Kolkata Knight Riders played 17 matches in the 2021 Indian Premier League, winning 9 and losing 8 for 18 points.
The squad numbered 27 players, 27 of them with a confirmed shirt number.
- Played
- 17
- Won
- 9
- Lost
- 8
- Points
- 18
- Highest total
- 202
Squad
| No. | Player | Role | Mat | Runs | Wkts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Harbhajan Singh | Spin-Bowlers | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Kamlesh Nagarkoti | Bowler | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Andre Russell | All-rounder | 10 | 183 | 11 |
| 14 | Vaibhav Arora | Bowler | – | – | – |
| 15 | Pawan Negi | All-rounder | – | – | – |
| 16 | Eoin Morgan | Batter | 17 | 133 | 0 |
| 18 | Gurkeerat Singh | Batter | – | – | – |
| 19 | Dinesh Karthik | Wicket-keeper | 17 | 223 | 0 |
| 21 | Sheldon Jackson | Wicket-keeper | – | – | – |
| 23 | Kuldeep Yadav | Spin-Bowlers | – | – | – |
| 24 | Prasidh Krishna | Bowler | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 25 | Venkatesh Iyer | All-rounder | 10 | 370 | 3 |
| 26 | Shivam Mavi | Bowler | 9 | 25 | 11 |
| 27 | Nitish Rana | Batter | 17 | 383 | 0 |
| 29 | Varun Chakravarthy | Spin-Bowlers | 17 | 2 | 18 |
| 30 | Pat Cummins | Bowler | 7 | 93 | 9 |
| 31 | Ben Cutting | All-rounder | – | – | – |
| 35 | Rinku Singh | Batter | – | – | – |
| 43 | Tim Seifert | Wicket-keeper | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | Tim Southee | Bowler | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 52 | Rahul Tripathi | Batter | 17 | 397 | 0 |
| 63 | Sandeep Warrier | Bowler | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Karun Nair | Batter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Lockie Ferguson | Bowler | 8 | 18 | 13 |
| 74 | Sunil Narine | Spin-Bowlers | 14 | 62 | 16 |
| 75 | Shakib Al Hasan | All-rounder | 8 | 47 | 4 |
| 77 | Shubman Gill | Batter | 17 | 478 | 0 |