Neeraj Kumar
Defender Neeraj Kumar has 238 tackle points across seven PKL seasons with Haryana Steelers, Patna Pirates and Gujarat Giants.
- Team (Season 12)
- Haryana Steelers
- Position
- Defender
- Nationality
- India
- Born
- 25 December 1995
- Height
- 5 ft 7 in
- Jersey
- #5
PKL career
Season by season
| Season | Team | Matches | Points | Raid | Tackle | Super 10s | High 5s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Haryana Steelers | 19 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Gujarat Giants | 18 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Patna Pirates | 14 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Patna Pirates | 21 | 30 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Patna Pirates | 23 | 54 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Patna Pirates | 22 | 59 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Haryana Steelers | 17 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Neeraj Kumar is an Indian defender who has played seven seasons of the Pro Kabaddi League. Born on 25 December 1995 and standing 5 ft 7 in, he turned out for Haryana Steelers in Season 12 (2025). His official PKL record reads 134 matches and 240 points, with 238 of those points coming from tackles and 2 from raids, along with 11 High 5s.
PKL career
Neeraj’s first season in the official record is Season 5 with Haryana Steelers, where he played 17 matches and collected 13 tackle points.
His most productive spell came with Patna Pirates, for whom he played from Season 7 through Season 10. Season 7 was his best by the numbers: 59 tackle points from 22 matches and 4 High 5s, his highest points tally and High 5 count in any single season of the official data. He followed that in Season 8 with 54 points (53 tackle, 1 raid) from 23 matches and 2 High 5s.
In Season 9 he scored 30 points (29 tackle, 1 raid) across 21 matches with 1 High 5, and in Season 10 he added 31 tackle points from 14 matches with 2 High 5s.
Season 11 took him to Gujarat Giants, where he recorded 21 tackle points in 18 matches, including 1 High 5.
Season 12
For Season 12 Neeraj was back in Haryana Steelers colours. He appeared in 19 matches and scored 32 points, all of them from tackles, with 1 High 5. His tackle strike rate for the season was 35%. Those 32 points were his best single-season return since Season 8.
By the numbers
- PKL seasons: 7
- Matches: 134
- Total points: 240 (238 tackle, 2 raid)
- High 5s: 11
- Teams: Haryana Steelers, Patna Pirates, Gujarat Giants
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