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IPL auction

2016

Mini auction

Record buy

Shane Watson

Australia

AR

₹9.50 Cr

base ₹2.00 Cr · 4.8× base

Royal Challengers Bangalore

#2

Pawan Negi

India

BWL

₹8.50 Cr

base ₹0.30 Cr · 28.3× base

Delhi Daredevils

#3

Chris Morris

South Africa

BWL

₹7.00 Cr

base ₹0.50 Cr · 14× base

Delhi Daredevils
Bought
94

at this auction

Spent
₹139.7 Cr

auction bids only

Average
₹1.49 Cr

median ₹0.50 Cr

Overseas
30%

28 of 93 · ₹54 Cr

Where the money went

Spend at this auction by team, with what each retained and traded alongside (those are not bids).

Outside the auction:
All 94 players · ₹139.7 Cr
Auction purchases
Shane WatsonAustralia
Royal Challengers Bangalore₹9.50 Cr
Pawan NegiIndia
Delhi Daredevils₹8.50 Cr
Chris MorrisSouth Africa
Delhi Daredevils₹7.00 Cr
Yuvraj SinghIndia
Sunrisers Hyderabad₹7.00 Cr
Mohit SharmaIndia
Kings XI Punjab₹6.50 Cr
Ashish NehraIndia
Sunrisers Hyderabad₹5.50 Cr
Mitchell MarshAustralia
Rising Pune Supergiants₹4.80 Cr
Murugan AshwinIndia
Rising Pune Supergiants₹4.50 Cr
Carlos BrathwaiteBarbados
Delhi Daredevils₹4.20 Cr
Deepak HoodaIndia
Sunrisers Hyderabad₹4.20 Cr
Sanju SamsonIndia
Delhi Daredevils₹4.20 Cr
Karun NairIndia
Delhi Daredevils₹4.00 Cr
Paras DograIndia
Gujarat Lions₹4.00 Cr
Ishant SharmaIndia
Rising Pune Supergiants₹3.80 Cr
Jos ButtlerEngland
Mumbai Indians₹3.80 Cr
Praveen KumarIndia
Gujarat Lions₹3.50 Cr
Nathu SinghIndia
Mumbai Indians₹3.20 Cr
Kevin PietersenEngland
Rising Pune Supergiants₹3.00 Cr
Tim SoutheeNew Zealand
Mumbai Indians₹2.50 Cr
Dale SteynSouth Africa
Gujarat Lions₹2.30 Cr
Dhawal KulkarniIndia
Gujarat Lions₹2.30 Cr
Dinesh KarthikIndia
Gujarat Lions₹2.30 Cr
Dwayne SmithBarbados
Gujarat Lions₹2.30 Cr
Kyle AbbottSouth Africa
Kings XI Punjab₹2.10 Cr
Kane RichardsonAustralia
Royal Challengers Bangalore₹2.00 Cr
Krunal PandyaIndia
Mumbai Indians₹2.00 Cr
Stuart BinnyIndia
Royal Challengers Bangalore₹2.00 Cr
Rishabh PantIndia
Delhi Daredevils₹1.90 Cr
Jaydev UnadkatIndia
Kolkata Knight Riders₹1.60 Cr
Ankit RajpootIndia
Kolkata Knight Riders₹1.50 Cr
Kishore Kamathno player profile
Mumbai Indians₹1.40 Cr
Mustafizur RahmanBangladesh
Sunrisers Hyderabad₹1.40 Cr
John HastingsAustralia
Kolkata Knight Riders₹1.30 Cr
Aditya TareIndia
Sunrisers Hyderabad₹1.20 Cr
Brainder SranIndia
Sunrisers Hyderabad₹1.20 Cr
Aaron FinchAustralia
Gujarat Lions₹1.00 Cr
Eklavya DwivediIndia
Gujarat Lions₹1.00 Cr
Irfan PathanIndia
Rising Pune Supergiants₹1.00 Cr
Thisara PereraSri Lanka
Rising Pune Supergiants₹1.00 Cr
KC CariappaIndia
Kings XI Punjab₹0.80 Cr
Jason HolderBarbados
Kolkata Knight Riders₹0.70 Cr
Rajat BhatiaIndia
Rising Pune Supergiants₹0.60 Cr
Marcus StoinisAustralia
Kings XI Punjab₹0.55 Cr
Andrew TyeAustralia
Gujarat Lions₹0.50 Cr
Ashok DindaIndia
Rising Pune Supergiants₹0.50 Cr
Ben CuttingAustralia
Sunrisers Hyderabad₹0.50 Cr
Samuel BadreeTrinidad and Tobago
Royal Challengers Bangalore₹0.50 Cr
Scott BolandAustralia
Rising Pune Supergiants₹0.50 Cr
Travis HeadAustralia
Royal Challengers Bangalore₹0.50 Cr
Ishan KishanIndia
Gujarat Lions₹0.35 Cr
Praveen DubeyIndia
Royal Challengers Bangalore₹0.35 Cr
Vijay ShankarIndia
Sunrisers Hyderabad₹0.35 Cr
Abhimanyu MithunIndia
Sunrisers Hyderabad₹0.30 Cr
Adam ZampaAustralia
Rising Pune Supergiants₹0.30 Cr
Colin MunroNew Zealand
Kolkata Knight Riders₹0.30 Cr
Farhaan BehardienSouth Africa
Kings XI Punjab₹0.30 Cr
Joel ParisAustralia
Delhi Daredevils₹0.30 Cr
Peter HandscombAustralia
Rising Pune Supergiants₹0.30 Cr
R. P. SinghIndia
Rising Pune Supergiants₹0.30 Cr
Sam BillingsEngland
Delhi Daredevils₹0.30 Cr
Ishwar PandeyIndia
Rising Pune Supergiants₹0.20 Cr
Jaydev ShahIndia
Gujarat Lions₹0.20 Cr
Pradeep SangwanIndia
Gujarat Lions₹0.20 Cr
Pravin TambeIndia
Gujarat Lions₹0.20 Cr
Rajagopal SathishIndia
Kolkata Knight Riders₹0.20 Cr
Shadab JakatiIndia
Gujarat Lions₹0.20 Cr
Vikramjeet MalikIndia
Royal Challengers Bangalore₹0.20 Cr
Akhil HerwadkarIndia
Delhi Daredevils₹0.10 Cr
Akshay KarnewarIndia
Royal Challengers Bangalore₹0.10 Cr
Akshdeep NathIndia
Gujarat Lions₹0.10 Cr
Amit MishraIndia
Gujarat Lions₹0.10 Cr
Ankit SharmaIndia
Rising Pune Supergiants₹0.10 Cr
Ankush BainsIndia
Rising Pune Supergiants₹0.10 Cr
Armaan JafferIndia
Kings XI Punjab₹0.10 Cr
Baba AparajithIndia
Rising Pune Supergiants₹0.10 Cr
Chama MilindIndia
Delhi Daredevils₹0.10 Cr
Deepak ChaharIndia
Rising Pune Supergiants₹0.10 Cr
Deepak PuniaIndia
Mumbai Indians₹0.10 Cr
Iqbal AbdullaIndia
Royal Challengers Bangalore₹0.10 Cr
Jaskaran SinghIndia
Rising Pune Supergiants₹0.10 Cr
Jitesh SharmaIndia
Mumbai Indians₹0.10 Cr
Khaleel AhmedIndia
Delhi Daredevils₹0.10 Cr
Mahipal LomrorIndia
Delhi Daredevils₹0.10 Cr
Manan SharmaIndia
Kolkata Knight Riders₹0.10 Cr
Pardeep SahuIndia
Kings XI Punjab₹0.10 Cr
Pawan SuyalIndia
Delhi Daredevils₹0.10 Cr
Pratyush SinghIndia
Delhi Daredevils₹0.10 Cr
Sachin BabyIndia
Royal Challengers Bangalore₹0.10 Cr
Sarabjit LaddaIndia
Gujarat Lions₹0.10 Cr
Shivil KaushikIndia
Gujarat Lions₹0.10 Cr
Swapnil SinghIndia
Kings XI Punjab₹0.10 Cr
Tirumalasetti SumanIndia
Sunrisers Hyderabad₹0.10 Cr
Umang SharmaIndia
Gujarat Lions₹0.10 Cr
Vikas TokasIndia
Royal Challengers Bangalore₹0.10 Cr

Sources

How to read these numbers
  • Only players who sold appear; nothing is known about players who went unsold.
  • Prices are nominal and not adjusted for inflation, so a 2011 price and a 2025 price are not the same money.
  • A retention or trade is a salary agreed outside the auction, not a bid, and is never added into auction spend.
  • 1 sales have no profile link because the name could not be matched to a player record.
  • Retentions, trades and releases last refreshed 9 Oct 2026. The data is as current as that refresh, not live.