Gautam Gambhir
Photo: Kolkata Knight Riders – Official, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Gautam Gambhir Net Worth

India head coach, former cricketer and MP
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Declared net worth (2019 election affidavit)
₹111.6 crore
Richest of all Delhi Lok Sabha candidates in 2019 · two-time World Cup winner and India head coach
About $12M in US dollars (ECB rate, October 23, 2026).
Figure published in 2019 (7 years ago). Latest Election affidavit estimate we could find.
Source: MyNeta (Association for Democratic Reforms), Gautam Gambhir: 2019 Lok Sabha affidavit, East Delhi, April 2019. Updated October 26, 2026.
How to read this: the headline is the net worth Gautam Gambhir declared in his 2019 Lok Sabha affidavit: total declared assets minus total declared liabilities, as transcribed by the Association for Democratic Reforms (MyNeta) and reported by the Hindustan Times and The Indian Express. Affidavit values are what the candidate states, often below market value, so this is an official declaration, not a market estimate. We show it as declared and have not adjusted it. Keep in mind it is 7 years old. The figure was published in INR; the US dollar amount next to it is our simple conversion at the European Central Bank reference rate of October 23, 2026, not a separate estimate.

Where the money comes from

India playing contractsIPL salaries (Delhi, Kolkata Knight Riders)EndorsementsPropertyCoaching
Declared assets, 2019₹1,47,15,87,789, including his wife's, the most of any Delhi candidate that year
MyNeta (Association for Democratic Reforms)
Declared liabilities, 2019₹35,53,01,812
MyNeta (Association for Democratic Reforms)
Income, 2017-18Nearly ₹12.40 crore shown in his income tax return
Hindustan Times

Gautam Gambhir is a former India opening batter who played big innings in two World Cup finals. He top-scored with 75 when India won the first T20 World Cup in 2007, and his 97 in the 2011 World Cup final in Mumbai set up India's win over Sri Lanka. As captain of Kolkata Knight Riders he won the Indian Premier League in 2012 and 2014, before retiring from all cricket in 2018.

In 2019 he entered politics and won the East Delhi seat in the Lok Sabha for the BJP. His election affidavit made him the richest of all the Delhi candidates that year, with declared assets of about ₹147 crore against liabilities of about ₹35.5 crore, a declared net worth of about ₹111.6 crore. He did not stand again in 2024 and was appointed head coach of India's men's team that July.

How he made his money

Gambhir's wealth was built in the IPL era. He was one of the most expensive players at the early IPL auctions, first with Delhi and then as captain of Kolkata Knight Riders, alongside his India contracts and a run of endorsement deals. His affidavit showed an income of nearly ₹12.40 crore in his 2017-18 tax return, the year before he retired.

The Hindustan Times and The Indian Express both reported that most of the ₹147 crore he declared was in property, held by him and his wife, and the affidavit also lists substantial liabilities of about ₹35.5 crore.

About this figure

Every candidate for an Indian election has to file a sworn affidavit (Form 26) listing everything he and his household own and owe. In his 2019 Lok Sabha affidavit, Gautam Gambhir declared total assets of ₹1,47,15,87,789 and liabilities of ₹35,53,01,812. We subtract one from the other to get the declared net worth of about ₹111.6 crore, about $11.8 million at the October 23, 2026 exchange rate. The affidavit figures are transcribed by the Association for Democratic Reforms on MyNeta and were reported by national newspapers at the time. News reports at the time quoted the ₹147 crore asset total, which is not the same as net worth.

Keep in mind what this number is. Assets in an affidavit are listed at the values the candidate states, and property is often entered well below what it would sell for today. It is an official declaration, not a journalist's estimate of his wealth, and it only covers what was owned on the day it was filed.

Career and money timeline

  1. 2003

    Makes his ODI debut for India.

  2. 2007

    Top-scores with 75 as India win the first T20 World Cup.

  3. 2011

    Scores 97 in the World Cup final as India win at home.

  4. 2012

    Captains Kolkata Knight Riders to their first IPL title, and a second in 2014.

  5. 2018

    Retires from all cricket.

  6. 2019

    Wins East Delhi for the BJP; his affidavit declares a net worth of about ₹111.6 crore.

  7. 2024

    Becomes head coach of the India men's team.

Gautam Gambhir net worth FAQ

What is Gautam Gambhir's net worth?

In the affidavit he filed for the 2019 Lok Sabha election in East Delhi, Gambhir declared total assets of ₹1,47,15,87,789 (about ₹147 crore) and liabilities of ₹35,53,01,812, a declared net worth of about ₹111.6 crore, or roughly $11.8 million at the October 23, 2026 exchange rate. It is the latest official figure we could find; he did not contest in 2024.

Where do these numbers come from?

From Gambhir's own sworn election affidavit, as transcribed by the Association for Democratic Reforms (MyNeta) and reported by the Hindustan Times and The Indian Express (PTI) in April 2019. Every figure on this page links to its source below.

Sources

  1. MyNeta (Association for Democratic Reforms), Gautam Gambhir: 2019 Lok Sabha affidavit, East Delhi (April 23, 2019)
  2. Hindustan Times, Lok Sabha elections 2019: With assets worth Rs 147-cr, Gautam Gambhir richest of all Delhi candidates (April 24, 2019)
  3. The Indian Express (PTI), Gautam Gambhir richest among Lok Sabha candidates in Delhi (April 23, 2019)
  4. Background facts: Wikipedia, Gautam Gambhir (accessed October 26, 2026). Used for career facts only, never for money figures.

Photo: Kolkata Knight Riders – Official, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Every number on this page comes from the named source next to it. Totals and percentages are simple sums of those published figures. We never fill in missing years with our own guesses. How we handle estimates.