| Year | Team | Amount | Retain | Note |
|---|
| 2025 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 21 crore | Retained | Virat Kohli was retained by the Royal Challengers Bangalore for IPL 2025 and was not part of the auction pool. | |
| 2024 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 15 crore | Retained | Virat Kohli was retained by the Royal Challengers Bangalore for IPL 2024 and was not part of the auction pool. | |
| 2023 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 15 crore | Retained | Virat Kohli was retained by the Royal Challengers Bangalore for IPL 2023 and was not part of the auction pool. | |
| 2022 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 15 crore | Retained | Virat Kohli was retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore for IPL 2022 at an amount of 15 crore INR, hence he was not part of the auction. | |
| 2021 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 17 crore | Retained | Virat Kohli was retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore ahead of the IPL 2021 auction, so no new auction amount was set for him. | |
| 2020 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 17 crore | Retained | Virat Kohli was retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore before the 2020 IPL auction, hence there was no auction amount for him. | |
| 2019 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 17 crore | Retained | Virat Kohli was not part of the 2019 IPL auction as he was retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore prior to the auction. | |
| 2018 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 17 crore | Retained | Virat Kohli was retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore and was not part of the auction. | |
| 2017 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 12.5 crore | Retained | Virat Kohli was retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore for IPL 2017 and did not go through the auction. | |
| 2016 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 12.5 crore | Retained | Virat Kohli was retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore for the 2016 IPL season. | |
| 2015 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 12.5 crore | Retained | Virat Kohli was retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore for IPL 2015 and was not part of the auction. | |
| 2014 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 12.5 crore | Retained | Virat Kohli was retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore ahead of the IPL 2014 auction, so he was not part of the auction pool. | |
| 2013 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 8.2 crore | Retained | Virat Kohli was retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2013, so he was not part of the auction pool. | |
| 2012 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 8.2 crore | Retained | Virat Kohli was retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore and was not part of the IPL 2012 auction. | |
| 2011 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 8.2 crore | Retained | Virat Kohli was retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore for IPL 2011, so he did not go through the auction process that year. | |
| 2010 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 0.12 crore | Retained | Virat Kohli was initially bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2008 IPL auction and was retained by the team before the 2010 season. | |
| 2009 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 0.12 crore | Retained | Virat Kohli was not part of the auction in 2009 as he was retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore. He was acquired in 2008 through the U-19 player draft system. | |
| 2008 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 0.12 crore | Bought | Virat Kohli was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore as an under-19 player after leading India to victory in the Under-19 World Cup in 2008. | |