PKL Points Table 2026-27: Season 13 Standings, Points System & Season 12 Table
Last Updated: 20 October 2026
The pkl points table is the page that decides a Pro Kabaddi League season long before the final. Every raid and every tackle across the league stage lands in these twelve rows, and the table sorts the champions from the rest. For Season 13, the honest position is simple: the season has not started, no fixture list has been announced, and every number in the Season 13 table below is To Be Announced. Nothing on this page is guessed.
What this page does hold is the complete, verified record of how the last table finished. The Season 12 final points table is published in full below, with the official points system that produced it — a win was worth 2 points, a loss was worth 0 — and the playoff race that followed. Season 12 is the working model for Season 13: same twelve franchises, same table maths, until the league announces something different. The reported Season 13 timeline and the full season picture sit on the PKL schedule homepage.
One warning belongs at the top. Some websites still show Season 12 standings built on the league’s old points system, with inflated totals that never existed. The verified Season 12 table topper finished on 26 points, not a point more. This page uses the official system only, and the old-versus-new section below shows exactly where the wrong numbers come from.
PKL Points Table — TL;DR Key Facts
- Season 13 table: Not started. Fixtures are To Be Announced, so all twelve teams sit on zero matches and every column waits for the first matchday.
- Official points system (Season 12): Win = 2 points, Loss = 0 points. No bonus points and no point for a narrow defeat.
- Tiebreaker: Score difference — total points scored minus total points conceded across the league stage.
- Playoff line: The top 8 of the 12 teams qualified for the Season 12 playoffs.
- Season 12 table toppers: Puneri Paltan, 26 points with a +88 score difference. Dabang Delhi K.C. also finished on 26 points and then won the title.
- League shape (Season 12): 18 league matches per team, 108 league matches in total, plus 9 postseason matches — 117 matches in all.
- Season 13 timeline: Auction window Reported for 18–25 October 2026. Season start Reported for late December 2026. Final Reported for February 2027. Fixtures, venues, and broadcaster To Be Announced.
On this page: Season 13 Table · Points System · Season 12 Final Table · FAQs
Season 13 PKL Points Table
The Season 13 pkl points table is a frame waiting for its first numbers. The league has not announced the Season 13 fixture list, the host venues, or the broadcast partners, and no Season 13 match has been played. The player auction window is Reported for 18–25 October 2026, the season start is Reported for late December 2026, and the final is Reported for February 2027. Until the league confirms those items, the table below stays exactly as it should: twelve teams, no matches, no points.
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | Score Diff | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Bengal Warriorz | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Bengaluru Bulls | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Dabang Delhi K.C. | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Gujarat Giants | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Haryana Steelers | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Jaipur Pink Panthers | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Patna Pirates | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Puneri Paltan | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Tamil Thalaivas | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Telugu Titans | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | U Mumba | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | U.P. Yoddhas | — | — | — | — | — |
The twelve franchises are the same twelve that played Season 12, listed here in alphabetical order because no Season 13 position exists yet. No addition or removal has been announced. Dabang Delhi K.C. return as defending champions, but the table gives the champions no head start: when the first match is played, every club starts level on zero played, zero won, zero points. Each club’s home city, history, and Season 13 status is tracked on the Pro Kabaddi teams hub.
The moment the league publishes the fixture list, this section changes first. Match dates will be attached to the season, and once play begins, the standings will update after every match — played, won, lost, score difference, and points, in that order. Until then, the complete Season 12 table further down this page is the latest verified standings in the league, and it is the right reference for judging every club’s level.
How the PKL Points System Works
Read the pkl points table the right way and a whole season makes sense in one look. The system behind the Season 12 table — the most recent completed season, and the reference for Season 13 until the league announces otherwise — is deliberately simple. There are no bonus points, no points for entertaining kabaddi, and no consolation for losing bravely. A team either wins the match and takes the points, or it takes nothing.
How many points does a team get for a win in the PKL?
Under the official Season 12 system, a win earns 2 points and a loss earns 0 points. That is the table maths: no bonus points, no extra point for a big margin, and no point for a narrow defeat. The Season 13 points system is To Be Announced, and this page will mark it Confirmed when the league publishes it.
| Result | Points |
|---|---|
| Win | 2 |
| Loss | 0 |
Run that over a full league stage and the ceiling is easy to work out. Each team played 18 league matches in Season 12, so the maximum possible total was 36 points. Nobody reached it. The table toppers, Puneri Paltan, won 13 of their 18 matches and finished on 26. The bottom three clubs won 6 each and finished on 12. Every win mattered at exactly the same rate, from Match 1 in Vizag to the last league match in Delhi, which is why the table stayed alive until the closing weekend.
How does score difference work as the tiebreaker?
Score difference is the total a team scored across its league matches minus the total it conceded. Win heavily and the number climbs; lose heavily and it sinks. When two teams finish level on points, score difference decides which one sits higher. It decided almost everything that mattered in Season 12: first place against second, fourth against sixth, and tenth against twelfth all split on score difference, not on points.
The cleanest example sits at the very top. Puneri Paltan and Dabang Delhi K.C. both won 13 matches and both finished on 26 points. Pune’s score difference of +88 beat Delhi’s +38, so Pune took first place in the final table. The margin a team wins by earns no extra points, but it is never wasted — it banks directly into the tiebreaker column, and across 18 matches those raids added up to a league position.
How many teams qualify for the playoffs from the points table?
In Season 12, the top eight teams in the table qualified for the playoffs. Eight of twelve clubs advanced, and four went home after the league stage. The league stage carried 108 matches — twelve teams playing 18 each — followed by 9 postseason matches, 117 in total across 63 days. The Season 13 playoff format is To Be Announced with the fixtures, and this page will not assume the top-eight cut survives until the league confirms the format.
For the official league record behind these numbers, see the official Pro Kabaddi League site. Everything on this page is built from that record and labelled so a reader can tell a confirmed fact from a reported one at a glance.
Season 12 Final PKL Points Table
Season 12 ran from 29 August to 31 October 2025, across four caravan legs in Vizag, Jaipur, Chennai, and Delhi. Every team played 18 league matches. The table below is the final, verified Season 12 standings — the table the playoffs were seeded from, and the last completed pkl points table before Season 13.
| 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 | U.P. Yoddhas | 18 | 7 | 11 | −65 | 14 |
| 10 | Tamil Thalaivas | 18 | 6 | 12 | −36 | 12 |
| 11 | Gujarat Giants | 18 | 6 | 12 | −73 | 12 |
| 12 | Bengal Warriorz | 18 | 6 | 12 | −104 | 12 |
Start at the top, where the title race hid inside a tie. Puneri Paltan and Dabang Delhi K.C. produced identical records — 13 wins, 5 losses, 26 points. The only separator in the entire table was score difference: Pune’s +88 against Delhi’s +38. Pune won the league stage. Delhi, as the playoff section below shows, won the thing that mattered more. A team can top the table and still not lift the trophy, and Season 12 is the standing proof.
The strangest line in the table belongs to third place. Bengaluru Bulls posted a score difference of +97, the best mark in the league, better than both teams above them. Difference, though, only breaks ties — it does not outrank points. Bengaluru won 11 matches to the top pair’s 13, so 22 points kept them third despite outscoring the whole league across the season. No row explains the system better: points first, difference second, always in that order.
Below Bengaluru sat the 20-point knot. Telugu Titans (+45), Haryana Steelers (+40), and U Mumba (+8) each won 10 matches and finished on 20 points, and score difference alone arranged them fourth, fifth, and sixth. At the bottom, the same pattern repeated with worse numbers: Tamil Thalaivas (−36), Gujarat Giants (−73), and Bengal Warriorz (−104) all finished on 12 points. Bengal’s −104 was the weakest difference in the league, the record of a season of heavy defeats, and it placed them twelfth.
The playoff line fell at 16 points. Patna Pirates took seventh on 16 with a positive difference of +10, and Jaipur Pink Panthers took the eighth and last place on 16 despite a difference of −48. U.P. Yoddhas finished ninth on 14 — two points, exactly one win, short of the postseason. In a Win 2, Loss 0 table there is nowhere to hide: one more victory anywhere in 18 matches would have put the Yoddhas level on the line. For every final these clubs have played, see the PKL Winners List.
How the Season 12 Playoff Race Was Decided
The table set the bracket, and then the bracket ignored it. The top eight clubs from the final standings went into a nine-match postseason, and the race within the race was for the places that carried the shortest route to the final. Jaipur Pink Panthers, who had scraped into eighth with a negative score difference, were alive. U.P. Yoddhas, two points behind them, were done. That two-point gap, built match by match since August, was the whole story of the playoff race.
What happened when Qualifier 1 finished level in Season 12?
Qualifier 1 between Dabang Delhi K.C. and Puneri Paltan finished 34–34, level after full time. A five-raid shootout settled it, and Delhi won the shootout 6–4 to move straight into the final. The same two teams met again in the final itself, where Delhi won 31–28 to take the Season 12 title.
The final was played on 31 October 2025 at the Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium in Delhi, in front of the champions’ home crowd. Delhi’s 31–28 win completed a rare double over the same opponent: beaten on score difference in the league table, beaten in a shootout in the qualifier, and beaten again in the final — Pune lost the season to one team in three different ways. Delhi’s league position of second became a footnote. The trophy went to the team that won the last two matches of the year.
The individual awards closed the season’s account. Fazel Atrachali of Dabang Delhi K.C. was named the league’s Most Valuable Player. Patna Pirates, seventh in the table, supplied both other headline winners: Ayan Lohchab was Best Raider with 316 raid points in 22 games, and Navdeep was Best Defender with 73 tackle points in 21 games. The table ranked the teams; the awards showed how much individual quality sat below the top line, one more reason a points table is a seed, not a verdict.
Old vs New Points System — Why Some Season 12 Tables Are Wrong
Older Pro Kabaddi League seasons ran on a different table, and the difference still causes confusion every season. Under the old system, the margin of a result changed its value. A team could lose a match and still take a point home, and a single victory could be worth five. The old values were these:
| Result (old system) | Points |
|---|---|
| Win by 7 points or fewer | 5 |
| Draw | 3 |
| Loss by 7 points or fewer | 1 |
| Loss by more than 7 points | 0 |
Season 12 replaced that structure with the simplest table in the league’s recent history: win the match, take 2 points; lose it, take 0. Margin stopped earning points directly and moved into the score-difference column, where it now works only as the tiebreaker. A one-point win and a twenty-point win are worth exactly the same 2 points on the night. The big win pays later, if a tie needs breaking.
This is where the wrong tables come from. Some websites still publish Season 12 standings using the old values, so their totals run far above the real ones — winners shown with five points a game and losing teams quietly collecting points they never earned. Check any Season 12 table against one number: the league was topped on 26 points. A table that shows a Season 12 team on 40, 50, or 60 points is using the old system, and every position built on those totals is unreliable.
The change also altered how a season feels from the stands. Under the old system, a narrow defeat still moved a team up the table. Under Win 2, Loss 0, a narrow defeat is just a defeat. U.P. Yoddhas felt that rule at full force in Season 12: ninth place, two points short, with no consolation points collected from close losses along the way. The new table is harsher, clearer, and easier to read — and it is the only table this page will use for Season 13 when the season begins.
What to Watch in the Season 13 PKL Points Table
The Season 13 table will come alive in stages, and each stage is labelled on this page as it lands. First comes the auction, with the window Reported for 18–25 October 2026. Next, the fixture list: To Be Announced at the time of the last update, with the season start Reported for late December 2026 and the final Reported for February 2027. The points system and the playoff format for Season 13 are also To Be Announced. Only an announcement from the league moves any of those items to Confirmed.
Once matches begin, three columns tell the season’s story fastest. Points show the order. Score difference shows which teams are winning well and which are surviving. And the gap between eighth and ninth — the playoff line — is where the late-season pressure collects, exactly as it did when Jaipur Pink Panthers held the last place on 16 points and U.P. Yoddhas fell two short in Season 12. This page will update the Season 13 standings after every match, keep the Season 12 final table in place below it as the verified reference, and mark the date of every update at the top.
PKL Points Table — Frequently Asked Questions
What is the PKL points table?
The PKL points table is the standings table for a Pro Kabaddi League season. It lists all twelve teams by position, with matches played, won, and lost, score difference, and total points. The Season 13 table is empty because the season has not started and fixtures are To Be Announced. The Season 12 final table on this page is the latest verified standings.
How many points does a team get for a win in the PKL?
Under the official Season 12 system, a win earns 2 points and a loss earns 0 points. There are no bonus points and no point for a narrow defeat. Older seasons used a different system, explained on this page. The Season 13 points system is To Be Announced, and this page will update the moment the league confirms it.
Who topped the Season 12 PKL points table?
Puneri Paltan topped the Season 12 points table with 26 points from 13 wins and a score difference of +88. Dabang Delhi K.C. also finished on 26 points but took second place on score difference, with +38. Delhi then beat Pune in the final, so the league-stage winners ended the season as runners-up.
Who won the PKL Season 12 title?
Dabang Delhi K.C. won the PKL Season 12 title, beating Puneri Paltan 31–28 in the final on 31 October 2025 at the Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium in Delhi. Delhi had finished second in the league table, behind Pune on score difference. Fazel Atrachali of Delhi was named the season’s Most Valuable Player.
How many teams qualify for the PKL playoffs?
In Season 12, the top eight teams in the points table qualified for the playoffs, and four teams missed out. The league stage carried 108 matches before a nine-match postseason. The Season 13 playoff format is To Be Announced, so this page does not assume the same top-eight cut until the league confirms the Season 13 format.
What is score difference in the PKL points table?
Score difference is the total points a team scored in its league matches minus the total it conceded. It is the tiebreaker when teams finish level on points. In Season 12 it decided first place over second, arranged the three teams tied on 20 points, and ranked the three teams tied on 12 points.
Which team had the best score difference in Season 12?
Bengaluru Bulls had the best score difference in Season 12, at +97, ahead of both finalists. Bengaluru still finished third, because score difference only breaks ties and does not outrank points: their 22 points sat below the 26 of Puneri Paltan and Dabang Delhi K.C. Bengal Warriorz posted the worst difference, −104.
What was the old PKL points system?
Older PKL seasons used a margin-based system: 5 points for a win by seven points or fewer, 3 points for a draw, 1 point for a loss by seven points or fewer, and 0 for a heavier loss. Season 12 replaced it with a simple win 2, loss 0 system. Some sites still apply the old values to Season 12, which is wrong.
When will the Season 13 points table be updated?
The Season 13 points table will fill in once the league announces the fixtures and the season begins. The start is Reported for late December 2026, and the fixture list is To Be Announced. After the first match, this page will update the standings after every match, with the update date shown at the top.
How many matches does each PKL team play in the league stage?
In Season 12, each of the twelve teams played 18 league matches, making 108 league matches in total. Nine postseason matches followed, for 117 matches across 63 days in Vizag, Jaipur, Chennai, and Delhi. The Season 13 match count is To Be Announced with the fixture list and will be added here when announced.