Pro Kabaddi League: The Top 10 defenders for Season nine

In the game of kabaddi, defenders play a crucial role, here we will take a closer look at the Top 10 defenders for the current season:

1. Sagar Rathee 

Sagar Rathee is one of the best players from Tamil Thalaivas. The young man has been fantastic for the team with his solid defensive technique which has helped him to make super tackles.

He has played 17 games in the Pro Kabaddi League 2022 and has made a total of 53 tackles, with his average success rate in kits being 51%.

2. Mohammadreza Chiyaneh 

Mohammadreza Chiyaneh is one of the players of the best team in PKL, the Patna Pirates. He has played a total of 15 games in PKL 2022 and has scored 65 tackles and points with a success rate of 56%.

In the game, he can be seen launching the leg of his trapped opponent and always showing his energetic and quick movements with a big smile. Which makes him one of the best defenders in the PKL.

 3. Surjeet Singh 

Surjeet Singh is one of the top players of Tamil Thalaivas. There is no need to introduce him. In this season of Pro Kabaddi League 2022, he has successfully played 13 matches.

He scored 17 tackle points with an average tackle success rate of 29%. He is known as the best player in Pro Kabaddi.

4. Saurabh Nandal

Bengaluru Bulls has listed Saurabh Nandal as the most fantastic defender of his team in the Pro Kabaddi League 2022. The 22-year-old has played 18 matches this season of the pro kabaddi league 2022, scoring an impressive 54 tackle points. 

As far as we know, he has an average tackle success rate of 48%.

 5. Sumit 

Sumit plays for UP Yoddhas as a left corner. This season, he has played a total of 17 games and has collected an incredible 44 tackle points for his team. 

He has also achieved an average success rate of 44% with his heroic defensive actions, showing how fast he is in the 2022 Pro Kabaddi League.

6. Rinku Singh

Rinku Singh is one of the fastest and most energetic players of U Mumba. Young and aggressive, Rinku Singh was the architect of many victories for U Mumba and received more accolades when he successfully single-handedly super-tackled Sachin in his team's close game against the best team in the Pro Kabaddi League, the Patna Pirates.

In this 2022 Pro Kabaddi League, he played 15 games and made a total of 48 tackle points with an average tackle success rate of 58%.

7. Sombir

Sombir plays for Puneri Paltanas as a right-corner in the 2022 Pro Kabaddi League season nine. This youngest player has played 15 games, scoring an impressive 33 tackle points with an average tackle success rate of 53%.

8. Parvesh Bhainswal

Parvesh Bhainswal is known as a defender for Gujarat Giants. He has played 17 games this season, scoring an impressive 37 tackle points with a tackle success rate of 43%.

His energetic performance makes him the best defender on his team, and his quick movements make him a top athlete this season as well. 

 9. Nitesh Kumar

Nitesh Kumar is an Indian player who played for the UP Yoddhas. Nitesh Kumar, a future Kabddi hero, played 17 games in the 2022 Pro Kabaddi League, Season nine, scoring 27 tackle points with his successful moves. His average tackle success rate is 35% 

 10. Jaideep

Jaideep is one of the famously left corners of the Haryana Steelers. In the 2022 Pro Kabaddi League, he played eight games with a zero-scoring rate.

Unfortunately, he has not been able to score a point in this league so far, but he is an emerging player who has been improving steadily since the start of the league and should be kept an eye on in the future.