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2018 Forbes India Celebrity 100: Salman Khan Tops the List for Third Consecutive Year

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December 5, 2018

RajKumar

Salman Khan, the 52-year-old Bollywood actor has topped the Forbes India’s 2018 list of richest Indian celebrities with earnings of Rs 253.25 Cr. He has taken the top spot for the three years in a row. He was followed by Indian Cricket captain, Virat Kohli with the earnings of Rs 228.09 Cr. Akshay Kumar has taken the third position with the total cross of Rs 185 Cr. Deepika Padukone, who had a spectacular run at the box office with the Padmaavat, has broken into the top five and bagged the 4th position with the total earnings of Rs 114 Cr. Meanwhile, Shahrukh Khan, who has no release in recent times has slipped down from the second position to 13th position.

Among the Tollywood film industry, Pawan Kalyan has ranked at 24th position with Junior NTR at 28, Mahesh Babu at 33 and Nagarjuna at 36. Among the Kollywood film industry, Rajinikanth has ranked at 14th position, Vijay at 26 and Vikram at 29. Actors Suriya and Vijay Sethupathi have jointly ranked at 33rd position. Check out below for complete list of 2018 Forbes India Celebrity 100.

2018 Forbes India Celebrity 100 List:

Rank	Name	Category	Earnings 2018 (in crores)	Earnings 2017 (in crores)
1	Salman Khan	Actor	253.25	232.83
2	Virat Kohli	Sports Personality	228.09	100.72
3	Akshay Kumar	Actor	185	98.25
4	Deepika Padukone	Actor	112.80	59.45
5	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	Sports Personality	101.77	63.77
6	Aamir Khan	Actor	97.50	68.75
7	Amitabh Bachchan	Actor	96.17	40.00
8	Ranveer Singh	Actor	84.67	62.63
9	Sachin Tendulkar	Sports Personality	80.00	82.50
10	Ajay Devgn	Actor	74.50	48.83
11	AR Rahman	Singer and Musician	66.75	57.63
12	Alia Bhatt	Actor	58.83	39.88
13	Shah Rukh Khan	Actor	56	170.50
14	Rajinikanth	Actor	50 crore	–
15	Varun Dhawan	Actor	49.58	43.50
16	Anushka Sharma	Actor	45.83	28.25
17	Ranbir Kapoor	Actor	44.50	55.33
18	Arijit Singh	Singer and Musician	43.32	48.67
19	Sanjay Dutt	Actor	37.85	–
20	PV Sindhu	Sports Personality	36.50	57.25
21	Katrina Kaif	Actor	33.67	13.83
22	Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy	Singer & Musician	32.46	16
23	Rohit Sharma	Sports Personality	31.49	30.82
24	Pawan Kalyan	Actor	31.33	11.33
25	Kareena Kapoor Khan	Actor	31.00	15.00
26	Vijay	Actor	30.33	–
27	Hardik Pandya	Sports Personality	28.46	–
28	Junior NTR	Actor	28	–
29	Vikram	Actor	26	–
30	Karan Johar	Movie Personality	25.9	–
31	Amit Trivedi	Singer & Musician	25.28	–
32	Sanjeev Kapoor	Chef	24.5	–
33	Mahesh Babu	Actor	24.33	–
34	Suriya	Actor	23.67	–
34	Vijay Sethupathi	Actor	23.67	–
36	Nagarjuna	Actor	22.25	–
37	Sidharth Malhotra	Actor	21.67	–
38	Nucleya	Singer & Musician	21.63	–
39	Koratala Siva	Movie Director	20	–
40	Jacqueline Fernandez	Actor	19.95	–
41	Hrithik Roshan	Actor	19.56	–
42	John Abraham	Actor	19.3	–
43	Vishal-Shekhar	Singer & Musician	19.04	–
44	Ravichandran Ashwin	Sports Personality	18.9	–
45	Diljit Dosanjh	Singer & Musician	18.5	–
46	Sonu Nigam	Singer & Musician	18.46	–
47	Rajkumar Hirani	Movie Editor	18.33	–
47	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Movie Director	18.33	–
49	Mammootty	Actor	18	–
49	Priyanka Chopra	Actor	18	–
51	Mika Singh	Singer & Musician	17.4	–
52	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	Sports Personality	17.26	–
53	Dhanush	Actor	17.25	–
54	Shahid Kapoor	Actor	17.17	–
55	Suresh Raina	Sports Personality	16.96	–
56	Aishwarya Rai Bachchan	Actor	16.83	–
57	Irrfan Khan	Actor	16.67	–
58	Saina Nehwal	Sports Personality	16.54	–
59	KL Rahul	Sports Personality	16.48	–
60	Jasprit Bumrah	Sports Personality	16.42	–
61	Salim-Sulaiman	Singer & Musician	16.32	–
62	Shikhar Dhawan	Sports Personality	16.26	–
63	Badshah	Singer & Musician	15.94	–
64	Allu Arjun	Actor	15.67	–
65	Anil Kapoor	Actor	15.5	–
65	Remo D’Souza	Actor	15.5	–
67	Taapsee Pannu	Actor	15.48	–
68	Ravindra Jadeja	Sports Personality	15.39	–
69	Nayanthara	Actor	15.17	–
70	Shraddha Kapoor	Actor	15.15	–
71	Kamal Haasan	Actor	14.2	–
72	Ram Charan	Actor	14	–
73	Vijay Deverakonda	Actor	14	–
74	Bharti Singh	Actor	13.95	–
75	Tiger Shroff	Actor	13.5	–
76	Sonam Kapoor Ahuja	Actor	13.23	–
77	Manish Pandey	Sports Personality	13.08	–
78	Ajinkya Rahane	Sports Personality	12.02	–
79	Rohit Shetty	Movie Director	12	–
79	Hari	Movie Director	12	–
81	Anirban Lahiri	Sports Personality	11.99	–
82	Sunil Grover	Actor	11.81	–
83	Parineeti Chopra	Actor	11.35	–
84	Karan Kundra	Actor	11.01	–
85	Madhuri Dixit Nene	Actor	10.98	–
86	Krushna Abhishek	Actor	10.97	–
87	Srikanth Kidambi	Sports Personality	10.5	–
88	Saif Ali Khan	Actor	10.25	–
89	Mithun Chakraborty	Actor	9.15	–
90	Chetan Bhagat	Author	8.75	–
91	Ram Kapoor	Actor	8.67	–
92	Ali Asgar	Actor	8.2	–
93	R Balki	Movie Director	8	–
94	Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya	Actor	7.8	–
95	Amish Tripathi	Author	6.5	–
96	Vijender Singh	Sports Personality	6.4	–
97	All India Bakchod	YouTube Personality	5	–
98	Shubhankar Sharma	Sports Personality	4.5	–
99	Rohan Bopanna	Sports Personality	3.27	–
100	Vir Das	Actor	2.9	–