25 of the Most Expensive Celebrity Engagement Rings

• Hollywood celebrities often spend millions on engagement rings, with prices ranging from $1 million to over $38 million.
• Some stars, like Paris Hilton and Jennifer Lopez, have received multiple million-dollar engagement rings over their lifetimes.
• Famous engagement rings, such as Grace Kelly's, have increased in value over time due to inflation and rarity.

Kourtney Kardashian

After Travis Barker popped the question at a beachfront hotel in Montecito, California, surrounded by a heart-shaped display of red rose petals, in 2021, he slipped a stunning oval-shaped diamond with a pavé band on Kourtney Kardashian's ring finger. The colossal stone, which features a weight of 10 to 12 carats, is estimated to have cost up to $1 million.

• Gemstone: White diamond
• Cut: Oval-cut
• Carat: 10 to 12 carats
• Cost: $1 million

Keyshia Ka'oir

When Gucci Mane proposed to Keyshia Ka’oir at the Atlanta Halks game in 2016, he sweetened the deal with a 25-carat sparkler. Three years later, for Valentine’s Day, the rapper upgraded the original rock with a 60-carat, oval-cut diamond ring. The revamped piece of jewelry reportedly cost the musician $1 million.

• Gemstone: White diamond
• Cut: Oval-cut
• Carat: 60 carats
• Cost: $1 million

Gabrielle Union

Former NBA star Dwayne Wade got down on one knee over the holidays in 2013 (accompanied by his two sons) and presented Gabrielle Union with a stunning solitaire engagement ring that features an 8.5-carat, cushion-cut stone. The cost? It has an estimated worth of $1 million. 

• Gemstone: White diamond
• Cut: Cushion-cut
• Carat: 8.5 carats
• Cost: $1 million

Hilary Duff

Before Hilary Duff married her now-husband, Matthew Koma, in 2019, she tied the knot with former NHL player Mike Comrie. For the proposal, Comrie allegedly doled out $1 million on the singer's 14-carat, princess-cut jewel, which was flanked by two smaller diamonds and set on a pavé band.

• Gemstone: White diamond
• Cut: Princess-cut
• Carat: 14 carats
• Cost: $1 million

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston has been engaged twice, but her most recent engagement, to Justin Theroux in 2012, left her with one of the priciest celebrity engagement rings. While the two got divorced in 2013—three years after their wedding—the actor gave his girlfriend at the time a nine-carat, cushion-cut solitaire diamond that was said to cost $1 million.

• Gemstone: White diamond
• Cut: Cushion-cut
• Carat: Nine carats
• Cost: $1 million

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas had one of the most exorbitant weddings, so it's only natural that the star's vintage Fred Leighton bauble was also an investment. With a value of $1 million, the 10-carat, marquise-cut diamond with an east-west setting and a halo setting is still perched on her left ring finger 25 years later. Due to inflation, the ring is now worth nearly $2 million.

• Gemstone: White diamond
• Cut: Marquise-cut
• Carat: 10 carats
• Cost: $1 million

Katie Holmes

When Katie Holmes said "yes" to Tom Cruise in 2005, she received a five-carat, Edwardian-cut, oval-shaped diamond—surrounded by smaller diamonds with a total weight of six carats—worth $1.5 million. Although the couple's marriage lasted for six years (from 2006 to 2012), the sparkler now has a value of nearly $2.5 million.

• Gemstone: White diamond
• Cut: Oval-cut
• Carat: Five carats
• Cost: $1.5 million

Kate Upton

Model Kate Upton subtly announced her engagement to professional baseball player Justin Verlander at the 2016 Met Gala when she flashed her eight-carat, round-cut diamond engagement ring on the red carpet. The bauble, which features a six-prong setting on a pavé platinum band, was a $1.5-million purchase from Los Angeles-based jeweler Anita Ko.

• Gemstone: White diamond
• Cut: Round-cut
• Carat: Eight carats
• Cost: $1.5 million

Paris Hilton

Paris Hilton's now-husband, Carter Reum, worked with jeweler Jean Dousset to design an intricate bauble: a three-stone engagement ring with a geometric shape that signifies the Grand Palais in Paris. The center stone is an emerald-cut diamond that’s about 10 to 20 carats, and it’s accented by baguette-cut and trapezoid diamonds. The grand total? About $2 million—making it one of the priciest engagement rings.

• Gemstone: White diamond
• Cut: Emerald-cut
• Carat: 10 to 20 carats
• Cost: $2 million

Paris Hilton

The socialite's previous engagement ring, which she received from ex Chris Zylka in January 2018, also topped our list. The rock in question was a 20-carat, pear-shaped stone designed by jeweler Michael Greene, which was an estimated $2 million. Although they called off their engagement in November of that year, Hilton kept the ring because she said her former fiancé received millions of dollars in free publicity for it.

• Gemstone: White diamond
• Cut: Pear-cut
• Carat: 20 carats
• Cost: $2 million

Serena Williams

The best female tennis player of all time, Serena Williams, has a beautiful engagement ring from Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in her possession, which she received in 2016. The entrepreneur reportedly dropped $2 million on the three-stone diamond bauble, featuring a 12-carat, oval-shaped focal diamond—flanked by two smaller diamonds—on a platinum band.

• Gemstone: White diamond
• Cut: Oval-cut
• Carat: 12 carats
• Cost: $2 million

Ciara Wilson

Veering even deeper into pricey celebrity engagement rings, Ciara Wilson's left ring finger has been toting a massive diamond sparkler—a 16-carat, brilliant-cut diamond that's worth up to $2.5 million—ever since Russell Wilson proposed in 2016. The artist sported a similarly sized rock during her prior engagement to rapper Future in 2012, but the 15-carat gem was said to have cost $500,000.

• Gemstone: White diamond
• Cut: Brilliant-cut
• Carat: 16 carats
• Cost: $2 to 2.5 million

Blake Lively

When Blake Lively debuted her 12-carat, oval-cut, light-pink diamond engagement ring on a pavé band from Ryan Reynolds in 2012, the Gossip Girl alum largely influenced the trends. Reynolds collaborated with jeweler Lorraine Schwartz on the design, which had a price tag of $2.5 million.

• Gemstone: Light-pink diamond
• Cut: Oval-cut
• Carat: 12 carats
• Cost: $2.5 million

Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian's rock from her former husband, Kanye West, clocked in at around $4 million when he presented it to her at his stadium proposal in October 2013. The jewel, designed by Lorraine Schwartz, featured a cushion-cut, 15-carat diamond on a pavé band. Unfortunately, though, the sparkler was among the jewelry stolen during her infamous Paris robbery in 2016.

• Gemstone: White diamond
• Cut: Cushion-cut
• Carat: 15 carats
• Cost: $4 million

Vanessa Bryant

In the early 2000s, the late basketball star Kobe Bryant updated his wife, Vanessa Bryant’s, former engagement ring with a new-and-improved one: an eight-carat, emerald-cut purple diamond worth $4 million. The jewel, which includes an infinity band, was customized by Rafinity. Since his passing, the ring has gone up in value and is now worth $6.4 million.

• Gemstone: Purple diamond
• Cut: Emerald-cut
• Carat: Eight carats
• Cost: $4 million

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez has had her fair share of engagement rings, and many of them cost multimillion dollars—her bauble from Marc Anthony being one of them. When the actor-singer proposed to the multi-hyphenate star with a Harry Winston stone in 2004, it cost $4 million. The rock in question was a rare blue 8.5-carat, radiant-cut diamond with a halo of smaller white diamonds. The duo were married for a decade before they finalized their divorce in 2014.

• Gemstone: Blue diamond
• Cut: Radiant-cut
• Carat: 8.5 carats
• Cost: $4 million

Paris Hilton

The media personality's second engagement led to the most expensive ring in her collection. After Greek shipping heir Paris Kassidokostas-Latsis proposed, Hilton sported the emerald-cut bauble on the red carpet in 2005. While it was worth $4.7 million at the time, the value has escalated to more than $7 million.

• Gemstone: White diamond
• Cut: Emerald-cut
• Carat: 24 carats
• Cost: $4.7 million

Jennifer Lopez

Lopez is another celebrity who has accumulated multiple exorbitantly priced engagement rings. When she got engaged for the second time to former husband Ben Affleck in 2021, she received a rare green diamond, set on a platinum band, with two half-moon-shaped diamonds on either side. The second bauble from the actor was a whopping $5 million, two times the price of the first engagement ring he gave her. The first time he popped the question in 2002, which they called off just days before the wedding, he gave her a 6.1-carat pink diamond ring by Harry Winston.

• Gemstone: Green diamond
• Cut: Cushion-cut
• Carat: 8.5 carats
• Cost: $5 million

Jennifer Lopez

Lopez received her largest and most costly engagement ring in 2019 when Alex Rodriguez proposed. The emerald-cut stone, situated between two baguette diamonds, has a weight of 15 to 20 carats and a $5 million value. The duo ended their relationship in 2021.

• Gemstone: White diamond
• Cut: Emerald-cut
• Carat: 15 to 20 carats
• Cost: $5 million

Beyoncé

Beyoncé owns one of the priciest celebrity engagement rings of all time. When Jay-Z dropped to one knee in 2007, he held up a 24-carat, emerald-cut diamond ring designed by Lorraine Schwartz. The rapper spent $5 million on the colossal gem, which is now worth $7.5 million.

• Gemstone: White diamond
• Cut: Emerald-cut
• Carat: 24 carats
• Cost: $5 million

Anna Kournikova

Russian tennis star Anna Kournikova and Latin musician Enrique Iglesias have been together ever since they met in 2001. During the course of their relationship, the artist gave her two different engagement rings: While the first—an 11-carat, pear-cut pink diamond—cost $2.5 million, the second had a price that more than doubled it: $5.4 million. The most recent of her rocks features a radiant-cut yellow diamond, flanked by trillion-cut diamonds. Two decades after the hefty sparkler first made headlines, the stone is now worth almost $9 million.

• Gemstone: Yellow diamond
• Cut: Radiant-cut
• Carat: Unknown
• Cost: $5.4 million

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor is another Hollywood icon with several engagements under her belt, but her bauble from Richard Burton was the most costly—and is considered to be one of the priciest celebrity engagement rings to this day. Four years after they wed, in 1968, he gave her the Krupp diamond, a 33.19-carat stone with an Asscher cut that once belonged to actress Vera Krupp. Even though he paid $305,000 for it at the time, to even the playing field, we’re considering the $8.8 million price that it sold for at a Christie’s auction in 2011.

• Gemstone: White diamond
• Cut: Asscher-cut
• Carat: 33.19 carats
• Cost: $8.8 million (the auction price)

Mariah Carey

Clocking in as the most expensive modern-day celebrity engagement ring is Mariah Carey's 35-carat bling from ex-fiancé James Packer. Before the billionaire popped the question in 2016, he bought the emerald-cut jewel, which was designed by Wilfredo Rosado, for $10 million. Even after they ended their relationship a few months later, she continued to wear the ring. She didn't part ways with the bauble until May 2018, selling it to a Los Angeles jeweler for $2.1 million.

• Gemstone: White diamond
• Cut: Emerald-cut
• Carat: 35 carats
• Cost: $10 million

Jackie Kennedy Onassis

Jackie Kennedy Onassis has her second proposal to thank for snagging one of the top slots for the priciest celebrity engagement ring. Aristotle Onassis—one of the world's richest people at the time—proposed to the former first lady with a Harry Winston design, known as Lesotho III. After Kennedy Onassis' passing, the 40.42-carat sparkler was sold at an auction for $2.6 million in 1996, which would be an estimated $20 million today.

• Gemstone: White diamond
• Cut: Emerald-cut
• Carat: 40.42 carats
• Cost: $20 million

Grace Kelly

In 1956, when Hollywood actress Grace Kelly wed Prince Rainier III of Monaco, her engagement ring was priced at $4.06 million, which was an extravagant purchase at the time. Today, though, the ring is worth about $38.8 million, per Jewellry Box, which earns the top spot for the priciest celebrity engagement ring. The 10.47-carat, emerald-cut diamond ring was designed by Cartier.

• Gemstone: White diamond
• Cut: Emerald-cut
• Carat: 10.47 carats
• Cost: $38.8 million