IPL 2025 Top 5 Most Expensive Players in Each Team
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IPL 2025 Top 5 Most Expensive Players in Each Team

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Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad, the standouts in our top 5 most expensive players list for all 10 teams for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. 

It’s been 18 years since the prestigious Indian Premier League was launched, and be it 2008 or 2024, the craze of the tournament has never reduced. Be it fans or the players, everyone has always given importance to the tournament, and has wanted to be associated with it. One of the important aspects of IPL has been the amount of money that is pumped into the tournament. Right from 2008 when MS Dhoni was sold for a whopping million dollars, even today, we have seen teams spending huge amounts of money to acquire their desired players.

This year we saw Heinrich Klaasen and Virat Kohli getting retained as the most expensive players for 23 Cr and 21 Cr respectively. Whereas in the Auction, we saw Rishabh Pant getting a whopping 27 Cr, Shreyas Iyer getting 26.75 Cr, and Venkatesh Iyer getting 23.75 Cr. Teams broke their banks to hire players at salaries never heard of. Needless to say, it has been a record-breaking season for the players and teams.

Given a big purse of 120 Cr, a team usually spends good money on 4-5 players, and then focuses in building a core around those players by getting value for money buys. If we had to look at the top players where most teams spent a huge amount, looking at those 5 players will give as an ideal picture of how teams spent their money. So, let’s look at the top 5 most expensive players for each team for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.

#1: IPL 2025 Openers List for Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

  1. Ravindra Jadeja – 18 Cr
  2. Ruturaj Gaikwad – 18 Cr
  3. Matheesha Pathirana – 13 Cr
  4. Shivam Dube – 12 Cr
  5. Noor Ahmad – 10 Cr

Amount Spent by CSK on Top 5 Players: 71 Cr

#2: IPL 2025 Openers List for Delhi Capitals

  1. Axar Patel – 16.5 Cr
  2. KL Rahul – 14 Cr
  3. Kuldeep Yadav – 13.25 Cr
  4. Mitchell Starc – 11.75 Cr
  5. T. Natarajan – 10.75 Cr

Amount Spent by Delhi Capitals on Top 5 Players: 66.25 Cr

#3: IPL 2025 Opener List for Gujarat Titans (GT)

  1. Rashid Khan – 18 Cr
  2. Shubman Gill – 16.5 Cr
  3. Jos Buttler – 15.75 Cr
  4. Mohammed Siraj – 12.25 Cr
  5. Kagiso Rabada – 10.75 Cr

Amount Spent by Gujarat Titans on Top 5 Players: 73.25 Cr

#4: IPL 2025 Openers List for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

  1. Venkatesh Iyer – 23.75 Cr
  2. Rinku Singh – 13 Cr
  3. Andre Russell – 12 Cr
  4. Sunil Narine – 12 Cr
  5. Varun Chakravarthy – 12 Cr

Amount Spent by KKR on Top 5 Players: 72.75 Cr

#5: IPL 2025 Opener List for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)

  1. Rishabh Pant – 27 Cr
  2. Nicholas Pooran – 21 Cr
  3. Ravi Bishnoi – 11 Cr
  4. Mayank Yadav – 11 Cr
  5. Avesh Khan – 9.75 Cr

Amount Spent by LSG on Top 5 Players: 79.75 Cr

#6: IPL 2025 Openers List for Mumbai Indians (MI)

  1. Jasprit Bumrah – 18 Cr
  2. Hardik Pandya – 16.35 Cr
  3. Suryakumar Yadav – 16.35 Cr
  4. Rohit Sharma – 16.3 Cr
  5. Trent Boult – 12.5 Cr

Amount Spent by MI on Top 5 Players: 79.5 Cr

#7: IPL 2025 Opener List for Punjab Kings (PBKS)

  1. Shreyas Iyer – 26.75 Cr
  2. Arshdeep Singh – 18 Cr
  3. Yuzvendra Chahal – 18 Cr
  4. Marcus Stoinis – 11 Cr
  5. Marco Jansen – 7 Cr

Amount Spent by PBKS on Top 5 Players: 80.75 Cr

#8: IPL 2025 Openers List for Rajasthan Royals (RR)

  1. Sanju Samson – 18 Cr
  2. Yashasvi Jaiswal – 18 Cr
  3. Riyan Parag – 14 Cr
  4. Dhruv Jurel – 14 Cr
  5. Jofra Archer – 12.5 Cr

Amount Spent by RR on Top 5 Players: 76.5 Cr

#9: IPL 2025 Openers List for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

  1. Virat Kohli – 21 Cr
  2. Josh Hazlewood – 12.5 Cr
  3. Phil Salt – 11.5 Cr
  4. Rajat Patidar – 11 Cr
  5. Jitesh Sharma – 11 Cr

Amount Spent by RCB on Top 5 Players: 67 Cr

#10: IPL 2025 Openers List for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

  1. Heinrich Klaasen – 23 Cr
  2. Pat Cummins – 18 Cr
  3. Travis Head – 14 Cr
  4. Abhishek Sharma – 14 Cr
  5. Ishan Kishan – 11.25 Cr

Amount Spent by SRH on Top 5 Players: 80.25 Cr

So, that’s about the complete list of the top 5 most expensive players for each team in IPL 2025. Overall, as you can see, Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad have spent the most on the top 5 players at 80.75 Cr and 80.25 Cr respectively. Whereas Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru have spent the least at 66.25 Cr and 67 Cr respectively. 

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