Dewald Brevis and Aiden Markram headline the list of highest bids in SA20 history, with records tumbling in the 2026 auction.
The SA20 league has quickly become one of the biggest T20 competitions outside the IPL, and with it has come high-profile bidding wars at the player auctions. Every season has seen records broken as franchises battle to secure the best South African and overseas talent. From Tristan Stubbs setting the early benchmark to Dewald Brevis smashing the all-time record in 2026, the auction table tells the story of rising player values.
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| SA20 Player | SA20 Team | SA20 Auction Price |
|---|---|---|
| Dewald Brevis | Pretoria Capitals | R 16.5 million |
| Aiden Markram | Durban’s Super Giants | R 14 million |
| Tristan Stubbs | Sunrisers Eastern Cape | R 9.2 million |
| Wiaan Mulder | Joburg Super Kings | R 9 million |
| Gerald Coetzee | Durban’s Super Giants | R 7.4 million |
| Rilee Rossouw | Pretoria Capitals | R 6.9 million |
| Nandre Burger | Joburg Super Kings | R 6.3 million |
| Matthew Breetzke | Sunrisers Eastern Cape | R 6.1 million |
| Marco Jansen | Sunrisers Eastern Cape | R 6.1 million |
The 2026 SA20 auction saw Dewald Brevis go for a record R 16.5 million to Pretoria Capitals, making him the most expensive player in SA20 history. The bid comfortably surpassed previous highs and underlined the growing value franchises place on young South African stars.
“We’re very happy, I think he’s a very good player. Obviously, 16.5 million is the other side of the way of looking at it, but just in terms of quality on our pitch, our ground, Pretoria, I hope he does well. We haven’t thought so far yet (on making him captain in future). He’s a tremendous talent, his game has really gone forward in the last 1 and a half years as you saw against Australia in Australia recently,” Pretoria Capitals head coach Sourav Ganguly said.
“He’s a game changer, and that’s what you need in T20 cricket. We have Russell, Rutherford, who can actually really steam it up. I hope he does well. I never relate performance to money, leaving aside the 16.5 million, and I, I think he’s a great talent. He plays spin well, which is very important, and looking at everything.”
Aiden Markram’s R 14 million signing by the Durban Super Giants was one of the headline-grabbing moments of the SA20 2026 auction. The South Africa T20I captain, who has already established himself as a proven leader with back-to-back SA20 titles for Sunrisers Eastern Cape, saw intense competition for his services. Both the Pretoria Capitals and Durban Super Giants pushed the bidding to record levels before SEC eventually pulled out, leaving DSG to secure him for a historic figure.
What makes this signing even more significant is the comparison with his Indian Premier League contract — Markram is currently with Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL, where he was picked up at just INR 2 crore (approximately R 4 million). The R 14 million bid in SA20 equates to around INR 7.05 crore, meaning Markram will now be earning over three times his IPL salary while playing for the same ownership group across two of the world’s biggest T20 leagues.
Back in the 2023 auction, Tristan Stubbs went to Sunrisers Eastern Cape for R 9.2 million, setting the standard for future bidding wars. That figure stood as the record for two seasons until it was overtaken in 2026.
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