The 2025 Indian IPL cricket salary ranking has been released. Rishabh Pant, with an annual salary of Rs 27 crore, is the most expensive player this year. There is also a list of IPL head coach salaries and Indian women’s cricket player salaries. Come and see who earns the most.
Indian Cricket salaries Players Scale 2025
| Ranking | Player name | Annual salary | Belonging to the team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rishabh Pant | Rs 27 crore | LSG |
| 2 | Shreyas Iyer | Rs 26.75 crore | Punjab Kings |
| 3 | Venkatesh Iyer | Rs 23.75 crore | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| 4 | Heinrich Klaasen | Rs 23 crore | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 5 | Nicholas Pooran | Rs 21 crore | LSG |
| 6 | Virat Kohli | Rs 21crore | RCB |
| 7 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | Rs 18 crore | CSK |
| 8 | Ravindra Jadeja | Rs 18 crore | CSK |
| 9 | Yuzvendra Chahal | Rs 18 crore | Punjab Kings |
| 10 | Arshdeep Singh | Rs 18 crore | Punjab Kings |
| 11 | Rashid Khan | Rs 18 crore | Gujarat Titans |
| 12 | Jasprit Bumrah | Rs 18 crore | Mumbai Indians |
| 13 | Pat Cummins | Rs 18 crore | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 14 | Sanju Samson | Rs 18 crore | Rajasthan Royals |
| 15 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | Rs 18 crore | Rajasthan Royals |
| 16 | Axar Patel | Rs 16.5 crore | Delhi Capitals |
| 17 | Shubman Gill | Rs 16.5 crore | Gujarat Titans |
| 18 | Suryakumar Yadav | Rs 16.35 crore | Mumbai Indians |
| 19 | Hardik Pandya | Rs 16.35 crore | Mumbai Indians |
| 20 | Rohit Sharma | Rs 16.3 crore | Mumbai Indians |
| 21 | Jos Buttler | Rs 15.75 crore | Gujarat Titans |
| 22 | KL Rahul | Rs 14 crore | Delhi Capitals |
| 23 | Abhishek Sharm | Rs 14 crore | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 24 | Travis Head | Rs 14 crore | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 25 | Riyan Parag | Rs 14 crore | Rajasthan Royals |
| 26 | Dhruv Jurel | Rs 14 crore | Rajasthan Royals |
| 27 | Kuldeep Yadav | Rs 13.25 crore | Delhi Capitals |
| 28 | Matheesha Pathirana | Rs 13 crore | CSK |
| 29 | Rinku Singh | Rs 13 crore | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| 30 | Trent Boult | Rs 12.5 crore | Mumbai Indians |
Who is IPL highest paid? Rishabh Pant bagged the highest-paid player in IPL 2025 at ₹270 Million; Shreyas Iyer followed at second; Venkatesh Iyer ranked third; Heinrich Klaasen ranked fourth; Nicholas Pooran ranked fifth along with Virat Kohli.
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What is the salary per match in IPL?
The 2024 IPL game salary is calculated based on one season, and the number of games played by the players is not calculated.
In 2025, IPL players will receive a “match appearance fee” in addition to their contract salary. It is currently known that each appearance fee is 9 million rupees, and this fee will be equally divided among the 12 players participating in the match.
How much are Ranji players’ salaries in 2025?
Starting from the 2024-25 season, match fees for Mumbai Ranji players will be doubled; players who participate in the entire Ranji Trophy season are likely to earn around ₹750,000.
Players who have played more than 40 games will be charged INR 60,000 per day for regular matches and INR 30,000 per day for reserve teams.
Players who play 20-40 games will be charged INR 50,000 per day for regular matches and INR 25,000 per day for reserve teams.
Players who have played less than 20 games will be charged INR 40,000 per day for regular matches and INR 20,000 per day for reserve teams.
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Indian Women Cricketer Salary 2025
- Test matches cost Rs 15 lakh each and each player gets Rs 1.25 lakh.
- ODIs cost Rs 6 lakh each and each player gets Rs 50,000.
- T20Is are priced at Rs 3 lakh each and each player gets Rs 25,000.
The salary of Indian women’s cricket players in 2025 is the contract signing fee plus the appearance fee of the game, and different salaries are provided in the three formats regulated by BSI.
Based on 10-14 games per season, an Indian cricketer with an A-level contract can get a salary of about 7 million rupees a year.
Harmanpreet Kaur, who has the highest net worth among female cricketers, is only worth 270 million rupees (including contracts, endorsements, and other assets), which is only equal to the income of a male player in one season.
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