Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
Kolkata Knight Riders was 4th in the points table after the end of the group stage but the team was knocked out in the Eliminator of the tournament.
Notes
- Salary – according to IPL official website
- Cost per runs/wickets – Total salary/Runs+wickets
- Injured players and traded players are excluded from this list
Batsmen
| Player | Signed Year | Salary (INR) | Matches | Runs | Wickets | Cost per runs/wickets (INR) |
| Manish Pandey | 2014 | 17,000,000 | 12 | 248 | 0 | 68,548.39 |
| Gautam Gambhir | 2014 | 100,000,000 | 15 | 501 | 0 | 199,600.80 |
| Chris Lynn | 2014 | 13,000,000 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 520,000.00 |
| Colin Munro | 2016 | 3,000,000 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 100,000.00 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | 2014 | 7,000,000 | 15 | 182 | 0 | 38,461.54 |
All-rounders
| Player | Signed Year | Salary (INR) | Matches | Runs | Wickets | Cost per runs/wickets (INR) |
| Rajagopal Sathish | 2016 | 2,000,000 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 80,000.00 |
| Yusuf Pathan | 2014 | 32,500,000 | 15 | 361 | 1 | 89,779.01 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | 2014 | 28,000,000 | 10 | 114 | 5 | 235,294.12 |
| Jason Holder | 2016 | 7,000,000 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 291,666.67 |
Wicket-keeper
| Player | Signed Year | Salary (INR) | Matches | Runs | Cost per runs/wickets (INR) |
| Robin Uthappa | 2014 | 50,000,000 | 15 | 394 | 126,903.55 |
Bowlers
| Player | Signed Year | Salary (INR) | Matches | Runs | Wickets | Cost per runs/wickets (INR) |
| Ankit Rajpoot | 2016 | 15,000,000 | 4 | – | 3 | 5,000,000.00 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 2014 | 4,000,000 | 3 | – | 6 | 666,666.67 |
| Umesh Yadav | 2014 | 26,000,000 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 1,368,421.05 |
| Piyush Chawla | 2014 | 42,500,000 | 12 | 27 | 11 | 1,118,421.05 |
| Brad Hogg | 2015 | 5,000,000 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1,250,000.00 |
| Morne Morkel | 2014 | 28,000,000 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 2,545,454.55 |
| Sunil Narine | 2014 | 80,000,000 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 4,444,444.44 |
| Jaydev Unadkat | 2016 | 16,000,000 | 1 | – | 0 | – |