Explained: IPL 2026 All 10 Team Players Final Salary Paycheck
From Virat Koi to Cameron Green, the article explains the official annual salary paycheck all 10 team players receive for IPL 2026.
One of the most trending and hottest topics of discussion in any Indian Premier League tournament is the annual compensation each player gets in the IPL. Every year, or rather in every Auction, players are bought for record-breaking salaries. While IPL 2025 had seen Rishabh Pant breaking the record for being the highest paid player at 27 Cr, the IPL 2026 Mini Auction has seen Cameron Green becoming the highest bid Overseas player ever at 25.2 Cr.
If we talk about the highest paid player for each team, we have Ruturaj Gaikwad and Sanju Samson from CSK at 18 Cr, Axar Patel from DC at 16.5 Cr, Rashid Khan from GT at 18 Cr, Cameron Green from KKR at 25.2 Cr (Only 18 Cr Receivable), Rishabh Pant from LSG at 27 Cr, Jasprit Bumrah from MI at 18 Cr. Additionally, Shreyas Iyer from PBKS at 26.75 Cr, Yashasvi Jaiswal from RR at 18 Cr, Virat Kohli from RCB at 21 Cr, and Heinrich Klaasen from SRH at 23 Cr.
Every team gets a purse of 125 Cr, which they use to buy a minimum of 18 and a maximum of 25 players. Coincidentally, each team has 25 players each in the squad – making it the first in the history of IPL. While 173 players were retained by all 10 teams for IPL 2026, 77 more players were added to the squad in the Mini Auction. So, how about we take a look at the annual salary compensation for all 10 team players for the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League, IPL 2026.
IPL 2026 All 10 Team Players Final Annual Salary List
Now, looking at the annual compensation of each player, it is important to know which players are receiving the salaries in the highest bracket, and how teams look up to their players, while spending money on them. So, in this article, we first look at the top 10 highest-paid players for each team for IPL 2026, and then subsequently look at the salaries of all other players for each team.
Also, important to note that apart from the annual compensation these players are getting, each player also receives a match fee, which is paid over and above the pro-rated annual salary. The match fees is set at INR 7.5 Lakh per match for IPL 2026. So, if any player plays all group stage matches, that player will receive 1.05 Cr as compensation, which is over and above his auction price. However, it is important to be a part of the playing 11 to be able to receive the match fees.
#1: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Player Salary for IPL 2026
Top 10 Highest Paid Players for Chennai Super Kings – IPL 2026
- Ruturaj Gaikwad – 18 Cr
- Sanju Samson – 18 Cr
- Kartik Sharma – 14.20 Cr
- Prashant Veer – 14.20 Cr
- Shivam Dube – 12 Cr
- Noor Ahmad – 10 Cr
- Rahul Chahar – 5.20 Cr
- Khaleel Ahmed – 4.80 Cr
- MS Dhoni – 4 Cr
- Anshul Kamboj – 3.40 Cr
IPL 2026 CSK Other Players Salary List
Dewald Brevis (2.20 Cr), Gurjapneet Singh (2.20 Cr), Akeal Hosein (2.00 Cr), Matt Henry (2.00 Cr), Nathan Ellis (2.00 Cr), Jamie Overton (1.50 Cr), Matthew Short (1.50 Cr), Sarfaraz Khan (0.75 Cr), Zak Foulkes (0.75 Cr), Aman Khan (0.40 Cr), Ayush Mhatre (0.30 Cr), Mukesh Choudhary (0.30 Cr), Ramkrishna Ghosh (0.30 Cr), Shreyas Gopal (0.30 Cr), Urvil Patel (0.30 Cr)
#2: Delhi Capitals (DC) Player Salary for IPL 2026
Top 10 Highest Salary Players for Delhi Capitals – IPL 2026
- Axar Patel – 16.50 Cr
- KL Rahul – 14.00 Cr
- Kuldeep Yadav – 13.25 Cr
- Mitchell Starc – 11.75 Cr
- T Natarajan – 10.75 Cr
- Tristan Stubbs – 10.00 Cr
- Auqib Dar – 8.40 Cr
- Mukesh Kumar – 8.00 Cr
- Nitish Rana – 4.20 Cr
- Abhishek Porel – 4.00 Cr
IPL 2026 DC Other Players Salary List
Pathum Nissanka (4.00 Cr), Ashutosh Sharma (3.80 Cr), Ben Duckett (2.00 Cr), David Miller (2.00 Cr), Kyle Jamieson (2.00 Cr), Lungi Ngidi (2.00 Cr), Sameer Rizvi (0.95 Cr), Dushmantha Chameera (0.75 Cr), Prithvi Shaw (0.75 Cr), Karun Nair (0.50 Cr), Vipraj Nigam (0.50 Cr), Madhav Tiwari (0.40 Cr), Ajay Mandal (0.30 Cr), Sahil Parakh (0.30 Cr), Tripurana Vijay (0.30 Cr)
#3: Gujarat Titans (GT) Player Salary for IPL 2026
Top 10 Highest Salary Players for Gujarat Titans – IPL 2026
- Rashid Khan 18.00 Cr
- Shubman Gill – 16.50 Cr
- Jos Buttler – 15.75 Cr
- Mohammed Siraj – 12.25 Cr
- Kagiso Rabada – 10.75 Cr
- Prasidh Krishna – 9.50 Cr
- Sai Sudharsan – 8.50 Cr
- Jason Holder – 7.00 Cr
- Rahul Tewatia – 4.00 Cr
- Shahrukh Khan – 4.00 Cr
IPL 2026 GT Other Players Salary List
Washington Sundar (3.20 Cr), Glenn Phillips (2.00 Cr), R Sai Kishore (2.00 Cr), Tom Banton (2.00 Cr), Arshad Khan (1.30 Cr), Gurnoor Brar (1.30 Cr), Ashok Sharma (0.90 Cr), Ishant Sharma (0.75 Cr), Jayant Yadav (0.75 Cr), Luke Wood (0.75 Cr), Kumar Khushagra (0.65 Cr), Anuj Rawat (0.30 Cr), Manav Suthar (0.30 Cr), Nishant Sindhu (0.30 Cr), Prithviraj Yarra (0.30 Cr)
#4: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Player Salary for IPL 2026
Top 10 Highest Salary Players for Kolkata Knight Riders – IPL 2026
- Cameron Green – 25.20 Cr
- Matheesha Pathirana – 18.00 Cr
- Rinku Singh – 13.00 Cr
- Sunil Narine – 12.00 Cr
- Varun Chakravarthy – 12.00 Cr
- Mustafizur Rahman – 9.20 Cr
- Harshit Rana – 4.00 Cr
- Ramandeep Singh – 4.00 Cr
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi – 3.00 Cr
- Tejasvi Singh – 3.00 Cr
IPL 2026 KKR Other Players Salary List
Finn Allen (2.00 Cr), Rachin Ravindra (2.00 Cr), Vaibhav Arora (1.80 Cr), Ajinkya Rahane (1.50 Cr), Rovman Powell (1.50 Cr), Tim Seifert (1.50 Cr), Akash Deep (1.00 Cr), Manish Pandey (0.75 Cr), Rahul Tripathi (0.75 Cr), Umran Malik (0.75 Cr), Anukul Roy (0.40 Cr), Daksh Kamra (0.30 Cr), Kartik Tyagi (0.30 Cr), Prashant Solanki (0.30 Cr), Sarthak Ranjan (0.30 Cr)
#5: Lucknow Super Kings (LSG) Player Salary for IPL 2026
Top 10 Expensive Players for Lucknow Super Giants – IPL 2026
- Rishabh Pant – 27.00 Cr
- Nicholas Pooran – 21.00 Cr
- Mayank Yadav – 11.00 Cr
- Mohammed Shami – 10.00 Cr
- Avesh Khan – 9.75 Cr
- Josh Inglis – 8.60 Cr
- Abdul Samad – 4.20 Cr
- Ayush Badoni – 4.00 Cr
- Mohsin Khan – 4.00 Cr
- Mitchell Marsh – 3.40 Cr
IPL 2026 LSG Other Players Salary List
Mukul Choudhary (2.60 Cr), Shahbaz Ahmed (2.40 Cr), Akshat Raghuvanshi (2.20 Cr), Aiden Markram (2.00 Cr), Anrich Nortje (2.00 Cr), Wanindu Hasaranga (2.00 Cr), Naman Tiwari (1.00 Cr), M Siddharth (0.75 Cr), Matthew Breetzke (0.75 Cr), Akash Singh (0.30 Cr), Arjun Tendulkar (0.30 Cr), Arshin Kulkarni (0.30 Cr), Digvesh Rathi (0.30 Cr), Himmat Singh (0.30 Cr), Prince Yadav (0.30 Cr)
#6: Mumbai Indians (MI) Player Salary for IPL 2026
Top 10 Highest Paid Players for Mumbai Indians – IPL 2026
- Jasprit Bumrah – 18.00 Cr
- Hardik Pandya – 16.35 Cr
- Suryakumar Yadav – 16.35 Cr
- Rohit Sharma – 16.30 Cr
- Trent Boult – 12.50 Cr
- Deepak Chahar – 9.25 Cr
- Tilak Varma – 8.00 Cr
- Naman Dhir – 5.25 Cr
- Will Jacks – 5.25 Cr
- Allah Ghazanfar – 4.80 Cr
IPL 2026 MI Other Players Salary List
Sherfane Rutherford (2.60 Cr), Mitchell Santner (2.00 Cr), Shardul Thakur (2.00 Cr), Quinton de Kock (1.00 Cr), Ryan Rickelton (1.00 Cr), Corbin Bosch (0.75 Cr), Robin Minz (0.65 Cr), Ashwani Kumar (0.30 Cr), Atharva Ankolekar (0.30 Cr), Danish Melewar (0.30 Cr), Mayank Markande (0.30 Cr), Mayank Rawat (0.30 Cr), Mohammad Izhar (0.30 Cr), Raghu Sharma (0.30 Cr), Raj Bawa (0.30 Cr)
#7: Punjab Kings (PBKS) Player Salary for IPL 2026
Top 10 Highest Paid Players for Punjab Kings – IPL 2026
- Shreyas Iyer – 26.75 Cr
- Arshdeep Singh – 18.00 Cr
- Yuzvendra Chahal – 18.00 Cr
- Marcus Stoinis – 11.00 Cr
- Marco Jansen – 7.00 Cr
- Shashank Singh – 5.50 Cr
- Ben Dwarshuis – 4.40 Cr
- Nehal Wadhera – 4.20 Cr
- Prabhsimran Singh – 4.00 Cr
- Priyansh Arya – 3.80 Cr
IPL 2026 PBKS Other Players Salary List
Cooper Connolly (3.00 Cr), Michell Owen (3.00 Cr), Azmatullah Omarzai (2.40 Cr), Lockie Ferguson (2.00 Cr), Vyshak Vijaykumar (1.80 Cr), Yash Thakur (1.60 Cr), Harpreet Brar (1.50 Cr), Vishnu Vinod (0.95 Cr), Xavier Bartlett (0.80 Cr), Harnoor Pannu (0.30 Cr), Musheer Khan (0.30 Cr), Pravin Dubey (0.30 Cr), Pyla Avinash (0.30 Cr), Suryansh Shedge (0.30 Cr), Vishal Nishad (0.30 Cr)
#8: Rajasthan Royals (RR) Player Salary for IPL 2026
Top 10 Highest Paid Players for Rajasthan Royals – IPL 2026
- Yashasvi Jaiswal – 18.00 Cr
- Dhruv Jurel – 14.00 Cr
- Ravindra Jadeja – 14.00 Cr
- Riyan Parag – 14.00 Cr
- Jofra Archer – 12.50 Cr
- Shimron Hetmyer – 11.00 Cr
- Ravi Bishnoi – 7.20 Cr
- Tushar Deshpande – 6.50 Cr
- Sandeep Sharma – 4.00 Cr
- Nandre Burger – 3.50 Cr
IPL 2026 RR Other Players Salary List
Adam Milne (2.40 Cr), Sam Curran (2.40 Cr), Kwena Maphaka (1.50 Cr), Vaibhav Suryavanshi (1.10 Cr), Donovan Ferreira (1.00 Cr), Ravi Singh (0.95 Cr), Sushant Mishra (0.90 Cr), Shubham Dubey (0.80 Cr), Kuldeep Sen (0.75 Cr), Yudhvir Charak (0.35 Cr), Aman Rao (0.30 Cr), Brijesh Sharma (0.30 Cr), Lhuan de Pretorius (0.30 Cr), Vignesh Puthur (0.30 Cr), Yash Punja (0.30 Cr)
#9: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Player Salary for IPL 2026
Top 10 Highest Paid Players for Royal Challengers Bengaluru – IPL 2026
- Virat Kohli – 21.00 Cr
- Josh Hazlewood – 12.50 Cr
- Phil Salt – 11.50 Cr
- Jitesh Sharma – 11.00 Cr
- Rajat Patidar – 11.00 Cr
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 10.75 Cr
- Venkatesh Iyer – 7.00 Cr
- Rasikh Dar – 6.00 Cr
- Krunal Pandya – 5.75 Cr
- Mangesh Yadav – 5.20 Cr
IPL 2026 RCB Other Players Salary List
Yash Dayal (5.00 Cr), Tim David (3.00 Cr), Jacob Bethell (2.60 Cr), Suyash Sharma (2.60 Cr), Devdutt Padikkal (2.00 Cr), Jacob Duffy (2.00 Cr), Nuwan Thushara (1.60 Cr), Romario Shephard (1.50 Cr), Jordan Cox (0.75 Cr), Swapnil Singh (0.50 Cr), Abhinandan Singh (0.30 Cr), Kanishk Chouhan (0.30 Cr), Satvik Deswal (0.30 Cr), Vicky Ostwal (0.30 Cr), Vihaan Malhotra (0.30 Cr)
#10: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Player Salary for IPL 2026
Top 10 Highest Paid Players for Sunrisers Hyderabad – IPL 2026
- Heinrich Klaasen – 23.00 Cr
- Pat Cummins – 18.00 Cr
- Abhishek Sharma – 14.00 Cr
- Travis Head – 14.00 Cr
- Liam Livingstone – 13.00 Cr
- Ishan Kishan – 11.25 Cr
- Harshal Patel – 8.00 Cr
- Nitish Reddy – 6.00 Cr
- Jack Edwards – 3.00 Cr
- Salil Arora – 1.50 Cr
IPL 2026 SRH Other Top Players Salary List
Ehsan Malinga (1.20 Cr), Brydon Carse (1.00 Cr), Jaydev Unadkat (1.00 Cr), Kamindu Mendis (0.75 Cr), Shivam Mavi (0.75 Cr), Zeeshan Ansari (0.40 Cr), Amit Kumar (0.30 Cr), Aniket Verma (0.30 Cr), Harsh Dubey (0.30 Cr), Krains Fuletra (0.30 Cr), Onkar Tarmale (0.30 Cr), Praful Hinge (0.30 Cr), Sakib Hussain (0.30 Cr), Shivang Kumar (0.30 Cr), Smaran Ravichandran (0.30 Cr)
So, that’s about the official salary list for players of all 10 teams for IPL 2026. Thanks for reading! Seeing the salary list of all players, which player is underpaid for IPL 2025? Please email your thoughts to business@cricalytics.com
