Pro Kabaddi expensive players: Pawan Sehrawat leads PKL’s crore club

Pawan Sehrawat became the most expensive player in the history of Pro Kabaddi after being bought by Telugu Titans for ₹2.605 crores ahead of Season 10.

When Rakesh Kumar was bought by Patna Pirates for the inaugural season of Pro Kabaddi in 2014, he went for the highest price tag among the lot - fetching a sum of ₹12.80 lakh.

After all, Rakesh Kumar was once the vice-captain of the Indian national kabaddi team and an Arjuna Award winner.

Fast forward four years, and the ₹12.80 lakh pales in comparison to what Pro Kabaddi stars started earning with the league.

By Season 4, the maximum price had shot up to ₹53 lakh (Mohit Chhillar to Bengaluru Bulls) and nearly doubled to ₹93 lakhs by Season 5 (Nitin Tomar to U.P. Yoddhas).

Iran’s Fazel Atrachali was the first PKL player to fetch a price of ₹1 crore when the Iranian defender was bought by U Mumba for Season 6.

Pardeep Narwal then held the record of being Pro Kabaddi’s highest-paid player when he was bought for ₹1.65 crore by UP Yoddhas for Season 8.

However, in the player auction for Season 9, Pawan Sehrawat broke that record for ₹2.26 crore when Tamil Thalaivas relentlessly bid for him.

Pawan Sehrawat would once again break his own record as the most expensive player at the Season 10 player auction when Telugu Titans purchased him for ₹2.605 crores.

The Season 10 player auction also saw Iranian all-rounder Mohammadreza Ciyaneh surpass the 2-crore mark courtesy of a ₹2.35 crore bid from Puneri Paltan.

Meanwhile, the Season 11 player auction witnessed two players go beyond the 2-crore mark as Sachin was bought by Tamil Thalaivas for ₹2.15 crore, while Mohammadreza Ciyaneh was roped in by Haryana Steelers for ₹2.07 crore.

Overall, the 2-crore mark has been breached six times in PKL history with Pawan Sehrawat and Mohammadreza Ciyaneh doing so twice.

Raiders Sachin and Maninder Singh are the other two players to have gone beyond the 2-crore mark in PKL.

Pro Kabaddi’s most expensive players: All-time list

Player	Price (in ₹)	Team	Season
Pawan Sehrawat	2.605 crore	Telugu Titans	Season 10
Mohammadreza Chiyaneh	2.35 crore	Puneri Paltan	Season 10
Pawan Sehrawat	2.26 crore	Tamil Thalaivas	Season 9
Sachin	2.15 crore	Tamil Thalaivas	Season 11
Maninder Singh	2.12 crore	Bengal Warriorz	Season 10
Mohammadreza Ciyaneh	2.07 crore	Haryana Steelers	Season 11
Guman Singh	1.97 crore	Gujarat Giants	Season 11
Pawan Sehrawat	1.725 crore	Telugu Titans	Season 11
Vikash Kandola	1.70 crore	Bengaluru Bulls	Season 9
Pardeep Narwal	1.65 crore	UP Yoddhas	Season 8

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