Kolkata Knight Riders played 17 matches in the 2012 Indian Premier League, winning 12 and losing 5 for 24 points.
The squad numbered 26 players, 22 of them with a confirmed shirt number.
- Played
- 17
- Won
- 12
- Lost
- 5
- Points
- 24
- Highest total
- 192
Squad
| No. | Player | Role | Mat | Runs | Wkts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Gautam Gambhir | Batter | 17 | 590 | 0 |
| 3 | Jacques Kallis | All-rounder | 17 | 409 | 15 |
| 4 | James Pattinson | Bowler | – | – | – |
| 6 | Laxmi Ratan Shukla | All-rounder | 11 | 75 | 1 |
| 8 | Pradeep Sangwan | Bowler | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Manoj Tiwary | Batter | 16 | 260 | 0 |
| 14 | Shami Ahmed | Bowler | – | – | – |
| 16 | Eoin Morgan | Batter | – | – | – |
| 21 | Iqbal Abdulla | Bowler | 9 | 2 | 4 |
| 22 | Rajat Bhatia | All-rounder | 17 | 35 | 13 |
| 24 | Brad Haddin | Wicket-keeper | – | – | – |
| 27 | Ryan ten Doeschate | All-rounder | 3 | 21 | 1 |
| 28 | Yusuf Pathan | All-rounder | 17 | 194 | 3 |
| 36 | Brendon McCullum | Wicket-keeper | 12 | 289 | 0 |
| 36 | Manvinder Bisla | Wicket-keeper | 7 | 213 | 0 |
| 55 | Lakshmipathy Balaji | Bowler | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 58 | Brett Lee | Bowler | 10 | 42 | 7 |
| 63 | Debabrata Das | Batter | 15 | 126 | 0 |
| 74 | Sunil Narine | Bowler | 15 | 9 | 24 |
| 75 | Shakib Al Hasan | All-rounder | 8 | 91 | 12 |
| 90 | Marchant de Lange | Bowler | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 99 | Jaydev Unadkat | Bowler | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| – | Chirag Jani | All-rounder | – | – | – |
| – | Iresh Saxena | Bowler | – | – | – |
| – | Sanju Samson | Wicket-keeper | – | – | – |
| – | Sarabjit Ladda | Bowler | – | – | – |
Shirt numbers for 4 of these players are not recorded in any reliable source for this season.