Top 10 Richest Cricketers In 2023: Cricketers are amongst the highest-earning athletes in the world. While those coming from the Big Three – India, England, and Australia – and contracted with their respective boards – BCCI, ECB, and CA – earn multi folds than those from other boards, the other players do get chances to make a name for themselves in the T20 circuit and make a handsome living featuring in franchise leagues around the world.
The IPL, of course, is the cash cow for many of the best T20 players in the world. What also brings successful cricketers great financial gains is the lucrative brand endorsement deals that come by having a big fan-following around the globe. Even some of the retired players make more money than the active ones by only their brand endorsements.
Here are the Top 10 richest cricketers and their net worth in 2023:
Sachin Tendulkar – INR 1250 crore
Hailed as the ‘God Of Cricket,’ Sachin Tendulkar is still the rich cricket player on the planet even a decade after his retirement. Tendulkar has a reported net worth of INR 1250 crore, making him the richest player the world.
His charges of brand endorsement and advertisements have only increased after his retirement from high-level cricket.
Virat Kohli – INR 950 crore
Arguably the best all-format batsman, India and RCB star Virat Kohli is the second rich cricket player in the world with a net worth of INR 950 crore. Kohli is the 3rd-highest earning player from the IPL and is in the Grade A+ of BCCI contracts.
Kohli does a spate of advertisements and regularly promoted various brands and has amongst the highest advertising fee – Kohli is reported to charge INR 7 crore per Instagram post – in India.
MS Dhoni – INR 860 crore
Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the third-rich player of all-time, as rated in 2023 with a net worth of INR 860 crore. The CSK skipper is the second-highest earning player from the IPL of all time.
Dhoni, who retired from international cricket in 2020, is playing in the IPL 2023, which is all but certain to be his IPL season as a player.
Dhoni doesn’t do a lot of brand endorsements through social media, but regularly appears in TV advertisements, and has a high rate.
Here are the list top 10 richest cricket in the world in 2023:
| Rank | Name | Net Worth |
| 1 | Sachin Tendulkar | INR 1250 cr |
| 2 | Virat Kohli | INR 950 cr |
| 3 | MS Dhoni | INR 860 cr |
| 4 | Ricky Ponting | INR 532 cr |
| 5 | Jaques Kallis | INR 532 cr |
| 6 | Brian Lara | INR 415 cr |
| 7 | Shane Warne | INR 365 cr |
| 8 | Virender Sehwag | INR 295 cr |
| 9 | Yuvraj Singh | INR 258 cr |
| 10 | Shane Watson | INR 221 cr |
