Richest Cricketers in New Zealand 2026: Net Worth, IPL Earnings & Top 10 List

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• IPL Earnings Table
• Player Profiles
• How They Earn
• FAQ

Top 10 Richest New Zealand Cricketers in 2026

Rankings combine public IPL contract values, confirmed coaching jobs and widely reported net worth estimates. Players’ private investments and business interests are not public, so the exact order could differ.

New Zealand Players’ IPL Career Earnings

IPL contracts are the most reliable guide to how much New Zealand cricketers have earned, because every auction price and retention fee is public. These totals add up each player’s contract value for every season to IPL 2026.

Contract values, not guaranteed take-home pay: players who miss games through injury or international duty can be paid less. Totals are based on public auction and retention prices compiled by IPLSalary.in and checked season by season.

Boult’s lead is clear. He was bought for ₹3.8 crore by Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2015, earned ₹8 crore a season with Rajasthan Royals from 2022 to 2024, and has been on ₹12.5 crore a season at Mumbai Indians since the 2025 mega auction. For comparison, see how much the West Indies star earns in our Nicholas Pooran net worth breakdown.

Richest New Zealand Cricketers: Player Profiles

1. Kane Williamson

New Zealand’s greatest batter retired from international cricket in June 2026 as his country’s leading run-scorer, with 9,515 Test runs, 7,256 ODI runs and 2,575 T20I runs. He led New Zealand to the first World Test Championship title in 2021. Williamson gave up his New Zealand Cricket central contract in 2024 to play more franchise cricket, and now plays for Durban’s Super Giants in the SA20, captained London Spirit in The Hundred, won the 2026 Bangladesh Premier League with Rajshahi Warriors and is a strategic adviser at Lucknow Super Giants. He earned ₹31.8 crore from the IPL with Sunrisers Hyderabad and Gujarat Titans, including ₹14 crore in 2022, and has endorsement deals with brands such as Gray-Nicolls and ASICS. Most estimates put his net worth at around US$10–11 million. Read more in our interesting facts about Kane Williamson.

2. Trent Boult

Boult is the biggest IPL earner New Zealand has produced. The left-arm swing bowler took 317 Test, 211 ODI and 83 T20I wickets before stepping away from international cricket after the 2024 T20 World Cup to focus on franchise leagues. Since then he has become a regular across the Mumbai Indians network, playing for MI in the IPL, MI Emirates, MI New York and MI Cape Town, and in The Hundred. His IPL contracts alone add up to ₹72.4 crore, roughly US$8 million at current exchange rates.

3. Brendon McCullum

McCullum lit up the first IPL match in 2008 with 158 not out for Kolkata Knight Riders and went on to earn ₹39.84 crore as an IPL player. After retiring he coached KKR and Trinbago Knight Riders, became England’s Test coach in 2022 and has coached all three England formats since 2025. Reports in 2026 said removing him from that role would cost the ECB at least £1 million, a sign of how well-paid the job is. He also has media and business interests in New Zealand.

4. Lockie Ferguson

Ferguson’s raw pace has made him one of the most sought-after fast bowlers in T20 leagues. Gujarat Titans paid ₹10 crore for him in 2022, when they won the title, and KKR kept him at the same price in 2023. He has been with Punjab Kings since 2025, taking his IPL total to ₹31.3 crore.

5. Daniel Vettori

The former New Zealand captain and spinner played in the IPL for Delhi and Royal Challengers Bangalore, coached RCB for five seasons and is now head coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad. He has also worked as an assistant coach with Australia and coached in The Hundred, giving him one of the longest-running coaching incomes of any New Zealander.

6. Tim Southee

Southee retired from Test cricket in December 2024 with 391 wickets, second only to Sir Richard Hadlee for New Zealand. He played in the IPL for Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians, RCB and Kolkata Knight Riders, and returned to KKR as bowling coach for IPL 2026.

7. Ross Taylor

Taylor scored 18,199 international runs for New Zealand between 2006 and 2022. In the IPL, Rajasthan Royals bought him for US$1 million in 2011, one of the biggest deals of that auction, and he also played for RCB, Delhi and Pune Warriors. In 2025 he came out of retirement to represent Samoa, his mother’s homeland, in T20 World Cup qualifying.

8. Kyle Jamieson

Jamieson became the most expensive New Zealander in IPL history when RCB paid ₹15 crore for him in 2021. Injuries have limited his availability since, and he returned to the IPL with Delhi Capitals for ₹2 crore in 2026.

9. Daryl Mitchell

Chennai Super Kings paid ₹14 crore for Mitchell at the 2024 auction after his run-filled 2023 ODI World Cup. The all-rounder is one of New Zealand’s most important white-ball batters heading into the 2027 World Cup.

10. Mitchell Santner

New Zealand’s white-ball captain has steadily built his IPL earnings to ₹11.7 crore with Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians, where he has been since 2025.

Rising earners: Rachin Ravindra (₹7.8 crore from the IPL so far, now with KKR), Glenn Phillips (Gujarat Titans) and Finn Allen (KKR) are the younger New Zealanders most likely to climb this list.

How New Zealand Cricketers Make Their Money

• Franchise leagues: the IPL pays far more than any other source, followed by the SA20, ILT20, Major League Cricket and The Hundred. That is why Boult, Williamson and others gave up New Zealand central contracts to play more leagues.
• New Zealand Cricket contracts and match fees: steady but much smaller than IPL deals, which is why the richest Kiwi cricketers are almost all IPL regulars.
• Coaching: McCullum, Vettori, Fleming and Southee have turned their playing careers into well-paid coaching jobs with IPL franchises and national teams.
• Endorsements: bat and kit deals and brand partnerships, though these are much smaller than those of India’s top stars.

For the global picture, see our list of the top 10 richest cricketers in the world and the richest cricket leagues in the world.

Richest New Zealand Cricketers: FAQ

Last updated: 20 October 2026. IPL figures from public auction and retention prices (IPLSalary.in, ESPNcricinfo). Career statistics from ESPNcricinfo and Wikipedia. Net worth figures are third-party estimates.

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