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 16 December at The Lalit Hotel in New Delhi.^[1]

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 US$ 650,000 to spend in the auction on 24 players (14 Indian and 10 overseas) for a term of 3 years. Minimum base price for an Indian player was US$ 2,800 and for overseas player was US$ 5,000 under which franchise owners could not bid.^[1]

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.^[2]

Marquee Players
Player	Team	Base Price	Winning Bid
Sardar Singh	Delhi Wave Riders	$27,800	$78,000
Sandeep Singh	Mumbai Magicians	$27,800	$64,400115%
Jamie Dwyer	Punjab Warriors	$25,000	$78,200115%
Moritz Fürste	Ranchi Rhinos	$25,000	$83,950115%
Teun de Nooijer	Uttar Pradesh Wizards	$25,000	$87,400115%

^115% 115% of the top paid player of the team

Sandeep Singh was bought by Mumbai Magicians at his base price ($27,800) 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 (115% of Jaap Stockmann with $68,000) and Moritz Fürste will earn $83,950 (115% of Ashley Jackson's $73,000). Dutchman Teun de Nooijer's annual purse is the highest of the league i.e. $87,400 (115% of V.R. Raghunath's winning bid of $76,000) whereas Sardar Singh's annual purse is the highest among Indian players ($78,000).^[3]

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.^[1][4]

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

  Player replaced.

After the main auction, the teams who had not completed their quota of 24 players (14 Indians and 10 overseas) 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

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.^[5]

Player	Replaced	Team	Price	Reason for replacement
Tim Jenniskens	Taeke Taekema	Delhi Wave Riders	$20,000	Back injury[5]
Lovedeep Singh	Rahul Shikpkar	Delhi Wave Riders	$2,800	Knee injury[6]
Liam de Young	Sergi Enrique	Mumbai Magicians	$25,000	[7]
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[8]
Steven Edwards	Rashid Mehmood	Mumbai Magicians	$20,000	Player released[8]
Jason Wilson	Fareed Ahmed	Mumbai Magicians	$20,000	Player released[8]
Glenn Simpson	Imran Butt	Mumbai Magicians	$15,000	Player released[8]
Tim Deavin	Muhammad Tousiq	Mumbai Magicians	$15,000	Player released[8]
Bosco Pérez-Pla	Muhammad Irfan	Ranchi Rhinos	$15,000	Player released[8]
Dean Couzins	Muhammad Rizwan Jr.	Delhi Wave Riders	$25,000	Player released[8]
Andy Hayward	Muhammad Rizwan Jr.	Delhi Wave Riders	$25,000	Player released[8]

Following unsold players were added to the reserve pool (according to their base price):