2013 Hockey India League players' auction
2013 Hockey India League Players' Auction was the auction of players for the first season of the franchise-based field hockey tournament, Hockey India League. Auction was conducted by International Auctioneer Bob Hayton and took place on December 16 at The Lalit Hotel in New Delhi.
A total of 246 players were available for the auction out of which 93 were foreign player and 153 local. Each franchise had a purse of 650,000 to spend in the auction on 24 players for a term of 3 years. Minimum base price for an Indian player was 2,800 and for overseas player was 5,000 under which franchise owners could not bid.
Marquee Players
The franchise owners made silent bids for each of the five marquee players before the actual auction begun. Hockey India then revealed which marquee player will lead which franchise based on the maximum bids by all the owners. Each team's marquee player got a contract worth at least 115 per cent of the highest successful bid for a player of that team in the auction if the silent bid is not worth more than this amount.Sandeep Singh was bought by Mumbai Magicians at his base price but Mumbai bought Australian Joel Carroll for $56,000 which raises Sandeep's annual purse to $64,400 due to the 115% rule. Similarly, Jamie Dwyer will fetch $78,200 and Moritz Fürste will earn $83,950. Dutchman Teun de Nooijer's annual purse is the highest of the league i.e. $87,400 whereas Sardar Singh's annual purse is the highest among Indian players.
Auction
Each round of main auction involved bidding for 10 defenders, 10 forwards and 10 midfielders. 25 goalkeepers were auctioned all together in the first round.| Player | Team | Base Price | Winning Bid |
 Ashley Jackson | Ranchi Rhinos | $25,000 | $73,000 |
 Christopher Ciriello | Punjab Warriors | $25,000 | $29,000 |
 David Alegre | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | $25,000 | $55,000 |
 Floris Evers | Ranchi Rhinos | $25,000 | $31,000 |
| Glenn Turner | Mumbai Magicians | $25,000 | $25,000 |
 Justin Reid-Ross | Ranchi Rhinos | $25,000 | $33,000 |
 Oskar Deecke | Delhi Wave Riders | $25,000 | $25,000 |
 Rashid Mehmood | Mumbai Magicians | $25,000 | $41,000 |
| Taeke Taekema | Delhi Wave Riders | $25,000 | $25,000 |
 Lucas Rey | Punjab Warriors | $22,000 | $40,500 |
| Austin Smith | Ranchi Rhinos | $20,000 | $46,000 |
| Edward Ockenden | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | $20,000 | $65,000 |
| Francisco Juancosa Cortés | Ranchi Rhinos | $20,000 | $42,000 |
| Jaap Stockmann | Punjab Warriors | $20,000 | $68,000 |
| Jeroen Hertzberger | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | $20,000 | $20,000 |
| Joel Carroll | Mumbai Magicians | $20,000 | $56,000 |
| Kieran Govers | Punjab Warriors | $20,000 | $41,000 |
| Luke Doerner | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | $20,000 | $22,000 |
| Marcel Balkestein | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | $20,000 | $20,000 |
| Mark Knowles | Punjab Warriors | $20,000 | $57,000 |
| Matthew Butturini | Mumbai Magicians | $20,000 | $31,000 |
| Matthew Gohdes | Delhi Wave Riders | $20,000 | $32,000 |
| Matthew Swann | Mumbai Magicians | $20,000 | $51,000 |
| Muhammad Rizwan Sr. | Delhi Wave Riders | $20,000 | $26,000 |
 Nicholas Wilson | Ranchi Rhinos | $20,000 | $24,000 |
| Pirmin Blaak | Delhi Wave Riders | $20,000 | $33,000 |
| Robert Hammond | Punjab Warriors | $20,000 | $25,000 |
| Simon Child | Delhi Wave Riders | $20,000 | $20,000 |
| Simon Orchard | Punjab Warriors | $20,000 | $45,000 |
| Wouter Jolie | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | $20,000 | $53,000 |
 Gurbaj Singh | Delhi Wave Riders | $18,500 | $36,000 |
| Shivendra Singh | Punjab Warriors | $18,500 | $27,500 |
| Sergi Enrique | Mumbai Magicians | $18,000 | $18,000 |
| Andrés Mir | Delhi Wave Riders | $15,000 | $15,000 |
 Faizal Saari | Mumbai Magicians | $15,000 | $26,000 |
| Fareed Ahmed | Mumbai Magicians | $15,000 | $21,000 |
| George Bazeley | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | $15,000 | $15,000 |
| Kumar Subramaniam | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | $15,000 | $15,000 |
| Lloyd Norris-Jones | Delhi Wave Riders | $15,000 | $17,000 |
| Nicolas Jacobi | Delhi Wave Riders | $15,000 | $50,000 |
| Sander Baart | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | $15,000 | $24,000 |
| Danish Mujtaba | Delhi Wave Riders | $13,900 | $63,000 |
| Gurwinder Singh Chandi | Delhi Wave Riders | $13,900 | $50,000 |
| Ignace Tirkey | Punjab Warriors | $13,900 | $31,000 |
| P. R. Shreejesh | Mumbai Magicians | $13,900 | $38,000 |
| Sarvanjit Singh | Mumbai Magicians | $13,900 | $29,000 |
| S.V. Sunil | Punjab Warriors | $13,900 | $42,000 |
| Tushar Khandker | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | $13,900 | $14,000 |
| V.R. Raghunath | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | $13,900 | $76,000 |
| Muhammad Rizwan Jr. | Delhi Wave Riders | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Muhammad Tousiq | Mumbai Magicians | $10,000 | $27,000 |
| Shafqat Rasool | Ranchi Rhinos | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Birendra Lakra | Ranchi Rhinos | $9,250 | $41,000 |
| Dharamvir Singh | Punjab Warriors | $9,250 | $52,000 |
| K. Chinglensana Singh | Mumbai Magicians | $9,250 | $22,000 |
| Kothajit Singh | Ranchi Rhinos | $9,250 | $33,000 |
| Manpreet Singh | Ranchi Rhinos | $9,250 | $61,000 |
| Rupinder Pal Singh | Delhi Wave Riders | $9,250 | $56,000 |
| S.K. Uthappa | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | $9,250 | $25,000 |
| Yuvraj Valmiki | Delhi Wave Riders | $9,250 | $18,500 |
| Akashdeep Singh | Delhi Wave Riders | $5,600 | $17,000 |
| Amit Rohidas | Ranchi Rhinos | $5,600 | $29,000 |
| Bipin Kishor Kerketta | Delhi Wave Riders | $5,600 | $12,500 |
| Gurmail Singh | Punjab Warriors | $5,600 | $33,000 |
| Harbir Singh | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | $5,600 | $18,000 |
| M.B. Aiyappa | Mumbai Magicians | $5,600 | $21,000 |
| Nitin Thimmaiah | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | $5,600 | $27,500 |
| Prabhdeep Singh | Ranchi Rhinos | $5,600 | $14,000 |
| Pradeep Mor | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | $5,600 | $23,000 |
| Pradhan Somanna | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | $5,600 | $14,000 |
| P.T. Rao | Mumbai Magicians | $5,600 | $17,000 |
| Imran Butt | Mumbai Magicians | $5,000 | $5,500 |
| Muhammad Irfan | Ranchi Rhinos | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| Syed Kashif Shah | Punjab Warriors | $5,000 | $9,500 |
| Roger Padrós | Punjab Warriors | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| Malak Singh | Punjab Warriors | $4,650 | $9,000 |
| Mandeep Singh | Ranchi Rhinos | $4,650 | $13,000 |
| P.L. Thimmanna | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | $4,650 | $25,000 |
| Sampath Kumar Maylaram | Mumbai Magicians | $4,650 | $10,000 |
| Satbir Singh | Mumbai Magicians | $4,650 | $45,000 |
| Sukhdev Singh | Punjab Warriors | $4,650 | $5,500 |
| Anup Valmiki | Mumbai Magicians | $3,700 | $3,700 |
| M. Gunasekar | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | $3,700 | $3,700 |
| Ranjit Singh | Punjab Warriors | $3,700 | $3,700 |
| Amon Mirash Tirkey | Ranchi Rhinos | $2,800 | $6,500 |
| Arvind Kujur | Ranchi Rhinos | $2,800 | $2,800 |
| Chandan Singh | Mumbai Magicians | $2,800 | $7,500 |
| Gagandeep Singh | Mumbai Magicians | $2,800 | $23,000 |
| Gaganpreet Singh | Punjab Warriors | $2,800 | $2,800 |
| Gurinder Singh | Punjab Warriors | $2,800 | $2,800 |
| Harjeet Singh | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | $2,800 | $2,800 |
| Jarmanpreet Singh | Punjab Warriors | $2,800 | $7,500 |
| Keshav Dutt | Punjab Warriors | $2,800 | $2,800 |
| Nilakanta Sharma | Punjab Warriors | $2,800 | $2,800 |
| Parvinder Singh | Ranchi Rhinos | $2,800 | $2,800 |
| Rahul Shilpkar | Delhi Wave Riders | $2,800 | $3,500 |
| Rocky Lohchab | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | $2,800 | $14,000 |
| Siddharth Shanker | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | $2,800 | $7,000 |
| Sreenivasa Rao Katharu | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | $2,800 | $2,800 |
| Stanli Victor Minz | Ranchi Rhinos | $2,800 | $7,000 |
| Sukhmanjit Singh | Ranchi Rhinos | $2,800 | $21,000 |
| Surender Kumar | Delhi Wave Riders | $2,800 | $2,800 |
| Sushant Tirkey | Ranchi Rhinos | $2,800 | $13,000 |
| Suresh Toppo | Mumbai Magicians | $2,800 | $2,800 |
| Talwinder Singh | Delhi Wave Riders | $2,800 | $2,800 |
| Vikramjit Singh | Delhi Wave Riders | $2,800 | $2,800 |
| Vivek Dhar | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | $2,800 | $17,000 |
2nd Round
After the main auction, the teams who had not completed their quota of 24 players could bid for the unsold players in the main auction.| Player | Team | Base Price | Winning Bid |
| Fergus Kavanagh | Ranchi Rhinos | $25,000 | $26,000 |
| Bharat Chettri | Punjab Warriors | $18,500 | $19,000 |
| Hans Raj | Delhi Wave Riders | $2,800 | $3,000 |
| Imran Khan | Delhi Wave Riders | $2,800 | $3,000 |
| Jonny Jasrotia | Mumbai Magicians | $2,800 | $3,000 |
| Sanjay Kumar Bir | Mumbai Magicians | $2,800 | $3,000 |
| Sumit Topno | Ranchi Rhinos | $2,800 | $3,000 |
| Vikas Choudhary | Ranchi Rhinos | $2,800 | $3,000 |
Replacement signings
Franchises can sign players after the HIL auction, as replacement of contracted players who are not available to play due to injuries and national commitments. Under HIL rules, the replacements have to be chosen from the pool of players who went unsold in the auction.| Player | Replaced | Team | Price | Reason for replacement |
| Tim Jenniskens | Taeke Taekema | Delhi Wave Riders | $20,000 | Back injury |
| Lovedeep Singh | Rahul Shikpkar | Delhi Wave Riders | $2,800 | Knee injury |
| Liam de Young | Sergi Enrique | Mumbai Magicians | $25,000 | |
| Khadangbam Rinel Singh | Amon Mirash Tirkey | Ranchi Rhinos | $2,800 | |
| Tarandeep Singh | Sukhmanjit Singh | Ranchi Rhinos | $2,800 | |
| Russell Ford | Syed Kashif Shah | Punjab Warriors | $20,000 | Player released |
| Steven Edwards | Rashid Mehmood | Mumbai Magicians | $20,000 | Player released |
| Jason Wilson | Fareed Ahmed | Mumbai Magicians | $20,000 | Player released |
| Glenn Simpson | Imran Butt | Mumbai Magicians | $15,000 | Player released |
| Tim Deavin | Muhammad Tousiq | Mumbai Magicians | $15,000 | Player released |
| Bosco Pérez-Pla | Muhammad Irfan | Ranchi Rhinos | $15,000 | Player released |
| Dean Couzins | Muhammad Rizwan Jr. | Delhi Wave Riders | $25,000 | Player released |
| Andy Hayward | Muhammad Rizwan Jr. | Delhi Wave Riders | $25,000 | Player released |
Unsold players
Following unsold players were added to the reserve pool :- $25,000
- * Oliver Korn
- * Muhammad Imran
- * Ramón Alegre
- * Pol Amat
- $20,000
- * Phillip Burrows
- $18,000
- * Nathan Burgers
- $15,000
- * Juan Manuel Vivaldi
- * Tristan Clemons
- * Francois Scheefer
- * Muhammad Razie
- * Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin
- * Hugo Inglis
- * Shea McAleese
- * Abdul Haseem Khan
- * Muhammad Waqas
- * Mirosław Juszczak
- * Clinton Panther
- * Erasmus Pieterse
- * Lloyd Madsen
- * Xavier Trench
- $10,000
- * Azlan Misron
- * Hamish McGregor
- * Imran Shah
- * Muhammad Umar Bhutta
- * Michal Nowakowski
- * Miguel Da Graca
- * Rhett Halkett
- * Thornton McDade
- $5,600
- * Mucketira Gannapathy Poonacha
- $5,000
- * Pedro Budeisky
- * Tomas Kuhl
- * Benjamin Read
- * Ali Shan
- * Oriol Fabregas
- * Lewis Jon Valentine Prosser
- $2,800
- * Anjum Tarik
- * Dinesh Mann
- * K. Laldintluanga
- * Kalu Ram
- * Keerthi Mallesh Gowda
- * Nanak Singh
- * Naveen Kumar
- * Phirembam Bisham Singh
- * R. Aravindan
- * Shamsher Singh Kullar
- * Subodh Tirkey
- * Tariq Mohammad
- * Tharun Thamanna Kalmadanda
- * Abhijith B.
- * Balin Boro
- * Gaurav Chandrasen Bhonsle
- * Birsu Bhengra
- * Kabir Sharma
- * R. Ashok Kumar
- * Nadeem Uddin
- * Mohan Muthanna Bollachanda
- * Amit Kumar Malik
- * Avtar Singh Mann
- * Baljit Singh
- * Captain Singh
- * Deepak Aasanbhai Ramvani
- * Dilbag Singh
- * Suresh Kumar Ganeshan
- * Gurpreet Singh Randhawa
- * Jaskaran Singh
- * Naocha Singh Konjengbam
- * Laishram Laiba Loko
- * Manish Bishnoi
- * Prashant
- * S. Paulsesu
- * Saroj Barla
- * Ramesh Setti
- * Lowrance
- * Kanchan Lochan Rajbhar
- * Jatinder Singh
- * Ratul Ansary
- * Anil Xaxa
- * S. Arumugam
- $2,800
- * Prakash Singh Rawat
- * K.D. Bidappa
- * Dattesh Tulsidas Priolkar
- * Deepak Kishor Ekka
- * Harsahib Singh
- * Keisham Hera
- * Kiran Kumar Thockchom
- * Joychandra Singh Lisham
- * Lovepreet Singh Momi
- * Manjinder Singh
- * Manoj Singh Rawat
- * Mohammed Riyazuddin
- * Mikhail Barla
- * Mohammed Iqbal Irshad Mirza
- * Mohit Singh Thakur
- * Muhammed Murthala P.K.
- * Munish Rana
- * N. Kamala Kannan
- * Nitin Kumar Nandanoori
- * Narad Dhaniram Bahadur
- * Naveen Antil
- * Ningombam Abung
- * Dhamu Parthasarthy
- * Pawan Singh Chauhan
- * Prabhjot Singh
- * Ravendra Shiv Kumar
- * Rituraj Boro
- * Sandeep Raju Sammeta
- * Sanjeet Singh Chauhan
- * Sarvjeet Singh Bhalru
- * Sikander Pal Singh
- * Vijay Indra Singh Thapa
- * Vijay Thapa
- * Vikas Choudhary
- * Vinit Kamble