We have seen teams spending crores after crores to buy their favorite players and welcome them into their franchise. We saw teams spending the most expensive amount over the past years in IPL auctions. IPL auction 2022 is beginning in a week and this year is going to be something never seen before. With the inclusion of two new IPL franchises and not retained renowned players, this year's auction is going to be a blast. Before that let's take a look at the most expensive players in each season of the IPL auction.
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| Year | Player | Auction Price | Team |
| 2008 | MS Dhoni | 6 crore | Chennai Super Kings |
| 2009 | Kevin Pietersen Andrew Flintoff |
7.5 crore | Royal Challengers Bangalore Chennai Super Kings |
| 2010 | Shane Bond Kieron Pollard |
3.42 crore | Kolkata Knight Riders Mumbai Indians |
| 2011 | Gautam Gambhir | 11.04 crore | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| 2012 | Ravindra Jadeja | 9.72 crore | Chennai Super Kings |
| 2013 | Glenn Maxwell | 5.3 crore | Mumbai Indians |
| 2014 | Yuvraj Singh | 14 crore | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| 2015 | Yuvraj Singh | 16 crore | Delhi Daredevils |
| 2016 | Shane Watson | 9.5 crore | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| 2017 | Ben Stokes | 14.5 crore | Rising Pune Supergiants |
| 2018 | Ben Stokes | 12.5 crore | Rajasthan Royals |
| 2019 | Varun Chakravarthy Jaydev Unadkat |
8.4 crore | Kings XI Punjab Rajasthan Royals |
| 2020 | Pat Cummins | 15.5 crore | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| 2021 | Chris Morris | 16.25 crore | Rajasthan Royals |