Indian Premier League is one of the most successful and profitable sports leagues around the world. The 17th edition of the Indian Premier League is going to start from 22nd March 2024 with the first match between Chennai Super Kings and Royal challengers Bangalore. In this league a total of 10 teams play to get the IPL cup. Famous cricket players from more than 13 cricket playing nations come here to play in these 10 teams. Every year before the commencement of the matches the IPL auction takes place. In this auction the team management and owners bid on the players from India and foreign nations to acquire them. The more famous and good the player is , the higher bid he gets. Sometimes , this can lead to a bidding war between teams so that they can have that player. This leads to players being sold at some unfathomable amount. Today in this article we’ll discuss one of the most expensive and highest paid players in the history of the IPL tournament.
The most expensive player in IPL 2024
The most expensive player sold in the IPL 2024 was Mitchell Starc from Australia. He was sold for a whopping 24.5 Crore to Kolkata Knight Riders. This amount also made him one of the most expensive players in the history of IPL till yet. Closely following himself was the World Cup winning captain Pat Cummins who was sold for a staggering 20.5 Crores to the Sunrisers Hyderabad. No other player in the history of IPL came close to this amount. Chennai Super Kings bought Daryll Mitchell for 14 Crore , making him third most expensive player of the IPL 2024. Apart from this Royal Challengers Bangalore also bought Alzarri Joseph for a whopping 11.5 crores.
Most Expensive Player in All-Time in IPL History
Below is the list of most expensive players of All time in the IPL History. You can check that Mitchell Starc proudly sits at the top of the table. There are only two Indian players who are in this list Yuvraj Singh and Ishan Kishan.
| Player | Team | Auction Price | Year |
| Mitchell Starc | Kolkata Knight Riders | Rs 24.75 Crore | 2024 |
| Pat Cummins | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Rs 20.50 Crore | 2024 |
| Sam Curran | Punjab Kings | Rs 18.50 Crore | 2023 |
| Cameron Green | Mumbai Indians | Rs 17.50 Crore | 2023 |
| Ben Stokes | Chennai Super Kings | Rs 16.25 Crore | 2023 |
| Chris Morris | Rajasthan Royals | Rs 16.25 Crore | 2021 |
| Yuvraj Singh | Delhi Daredevils | Rs 16 Crore | 2015 |
| Nicholas Pooran | Lucknow Super Giants | Rs 16 Crore | 2023 |
| Pat Cummins | Kolkata Knight Riders | Rs 15.50 Crore | 2020 |
| Ishan Kishan | Mumbai Indians | Rs 15.25 Crore | 2022 |
Year Wise Most Expensive Players in IPL
Below we have provided the list of most expensive players in IPL from 2008 to 2024. You can see who are the most expensive players every year.
| Year | Players & Teams | Price (In INR) |
| 2008 | MS Dhoni (CSK) | 9.5 crore |
| 2009 | Kevin Pietersen (RCB), Andrew Flintoff (CSK) | 9.8 crore |
| 2010 | Shane Bond (KKR), Kieron Pollard (MI) | 4.8 crore |
| 2011 | Gautam Gambhir (KKR) | 14.9 crore |
| 2012 | Ravindra Jadeja (CSK) | 12.8 crore |
| 2013 | Glenn Maxwell (MI) | 6.3 crore |
| 2014 | Yuvraj Singh (RCB) | 14 crore |
| 2015 | Yuvraj Singh (DD) | 16 crore |
| 2016 | Shane Watson (RCB) | 9.5 crore |
| 2017 | Ben Stokes (RPS) | 14.5 crore |
| 2018 | Ben Stokes (RR) | 12.5 crore |
| 2019 | Jaydev Unadkat (RR), Varun Chakravarthy (KXIP) | 8.4 crore |
| 2020 | Pat Cummins (KKR) | 15.5 crore |
| 2021 | Chris Morris (RR) | 16.25 crore |
| 2022 | Ishan Kishan (MI) | 15.25 crore |
| 2023 | Sam Curran (PBKS) | 18.5 crore |
| 2024 | Mitchell Starc (KKR) | 24.75 crore |
So this was the list of the most expensive players in the history of IPL. Being one of the most profitable sports leagues, IPL hosts luxurious auctions where unthinkable bidding war happens resulting in players being sold at ridiculous amounts. Soon the TATA IPL 2024 will start and we’ll see that do these players really justify the price they were sold at.
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