VOPE: price vs season WAR, IPL 2026

Every 2026 player who took the field, coloured by team (dot size = matches). The amber curve is the fitted VOPE market expectation; teal points are mean WAR per price decile (95% CI whiskers). Dots above the curve out-earned their price. Hover any dot.
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048121620-00.511.522.53auction / retention price (% of purse)season WAR → wins above replacementABOVE THE CURVE = OUT-EARNED THE PRICEBELOW = THE PRICE BOUGHT WINS THAT NEVER CAMEVOPE market expectationRishabh PantVirat KohliNicholas PooranMatheesha PathiranaJasprit BumrahHardik PandyaSunil NarineBhuvneshwar KumarVaibhav Suryavanshi