IPL History: Most expensive player in each IPL season (2008 to 2022)

(2008) MS Dhoni (CSK) - 9.5 crore

(2009) Kevin Pietersen (RCB) and Andrew Flintoff (CSK) - 9.8 crore

(2010) Shane Bond (KKR) and Kieron Pollard (MI) - 4.8 crore

(2011) Gautam Gambhir (KKR) - 14.9 crore

(2012) Ravindra Jadeja (CSK) - 12.8 crore

(2013) Glenn Maxwell (MI) - 6.3 crore

(2014) Yuvraj Singh (RCB) - 14 crore

(2015) Yuvraj Singh (DD) - 16 crore

(2016) Shane Watson (RCB) - 9.5 crore

(2017) Ben Stokes (RPS) - 14.5 crore

(2018) Ben Stokes (RR) - 12.5 crore

(2019) Jaydev Unadkat (RR) and Varun Chakravarthy (KXIP) - 8.4 crore

(2020) Pat Cummins (KKR) - 15.5 crore

(2021) Chris Morris (RR) - 16.25 crore

(2022) Ishan Kishan (MI) - 15.25 crore