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Abstract: The primary aim of the study was to examine the motor fitness as well as physiological characteristics of professional hockey players classified by their playing position. A total of Sixty (N=60) male hockey players who volunteered for the present study had participated in the 8th Senior National Hockey Championship 2018, Imphal with age 22.5 � 4.5 years were categorized as goalkeepers, fullbacks, halfback and forwards. The following motor and physiological variables were measured in all groups: speed, abdominal muscular strength, agility, vital capacity, resting heart rate and VO2 max through the administration of 50 meter dash, bent knee sit-up, illinois agility test, Spirometer digital heart monitor and queen college step test to assess motor and physiological variables among different positional field Hockey Players. The one way ANOVA was used in 0.05 levels of significance. For analysis of data, SPSS (version 23) software was used. The results revealed significant difference were found in Speed (F= 11.97, P=.000), Agility (F= 6.50, P=.001), Vital Capacity (F= 17.80, P=.000) and VO2 max (F= 6.41, P=.001) of motor and physiological variables among different positional field hockey Player whereas insignificant difference in Abdominal Muscular Strength and Resting Heart Rate among hockey players.