Bollywood star Ranveer Singh is King! Actor pips Virat Kohli to become most valued Indian celebrity: Report

Ranveer Singh is on cloud nine. Despite forgettable box-office encounters in the past year, he has managed to stay King—at least when it comes to brand worth. The 38-year-old actor, who had dislodged peer Akshay Kumar to become the second most valuable celebrity in 2021, has done an encore this year as well. And this time, he has managed to pip Virat Kohli and emerge as the most-valued Indian celebrity in 2022, with an overall value of USD 181.7 million in 2022, up from USD 158.3 million in 2021.

A not-so-great batting display and a slump in form saw Kohli's overall brand value decline to USD 176.9 million, as against USD 185.7 million in 2021 and USD 237.7 million in 2020, revealed consulting firm Kroll through a report titled, 'Celebrity Brand Valuation 2022: Beyond the Mainstream'.

"...Ranveer became the most valued celebrity brand in India, given his mammoth endorsement portfolio and widening global presence," Kroll managing director for valuation services, Aviral Jain, said.


With films from the south, like 'RRR' doing handsomely well nationally and internationally, the brand values of celebrities from Tollywood had a northward journey in 2022 with Allu Arjun (USD 31.4 million) and Rashmika Mandanna (USD 25.3 million) breaking into top 25 celebrities by brand value.

Athlete Neeraj Chopra's Olympic medal in javelin catapulted him into the top 25 with a brand value of USD 26.5 million, at par with badminton player P V Sindhu.

Among the women, Alia Bhatt tops the list with a huge spike in brand value to USD 102.9 million in 2022 from USD 68.1 million in 2021. The actor, who was also a part of RRR, is ranked fourth overall and is followed by Deepika Padukone at USD 82.9 million.

Former cricketer M S Dhoni was the sixth most valued celebrity at USD 80.3 million and Sachin Tendulkar was ranked eighth at USD 73.6 million.

Shah Rukh Khan, who had a successful outing with Pathaan in 2023, had an overall brand value of USD 55.7 million and was ranked tenth, while Salman Khan followed him with a brand valuation of USD 54.5 million, as per the report.