Fazel Atrachali, Manjeet Chhillar lead the charts for most tackle points in Pro Kabaddi

Fazel Atrachali with 424 tackle points in 146 matches holds the record for most tackle points in Pro Kabaddi.

Since Season 3, the Iranian has featured five out of six times in the list of top 10 defenders of the season and is the only defender to cross the 80 tackle points mark twice in succession (Season 6 and 7).

Manjeet Chhillar is the second most successful defender in Pro Kabaddi with 391 tackle points in 132 matches. 

Manjeet, who topped the tackle points chart for defenders in Season 1 and Season 3, is one of two players alongside Fazel Atrachali to top the tackle points leaderboard twice in separate Pro Kabaddi seasons. Manjeet - a 2014 Asian Games gold medalist - has 25 High 5s to his name, the second-most in PKL after Tamil Thalaivas’ Surjeet Singh. 

In Season 4, Manjeet Chhillar broke the all-time record for most tackle points (11) in a Pro Kabaddi match against Bengaluru Bulls.

Girish Maruti Ernak, the left-corner defender, is third with 359 tackle points in 143 matches.

Sandeep Narwal - a 2016 South Asian Games gold medalist - has 360 tackle points in 155 matches in Pro Kabaddi. The Haryana-born player has 29 Super Tackles to his name in Pro Kabaddi, which is the most by any player in the league.

Surjeet Singh has 348 tackle points in 127 Pro Kabaddi matches. The defender holds the record for most High 5s (29) in Pro Kabaddi. 

Ravinder Pahal is next on the list with 339 tackle points in 124 matches in Pro Kabaddi history. ‘The Hawk’ as Pahal is popularly known is one of the best corner defenders in the league with 23 High 5s. Renowned for his block and double thigh hold, Ravinder Pahal has featured in the top 10 defenders list in five of the first seven Pro Kabaddi seasons.

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