Jaipur Pink Panthers: Inaugural Champions & the Season 9 Return

The jaipur pink panthers titles story bookends the Pro Kabaddi League’s history. Jaipur won the very first final the league ever played, in Season 1. Eight seasons later, they won it again in Season 9 — the longest gap between titles of any club in the league, and proof that in this competition a champion can come back from almost any distance.

This post covers both championship wins, the final Jaipur lost in between, and where the club stands now. Every score is from the verified league record. Jaipur’s current fixtures and squad status is tracked on the Jaipur Pink Panthers team page, and the full champions record is on the PKL winners list.

Jaipur Pink Panthers Titles and Finals Record

• Titles: 2 — Season 1 and Season 9
• Season 1 final: Champions, beat U Mumba 35–24
• Season 4 final: Runner-up, lost 29–37 to Patna Pirates
• Season 9 final: Champions, beat Puneri Paltan 33–29
• Gap between titles: 8 seasons — the longest wait between championships in the league
• Season 12 finish: 8th place, 16 points, took the last playoff spot

Season 1: The First Champions of the League

Every league has a first champion, and in the Pro Kabaddi League that honour belongs to Jaipur. The Season 1 final pitted Jaipur Pink Panthers against U Mumba, and Jaipur won it 35–24. The 11-point margin was a clear result, not a lucky night: Jaipur closed the league’s first season as its first name on the trophy.

That win carries a weight no later title can copy. Seasons pile up, champions change, but the first line of the winners list never moves. U Mumba, the beaten side, went on to win Season 2 and play the first three finals; Jaipur’s own road back to a final took longer, and it started with a defeat.

Season 4: The Final Jaipur Lost to the Three-Peat

Jaipur’s second final came in Season 4, against a Patna Pirates side in the middle of the most dominant run the league has seen. Patna won 37–29. The eight-point defeat made Jaipur part of somebody else’s history: Patna’s second title in a row, on the way to a three-peat completed in Season 5.

A lost final in the middle of another club’s dynasty is a hard chapter, and Jaipur’s wait stretched on from there. Four more seasons passed — Patna completed the three-peat, then Bengaluru, Bengal and Delhi took turns as champions — before Jaipur reached another final. By the time Season 9 arrived, the club’s only title was eight seasons old, and a generation of the league had moved on.

Season 9: The Return, Eight Seasons Later

Season 9 changed the story. Jaipur Pink Panthers reached the final again and beat Puneri Paltan 33–29, a four-point win that delivered the club’s second title. Pune were playing the first of what became back-to-back final appearances around that period — they won the title in Season 10 — but on this night the trophy went back to Jaipur.

Eight seasons between titles is the longest gap any champion has bridged in this league. Patna’s three titles came in a rush; Delhi’s two arrived four seasons apart; Jaipur’s arrived at the two ends of the league’s first decade. The Season 9 win also made Jaipur one of only three clubs with more than one title, a group Delhi joined in Season 12. The official record of both Jaipur finals is held on the official Pro Kabaddi League site.

Season 12: In the Playoffs by the Last Door

The recent record is more modest. In Season 12, Jaipur finished 8th in the league table with 16 points and a score difference of −48 — eighth being the last of the playoff places in a season where the top eight advanced. U.P. Yoddhas, two points behind on 14, were the club left outside looking in.

A negative score difference and the final playoff spot is not a champion’s profile, and the full standings on the PKL points table page show the distance between Jaipur’s Season 12 and the top of the table, where Puneri Paltan and Dabang Delhi K.C. finished on 26 points. But a club that has already returned from an eight-season wait does not treat one lean year as a verdict. Jaipur’s history says the gap between this team and a title can close without warning.

What the Two Titles Say About Jaipur

Season 13 fixtures and squads are To Be Announced, with the auction window Reported for 18–25 October 2026 and the season start Reported for late December 2026. When the new season begins, Jaipur will chase a third title — a mark only Patna Pirates have reached.

The jaipur pink panthers titles record is a story of survival as much as success. First champions in Season 1, beaten finalists in Season 4, champions again in Season 9: no club’s titles span more of the league’s life. Whatever Season 13 brings, the first name on the trophy and one of its most patient comebacks both belong to Jaipur.

The three-final record puts Jaipur in rare company too. Patna Pirates lead the record with five final appearances, and U Mumba — three straight finals in the league’s first three seasons — Dabang Delhi K.C. and Puneri Paltan have also played three finals each, alongside Jaipur. Two wins from three finals is a conversion rate most clubs in the league would trade for — six of the twelve franchises have played a final and come away with a single title or none at all across the twelve seasons played.

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