Babar Azam Net Worth 2025, Age, Height, Career, Parents

Do you know any of the fantastic batters and a great role model in the cricket world? Well, I know one! The great Babar Azam. He’s truly a blessed cricketer who stands out as one of the classiest and fearless batsmen on the field among his peer group. 

Babar has glided to stardom, leaving everyone shell-shocked and bowlers in therapy in the gaming world. But what’s under the elegant cover that drives a financial scoreboard as breathtaking as the other?

So, how much is Babar Azam net worth? How many zeroes does his bank account have? Let’s delve deep into the universe of Babar Azam. Don’t look at him just as the cricketer himself, but consider him as one of the iconic brands of his own vibe!

Babar Azam Net Worth & Sources

This year, Babar’s wealth and career achievements had skyrocketed, setting his status as the most beloved cricketing icon. It’s amazing for his fans to see him continuously inspiring!

As of 2025, Babar Azam net worth is estimated to be around $10 million. It’s a major but parallel rise from previous years.

His income doesn’t come from a single pitch. It’s a little bit of everything: salaries, contracts, brand endorsements, and every now and then, a Player of the Match chaque.

Now, let’s look at his numerous money-making factors. Here is the short breakdown of his earnings:

PCB Central Contract & Match Fees

The PCB, Pakistan Cricket Board, pays pretty well, not just offers compliments to the cricketers’ bravery.

Babar Azam lies under Category A of the organization’s Central Contract, which is called the cricketing equivalent of a VIP lounge.

His monthly salary from PCB is approximately PKR 4.5 million. A cherry on top, he also gets a  fair play match fee that is around PKR 1 million for a test match, PKR 750,000 for an ODI, and for a T20I, he gets PKR 550,000 with additional performance-based bonuses.

With Pakistan’s having a good cricket fixture list, you can be sure Babar’s pockets ring more than a tambourine during a desi wedding.

PSL Salaries 

As a marquee player, he earns $220,000 annually from the Pakistan Super League (PSL). He’s the PSL drawcard as captain of Peshawar Zalmi. He’s on the list of one of the league’s most sought-after players.

His salary in PSL is just his minimum! But those throw in bonuses, awards, and that magical six-over midwicket, and the numbers rise quicker than Karachi’s summer temperature, makes him even wealthier. 

Babar Azam played for the Karachi Kings in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) as well, where he ranked in the top 10. 

He is one of the highest-paid players, and his salary has increased as he has progressed from the Silver category to the Platinum one. Well, sources confirm that in the 2023 season, he was paid approximately $170,000 (i.e. INR 1.24 crore).

BBL 15 Contract with Sydney Sixers

Yes, you read it right! The very own Babar has joined the Sydney Sixers for BBL 15, and Australian fans are already looking up to pronounce Azam on Google.

He’s sure to bring his very own brand of class on Aussie shores, and possibly why won’t he?

In a landmark move, Babar has been signed by the Sydney Sixers for BBL Season 15 at a record-shattering fee of USD 274,000 (AUD 420K / PKR 7.8 Crore), making him the highest-paid player in Big Bash League history! 

Babar Azam makes history! When God wills to honor someone, He does so beyond imagination. 

Other League Contracts

He’s working as a freelance cricketer, but for his passion.

Besides the PSL and the BBL, Babar’s services are in the crosshairs of a few T20 leagues. It may be just the rumors of clandestine meetings with SA20 and The Hundred.

But for sure, he is ready for some short-term field play from LPL and ILT20

Endorsements & Sponsorships

When you have the face of a gentleman and the bat of a warrior, brands knock on your door.

Some of his sponsors are Pepsi (yes, he even drinks it classy), Head & Shoulders (because his cover drives come with zero dandruff), Grey-Nicolls (his long-time bat sponsor), and even the banks are involved with him, such as HBL, Free Fire, OPPO, and others.

But wait, what about the endorsement fees? It’s estimated to be around $1 million per year. Who knew shampoo and cricket could coexist so well?

Plus one more, in January 2025, Babar also signed a great groundbreaking deal to be the brand ambassador and bat sponsor for CA Sports. It’s now easy to guess why he is sitting on the money couch!

Because that’s more noughts than a tailender’s score with the bat in Pakistani rupees.

Babar Azam Salary

If there were a fairy tale involving cricket, then Babar Azam would be the mesmerizing prince who slayed bowlers instead of dragons. 

Babar’s monthly salary is estimated at PKR 4.5 million from central contracts and T20 franchises. 

That’s more noughts than a tailender’s score with the bat in Pakistani rupees.

So, from games in the backyards of Lahore against cousins to captaining Pakistan around the world.

We can actually sum up that by 2025, Babar Azam net worth is around $10 million USD, and that’s a lot of cricket balls, by the way. 

Babar Azam Bio

Full Name	Mohammad Babar Azam
Nickname	King Babar (or simply, “Kaptaan”)
Date of Birth	October 15, 1994
Age	30 (as of 2025, and still looks younger than his age)
Height	5 ft 11 in
Weight	76-78Kg
Role	Top-order batter, erstwhile Pakistan captain
Batting Style	Right Arm Off Break Spin (and classy)
Batting style	Right-handed
Major teams	PakistanPakistan Under-19sLords International School System, Lahore Pakistan Under-15s Lahore Ravi Under-19s,Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited Under-19sPakistan Cricket Board BluesPakistan Under-23s, Balochistan
National side	Pakistan (2015–present)
Last Test Match	6 January 2025 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 203)	31 May 2015 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	5 April 2025 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no	56
T20I debut (cap 70)	7 September 2016 v England
Last T20I Match	13 December 2024 v South Africa
T20I shirt no.	56

Early Life & Educational Background of Babar Azam

Babar Azam was born on October 15, 1994, into a Muslim Punjabi family in the City of Gardens, Lahore. He was strongly influenced by cricket due to his older first cousins, Kamran and Umar Akmal. 

He was first fascinated by his cousin brother and then decided to pursue cricket as a career. Babar had been a ball boy at Gaddafi Stadium, but honestly speaking, he was the street cricket boy at first before enrolling in a cricket academy. So, yes, he began his domestic cricket career there.

He went to The Lords International School, but the only “test” in which he was ever truly interested was the one where he stood up to 90mph bowlers like a trooper.

He completed his eighth standard from Lahore’s Ali Education System. Plus, some sources said that he excelled in an executive program in Business of Entertainment, Media and Sports at the famous Harvard Business School in the US. 

Cricketing Career of Babar Azam

Babar gained experience playing cricket on the streets with tape-ball, the most standard Pakistani practice of teenage boys. He used to be a ball-boy for Pakistan home matches and dreamed of playing on those same grounds someday. 

Rana Sadiq was his first coach, who advised and taught him the basics of batting. He later became a member of the Pakistan Under-19 team. 

Babar also began playing with Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited in 2010. This was the start of his professional career.

In the same year, on December 10, he gained the Qaid-e-Azam Trophy against the National Bank and made his First-Class debut. Luckily, his 54-run performance off 114 balls ended the game in a tie.

He got his second chance at a List A debut in the Royal Bank of Scotland Cup at Multan. There was his half-century, which helped his team to win.

He played his maiden match on December 1, 2012, in a Twenty20 for the Lahore Eagles versus the Hyderabad Hawks in the Faysal Bank T20 Cup in Lahore. 

Babar made his international debut in 2015, and since then, record after record. He immediately became a staple after this in the top order.

His first ODI debut was against Zimbabwe in May 2015, while his second was during the test match against  West Indies in 2016. In the same year, he had his 3rd T20I debut against England.

Well, he’s now the fastest batsman to reach above 6,019 runs in ODI for Pakistan and consecutively, he’s one of the world’s top 5 batsmen. 

He is known for his bold stroke play. He has led the Pakistani national team in several ICC competitions and served as captain in all three forms. You can call him the sole Pakistani on ICC’s Fab Four alongside Kohli, Smith, and Root, well, very closely!

He became the captain of Pakistan’s national team and continued his services from 2019 to 2024.

He worked hard under pressure and took it to the semi-finals of the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup and the final of the 2022 edition. 

Thus, Azam is considered one of the finest T20 and ODI batsmen in the world. With his over 11,00 runs in the history of T20 runs, he is no stranger in any of the global leagues.

He played in the Pakistan Super League, the Caribbean Premier League, and various English domestic competitions.

Babar Azam has signed a great landmark deal with the Sydney Sixers. You will now be seeing him in Australia’s premier T20 competition, which is now being hailed as one of the most highly paid profiles in the BBL’s history. From the Sama news Pakistan, it was declared that he’ll be signing the official draft on Friday.

Soon, Babar will be joining a squad with notable Australian players such as Steve Smith, Moises Henriques, Sean Abbott, and Josh Philippe.

His presence will draw attention and will definitely increase his fan engagement, particularly from South Asian audiences.

But don’t forget he’s the brand himself, so he accomplishes all this while looking like he’s posing for a cricket-themed photoshoot. 

Babar Azam Parents

All great cricketers have had a family backing them who allowed them to break glass windows in the name of practice. Babar’s parents have been very supportive from the beginning.

His father, Azam Siddique, is a doting dad who often puts up warm messages on social media and his mother is a pillar of strength, but not in the limelight. Safeer Azam is his brother.

There are rumors regarding Babar Azam’s engagement to his cousin in 2021, but he denied saying that at this time, his only focus is cricket.

In interviews, Babar credits his earthiness to his father and his mother praying during the tough matches. 

Babar Azam Records

Some of Babar’s record-breaking moments:

• First Pakistani batsman to score 3 back-to-back ODI centuries twice
• Fastest Asian to score 3,000+ T20I runs in 68 innings
• 10,000+ international runs across all formats
• ICC ODI Rankings No. 1

Current ICC Rankings (2025)

• ODIs: #1 Batsman
• T20Is: #6 Batsman
• Tests: #16 Batsman

One-Day Internationals

• Ranked 5th Highest career batting average
• 2nd Hundreds in consecutive innings 
• 3rd Most common Fifties in consecutive innings 
• 1st Fastest to 6000 runs (123) 
• 5000 runs and 50 fielding dismissals
• 7th Highest partnership for the fifth wicket
• 2nd Most player-of-the-series awards

Twenty20 Internationals

• 1st Most consecutive matches as captain of a team (55)
• 2nd Most runs in career (4223)
• 4th Most hundreds in a career (3)
• 1st Most fifties in career (39)
• 1st Most fours in career (447)
• 1st Fastest to 2500 runs (62)
• 7th Most consecutive matches as captain of a team (91)

Combined Test, ODI and T20I records

• 10th Most runs in a calendar year (2598)
• 6th Hundreds in consecutive innings (3)
• 1st Fifties in consecutive innings (9)

Babar Azam Captaincy

Captaincy doesn’t come easily because when attempting to captain a team, Twitter hashtags call for your removal whenever one of your men makes a dropped catch.

But Babar, from 2019 to 2024, stayed calm and led Pakistan across all three formats. During his captaincy:

• Pakistan made the T20 World Cup final of 2022
• Whitewashed South Africa in their home ground
• Got best-ever ODI rankings

Although he resigned as captain in 2023, everyone still calls him a classy and calm captain. He was the one who never threw tantrums but, instead, threw stunning cover drives.

Babar Azam PSL Team

He frequently plays for Peshawar Zalmi, and yes, he still captains and plays for this team this year. Babar is their run machine and captain.

Previously played for Karachi Kings with the most runs in PSL history and scored centuries, half-centuries, and hearty-fifties in between.

Babar Azam Car’s Collection

Well, the love of boys is cars, of course. Babar got an Audi A5, a BMW X5 (the beast mode version), a Honda Civic Turbo, that’s just the king’s style, and a Jeep Wrangler for off-road adventures or navigating through Lahore traffic. Who knows!

Conclusion

Babar’s story is one of grit, grace, and raw passion for the game. And that’s true, he has more fans than PSL has fireworks.

He’s a cricketer who hits a distinct vibe. He’s a brand, a gent with a bat. His bank account that’s growing faster than a T20 chase and a career that’s chock-a-block with records, he’s well on the way to becoming a cricketing legend.

FAQs

What is the net worth of Babar Azam in dollars?

As of 2025, Babar Azam net worth is valued at approximately $10 million USD.

Is Babar Azam a billionaire?

Not quite yet, but with his talent, brand value, and peaceful mind, he has the courage to get to this point some day.

What is Babar Azam famous for?

He’s famous for his classy batting style, elegant cover drives and most importantly, calm captaincy, along with being Pakistan’s heartthrob on and off the pitch.

Who is the cousin of Babar Azam?

Babar’s cousins are Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal and Adnan Akmal from his paternal side.

What is the rank of Babar Azam?

As of 2025, Babar is ranked among the Top 5 ICC ODI batsmen with a 12 ranking in T20Is ranking.

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