Expensive Players in IPL History – Dhoni to Rishabh Pant

Expensive Players in IPL History – Dhoni to Rishabh Pant. Most expensive players in IPL history from 2008 to 2025.

Expensive Players in IPL History (2008-2024)

Most expensive players in IPL history from 2008 to 2024

2008: MS Dhoni – Chennai Super Kings (9.5 Crore)

2009: Kevin Pietersen – Royal Challengers Bangalore (*9.8 Crore)

2009: Andrew Flintoff – Chennai Super Kings (*9.8 Crore)

2010: Shane Bond – Kolkata Knight Riders (4.8 Crore)

2010: Kieron Pollard – Mumbai Indians (4.8 Crore)

2011: Gautam Gambhir – Kolkata Knight Riders (14.9 Crore)

2012: Ravindra Jadeja – Chennai Super Kings (12.8 Crore)

2013: Glenn Maxwell – Mumbai Indians (6.3 Crore)

2014: Yuvraj Singh – Royal Challengers Bangalore (14 Crore)

2015: Yuvraj Singh – Delhi Daredevils (16 Crore)

2016: Shane Watson – Royal Challengers Bangalore (9.5 Crore)

2017: Ben Stokes – Rising Pune Supergiant (14.5 Crore)

2018: Ben Stokes – Rajasthan Royals (12.5 Crore)

2019: Jaydev Unadkat – Rajasthan Royals (8.4 Crore)

2019: Varun Chakravarthy – Kings XI Punjab (8.4 Crore)

2020: Pat Cummins – Kolkata Knight Riders (15.5 Crore)

2021: Chris Morris – Rajasthan Royals (16.25 Crore)

2022: Ishan Kishan – Mumbai Indians (15.25 Crore)

2023: Sam Curran – Punjab Kings (18.5 Crore)

2024: Mitchell Starc – Kolkata Knight Riders (24.75 Crore).

Expensive Players in IPL 2025

Sr. No.TeamPlayerBase PriceWinning BidUse RTM
1Rishabh Pant₹2,00,00,000₹27,00,00,000
2Shreyas Iyer₹2,00,00,000₹26,75,00,000
3Venkatesh Iyer₹2,00,00,000₹23,75,00,000
4Arshdeep Singh₹2,00,00,000₹18,00,00,000rtm
5Yuzvendra Chahal₹2,00,00,000₹18,00,00,000
6Jos Buttler img₹2,00,00,000₹15,75,00,000
7KL Rahul₹2,00,00,000₹14,00,00,000
8Trent Boult img₹2,00,00,000₹12,50,00,000
9Jofra Archer img₹2,00,00,000₹12,50,00,000
10Josh Hazlewood img₹2,00,00,000₹12,50,00,000
11Mohammad Siraj₹2,00,00,000₹12,25,00,000
12Mitchell Starc img₹2,00,00,000₹11,75,00,000
13Phil Salt img₹2,00,00,000₹11,50,00,000
14Ishan Kishan₹2,00,00,000₹11,25,00,000
15Marcus Stoinis img₹2,00,00,000₹11,00,00,000
16Jitesh Sharma₹1,00,00,000₹11,00,00,000
17T. Natarajan₹2,00,00,000₹10,75,00,000
18Kagiso Rabada img₹2,00,00,000₹10,75,00,000
19Bhuvneshwar Kumar₹2,00,00,000₹10,75,00,000
20Noor Ahmad img₹2,00,00,000₹10,00,00,000