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- 1Pardeep Narwal
Pardeep Narwal set the Pro Kabaddi League's single-season raid points record with 369 in Season 5, playing just 26 games — a mark that Pawan Sehrawat came closest to beating with 346 raid points in Season 7, but which still stands. Nicknamed "Dubki King" for the diving technique he uses to slip past defenders during raids, Narwal became the first raider in PKL history to cross 1,800 career raid points, retiring with a career total of 1,801 that remains the league's all-time record. His outsized individual scoring, at times outproducing an entire opposing team's defensive unit on his own, made Narwal the central commercial draw of the league's growth years following its 2014 launch. His combination of the single-season raid points record and his still-unmatched career total of 1,801 raid points has made Narwal the player most frequently cited as the greatest raider in Pro Kabaddi League history.
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0 - 2Anup Kumar
Anup Kumar, nicknamed "Captain Cool" for his calm demeanor on the mat, captained India to Asian Games gold in 2010 and 2014 and to victory at the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup, held on home soil, before retiring from international competition in December 2018. He led U Mumba to the inaugural 2014 Pro Kabaddi League final, winning the tournament's first-ever MVP award even though his team lost that final to Jaipur Pink Panthers, then came back the following year to lead U Mumba to the franchise's first PKL title in 2015, finishing that season with 74 raid points. The Indian government recognized his career with the Arjuna Award in 2012, one of the country's highest sporting honors, awarded specifically for his sustained performance captaining both club and country. Kumar's combination of a home-soil 2016 World Cup title as India's captain and his 2015 PKL championship with U Mumba has made him one of the most decorated leaders in the sport's modern professional era.
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0 - 3Rahul Chaudhari
Rahul Chaudhari became just the third raider in Pro Kabaddi League history to cross 1,000 career raid points, reaching the milestone during PKL Season 9 and finishing his career with 1,045 raid points and 61 defensive points across 154 matches. His best individual season came in Season 5, when he scored 184 raid points despite his team missing the playoffs, and he topped the league's raiders in Season 4 with 146 raid points, sustaining a 37 percent raid success rate across more than 2,200 career raid attempts. Chaudhari's efficiency as a raider is reflected in his 79.53 percent "not-out" rate, meaning he was tackled and eliminated in only about one in five of his raids, an unusually low rate for a raider who attempted as many raids as he did. His combination of becoming the third player ever to reach 1,000 career raid points and his sustained near-80 percent survival rate on the mat has made Chaudhari one of the most efficient and productive raiders in Pro Kabaddi League history.
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0 - 4Manjeet Chhillar
Manjeet Chhillar won Asian Games gold with India in both 2010, beating Iran in Guangzhou, and 2014 in Incheon, and was part of the squad, captained by Anup Kumar, that beat Iran again to win India's third consecutive Kabaddi World Cup title in 2016. Known as a genuine all-rounder capable of contributing significant points as both a raider and a defender, Chhillar was named Most Valuable Player of the 2015 Pro Kabaddi League season, the league's second, recognizing his two-way statistical production that year. The Indian government awarded Chhillar the Arjuna Award in 2015, one of the country's highest sporting honors, for his sustained contributions across both the international and domestic professional game. His combination of consecutive Asian Games gold medals and his 2015 PKL MVP award for two-way play has made Chhillar one of the most complete all-around players in the sport's modern history.
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0 - 5Ajay Thakur
Ajay Thakur captained India's national team at the 2018 Asian Games, a tournament in which India, under his leadership, lost in the semifinal and finished with bronze — the first time the Indian men's team had failed to win kabaddi gold at the Asian Games since the event was introduced, a genuinely significant marker of the sport's tightening international competition. Thakur had led India to gold at the 2017 Asian Kabaddi Championship and the 2018 Kabaddi Masters tournament in the lead-up to that Asian Games, making the 2018 result a notable break from his otherwise successful captaincy record rather than the outright triumph it's sometimes remembered as. He built his domestic Pro Kabaddi League career with Bengaluru Bulls before later captaining Tamil Thalaivas, and the Indian government recognized his career with both the Arjuna Award and the Padma Shri, one of India's highest civilian honors. Thakur's combination of leading India through a genuinely difficult transitional Asian Games result and his sustained success captaining multiple PKL franchises has made him one of the more historically significant captains during kabaddi's shift toward tighter global competition.
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0 - 6Deepak Niwas Hooda
Deepak Niwas Hooda became the fourth raider in Pro Kabaddi League history to cross 1,000 career raid points, reaching the mark during the 2022 season and finishing his raiding tally at 1,020 points, split between 846 raid-touch points and 174 bonus points. Across 157 career PKL matches, Hooda also recorded 265 tackles for 99 defensive points, including 8 super tackles, giving him 1,119 combined career points — a genuine two-way statistical profile rare among the league's top raiders, most of whom rarely contribute meaningfully on defense. His 23 career super raids and 35 Super 10 performances reflected sustained high-pressure production across a raiding career built on a 38 percent success rate over more than 2,100 total raid attempts. Hooda's combination of becoming the fourth player to reach 1,000 career raid points and his unusually productive 99-point defensive tally has made him one of the most statistically well-rounded players in Pro Kabaddi League history.
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