Babar Azam Net Worth 2026: $5–7 Million

November 9, 2026

Daniel Reed

Babar Azam net worth: Babar Azam’s net worth is estimated at $5–7 million as of November 2026. The figure is the range where most published estimates cluster — around $5 million per Surprise Sports and CricTracker, about $5.4 million (₹50 crore) per Cricket Winner, and $5–7 million per KyroSports. No estimate has been published by Forbes, Bloomberg or Hurun.

Last updated: November 2026.

Who is Babar Azam?

Babar Azam is Pakistan’s leading batter of the modern era and one of the finest top-order players in world cricket. Born in Lahore on 15 October 1994, he has captained Pakistan in all three formats, won the ICC Cricketer of the Year award in 2022, and holds the record as the fastest player to 5,000 ODI runs. Read his full story in Babar Azam’s biography.

How Babar Azam’s wealth breaks down

Babar’s money comes from four sources: his Pakistan Cricket Board central contract, match fees, franchise-league salaries, and endorsement deals. Pakistani cricketers do not play in the IPL, so his earnings are lower than comparable Indian stars — but he is still among Pakistan’s highest-paid sportspeople.

PCB central contract: Category B for the 2025-26 season, worth PKR 3 million per month — about $10,600 a month, or roughly $127,000 a year. He was demoted from Category A (PKR 4.5 million a month) in August 2025, when the PCB awarded no Category A contract to any player.
PSL salary: $220,000 for the 2025 season with Peshawar Zalmi, where he is captain and a Platinum-category player. Zalmi retained him in the Platinum category for the 2026 season, though reported retention figures conflict.
Big Bash League: signed by the Sydney Sixers for the 2025-26 season, reportedly for around AUD 420,000 (about US$274,000). The figure is reported, not officially confirmed.
Endorsements: reported brand deals include Pepsi, Huawei, Oppo and Head & Shoulders, plus a reported bat deal with CA Sports said to be worth close to PKR 7 crore a year. No endorsement values are officially disclosed, so no single deal is counted as a verified figure in this estimate.

Career earnings timeline

2015: ODI debut for Pakistan against Zimbabwe; first central-contract earnings begin.
2016: Test and T20I debuts; three consecutive ODI centuries against the West Indies establish him as Pakistan’s batting mainstay.
2017: Champions Trophy winner; joins Karachi Kings in the PSL.
2019: Named Pakistan’s T20I captain; signs for Somerset in England’s T20 Blast.
2020–2022: Captain of Pakistan in all three formats and of Karachi Kings; ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year in 2021 and 2022; ICC Cricketer of the Year 2022.
2023: Joins Peshawar Zalmi as captain; fastest to 5,000 ODI runs (97 innings); receives the Sitara-i-Imtiaz.
2024: Reappointed white-ball captain in March, resigns again in October; plays for Rangpur Riders.
2025: PSL salary of $220,000; signs for the Sydney Sixers for the 2025-26 Big Bash League; PCB demotes him from Category A to Category B.
2026: Retained by Peshawar Zalmi in the Platinum category for PSL 2026; captaining Pakistan again in the home Test series against Sri Lanka, scoring 50 in the first Test at Rawalpindi on 9 November.

How this estimate was made

There is no Forbes, Bloomberg or Hurun estimate for Babar Azam, and he has never publicly disclosed his finances, so no single authoritative figure exists. This page therefore reports a range, not a point estimate. The $5–7 million range reflects the cluster of published 2026 estimates: $5 million (Surprise Sports; CricTracker, citing Zee News; PakLead), about $5.4 million or ₹50 crore (Cricket Winner, August 2026), $6 million (TheCelebWiki), and $5–7 million (KyroSports; SportsDigest puts him at $6–7 million). The range is consistent with his documented income: a PCB retainer of roughly $127,000 a year, a $220,000 PSL season, a reported BBL deal of about $274,000, and endorsement income, accumulated over an eleven-year international career.

Higher figures circulating online — $10–12 million, $12–15 million, $25 million and even $32 million — come from single-source aggregator sites that publish no methodology and cannot be reconciled with his documented contracts. They are not used in this estimate. Figures are rounded to the nearest million because the sources do not support finer precision.

Comparison with other Pakistani cricketers

Among Pakistani cricketers, Babar sits in the top tier of earners but well below the game’s global superstars, largely because he cannot play in the IPL. His wealth is built on steady international and league earnings rather than a single blockbuster deal. For context, Shahid Afridi’s net worth on Peoplespedia reflects a longer career with more franchise seasons, while Babar’s BBL move in 2025 opened a new overseas market for him.

Frequently asked questions

What is Babar Azam’s net worth in 2026?

Babar Azam’s net worth is estimated at $5–7 million as of November 2026. Most published estimates cluster around $5–6 million, with Cricket Winner putting the figure at about $5.4 million (₹50 crore) and KyroSports and SportsDigest at $5–7 million. Forbes, Bloomberg and Hurun publish no figure for him.

How did Babar Azam make his money?

Babar Azam made his money from cricket: his Pakistan Cricket Board central contract, international match fees, franchise salaries with Peshawar Zalmi in the PSL and the Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League, and endorsement deals with brands including Pepsi, Huawei, Oppo and Head & Shoulders.

What is Babar Azam’s PCB salary?

Under the PCB’s 2025-26 central contracts, Babar Azam is in Category B, earning PKR 3 million per month — about $10,600 a month, or roughly $127,000 a year. He was previously in Category A at PKR 4.5 million a month before being demoted in August 2025, when the PCB awarded no Category A contract to any player.

How much does Babar Azam earn from the PSL?

Babar Azam earned $220,000 for the 2025 PSL season with Peshawar Zalmi, where he is captain and a Platinum-category player. He was retained by Zalmi in the Platinum category for the 2026 season, though reported retention figures conflict, so no 2026 salary figure is stated here.