Highest Salaries through IPL: Since its inception in 2008, IPL has helped many cricketers earn a lot of money. Here are 5 such players who have earned the most (in aggregate) over the years from this league!
#5 – AB de Villiers (DD, RCB)
Recently retired from IPL, ABD was a part of the league right from its very first season. He played for the Delhi Daredevils in the first 3 seasons, and then was picked up by RCB in 2011.
He has, in 14 seasons of IPL, earned INR 102.5 crores in total!
#4 – Suresh Raina (CSK, GL)
Chennai’s “Chinna Thala” Raina is next on this list. He played continuously from the 2008 season till the 2015 one for CSK. The Yellow Army was then banned for two seasons, during which time Raina captained Gujarat Lions.
He then returned into the CSK fold, but missed the 2020 season due to personal reasons. He came back again in 2021 and won his 4th IPL title with them.
In all these years, he has earned a whopping INR 110.7 crores for himself!
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#3 – Virat Kohli (RCB)
The young and brash Delhi boy was picked up by RCB back in 2008. He has now turned into the most important cricketer in not only Indian but world cricket. He has played for only franchise so far in his IPL career.
He has raked in a total of INR 143.2 crores in his 13-year IPL career so far!
#2 – Rohit Sharma (DC, MI)
The current MI skipper used to be a part of Deccan Chargers at one point of his IPL career. In fact, that was the team with which he started his IPL journey and also won an IPL title with them in 2009!
Rohit joined MI in 2011, and has won five IPL titles with them! Along the way, he has earned a total of INR 146.6 crores from this league.
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#1 – MS Dhoni (CSK, RPSG)
The original Thala of IPL rounds up our list. Dhoni has been CSK captain since the very first season in 2008. In the two years when CSK weren’t playing, he was a part of the Rising Pune Supergiant.
All in all, in his 13-year IPL career, he has accumulated an astronomical amount of INR 152.8 crores in his wealth!
So these are the top 5 players with the most total earnings from IPL!
