Pardeep Narwal

Pardeep Narwal (born 16 February 1997) is an Indian former international kabaddi player, who plays as a raider. Widely regarded as the greatest raider in kabaddi history, he led the Patna Pirates to three straight titles in Pro Kabaddi League and holds a multitude of the league's raiding records.

Early life Pardeep Narwal was born in Rindhana village of Haryana's Sonipat district, where he started playing kabaddi. He started learning Kabaddi when he was only 6 years old. He got picked for his school's Kabaddi team when he was just 11 years old. Later, at 12, he joined the Haryana Kabaddi Academy.

Kabaddi career Narwal made his debut in VIVO Pro Kabaddi with the Bengaluru Bulls against Patna Pirates in Season 2

Narwal moved to the Patna Pirates in Season 3

In Pro Kabaddi League Season 9, he created a record as the first player in the league's history to score more than 1500 raid points in his PKL career. He set this record on 21 November 2022 at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, playing against Gujarat Giants. He is the top scorer in history of Pro-Kabaddi League. He opened a Kabaddi academy for the bright future of Indian youngsters in kabaddi. The name of his Kabaddi Academy is Narwal Sports Academy. He is the most followed Kabaddi player on Instagram.

In Season 10 of Pro Kabaddi League, Pardeep Narwal set a record with 1600+ raid points, becoming the first player to achieve this on 11 December 2023, against the Bengaluru Bulls at Sri Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru.

International

Pardeep Narwal has featured regularly for the Indian kabaddi team since 2016 and has won gold in three of the four tournaments that he has played in.

Retirement

On 2 June 2025, Pardeep Narwal announced his retirement from kabaddi at the age of 28, after he went unsold in 2025 Pro Kabaddi League Auction.

Honours

Patna Pirates Pro Kabaddi League: 2016 (January), 2016 (June), 2017

India Kabaddi World Cup: 2016 Asian Kabaddi Championship: 2017 Dubai Kabaddi Masters: 2018

Individual VIVO Pro Kabaddi Most Valuable Player (2016, 2017) Most touch point in a single raid First player to score 1500 raid points in PKL history, it was against Gujarat Giants VS UP Yoddha Match PKL season 9. 8 Holds the record for the most raid points in PKL history, with 1700+ raid points.