Mahendra Singh Dhoni is one of the most popular cricketers of India who often enjoy the title of an IPL legend in the cricket world. MS Dhoni is a former Indian international cricketer who captained the Indian national team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2016 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014 and is one of the highest-paid cricketers in the IPL tournament. Dhoni has been declared as one of the top players in IPL auctions and has earned plenty of money by representing his teams in IPL.

Dhoni became the most expensive player in the IPL for the first season auctions when he was contracted by the Chennai Super Kings for US$1.5 million. Well, it's quite an amount that today's IPL players can easily make but back then, it was a whopping amount to be paid for a 2-month long tournament. Dhoni has always been enjoying a massive fan following as under his captaincy, Chennai Super Kings won the 2010 and 2011 and 2018 Indian Premier League titles and the 2010 and 2014 Champions League T20 titles.

After the suspension of his team CSK for two years, he was bought by Rising Pune Supergiant for US$1.9 million in 2016 and was named captain. The former captain, who announced his retirement from international cricket in August 2020, is widely famous as one of the greatest wicket-keeper batsmen and captains in the history of the game. Currently, he is the highest-paid player in the IPL and no other cricketer has even touched the amount earned by the former captain.

MS Dhoni has grabbed over INR 137 crore by featuring in India's premier cricketing event, as per InsideSport's Moneyball. And that's not as this amount is without the inclusion of the additional prizes that players receive based on their performance like Man of the Match, maximum sixes, etc. However, his earnings increased significantly as the former Indian team captain earned approximately Rs 8.2 crore per season from IPL 2011 to 2013.

The BCCI's policy, which raised the first-choice retention up to INR 12.5 crores in 2014, led to Dhoni bagging an enormous paycheck in 2014 and 2015 in the IPL. MS Dhoni continued to bag the same amount during his 2-year stint at the erstwhile Rising Pune Supergiant as well. He currently earns INR 15 crore per season with the Chennai team.

Current Captain of Indian Cricket team Virat Kohli is third in the highest-paid list with the huge amount of INR 126 crores while Rohit Sharma has taken the second position in the list with recorded INR 131 crore. IPL has always been a craze in India and all over the world for its amazing competitive spirit and fans favourite players.