Top 10 highest earning bowlers in IPL over the years

#2 Ravichandran Ashwin (₹57.29 crore)

Ravichandran Ashwin

India's ace spinner in the longer format of the game, Ravichandran Ashwin, stands 2nd in the list of top 10 highest earning bowlers in the history of the tournament with a total salary of ₹ 57.29 crore.

The Tamil Nadu-born player started his association with IPL in 2008. He played the first eight editions of the tournament for Chennai Super Kings.

During 2016-17, when CSK was banned, Ashwin plied his trade for Rising Pune Supergiant. He now represents Kings XI Punjab.

#1 Sunil Narine (₹70.24 crore)

Sunil Narine

The mystery spinner from West Indies leads the list of top 10 earning bowlers from the Indian Premier League With INR 70.24 crore. The Caribbean player is also the second highest earning foreigner in the IPL.

Sunil Narine started his IPL journey in 2012 with Kolkata Knight Riders, and has been playing for the same franchise ever since. The off-spinner has thus far played in 98 IPL matches scoring 628 runs at an average of 17.44 with the bat and scalping 112 wickets at an impressive economy of 6.54 with the ball.

Narine has been retained by Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹12.5 crore for the upcoming season.