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The purpose of the study was to find out the relationship between height and leg strength of west zone inter-university kabaddi players playing at different position. For the present study researcher has selected 60 kabaddi players of different playing position in kabaddi: 20 Raider, 20 Third and 20 Corner from West Zone Inter University Kabaddi (Men) Tournament 2022-23. Subjects were selected by purposive sampling method. Height was measured with the help of stadiometer and leg strength was measured with the help of standing broad jump. Collected data was analyzed by Pearson product moment of correlation at 0.05 level of significance. Result of the study shows the correlation coefficient between height and leg strength of the west zone inter-university kabaddi players playing in the position of third and raider were 0.584 & 0.452 and the correlation coefficient between them is more than the tabulated value of 0.433 at 0.05 level. This means that the relationship between height and leg strength of the west zone inter-university kabaddi players playing in the position of third and raider were found to be significant. Whereas, correlation coefficient between height and leg strength of the west zone inter-university kabaddi players playing in the position of corner was 0.294 and the correlation coefficient between them is less than the tabulated value of 0.433 at 0.05 level. This means that the relationship between height and leg strength of the west zone inter-university kabaddi players playing in the position of corner was found to be insignificant. Concluding the study it can be stated that the correlation coefficient between height and leg strength of the west zone inter-university kabaddi players playing in the position of third and raider were found to be significant. Whereas, correlation coefficient between height and leg strength of the west zone inter-university kabaddi players playing in the position of corner was found to be insignificant.