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The purpose of this study was to compare the anthropometric profiles of Kabaddi players at different level of matches (i.e., Inter collegiate level and inter universities level). A sample of 60 subjects , inter University and inter collegiate male Kabaddi players, was selected for the present study. The purposive sampling technique was used to select the subjects. All the subjects were assessed for height, weight, lengths, circumferences, diameters, and skin-fold thicknesses. An independent samples t-test revealed that inter university Kabaddi players had significantly higher height (P ? 0.05), arm length (P ? 0.05), upper leg length (P ? 0.05), and lower leg length (P ? 0.05) as compared to inter collegiate level Kabaddi players. The inter university level Kabaddi players were also found to have significantly greater elbow diameter (P ? 0.05), shoulder diameter (P ? 0.05), hip diameter (P ? 0.05), knee diameter (P ? 0.05), calf circumference (P ? 0.05), chest circumference (P ? 0.05), upper arm circumference (P ? 0.05), and fore arm circumference (P ? 0.05). Inter university Kabaddi players had significantly greater biceps (P ? 0.05), triceps (P ? 0.05), sub scapular (P ? 0.05), and suprailliac skin-fold (P ? 0.05) as compared to other players.