Top 5 richest Indian cricketers

Cricket is not just about the bat and ball in the field, it gives a player name and fame with it. All the cricketers get their match fees and the yearly contract money alongside brand endorsements and other promotional events. Other than these sources of money some of the talented minds use their investments and try new business ideas and other source of money growing their net worth.

All over the world there are many players that comes under these specifications but today we are going to know about some Indian cricketers with huge net-worth differentiating them from others.

Today we are going to talk about top 10 richest Indian cricketers of all time including their all sources of money.

List of top 5 richest cricketers

*Note - These no. is just an estimated value of the above-named people’s net worth from different sources.

For more details on these cricketers and their income sources from cricket as well as business ventures, SportsTiger provides a detailed report highlighting how these stars earned their wealth

Ajay Jadeja

Ajay Jadeja is a former Indian cricket player, who played for India in international cricket from 1992 – 2000. After retiring from the cricket career, his career gone halt because of accusing of match fixing in a CBI enquiry. But he tried in different types of other professions including acting and coaching.

In 2025 he surpassed Sachin Tendulkar and became the Indian cricketer with highest net worth.

His source of income includes cricketing career, commentary work, real estate investments and most important is that he gained the throne of Jamnagar, giving significant value to his net worth making with an estimate of Rs 1,450 crore.

Sachin Tendulkar

No big thing for the god of cricket to be 2nd on this list making his appearance with an estimate of Rs 1,400 crore.

Sachin Tendulkar made his debut for India in 1989 and played his last match for India in 2013 made 100 international hundreds.

His sources of income are his cricket career, he invested in different business ventures. His earnings also include brand promotions and public event appearances.

Virat Kohli

Not just to be said Virat is the true successor of Sachin Tendulkar not only in cricket but also in this list. Virat started his international career for Indian team in 2008 and serving for the nation in ODIs while being retired from Tests and T20Is after winning the T20 WC 2024.

He earns his main part of income from cricket participation in international games and domestic leagues. Also, he earns from brand endorsements and his business like one8 commune restaurant in different places and also, he owns teams in water sports. His estimated net worth is said to be Rs 1,050 crore.

MS Dhoni

One of the greatest captains and also known as the captain cool in cricket world. He became the captain of Indian cricket team and won three ICC trophies for India as a captain.

Very wide part of his net worth includes his cricketing career and brand endorsements like Indigo, Asian shoes, Go Daddy, Dream 11, Oreo and others. He also owns a sportswear brand called as SEVEN, all these make his estimated net worth approx. Rs 1000 crore. Dhoni remains one of the richest cricketers in the world, thanks to his successful career both on and off the field.

Saurav Ganguly

Named as Dada in Indian cricket, from his iconic shirt off from Lord’s gallery to making a great future team lineup for India. He captained India for a specific time-period also being chairman of BCCI.

His net worth estimates around Rs 700 crore. This worth includes income and earnings from cricket career including playing, commentary, brand endorsements and other investments.