If you’ve landed here looking for the Pro Kabaddi League 2026 (PKL Season 13) points table, here’s the honest picture first: the season hasn’t started yet, so there are no live standings to report right now. Rather than fill a table with made-up numbers, this page is built as a running Season 13 hub — the live points table will appear below the moment the first raid of PKL 13 is played, and everything you actually need before then (teams, defending champions, the auction, the expected schedule, and how the standings work) is already here.
Bookmark this page. It’s updated as each piece of Season 13 is confirmed by Mashal Sports.
PKL Season 13 at a Glance
| Tournament | Pro Kabaddi League Season 13 (PKL 2026) |
| Teams | 12 (same franchises as Season 12) |
| Defending champions | Dabang Delhi K.C. (2nd title, won PKL 12) |
| Auction | Expected mid-to-late October 2026 (reports: 18–25 Oct); official date awaited |
| Season start | Expected around December 2026; not yet confirmed |
| Organiser | Mashal Sports |
| Where to watch | Star Sports (TV) and JioHotstar (streaming) |
Dates marked “expected” are based on league sources and past scheduling patterns; treat them as estimates until Mashal Sports issues an official announcement.
Pro Kabaddi 2026 Points Table (Season 13)
Below is the Season 13 standings framework for all 12 teams. Every column will populate with real match data — matches played (P), won (W), lost (L), score difference (PD) and points (Pts) — as soon as PKL 13 gets underway. In the current PKL format, a win is worth 2 points and a loss earns nothing, so the table moves in clean two-point jumps once games begin.
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | Score Diff | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bengal Warriorz | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 2 | Bengaluru Bulls | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 3 | Dabang Delhi K.C. | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 4 | Gujarat Giants | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 5 | Haryana Steelers | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 6 | Jaipur Pink Panthers | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 7 | Patna Pirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 8 | Puneri Paltan | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 9 | Tamil Thalaivas | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 10 | Telugu Titans | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 11 | U Mumba | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 12 | UP Yoddhas | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
Teams are listed alphabetically until the season begins. Once matches start, they’ll re-sort by points, with score difference breaking any ties. The top 8 teams at the end of the league stage advance to the playoffs.
Must Check: Pro Kabaddi Season 13 Schedule
Why There’s No Season 13 Table Yet — and When It Starts
Pro Kabaddi runs one season a year, and Season 12 wrapped up on 31 October 2025. Since then the league has been between editions, which is normal. What’s unusual about the run-up to Season 13 is the traffic jam of international kabaddi on the 2026 calendar.
Late 2026 is unusually crowded for the sport: the Asian Games in Japan fall in late September, the Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship follows in October, and the Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games run from late November. Because so many PKL regulars are tied up with national duty, reports suggest the Season 13 auction has slipped toward mid-October (the 18–25 October window is the one doing the rounds), with the league itself likely opening around December once those events finish. None of this is locked in until Mashal Sports confirms it — but it explains why the wait has stretched longer than usual this year.
Teams in Pro Kabaddi Season 13
There’s no expansion and no franchise has dropped out — all 12 Season 12 teams return for PKL 13. Squads, of course, will look different after the auction, where retentions, Final Bid Match (FBM) buy-backs and New Young Player (NYP) signings reshape every roster.
- Dabang Delhi K.C. (defending champions)
- Puneri Paltan
- Bengaluru Bulls
- Telugu Titans
- Haryana Steelers
- U Mumba
- Patna Pirates
- Jaipur Pink Panthers
- UP Yoddhas
- Tamil Thalaivas
- Gujarat Giants
- Bengal Warriorz
How the PKL Points Table Works
The standings are simpler than newcomers expect. A team collects 2 points for every win and 0 for a loss. If a match is level at full time, a tie-breaker decides it. When two or more teams finish on the same number of points, the tie is broken by score difference — the total points a team has scored across the season minus the points it has conceded. The higher that figure, the higher the team sits.
This is why score difference matters so much late in a season: a team can be dead level on points with a rival and still miss the playoff cut purely because it conceded too heavily in a couple of blowout losses. (If you’ve read older guides quoting a five-points-for-a-win system, that’s the league’s earlier scoring model — the most recent season used the straight two-point format above.)
How Points Are Scored Inside a Match
The league-table points come from winning matches, but the scoreline of each match is built raid by raid:
- Touch/tackle points: a team scores a point for every opponent it puts out, whether a raider touches a defender or the defence tackles the raider.
- All-out: clearing the entire opposition off the mat is worth 2 bonus points on top of the players put out.
- Bonus point: a raider earns a point for crossing the bonus line, but only when there are at least 6 defenders on the court — and it must be taken before any touch or struggle.
- Super tackle: if the defence stops a raider with only 3 or fewer defenders left, it earns an extra point (2 for that tackle).
- Do-or-die raid: after two empty raids, a team’s third raid must produce a point or the raider is out — the rule that turns tight matches on their head.
PKL Season 13 Playoff Format
Season 12 used an expanded playoff system, and Season 13 is expected to follow the same shape unless the league says otherwise. The top 8 teams from the league stage carry through, but their paths are very different depending on where they finish:
- The 1st and 2nd placed teams meet in Qualifier 1, with the winner heading straight to the final.
- The 3rd and 4th teams enter a Mini-Qualifier, a softer landing than the sides below them.
- Teams ranked 5th to 8th fight through the Play-Ins and Eliminators, where a single defeat ends the season.
The takeaway: finishing high isn’t just a bragging right, it buys second chances. The lower you rank, the more knockout games stand between you and the trophy.
Season 12 Recap: The Launchpad for PKL 13
To read Season 13 properly, it helps to remember how the last one ended. Dabang Delhi K.C. were crowned champions of PKL Season 12, beating Puneri Paltan 31–28 in a nail-biting final at the Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium in Delhi on 31 October 2025. It was Delhi’s second title (their first came in Season 8) and made them the first home team to lift the trophy since U Mumba back in Season 2. Captain Fazel Atrachali sealed it with a clutch late tackle and was named the season’s Most Valuable Player.
Here’s how the Season 12 league stage finished — the form guide every franchise is trying to improve on in the auction:
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | Score Diff | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puneri Paltan | 18 | 13 | 5 | +88 | 26 |
| 2 | Dabang Delhi K.C. | 18 | 13 | 5 | +38 | 26 |
| 3 | Bengaluru Bulls | 18 | 11 | 7 | +97 | 22 |
| 4 | Telugu Titans | 18 | 10 | 8 | +45 | 20 |
| 5 | Haryana Steelers | 18 | 10 | 8 | +40 | 20 |
| 6 | U Mumba | 18 | 10 | 8 | +8 | 20 |
| 7 | Patna Pirates | 18 | 8 | 10 | +10 | 16 |
| 8 | Jaipur Pink Panthers | 18 | 8 | 10 | -48 | 16 |
| 9 | UP Yoddhas | 18 | 7 | 11 | -65 | 14 |
| 10 | Tamil Thalaivas | 18 | 6 | 12 | -36 | 12 |
| 11 | Gujarat Giants | 18 | 6 | 12 | -79 | 12 |
| 12 | Bengal Warriorz | 18 | 6 | 12 | -104 | 12 |
The individual honours tell their own story. Patna Pirates’ Ayan Lohchab was the season’s leading scorer and Raider of the Season, while his teammate Navdeep Singh topped the tackle charts and took Best Defender — a remarkable haul for a side that only finished seventh, and a reminder that star individuals don’t guarantee a title.
Complete List of Pro Kabaddi League Champions (2014–2025)
Twelve seasons in, only eight franchises have ever won the trophy. Patna Pirates remain the most successful team with a hat-trick of titles, while Dabang Delhi and Jaipur Pink Panthers have two apiece.
| Season | Year | Champion | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2014 | Jaipur Pink Panthers | U Mumba |
| 2 | 2015 | U Mumba | Bengaluru Bulls |
| 3 | 2016 | Patna Pirates | U Mumba |
| 4 | 2016 | Patna Pirates | Jaipur Pink Panthers |
| 5 | 2017 | Patna Pirates | Gujarat Fortunegiants |
| 6 | 2018-19 | Bengaluru Bulls | Gujarat Fortunegiants |
| 7 | 2019 | Bengal Warriors | Dabang Delhi K.C. |
| 8 | 2021-22 | Dabang Delhi K.C. | Patna Pirates |
| 9 | 2022 | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Puneri Paltan |
| 10 | 2023-24 | Puneri Paltan | Haryana Steelers |
| 11 | 2024 | Haryana Steelers | Patna Pirates |
| 12 | 2025 | Dabang Delhi K.C. | Puneri Paltan |
Season 13 Storylines Worth Watching
Even before a ball is thrown, the shape of the season is forming:
- Delhi’s title defence under pressure. Winning at home was special, but it also paints a target. Every rival will build specifically to knock the champions off, and Delhi’s core will be a year older.
- Coaching overhauls. Patna Pirates have reset the dugout with Jasveer Singh as head coach and Dinesh Kharab as his assistant, while Gujarat Giants brought in Randhir Singh Sehrawat — nicknamed the “Chanakya of Kabaddi” — to lift a side that managed just six wins last season.
- The rebuild question. Tamil Thalaivas fielded big names in Pawan Sehrawat and Arjun Deshwal yet finished with only six wins, so how they use the auction will be one of the season’s most-watched calls.
- The auction sets the table. Season 12’s auction saw a record spend of ₹37.90 crore across 121 players. With squads reshuffling again, the bidding will decide half the story before December.
Frequently Asked Questions
Has the PKL Season 13 points table started?
No. Pro Kabaddi Season 13 (PKL 2026) has not begun yet, so there is no live points table. Standings will appear here once the season’s opening matches are played.
When does Pro Kabaddi Season 13 start?
An official start date is still awaited from Mashal Sports. Reports point to a start around December 2026, after the Asian Games and other international kabaddi events wrap up.
When is the PKL Season 13 auction?
The auction is expected in the mid-to-late October 2026 window (reports suggest 18–25 October), though Mashal Sports has not confirmed an official date.
Who are the defending champions going into Season 13?
Dabang Delhi K.C. enter as defending champions after beating Puneri Paltan 31–28 in the Season 12 final — their second PKL title.
How many teams play in PKL Season 13?
Twelve franchises, the same line-up as Season 12. There is no expansion.
How many points is a win worth in PKL?
A win earns 2 points and a loss earns 0. If teams are level on points, score difference decides who ranks higher.
How many teams qualify for the PKL playoffs?
The top 8 teams from the league stage advance, with the higher-ranked sides earning easier routes and extra chances in the knockouts.
Where can I watch Pro Kabaddi Season 13?
Matches are expected on the Star Sports Network on TV and JioHotstar for streaming, in line with recent seasons.
Last updated: 11 September 2026. This page is refreshed as Season 13 dates, the auction and squads are officially confirmed — and the points table above will go live once matches begin.
