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HIL auction 2024
The 8 Hockey India League teams bought 192 players for ₹31.616 crore at the 2024 auction. Harmanpreet Singh went for the most, ₹78 lakh to the JSW Soorma Hockey Club, and Abhishek was next at ₹72 lakh. Every figure is the price a player was bought for at the league's auction, which is his fee for the season that follows. The league came back in 2024 with a full auction, at which each of the eight teams bought 24 players out of a purse of ₹4 crore. The 2025 auction was a smaller one to fill the places around the players each team retained, and a retained player is not bought, so he is not in these figures. The UP Rudras bought in 2025 under the name of the league's governing council, which ran the team for the 2026 season.
SPENT₹31.62cr
BOUGHT192
AVERAGE₹16.47 lakh
MEDIAN₹11 lakh
HIGHEST₹78 lakh
Every player bought at the 2024 auction
All 192 players, most expensive first
| # | PLAYER | TEAM | NATION | PRICE | CONVERTED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harmanpreet Singh | JSW Soorma Hockey Club | India | ₹78 lakh | £76,440£76k |
| 2 | Abhishek | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | India | ₹72 lakh | £70,560£71k |
| 3 | Hardik Singh | UP Rudras | India | ₹70 lakh | £68,600£69k |
| 4 | Gonzalo Peillat | Hyderabad Toofans | Germany | ₹68 lakh | £66,640£67k |
| 5 | Jip Janssen | Tamil Nadu Dragons | Netherlands | ₹54 lakh | £52,920£53k |
| 6 | Amit Rohidas | Tamil Nadu Dragons | India | ₹48 lakh | £47,040£47k |
| 6 | Jugraj Singh | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | India | ₹48 lakh | £47,040£47k |
| 8 | Sumit | Hyderabad Toofans | India | ₹46 lakh | £45,080£45k |
| 9 | Araijeet Singh Hundal | Team Gonasika | India | ₹42 lakh | £41,160£41k |
| 9 | Jeremy Hayward | JSW Soorma Hockey Club | Australia | ₹42 lakh | £41,160£41k |
| 9 | Manpreet Singh | Team Gonasika | India | ₹42 lakh | £41,160£41k |
| 9 | Shamsher Singh | SG Pipers | India | ₹42 lakh | £41,160£41k |
| 9 | Sukhjeet Singh | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | India | ₹42 lakh | £41,160£41k |
| 14 | Lars Balk | UP Rudras | Netherlands | ₹40 lakh | £39,200£39k |
| 14 | Rajkumar Pal | SG Pipers | India | ₹40 lakh | £39,200£39k |
| 14 | Rohit | SG Pipers | India | ₹40 lakh | £39,200£39k |
| 14 | Victor Wegnez | JSW Soorma Hockey Club | Belgium | ₹40 lakh | £39,200£39k |
| 14 | Vivek Sagar Prasad | JSW Soorma Hockey Club | India | ₹40 lakh | £39,200£39k |
| 19 | Jarmanpreet Singh | SG Pipers | India | ₹38 lakh | £37,240£37k |
| 19 | Sanjay | Vedanta Kalinga Lancers | India | ₹38 lakh | £37,240£37k |
| 19 | Thierry Brinkman | Vedanta Kalinga Lancers | Netherlands | ₹38 lakh | £37,240£37k |
| 22 | Duco Telgenkamp | Tamil Nadu Dragons | Netherlands | ₹36 lakh | £35,280£35k |
| 22 | Tomás Domene | SG Pipers | Argentina | ₹36 lakh | £35,280£35k |
| 24 | Amir Ali | Team Gonasika | India | ₹34 lakh | £33,320£33k |
| 24 | Dilpreet Singh | Vedanta Kalinga Lancers | India | ₹34 lakh | £33,320£33k |
| 24 | Nilakanta Sharma | Hyderabad Toofans | India | ₹34 lakh | £33,320£33k |
| 24 | Varun Kumar | SG Pipers | India | ₹34 lakh | £33,320£33k |
| 28 | Arthur Van Doren | Vedanta Kalinga Lancers | Belgium | ₹32 lakh | £31,360£31k |
| 28 | David Harte | Tamil Nadu Dragons | Ireland | ₹32 lakh | £31,360£31k |
| 28 | Krishan B Pathak | Vedanta Kalinga Lancers | India | ₹32 lakh | £31,360£31k |
| 28 | Moriangthem Rabichandra | Vedanta Kalinga Lancers | India | ₹32 lakh | £31,360£31k |
| 32 | Arthur De Sloover | Hyderabad Toofans | Belgium | ₹30 lakh | £29,400£29k |
| 32 | Kane Russell | UP Rudras | New Zealand | ₹30 lakh | £29,400£29k |
| 34 | Lalit Kumar Upadhyay | UP Rudras | India | ₹28 lakh | £27,440£27k |
| 34 | Tim Brand | Hyderabad Toofans | Australia | ₹28 lakh | £27,440£27k |
| 36 | Aran Zalewski | Vedanta Kalinga Lancers | Australia | ₹27 lakh | £26,460£26k |
| 36 | Blake Govers | Tamil Nadu Dragons | Australia | ₹27 lakh | £26,460£26k |
| 36 | Floris Wortelboer | UP Rudras | Netherlands | ₹27 lakh | £26,460£26k |
| 36 | Jean-Paul Danneberg | Hyderabad Toofans | Germany | ₹27 lakh | £26,460£26k |
| 36 | Sam Lane | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | New Zealand | ₹27 lakh | £26,460£26k |
| 41 | Angad Bir Singh | Vedanta Kalinga Lancers | India | ₹26 lakh | £25,480£25k |
| 41 | Maninder Singh | JSW Soorma Hockey Club | India | ₹26 lakh | £25,480£25k |
| 41 | Tom Boon | Team Gonasika | Netherlands | ₹26 lakh | £25,480£25k |
| 41 | Zachary Wallace | Hyderabad Toofans | Great Britain | ₹26 lakh | £25,480£25k |
| 45 | Dayaan Cassiem | JSW Soorma Hockey Club | South Africa | ₹25 lakh | £24,500£25k |
| 45 | Florent van Aubel | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | Belgium | ₹25 lakh | £24,500£25k |
| 45 | Mandeep Singh | Team Gonasika | India | ₹25 lakh | £24,500£25k |
| 45 | Mohd. Raheel Mouseen | Tamil Nadu Dragons | India | ₹25 lakh | £24,500£25k |
| 45 | Pirmin Blaak | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | Netherlands | ₹25 lakh | £24,500£25k |
| 50 | Selvam Karthi | Tamil Nadu Dragons | India | ₹24 lakh | £23,520£24k |
| 51 | Alexander Hendrickx | Vedanta Kalinga Lancers | Belgium | ₹23 lakh | £22,540£23k |
| 51 | Rajinder | Hyderabad Toofans | India | ₹23 lakh | £22,540£23k |
| 51 | Uttam Singh | Tamil Nadu Dragons | India | ₹23 lakh | £22,540£23k |
| 51 | Vincent Vanasch | JSW Soorma Hockey Club | Belgium | ₹23 lakh | £22,540£23k |
| 55 | Suraj Karkera | Team Gonasika | India | ₹22 lakh | £21,560£22k |
| 56 | Jeroen Hertzberger | Team Gonasika | Netherlands | ₹21 lakh | £20,580£21k |
| 56 | Shilanand Lakra | Hyderabad Toofans | India | ₹21 lakh | £20,580£21k |
| 58 | Aditya Lalage | SG Pipers | India | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 58 | Akashdeep Singh | UP Rudras | India | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 58 | Ankit Pal | SG Pipers | India | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 58 | Boby Singh Dhami | Vedanta Kalinga Lancers | India | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 58 | Timothy Howard | Team Gonasika | Australia | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 58 | Tom Craig | Tamil Nadu Dragons | Australia | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 58 | Vishnukant Singh | Team Gonasika | India | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 65 | Gurjant Singh | JSW Soorma Hockey Club | India | ₹19 lakh | £18,620£19k |
| 65 | Mandeep Mor | Vedanta Kalinga Lancers | India | ₹19 lakh | £18,620£19k |
| 67 | Christopher Ruhr | SG Pipers | Germany | ₹18 lakh | £17,640£18k |
| 67 | Gauthier Boccard | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | Belgium | ₹18 lakh | £17,640£18k |
| 67 | Lachlan Sharp | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | Australia | ₹18 lakh | £17,640£18k |
| 67 | Thies Prinz | Tamil Nadu Dragons | Germany | ₹18 lakh | £17,640£18k |
| 71 | Nathan Ephraums | Tamil Nadu Dragons | Australia | ₹17 lakh | £16,660£17k |
| 71 | Nilam Sanjeep Xess | Team Gonasika | India | ₹17 lakh | £16,660£17k |
| 73 | Antoine Kina | Vedanta Kalinga Lancers | Belgium | ₹16 lakh | £15,680£16k |
| 74 | Manmeet Singh | UP Rudras | India | ₹15.5 lakh | £15,190£15k |
| 75 | Marc Recasens | UP Rudras | Spain | ₹15 lakh | £14,700£15k |
| 75 | Oliver Payne | Team Gonasika | Great Britain | ₹15 lakh | £14,700£15k |
| 75 | Pawan | SG Pipers | India | ₹15 lakh | £14,700£15k |
| 78 | Gurjot Singh | UP Rudras | India | ₹14.5 lakh | £14,210£14k |
| 78 | Talwinder Singh | Hyderabad Toofans | India | ₹14.5 lakh | £14,210£14k |
| 80 | Sunit Lakra | JSW Soorma Hockey Club | India | ₹14.1 lakh | £13,818£14k |
| 81 | Nicolas De La Torre | JSW Soorma Hockey Club | Argentina | ₹14 lakh | £13,720£14k |
| 81 | Surender Kumar | UP Rudras | India | ₹14 lakh | £13,720£14k |
| 83 | Jaskaran Singh | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | India | ₹13.5 lakh | £13,230£13k |
| 84 | Hayden Beltz | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | Australia | ₹13 lakh | £12,740£13k |
| 84 | James Mazarelo | UP Rudras | India | ₹13 lakh | £12,740£13k |
| 84 | Nikkin Thimmaiah Chendanda | Team Gonasika | India | ₹13 lakh | £12,740£13k |
| 84 | Uthappa Kushalappa Sannuvanda | Team Gonasika | India | ₹13 lakh | £12,740£13k |
| 88 | Álvaro Iglesias | UP Rudras | Spain | ₹12.5 lakh | £12,250£12k |
| 88 | Rosan Kujur | Vedanta Kalinga Lancers | India | ₹12.5 lakh | £12,250£12k |
| 88 | Rupinder Pal Singh | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | India | ₹12.5 lakh | £12,250£12k |
| 91 | Sudeep Chirmako | UP Rudras | India | ₹12 lakh | £11,760£12k |
| 92 | Affan Yousuf | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | India | ₹11.5 lakh | £11,270£11k |
| 92 | Arshdeep Singh | Hyderabad Toofans | India | ₹11.5 lakh | £11,270£11k |
| 94 | Gurinder Singh | JSW Soorma Hockey Club | India | ₹11 lakh | £10,780£11k |
| 94 | Jonas De Geus | JSW Soorma Hockey Club | Netherlands | ₹11 lakh | £10,780£11k |
| 94 | Sukhvinder | JSW Soorma Hockey Club | India | ₹11 lakh | £10,780£11k |
| 94 | Yogember Rawat | Team Gonasika | India | ₹11 lakh | £10,780£11k |
| 98 | Ky Willott | SG Pipers | Australia | ₹10.5 lakh | £10,290£10k |
| 99 | Manjeet | SG Pipers | India | ₹10.3 lakh | £10,094£10k |
| 100 | Birendra Lakra | Team Gonasika | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 100 | Enrique Gonzales | Vedanta Kalinga Lancers | Spain | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 100 | Flynn Ogilvie | SG Pipers | Australia | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 100 | Jack Waller | Team Gonasika | Great Britain | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 100 | Jorrit Croon | SG Pipers | Netherlands | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 100 | Kothajit Singh | Tamil Nadu Dragons | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 100 | Lee Morton | Team Gonasika | Scotland | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 100 | Maico Casella | Hyderabad Toofans | Argentina | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 100 | Matthew Dawson | Hyderabad Toofans | Australia | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 100 | Mohit HS | JSW Soorma Hockey Club | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 100 | Moritz Ludwig | Tamil Nadu Dragons | Germany | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 100 | Nicolas De Kerpel | SG Pipers | Belgium | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 100 | Pau Clapes | SG Pipers | Spain | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 100 | Sean Findlay | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | New Zealand | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 100 | Seve van Ass | UP Rudras | Netherlands | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 100 | Simranjeet Singh | UP Rudras | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 100 | Sunil Vitalacharya Somwarpet | Team Gonasika | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 100 | Tanguy Cosyns | UP Rudras | Belgium | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 100 | Terrance Pieters | Hyderabad Toofans | Netherlands | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 100 | Tom Grambusch | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | Germany | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 100 | Tomás Santiago | SG Pipers | Argentina | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 121 | Anmol Ekka | Team Gonasika | India | ₹9.2 lakh | £9,016£9k |
| 122 | Amandeep Lakra | Hyderabad Toofans | India | ₹9 lakh | £8,820£9k |
| 122 | Priyobarta Talem | UP Rudras | India | ₹9 lakh | £8,820£9k |
| 122 | Yashdeep Siwach | Team Gonasika | India | ₹9 lakh | £8,820£9k |
| 125 | Devindar Sunil Walmiki | Hyderabad Toofans | India | ₹8 lakh | £7,840£8k |
| 125 | Pradhan Poovanna Chandura | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | India | ₹8 lakh | £7,840£8k |
| 127 | Jobanpreet Singh | UP Rudras | India | ₹7.5 lakh | £7,350£7k |
| 127 | Prashant Barla | UP Rudras | India | ₹7.5 lakh | £7,350£7k |
| 127 | Sharda Nand Tiwari | UP Rudras | India | ₹7.5 lakh | £7,350£7k |
| 130 | Majji Ganesh | Tamil Nadu Dragons | India | ₹7.2 lakh | £7,056£7k |
| 130 | Mustapha Cassiem | Team Gonasika | South Africa | ₹7.2 lakh | £7,056£7k |
| 132 | Dipsan Tirkey | Team Gonasika | India | ₹6.6 lakh | £6,468£6k |
| 132 | Gursewak Singh | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | India | ₹6.6 lakh | £6,468£6k |
| 134 | Pankaj Kumar Rajak | UP Rudras | India | ₹6.5 lakh | £6,370£6k |
| 135 | Bikramjit Singh | Hyderabad Toofans | India | ₹6.2 lakh | £6,076£6k |
| 135 | Chandan Yadav | Tamil Nadu Dragons | India | ₹6.2 lakh | £6,076£6k |
| 137 | Ali Khan | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | India | ₹6 lakh | £5,880£6k |
| 137 | Gursahibjit Singh | Vedanta Kalinga Lancers | India | ₹6 lakh | £5,880£6k |
| 137 | Jasjit Singh Kular | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | India | ₹6 lakh | £5,880£6k |
| 137 | S.Senthamizh Arasu | Tamil Nadu Dragons | India | ₹6 lakh | £5,880£6k |
| 141 | Harjeet Singh | JSW Soorma Hockey Club | India | ₹5.8 lakh | £5,684£6k |
| 142 | Joginder Singh | SG Pipers | India | ₹5.2 lakh | £5,096£5k |
| 143 | Anand Lakra | Tamil Nadu Dragons | India | ₹5 lakh | £4,900£5k |
| 143 | Anand Y | Tamil Nadu Dragons | India | ₹5 lakh | £4,900£5k |
| 143 | Ankush | JSW Soorma Hockey Club | India | ₹5 lakh | £4,900£5k |
| 143 | Boris Burkhardy | JSW Soorma Hockey Club | Netherlands | ₹5 lakh | £4,900£5k |
| 143 | Dhilipan M | Tamil Nadu Dragons | India | ₹5 lakh | £4,900£5k |
| 143 | Dilraj Singh | SG Pipers | India | ₹5 lakh | £4,900£5k |
| 143 | Jacob Draper | Team Gonasika | Great Britain | ₹5 lakh | £4,900£5k |
| 143 | Mukesh Toppo | Vedanta Kalinga Lancers | India | ₹5 lakh | £4,900£5k |
| 143 | Nicholas Bandurak | Vedanta Kalinga Lancers | Great Britain | ₹5 lakh | £4,900£5k |
| 143 | Nicolas Poncelet | JSW Soorma Hockey Club | Belgium | ₹5 lakh | £4,900£5k |
| 143 | Pardeep Mor | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | India | ₹5 lakh | £4,900£5k |
| 143 | Pawan Rajbhar | JSW Soorma Hockey Club | India | ₹5 lakh | £4,900£5k |
| 143 | Prashant Kumar Chauhan | UP Rudras | India | ₹5 lakh | £4,900£5k |
| 143 | Prince Deep Singh | Tamil Nadu Dragons | India | ₹5 lakh | £4,900£5k |
| 143 | Pruthvi Gm | Tamil Nadu Dragons | India | ₹5 lakh | £4,900£5k |
| 143 | Shesha Gowda | Tamil Nadu Dragons | India | ₹5 lakh | £4,900£5k |
| 143 | Sourabh Anand Kushwaha | SG Pipers | India | ₹5 lakh | £4,900£5k |
| 160 | Arun J | Tamil Nadu Dragons | India | ₹3.6 lakh | £3,528£4k |
| 161 | Atal Dev Singh Chahal | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | India | ₹3 lakh | £2,940£3k |
| 161 | Pardeep Singh Sandhu | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | India | ₹3 lakh | £2,940£3k |
| 161 | Thounaojam Ingalemba Luwang | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | India | ₹3 lakh | £2,940£3k |
| 164 | Mohd Zaid Khan | UP Rudras | India | ₹2.9 lakh | £2,842£3k |
| 165 | Thokchom Kingson Singh | SG Pipers | India | ₹2.5 lakh | £2,450£2k |
| 166 | Abharan Sudev | Tamil Nadu Dragons | India | ₹2 lakh | £1,960£2k |
| 166 | Adarsh G | SG Pipers | India | ₹2 lakh | £1,960£2k |
| 166 | Ashu Maurya | JSW Soorma Hockey Club | India | ₹2 lakh | £1,960£2k |
| 166 | Atul Deep | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | India | ₹2 lakh | £1,960£2k |
| 166 | Darshan Vibhav Gawkar | Hyderabad Toofans | India | ₹2 lakh | £1,960£2k |
| 166 | Deepak Pradhan | Vedanta Kalinga Lancers | India | ₹2 lakh | £1,960£2k |
| 166 | Harish Somappa Mutagar | JSW Soorma Hockey Club | India | ₹2 lakh | £1,960£2k |
| 166 | Iktidar Ishrat | SG Pipers | India | ₹2 lakh | £1,960£2k |
| 166 | Irengbam Rohit | Hyderabad Toofans | India | ₹2 lakh | £1,960£2k |
| 166 | Jashandeep Singh | JSW Soorma Hockey Club | India | ₹2 lakh | £1,960£2k |
| 166 | Jobanpreet Singh | Hyderabad Toofans | India | ₹2 lakh | £1,960£2k |
| 166 | Kamalbir Singh | Team Gonasika | India | ₹2 lakh | £1,960£2k |
| 166 | Mukul Sharma | Hyderabad Toofans | India | ₹2 lakh | £1,960£2k |
| 166 | Partap Lakra | Vedanta Kalinga Lancers | India | ₹2 lakh | £1,960£2k |
| 166 | Prabhjot Singh | JSW Soorma Hockey Club | India | ₹2 lakh | £1,960£2k |
| 166 | Pradip Mandal | JSW Soorma Hockey Club | India | ₹2 lakh | £1,960£2k |
| 166 | Rahim Akib Sayyed | Hyderabad Toofans | India | ₹2 lakh | £1,960£2k |
| 166 | Rohit Kullu | Vedanta Kalinga Lancers | India | ₹2 lakh | £1,960£2k |
| 166 | Roshan Minz | Vedanta Kalinga Lancers | India | ₹2 lakh | £1,960£2k |
| 166 | Sahil Kumar Nayak | Vedanta Kalinga Lancers | India | ₹2 lakh | £1,960£2k |
| 166 | Sumit Kumar | SG Pipers | India | ₹2 lakh | £1,960£2k |
| 166 | Sundaram Rajawat | Hyderabad Toofans | India | ₹2 lakh | £1,960£2k |
| 166 | Sunil Jojo | UP Rudras | India | ₹2 lakh | £1,960£2k |
| 166 | Sushil Dhanwar | Vedanta Kalinga Lancers | India | ₹2 lakh | £1,960£2k |
| 166 | Tobias Reynolds-Cotterell | Vedanta Kalinga Lancers | India | ₹2 lakh | £1,960£2k |
| 166 | Vikas Dahiya | Hyderabad Toofans | India | ₹2 lakh | £1,960£2k |
| 166 | Yogesh Malik Singh | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | India | ₹2 lakh | £1,960£2k |
The 20 most expensive
How the money was spread
Half the 192 went for ₹11 lakh or less, and the average is ₹16.47 lakh, pulled up by the top of the list: 72 players went for more than it and 120 for less.
Players in each price band
What each team spent
The 8 teams at the 2024 auction, biggest spender first
| # | TEAM | BOUGHT | SPENT | CONVERTED | BIGGEST BUY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Gonasika | 24 | ₹4 crore | £392,000£392k | Araijeet Singh Hundal |
| 2 | JSW Soorma Hockey Club | 24 | ₹3.999 crore | £391,902£392k | Harmanpreet Singh |
| 3 | Tamil Nadu Dragons | 24 | ₹3.99 crore | £391,020£391k | Jip Janssen |
| 4 | SG Pipers | 24 | ₹3.975 crore | £389,550£390k | Shamsher Singh |
| 5 | Hyderabad Toofans | 24 | ₹3.962 crore | £388,276£388k | Gonzalo Peillat |
| 6 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | 24 | ₹3.901 crore | £382,298£382k | Abhishek |
| 7 | Vedanta Kalinga Lancers | 24 | ₹3.895 crore | £381,710£382k | Sanjay |
| 8 | UP Rudras | 24 | ₹3.894 crore | £381,612£382k | Hardik Singh |
Spend by team
Every auction, season by season
What the teams spent at each of the 2 auctions, and the record buy at each
| AUCTION | BOUGHT | SPENT | CONVERTED | RECORD BUY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | ₹3.307 crore | £324,086£324k | Liam Henderson, ₹42 lakh |
| 2024 | 192 | ₹31.616 crore | £3,098,368£3.1m | Harmanpreet Singh, ₹78 lakh |
Spent at each auction
₹31.616 crore 24
₹3.307 crore 25
The most anyone has gone for across the 2 auctions is ₹78 lakh, paid for Harmanpreet Singh by the JSW Soorma Hockey Club in 2024. Spending fell from ₹31.616 crore in 2024 to ₹3.307 crore in 2025.
Every team at every auction
What each team spent at each of the 2 auctions, biggest spender over all of them first
| TEAM | 2025 | 2024 | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vedanta Kalinga Lancers | ₹1.1cr | ₹3.9cr | ₹5cr |
| Tamil Nadu Dragons | ₹51 lakh | ₹3.99cr | ₹4.5cr |
| UP Rudras | ₹51.5 lakh | ₹3.89cr | ₹4.41cr |
| Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers | ₹42.5 lakh | ₹3.9cr | ₹4.33cr |
| SG Pipers | ₹33 lakh | ₹3.98cr | ₹4.3cr |
| JSW Soorma Hockey Club | ₹3.2 lakh | ₹4cr | ₹4.03cr |
| Team Gonasika | - | ₹4cr | ₹4cr |
| Hyderabad Toofans | - | ₹3.96cr | ₹3.96cr |
| Ranchi Royals | ₹39 lakh | - | ₹39 lakh |
Across the 2 auctions the Vedanta Kalinga Lancers spent the most, ₹5 crore, and the Ranchi Royals the least, ₹39 lakh.
Frequently asked questions
Who was the most expensive player at the HIL auction 2024?
Harmanpreet Singh, bought by the JSW Soorma Hockey Club for ₹78 lakh. Abhishek of the Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers was next at ₹72 lakh.
How many players were sold at the HIL auction 2024?
192, for ₹31.616 crore between them.
How many players went for a crore or more in 2024?
None. The most anyone went for was ₹78 lakh.
Which team spent the most at the HIL auction 2024?
Team Gonasika, ₹4 crore on 24 players. The UP Rudras spent the least, ₹3.894 crore on 24 players.
What was the average price at the HIL auction 2024?
₹16.47 lakh across the 192 players bought. The median is ₹11 lakh, so half of them went for that or less.
Where to next
What each team bought: Team Gonasika, JSW Soorma Hockey Club, Tamil Nadu Dragons, SG Pipers, Hyderabad Toofans, Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers, Vedanta Kalinga Lancers and UP Rudras. The auction after is 2025. The women's league, bought at the same two auctions, is on the Women's HIL auction pages. Kabaddi's auction is on the PKL auction pages. Cricket's auction, player by player since 2009, is on the IPL auction pages. Street cricket's auction, tennis ball and ten overs a side, is on the ISPL auction pages.