Top 10 highest earning bowlers in IPL over the years

#4 Lasith Malinga (₹46.22 crore)

Lasith Malinga

One of the most feared and mysterious bowlers in the history of cricket, Lasith Malinga finds himself at number 4 in the list of top 10 highest earning bowlers from IPL, with a total salary of ₹46.22 crore.

Malinga started his IPL stint with Mumbai Indians in 2008 and has been playing for them since then. The Sri Lankan star has thus far featured in 110 IPL matches and has picked up 154 wickets with an outstanding economy of 6.87, and is the leading wicket-taker in the history of the tournament.

He has been bought by MI for a sum of ₹2 crore for the upcoming IPL.

#3 Harbhajan Singh (₹54.14 crore)

Harbhajan Singh

The veteran Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh takes the No. 3 position in the list of highest earning bowlers from IPL with a total salary of ₹54.14 crore.

Harbhajan started his IPL stint with Mumbai Indians in the inaugural edition in 2008 and represented them for the first 10 editions, before being roped in by Chennai Super Kings in 2018. He has been retained by CSK for this year's IPL for a sum of ₹2 crore.

The 38-year-old has thus far played in 149 matches and has picked up 134 wickets with a decent economy of 7.05, standing as the fifth highest wicket-taker in the history of the tournament.