From Virat Koi to Cameron Green, the article explains the official annual salary that all 10 team players will receive for IPL 2026.
One of the hottest and hottest talking points in any Indian Premier League tournament is the annual compensation that each player gets in the IPL. Every year, or rather, at every auction, players are bought for record salaries. While Rishabh Pant broke the record as the highest-paid player with 27 Cr during the IPL 2025, Cameron Green has become the highest-ever overseas player with 25.2 Cr during the IPL 2026 Mini Auction.
If we talk about the highest paid player for any team, we have Ruturaj Gaikwad and Sanju Samson from CSK for 18 Cr, Axar Patel from DC for 16.5 Cr, Rashid Khan from GT for 18 Cr, Cameron Green from KKR for 25.2 Cr (only 18 Cr to be received), Rishabh Pant from LSG for 27 Cr, Jasprit Bumrah from MI for 18 Cr Cr. Besides, Shreyas Iyer of PBKS for 26.75 Cr, Yashasvi Jaiswal of RR for 18 Cr, Virat Kohli of RCB for 21 Cr and Heinrich Klaasen of SRH for 23 Cr.
Each team will receive a purse of 125 Cr, with which they can 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 roster 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.
Now, looking at each player’s annual compensation, it’s important to know which players receive the salaries in the highest bracket, and how teams look up to their players while spending money on them. Therefore, in this article, we will first look at the top 10 highest paid players for each team for IPL 2026, and then look at the salaries of all other players for each team.
It is also important to note that in addition to the annual compensation these players receive, each player also receives match compensation, which is paid in addition to the pro-rated annual salary. The match fee has been set at INR 7.5 Lakh per match for IPL 2026. So if a player plays all the matches in the group stage, that player will receive 1.05 Cr as compensation, which is higher than his auction price. However, it is important to be part of the playing 11 in order 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
- Travel Giikwad – 18 Kr
- Sanju Samson – 18 Kr
- Kartik Sharma – 14.20 Cr
- Prashant Veer – 14.20 Cr
- Shivam Dubey – 12 Cr
- Noor Ahmed – 10 Kr
- Rahul Chahar – 5.20 Cr
- Khaleel Ahmed – 4.80 Cr
- MS Dhoni – 4 Cr
- Anshul Kamboj – 3.40 Cr
IPL 2026 CSK Salary List of Other Players
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: Capitals of Delhi (DC) Player Salary for IPL 2026
Top 10 Highest Salary Players for Delhi Capitals – IPL 2026
- Axar Patel – 16.50 Cr
- KL Rahul – 2 p.m
- Kuldeep Yadav – 13.25 Cr
- Mitchell Starc – 11.75 Cr
- T Natarajan – 10.75 Cr
- Tristan Stubbs – 10.00 Cr
- Blood Dar – 8.40 Cr
- Mukesh Kumar – 8.00 Cr
- Nitish Rana – 4.20 Cr
- Abishek Porel – 4.00 Cr
IPL 2026 DC Salary List of Other Players
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). 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 Players with Highest Salary for Gujarat Titans – IPL 2026
- Rashid Khan 6 p.m
- Shubman Gill – 16.50 Cr
- As Butler – 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 Salary List of Other Players
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). 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 Knights (KKR) Player Salary for IPL 2026
Top 10 Players with Highest Salary for Kolkata Knight Riders – IPL 2026
- Cameron Green – 25.20 Cr
- Matheesha Pathirana – 6 p.m
- Rinku Singh – 1 p.m
- Sunil Narine – 12:00 noon
- Varun Chakraborty – 12:00 noon
- Mustafizur Rahman – 9.20 Cr
- Harshit Rana – 4.00 Cr
- Ramandep Singh – 4.00 Cr
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi – 3.00 Cr
- Tejasvi Singh – 3.00 Cr
IPL 2026 KKR Salary List of Other Players
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 pants – 27:00
- Nicholas Pooran – 9 p.m
- Mayank Yadav – 11am
- 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 – 6 p.m
- 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
- Plant man – 5.25 Cr
- Will Jacks – 5.25 Cr
- Allah Ghazanfar – 4.80 Cr
IPL 2026 MI Salary List of Other Players
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). 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 – 6 p.m
- Yuzvendra Chahal – 6 p.m
- Marcus Stoinis – 11am
- 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 Salary List of Other Players
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 – 6 p.m
- Dhruv Jurel – 2 p.m
- Ravindra Jadeja – 2 p.m
- Riyan Parag – 2 p.m
- Jofra Sagittarius – 12.50 Cr
- Shimron Hetmyer – 11am
- Ravi Bishnoi – 7.20 Cr
- Tushar Deshpande – 6.50 Cr
- Sandeep Sharma – 4.00 Cr
- Nandre Burger – 3.50 Cr
IPL 2026 RR Salary List of Other Players
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 – 9 p.m
- Josh Hazlewood – 12.50 Cr
- Phil Salt – 11.50 Cr
- Jitesh Sharma – 11am
- Rajat Patidar – 11am
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 10.75 Cr
- Venkatesh Iyer – 7.00 Cr
- Rasik 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 Thosehara (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
- Hendrik Klaasen – 11 p.m
- Pat Cummins – 6 p.m
- Abhishek Sharma – 2 p.m
- Travis Head – 2 p.m
- Liam Livingstone – 1 p.m
- 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 Salary List of Other Top Players
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). Cr), Krains Fuletra (0.30 Cr), Onkar Tarmale (0.30 Cr). Cr), Praful Hinge (0.30 Cr), Sakib Hussain (0.30 Cr), Shivag Kumar (0.30 Cr), Smaran Ravichandran (0.30 Cr)
So that’s roughly the official salary list for players from all 10 teams for IPL 2026. Thanks for reading! Seeing the salary list of all players, which player is underpaid for IPL 2025? Send your opinion by email to business@cricalytics.com
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