Indian Premier League vs Pakistan Super League — over the years, this debate has grown significantly, and recently, it’s heating up again. Why not? Both leagues are once again setting the stage on fire. While the IPL is already underway, the PSL is set to begin from 11 April.
Now, the PCB has announced the prize money for the upcoming season. “All six teams will battle it out for the USD 500,000 prize reserved for the winners, while the runners-up will receive USD 200,000,” the cricket board stated.
Meanwhile, just before the IPL began, the prize money for IPL 2025 was also revealed, with INR 20 crore set for the winners and INR 13 crore for the runners-up.
If we see the first one, the IPL is extremely in charge when it comes to viewership since the tournament has been a big brother to this league. So it was obvious that they came and checked all the marquee things first. It was reported that IPL 2024 shattered many records and was watched by 620 million live-stream viewers. JioCinema, also Star Sports, which has the TV rights for the tournament, saw up to 510 million viewers for the tournament’s initial games, showing how big the league is.
But how about the revenue perspective? Let’s compare both leagues’ prize money over the years and check where both IPL vs PSL stand on this parameter.
IPL vs PSL Prize money
Just like the viewership perspective, currently, the prize money is also making IPL the best league among these two. Also, before IPL 2024, there was news that IPL is the world’s second-biggest league in terms of per-match value, only behind the NFL. Not only this, but if we compare the PSL 2024 champion’s prize money, it was also less than the WPL prize money. While the PSL 2024 winners received 4.13 crore, the WPL champions, RCB, received 6 crores.
IPL Prize Money
| Year | Winner’s Prize Money (INR) | Runner-up’s Prize Money (INR) |
| 2008 | 4.8 Crore | 2.4 Crore |
| 2009 | 4.8 Crore | 2.4 Crore |
| 2010 | 10 Crore | 5 Crore |
| 2011 | 10 Crore | 5 Crore |
| 2012 | 10 Crore | 5 Crore |
| 2013 | 10 Crore | 5 Crore |
| 2014 | 15 Crore | 10 Crore |
| 2015 | 15 Crore | 10 Crore |
| 2016 | 15 Crore | 10 Crore |
| 2017 | 15 Crore | 10 Crore |
| 2018 | 20 Crore | 12.5 Crore |
| 2019 | 21 Crore | 12.5 Crore |
| 2020 | 10 Crore | 6.25 Crore |
| 2021 | 20 Crore | 12.2 Crore |
| 2022 | 20 Crore | 13 Crore |
| 2023 | 20 Crore | 13 Crore |
| 2024 | 20 Crore | 12.5 Crore |
| 2025 | 20 Crore | 13 Crore |
PSL Prize Money
| Year | Winner’s Prize Money (INR) | Runner-up’s Prize Money (INR) |
| 2016 | 2 Crore | 1 Crore |
| 2017 | 3 Crore | 1.5 Crore |
| 2018 | 3 Crore | 1.5 Crore |
| 2019 | 3 Crore | 1.5 Crore |
| 2020 | 3.75 crores | 1.5 crores |
| 2021 | 3.5 crore | 1.5 crore |
| 2022 | 3.40 crore | 1.36 crore |
| 2023 | 3.40 Crore | 1.36 crore |
| 2024 | 4.13 crore | 1.65 crore |
| 2025 | 5.63 crores | 1.73 crores |
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