Every IPL team's biggest steal and most overpaid player
All ten IPL 2026 squads: the contract that gives each side the most, and the one that costs it most. 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.
| Team | Biggest steal | Most overpaid |
|---|---|---|
| CSK | Dewald Brevis +₹12.6 crPaid ₹2.2 cr, worth ₹14.8 cr | Kartik Sharma −₹9.7 crPaid ₹14.2 cr, worth ₹4.5 cr |
| DC | Lungi Ngidi +₹8.9 crPaid ₹2 cr, worth ₹10.9 cr | Mitchell Starc −₹11.0 crPaid ₹11.75 cr, worth ₹75 L |
| GT | Washington Sundar +₹12.7 crPaid ₹3.2 cr, worth ₹15.9 cr | Jos Buttler −₹7.6 crPaid ₹15.75 cr, worth ₹8.2 cr |
| KKR | Finn Allen +₹10.1 crPaid ₹2 cr, worth ₹12.1 cr | Cameron Green −₹20.1 crPaid ₹25.2 cr, worth ₹5.1 cr |
| LSG | Prince Yadav +₹15.9 crPaid ₹30 L, worth ₹16.2 cr | Rishabh Pant −₹14.0 crPaid ₹27 cr, worth ₹13.0 cr |
| MI | Ryan Rickelton +₹13.1 crPaid ₹1 cr, worth ₹14.1 cr | Hardik Pandya −₹12.8 crPaid ₹16.35 cr, worth ₹3.6 cr |
| PBKS | Azmatullah Omarzai +₹6.9 crPaid ₹2.4 cr, worth ₹9.3 cr | Yuzvendra Chahal −₹12.4 crPaid ₹18 cr, worth ₹5.6 cr |
| RCB | Tim David +₹12.4 crPaid ₹3 cr, worth ₹15.4 cr | Virat Kohli −₹7.3 crPaid ₹21 cr, worth ₹13.7 cr |
| RR | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi +₹27.2 crPaid ₹1.1 cr, worth ₹28.3 cr | Dhruv Jurel −₹8.7 crPaid ₹14 cr, worth ₹5.3 cr |
| SRH | Ishan Kishan +₹13.9 crPaid ₹11.25 cr, worth ₹25.1 cr | Heinrich Klaasen −₹14.3 crPaid ₹23 cr, worth ₹8.7 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 biggest steals of IPL 2026Vaibhav Sooryavanshi costs RR ₹1.1 cr; an auction would pay ₹28.3 cr.The 5 most overpaid players of IPL 2026KKR pay Cameron Green ₹25.2 cr; an auction would pay ₹5.1 cr.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.