Pro Kabaddi Auction 2026: Reported Dates & How It Shapes Season 13

Last Updated: 20 October 2026

The pro kabaddi auction 2026 is where Season 13 stops being a rumour and starts becoming a season. The auction window is reported for 18–25 October 2026, and until it runs, every one of the twelve clubs has the same squad status on this site: To Be Announced. No Season 13 squad, captain or coach has been confirmed for any team. This post covers what is reported, what the auction actually decides, and what this site will not publish until it is verified.

Auction week is the noisiest week of the kabaddi year. Names fly around social media, fan pages announce signings that never happened, and numbers appear from nowhere. The discipline on this page is simple: squad news counts when a club or the league announces it, and everything else is labelled Reported. That rule shapes every section below.

Pro Kabaddi Auction 2026 — Key Facts

• Reported auction window: 18–25 October 2026.
• Season 13 squads: To Be Announced for all twelve clubs.
• Season 13 captains and coaches: To Be Announced for all twelve clubs.
• Reported season start: Late December 2026, after the auction process.
• Season 13 fixtures: To Be Announced — the fixture list follows squad confirmation.
• Defending champions: Dabang Delhi K.C., Season 12 winners over Puneri Paltan, 31–28.

The Reported Auction Window

Reports place the Season 13 player auction between 18 and 25 October 2026. A window, rather than a single day, is how the process is being reported, and this site records it exactly that way. The league has not published a confirmed auction schedule, so the window stays in the Reported column until an official announcement lands.

The timing matters because of what sits on either side of it. Behind the auction is a completed Season 12 and twelve clubs planning their rebuilds. Ahead of it is a reported season start in late December 2026, which leaves roughly two months between squads being settled and the first match. That gap is where fixtures are drawn up, venues are locked and the broadcast plan is set. The auction is the first domino; the fixture list everyone is waiting for falls after it.

Why the Auction Shapes Season 13

A Pro Kabaddi season is largely decided before a ball is raided, and the auction is where that deciding happens. Squads for the new season are confirmed around the auction process: clubs assemble the raiding units, defensive corners and cover combinations that their league campaign will stand or fall on. A team that auctions well starts December with balance. A team that auctions badly spends the season hiding a weakness.

Season 12 showed how thin the margins are once the squads are set. The league table ended with two clubs level on 26 points, three clubs level on 20, and the last playoff place taken at 16 points while U.P. Yoddhas missed out on 14 — one win short. Under the official Win = 2, Loss = 0 system, one player having one strong season moves a club across that line. The full standings are on the PKL points table page.

The individual awards underline the point. Season 12’s Most Valuable Player was Fazel Atrachali of Dabang Delhi K.C. The Best Raider was Patna Pirates’ Ayan Lohchab, with 316 raid points in 22 games, and the Best Defender was his clubmate Navdeep, with 73 tackle points in 21 games. Players of that weight set a club’s ceiling. Which shirts they wear in Season 13 is precisely what the auction period will settle, and until clubs announce their squads, this site will not guess at destinations.

What This Site Will Not Publish About the Auction

Some numbers attached to this auction are simply not verified, and they will not appear here. There are no confirmed purse figures or base prices in the public record this site works from, so no auction table on this page will carry invented amounts next to player names. Sites that publish precise salaries and prices before any official release are guessing, and guesses dressed as data are how wrong numbers live for years.

The same rule covers squad lists. Every club’s Season 13 squad is To Be Announced as this post is written. When clubs announce their squads, each club’s page on the Pro Kabaddi teams hub will be updated with the confirmed names, and the reported Season 13 timeline on the PKL schedule homepage will move with it. The official announcements themselves appear first on the official Pro Kabaddi League site and club channels.

What to Watch Once the Window Opens

Three things will tell you the season is real. First, confirmed squad announcements from the twelve clubs — names attached to teams by the teams themselves. Second, captain and coach confirmations, which usually follow squad news and set each club’s leadership for the campaign. Third, the fixture list: the moment fixtures exist, the Season 13 start date stops being reported and becomes confirmed, venues and broadcast details follow, and the table starts from zero for everyone, champions included.

Dabang Delhi K.C. defend the title they won on 31 October 2025, beating Puneri Paltan 31–28 in Delhi. Their road to that final — second in the league table, a 34–34 Qualifier 1 settled by a five-raid shootout — is recorded on the PKL winners list. The auction is where the other eleven clubs begin their attempt to make sure Season 13 ends differently.

Frequently Asked Questions