Ranking PKL Top 10 Raiders of All Time in Pro Kabaddi History

Raider is a player in a pro kabaddi team who raids the opponent team which is defending and his purpose is to tag a player from the opponent team and successfully cross the line to come back to his side. These raiders are actually the most entertaining part of this sport and makes it a thrilling one.

We are going to discuss the PKL top 10 raiders of all time who have scored the most raid points. Further, we will go through the top raiders that performed exceptionally well in the last season of the Pro Kabaddi League.

PKL Top 10 Raiders of All Time

Here is the list of the top raiders of all time who have been brilliant throughout their career in the Pro Kabaddi League.

Pardeep Narwal

Pardeep Narwal is the heartthrob of every Kabaddi fan in India. He is the best raider and is right at the top of PKL top 10 raiders list of all time. He has scored 1,690 raid points in 170 matches, making him one of the most successful raiders in the league. His average raid points of 9.94 per match highlight his importance in every game he plays.

Maninder Singh

Maninder Singh is considered as the brilliant raider with 1,428 raid points from as many matches. The all-rounder has 1,111 successful raids to his name with an average of 9.98 raid points/match that proves his excellent raiding skills. 

In the 42 games that Maninder has played, he also scored 47 super raids which show his capability of changing points in a game when all want him to call back.

Pawan Sehrawat

Pawan Sehrawat who is currently at the peak of his career has already booked his place among the PKL top 10 raiders in the history. He has wonderful career stats so far with 1,187 raid points from 126 matches. He is also one of the best-rated raiders with 921 successful raids. Pawan has been brilliant for his team for all defences going up against him. In the last 8 games, his average raid points were 9.43 per game which is a proof of how regularly he gets on to the mat as well as scores it.

Naveen Kumar

Naveen Kumar has been a vital part of the Delhi Dabang team for many years. He played a key role in their title winning season. Having played less matches than other top raiders (91), has already established himself as one of the top raiders in Pro Kabaddi with 1,005 points. The highest for any top raider. He scores an average of 11.04 raid points per game and made 843 successful raids, which show that he is a deadly attacker. 

Rahul Chaudhari

Rahul Chaudhari is at the 5th position among the PKL top 10 raiders. He has scored 1045 raid points in just about 154 matches. The poster boy of Pro Kabaddi league has notched up 859 successful raids averaging at least 6.78 raid points per game. Rahul is extremely handy when it comes to do-or-die situations as he has managed to score a total of 175 points in such scenarios. However, he could not get any offer from the PKL teams in the auction 2024.

Deepak Hooda

Deepak Niwas Hooda is another PKL veteran raider who has been impressive on the mat. From 157 matches, Deepak Hooda has managed to get his hands on 1,020 raid points and he touches an average of made by him is a strong presence in do-or-die raids where the all-rounder had got through those with flying colours as well Racking up.

Sachin Tanwar

Sachin Tanwar who is the highest priced player in PKL history after his 2.15 crore bid in PKL auction 2024 by Tamil Thalaivas. Sachin has 952 from 128 matches and tops the table when it comes to do-or-die situations with 233 in these circumstances. This year, the expectations are very huge from him and he has to justify his price tag.

Arjun Deshwal

Arjun Deshwal has been in brilliant form for the last 2 or 3 PKL seasons. The flying horse of Jaipur Pink Panthers has been contributing to the team's success significantly. The raiding department of the Panthers heavily relies on his performance. Arjun is a brilliant raider with 947 raid points to his name from just 91 matches at an average of over 10.40 per match. He is definitely the top contender for best raider in the 2024 edition of PKL.

Vikash Kandola

Vikash is probably an underrated player in the PKL history but his stats truly justifies how good he was in the raiding department. In just 120 matches, he managed to score 800 raid points with 638 successful raids. He further scored 138 do or die points with 38 super raids.

Ajay Thakur

The last name on the list of PKL top 10 raiders is Ajay Thakur, definitely among the most respectable names in the Pro Kabaddi League. He has been an outstanding raider for his various teams in the PKL. Besides this, he had been superb for the Indian National team and won gold medals in Asian Games.

Throughout his career, he scored 794 raid points with an average of 6.61 in each match. Among these points, there are 23 super raids.

Top 10 Raiders in PKL Season 10:

The following list describes the PKL top 10 raiders in the last edition of the Pro Kabaddi League 2023.