Last 5 Green Sleeve Winners in Pro Kabaddi League

The raider is the heartbeat of any kabaddi team. He walks into opposite territory on his own, and everything from the momentum to the scoreboard rests on how he comes back. In Pro Kabaddi, the raider who does this better than anyone else across a full season earns the Green Sleeve.

Over the last five seasons, the award has gone to a mix of established stars and fresh young faces. Some were retained by the team they won it with. Others have moved on and now play in different colours. Here is a look at the last five Green Sleeve winners, the seasons they owned, and where they stand today.

What is the Green Sleeve in PKL?

The Green Sleeve is the recognition handed to the leading raider of a Pro Kabaddi season. In simple terms, it goes to the player who scores the most raid points across the campaign.

Raid points are the points a raider picks up by touching or tackling defenders during his raid. Add them up over a full season, and the player at the top of that list is the one who wears the Green Sleeve. It is one of the most closely watched races in the league, because the raider who leads it is usually the one carrying his team’s attack week after week.

With that cleared up, let us go through the winners, starting with the most recent.

Season 12: Ayan for Patna Pirates

Ayan announced himself as one of the brightest young raiders in the league with his Season 12 run for Patna Pirates. He finished the season as the top raider with 316 raid points, which earned him the Green Sleeve for the first time.

He played 22 matches and kept his success rate high at 73.31 per cent, one of the better returns among the season’s frontline raiders. He also brought up 16 Super 10s and stayed not out in 78.19 per cent of his raids, which tells you how rarely defences managed to send him back empty-handed.

The good news for Patna fans is that Ayan is still with the Pirates, so the team that watched him break through gets to keep building around him.

Season 11: Devank for Patna Pirates

A season earlier, it was another Patna Pirates raider who topped the charts. Devank put together a superb Season 11, finishing as the leading raider with 301 raid points to claim the Green Sleeve.

Devank was busy and consistent across 25 matches, with a success rate of 70.65 per cent and 18 Super 10s to his name. That tally of Super 10s was among the highest that season and showed how often he kept the Patna attack ticking.

Devank has since moved on and now plays for Bengal Warriorz, so the raider who led the league in Season 11 chases his points in different colours.

Season 10: Ashu Malik for Dabang Delhi K.C.

Ashu Malik carried the Dabang Delhi K.C. attack in Season 10 and was rewarded with the Green Sleeve. He racked up 276 raid points, the joint-most by any raider in the league that season.

Ashu did it through sheer volume and persistence. He attempted 476 raids across 23 matches, one of the heaviest raiding loads of the season, and stayed not out in 83.82 per cent of them. He also chipped in with 15 Super 10s. Numbers like that point to a raider who was trusted to go again and again, no matter the situation.

Ashu remains a Dabang Delhi K.C. player, and he has grown into one of the faces of the franchise and now a captain too.

Season 9: Arjun Deshwal for Jaipur Pink Panthers

Season 9 belonged to Arjun Deshwal. Raiding for Jaipur Pink Panthers, he finished as the top raider with 296 raid points and picked up the Green Sleeve in a title-winning season for his side.

Arjun was a model of consistency, playing 24 matches at a success rate of 63.65 per cent and bringing up 17 Super 10s. Every one of his 296 points came from raids, which underlines just how much of Jaipur’s attacking work went through him that year.

Arjun has since moved to Tamil Thalaivas, where he continues to be one of the most feared raiders in the competition.

Season 8: Pawan Sehrawat for Bengaluru Bulls

Few raiders have dominated a season the way Pawan Kumar Sehrawat did in Season 8. Playing for Bengaluru Bulls, he finished as the season’s leading raider with 304 raid points and took home the Green Sleeve.

What set Pawan apart was that he did not just raid. Listed as an all-rounder, he scored 320 total points across 24 matches, added 18 Super 10s, and even pitched in on defence with 35 tackles and 16 tackle points. That all-round output is rare for a frontline raider and is a big reason he is still spoken about as one of the best the league has seen.

Pawan has raided for a few teams since, most recently turning out for Tamil Thalaivas, but Season 8 with the Bulls remains one of the standout individual campaigns in Pro Kabaddi history.

What the last five Green Sleeve winners tell us

There is a clear shift in who is winning it. Season 8 went to Pawan Sehrawat, an established match winner at the peak of his powers, while the most recent editions have gone to younger raiders like Ayan and Devank. That mix shows a league where the next generation of raiders is now good enough to lead the points charts.

What ties them together is simple. For one season, each of them was the best raider in Pro Kabaddi, and the numbers back it up. The Green Sleeve is not handed out for a single big night. It is earned over a full campaign, raid after raid, and that is what makes it one of the most respected honours in the league.

Conclusion

The last five Green Sleeve winners are a reminder of how much a single raider can shape a season. Pawan Sehrawat set the standard with a huge all-round campaign for Bengaluru Bulls, Arjun Deshwal and Ashu Malik proved they could carry a team’s attack on their own, and Devank and Ayan showed that Patna Pirates keep producing raiders who can lead the league. Wherever they play now, all five share one thing. They finished a season as the best raider in Pro Kabaddi, and that is the whole point of the Green Sleeve.

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