The 5 biggest steals of IPL 2026
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi costs RR ₹1.1 cr; an auction would pay ₹28.3 cr. Steal or overpaid is a player's IPL value, what a mega auction would pay for him today, minus what his team pays him on his IPL 2026 contract.
- 1 Vaibhav SooryavanshiRRRajasthan Royals Paid ₹1.1 crIPL value ₹28.3 cr +₹27.2 cr
- 2 Prince YadavLSGLucknow Super Giants Paid ₹30 LIPL value ₹16.2 cr +₹15.9 cr
- 3 Ishan KishanSRHSunrisers Hyderabad Paid ₹11.25 crIPL value ₹25.1 cr +₹13.9 cr
- 4 Ryan RickeltonMIMumbai Indians Paid ₹1 crIPL value ₹14.1 cr +₹13.1 cr
- 5 Washington SundarGTGujarat Titans Paid ₹3.2 crIPL value ₹15.9 cr +₹12.7 cr
Values as of 25 Oct 2026. A player's contract is the price his team bought or kept him at for IPL 2026, before this winter's trades. Only players IPL teams can buy are counted.
More insights
The 5 most overpaid players of IPL 2026KKR pay Cameron Green ₹25.2 cr; an auction would pay ₹5.1 cr.Every IPL team's biggest steal and most overpaid playerAll ten IPL 2026 squads: the contract that gives each side the most, and the one that costs it most.Pant for Kuldeep: LSG win the tradeWith the trade, DC win 0.7 fewer matches a season; LSG win 0.8 more matches a season. LSG free ₹13.5 cr for the auction.Natarajan for Zeeshan Ansari: SRH win the tradeWith the trade, SRH win 0.1 more matches a season; DC win 0.3 fewer matches a season. DC free ₹10.3 cr for the auction.