninder SinghBengal Warriors1011,0049.94
6 Ajay ThakurDabang Delhi1208166.8
7 Rohit KumarTelugu Titans997297.36
8 Naveen KumarDabang Delhi6269011.12
9 Rishank DevadigaBengal Warriors1226725.50
10 Sachin TanwarPatna Pirates866437.47
As of 26 February 2022.[59]

Most raid points (All seasons)
RankPlayerCurrent TeamMatchesRaid PointsRaid points/match
1 Pardeep Narwal UP Yoddha1311,34810.29
2 Maninder Singh Bengal Warriors1019939.83
3 Pawan Sehrawat Bengaluru Bulls1049869.48
4 Deepak Niwas Hooda Jaipur Pink Panthers1409736.95
5 Rahul Chaudhari Puneri Paltan1299687.50
6 Ajay Thakur Dabang Delhi1207946.62
7 Rohit Kumar Telugu Titans996826.89
8 Naveen Kumar Dabang Delhi6268010.96
9 Rishank Devadiga Bengal Warriors1226255.12
10 Sachin Tanwar Patna Pirates866057.03
As of 26 February 2022.[60]

Most successful raids (All seasons)
Rank PlayerCurrent TeamMatchesSuccessful RaidsSuccessful raids/match
1 Pardeep Narwal UP Yoddha1311,0197.77
2 Rahul Chaudhari Puneri Paltan1297986.18
Deepak Niwas Hooda Jaipur Pink Panthers1405.7
4 Maninder Singh Bengal Warriors1017787.70
5 Pawan Sehrawat Bengaluru Bulls1047647.34
6 Ajay Thakur Dabang Delhi1206435.35
7 Naveen Kumar 625759.27
8 Rohit Kumar Telugu Titans995585.63
9 Sachin Tanwar Patna Pirates864985.79
10 Rishank Devadiga Bengal Warriors1224954.05
As of 26 February 2022.[61]

Average Raid Points
Rank Player Name Current Team Match Played Average Raid Points
1 Naveen KumarDabang Delhi6210.97
2 Pardeep NarwalUP Yoddha13110.29
3 Siddharth Sirish DesaiTelugu Titans4610.2
4 Maninder SinghBengal Warriors1019.83
5 Pawan SehrawatBengaluru Bulls1049.48
6 Arjun DeshwalJaipur Pink Panthers448.52
7 Vikash KandolaHaryana Steelers777.75
8 Mohit GoyatPuneri Paltan217.57
9 Rahul Chaudhari1297.5
10 Aslam Inamdar237.35
As of 26 February 2022.[62]

Most Super Raids
Rank Player Name Current Team Match Played Super Raids
1 Pardeep NarwalUP Yoddha13164
2 Maninder SinghBengal Warriors10131
3 Pawan SehrawatBengaluru Bulls10429
4 Rishank DevadigaBengal Warriors12225
5 Rahul ChaudhariPuneri Paltan12924
6 Kashiling AdakeBengaluru Bulls9223
Ajay ThakurDabang Delhi120
8 Deepak Niwas HoodaJaipur Pink Panthers14021
9 Siddharth Sirish DesaiTelugu Titans4620
10 Sukesh HegdeBengal Warriors11518
As of 26 February 2022.[63]

Most Do-or-Die Raid Points
Rank Player Name Current Team Match Played Points
1 Deepak Niwas HoodaJaipur Pink Panthers140195
2 Rahul ChaudhariPuneri Paltan129167
3 Ajay ThakurDabang Delhi120163
4 Pardeep NarwalUP Yoddha131156
5 Maninder SinghBengal Warriors101141
6 Rishank Devadiga122129
7 Sachin TanwarPatna Pirates86128
8 Rajesh MondalPuneri Paltan89124
9 Shrikant JadhavUP Yoddha99116
10 Vikash KandolaHaryana Steelers77108
Rohit KumarTelugu Titans99
As of 26 February 2022.[64]

Most Super 10s (All seasons)
Rank Player Name Current Team Match Played Super 10s Matches/super 10s
1 Pardeep NarwalUP Yoddha131681.92
2 Maninder SinghBengal Warriors101492.06
Pawan SehrawatBengaluru Bulls1042.12
4 Naveen KumarDabang Delhi62421.47
5 Rahul ChaudhariPuneri Paltan129403.22
6 Deepak Niwas HoodaJaipur Pink Panthers140354
7 Ajay ThakurDabang Delhi120294.13
8 Rohit KumarTelugu Titans99263.80
9 Vikash KandolaHaryana Steelers77253.08
10 Siddharth Sirish DesaiTelugu Titans46241.91
As of 26 February 2022.[65]

Most tackle points (All seasons)
Rank PlayerCurrent TeamMatchesTackle PointsPoints/match
1 Manjeet Chillar Dabang Delhi1323912.96
2 Fazel Atrachali U Mumba1253682.94
3 Sandeep Narwal Dabang Delhi1493482.33
4 Ravinder Pahal Gujarat Giants1203382.81
5 PO Surjeet Singh Tamil Thalaivas1143312.90
6 Girish Maruti Ernak Gujarat Giants1253082.46
7 Nitesh Kumar UP Yoddha912793.06
8 Mohit Chillar Tamil Thalaivas 1092772.54
9 Ran Singh Bengal Warriors1342692.00
10 Surender Nada Haryana Steelers922672.90
As of 26 February 2022.[66]

Most successful tackles (All seasons)
Rank PlayerCurrent TeamMatchesSuccessful TacklesPoints/match
1 Manjeet Chillar Dabang Delhi1323742.83
2 Fazel Atrachali U Mumba1253452.76
3 Ravinder Pahal Gujarat Giants1203192.65
Sandeep Narwal Dabang Delhi1492.14
5 PO Surjeet Singh Tamil Thalaivas1143092.71
6 Girish Maruti Ernak Gujarat Giants1252932.34
7 Nitesh Kumar UP Yoddha912582.83
8 Mohit Chillar Tamil Thalaivas1092542.33
Ran Singh Bengal Warriors 1341.89
10 Surender Nada Haryana Steelers922472.68
As of 26 February 2022.[67]

Average Tackle Points
Rank PlayerCurrent TeamMatchesAverage Tackle Points
1 Mohammadreza Chiyaneh Patna Pirates243.71
2 Sandeep Kandola Telugu Titans323.16
3 Nitesh Kumar UP Yoddha913.07
4 Sandeep Dhull Jaipur Pink Panthers853.06
5 Vishal Bharadwaj Puneri Paltan803.05
6 Sumit UP Yoddha463.02
7 Jaideep Haryana Steelers223
8 Sagar Tamil Thalaivas352.97
9 Manjeet Chhillar Dabang Delhi1322.96
10 Fazel Atrachali U Mumba1252.94
As of 26 February 2022.[68]

Most super tackles (All seasons)
Rank PlayerCurrent TeamMatchesSuper Tackles
1 Sandeep Narwal Dabang Delhi14929
2 Dharmaraj Cheralathan Jaipur Pink Panthers12325
3 Vishal Bharadwaj Puneri Paltan8024
4 Mahender Singh Bengaluru Bulls8723
Mohit Chillar Tamil Thalaivas109
Fazel Atrachali U Mumba125
Jeeva Kumar Dabang Delhi136
8 PO Surjeet Singh Tamil Thalaivas11422
Ravi Kumar Haryana Steelers118
10 Nitesh Kumar UP Yoddha9121
Parvesh Bhainswal Gujarat Giants101
As of 26 February 2022.[69]

Most high 5s
Rank Player Name Position Current Team Match Played High 5s Match/high 5s
1 PO Surjeet SinghDefender, right coverTamil Thalaivas114294.66
2 Manjeet ChillarAll RounderDabang Delhi132255.28
3 Ravinder PahalDefender, rightGujarat Giants120235.21
Fazel AtrachaliDefender, left cornerU Mumba1255.43
5 Surender NadaDefender, left cornerHaryana Steelers92214.38
6 Nitesh KumarDefenderUP Yoddha91204.55
Girish Maruti ErnakDefender, left cornerGujarat Giants1256.25
8 Mohit ChhillarDefender, right cornerTamil Thalaivas109186.05
9 Vishal BhardwajDefenderPuneri Paltan80174.70
Sandeep DhullDefenderJaipur Pink Panthers855
Sandeep NarwalAll RounderDabang Delhi1498.76
As of 26 February 2022.[70]

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.[71] 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.[72]

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