IPL playerEngland2016 to 2026
Jos Buttler
On scorecards: JC Buttler · Right-hand bat
Jos Buttler, a wicketkeeper-batter, has played eleven IPL seasons for three franchises. One title came along the way.
The arrival
Jos Buttler arrived through the auction: Mumbai Indians paid ₹3.80 cr, against a base price of ₹1.50 cr.
That first season brought 14 matches and 255 runs. The best was still to come.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2022, for Rajasthan Royals: 863 runs at an average of 57.5, striking at 149.1 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 134.2, with 4 hundreds and 4 fifties, and a highest score of 116. There were four seasons of 400 runs or more in all (2018, 2022, 2025 and 2026).
Measured against the league around it, though, the most destructive season was 2021: 254 runs at a strike rate of 153.0, 26 runs per hundred balls quicker than the IPL as a whole that year.
Franchise by franchise
2016 to 2017, Mumbai Indians. Bought at the 2016 auction for ₹3.80 cr. 24 matches and 528 runs; champions in 2017.
2018 to 2024, Rajasthan Royals. Bought at the 2018 auction for ₹4.40 cr. 83 matches and 3,055 runs.
2025 to 2026, Gujarat Titans. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹15.75 cr. 31 matches and 1,064 runs.
3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Rajasthan Royals, 2018 to 2024.
How the runs came
Across the career, Jos Buttler has struck at 149.7. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 140.4, so Jos Buttler has scored about 9 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 67% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 459 fours and 211 sixes.
The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 36.1% of the balls Jos Buttler faced were dot balls, a lower share than 52% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 14.7 balls, and a four every 6.8.
The fielding record: 88 catches, 8 run-outs and 4 stumpings.
At the auction
Jos Buttler has gone under the hammer three times. The highest price was ₹15.75 cr, paid by Gujarat Titans in 2025, more than 7 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹3.80 cr in 2016, ₹15.75 cr by 2025.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
On the all-time IPL lists, among 810 players, Jos Buttler stands 15th for runs, 11th for sixes and 13th for player-of-the-match awards. The story is still being written: 2026 was another season with Gujarat Titans.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 255 | 41 | 23.2 | 138.6 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 7 | ||
| 2017 | Mumbai Indians | 10 | 273 | 77 | 24.8 | 152.5 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | Champions |
| 2018 | Rajasthan Royals | 13 | 548 | 95* | 54.8 | 155.2 | 5/0 | – | – | – | 10 | 3 | |
| 2019 | Rajasthan Royals | 8 | 311 | 89 | 38.9 | 151.7 | 3/0 | – | – | – | 8 | 1 | |
| 2020 | Rajasthan Royals | 13 | 328 | 70* | 32.8 | 144.5 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | |
| 2021 | Rajasthan Royals | 7 | 254 | 124 | 36.3 | 153.0 | 0/1 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | |
| 2022 | Rajasthan Royals | 17 | 863 | 116 | 57.5 | 149.1 | 4/4 | – | – | – | 9 | 3 | |
| 2023 | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 392 | 95 | 28.0 | 139.0 | 4/0 | – | – | – | 9 | 1 | |
| 2024 | Rajasthan Royals | 11 | 359 | 107* | 39.9 | 140.8 | 0/2 | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | |
| 2025 | Gujarat Titans | 14 | 538 | 97* | 59.8 | 163.0 | 5/0 | – | – | – | 10 | 1 | |
| 2026 | Gujarat Titans | 17 | 526 | 60 | 37.6 | 152.5 | 4/0 | – | – | – | 26 |
Franchise journey
- Mumbai Indians: 2016 to 2017
- Rajasthan Royals: 2018 to 2024
- Gujarat Titans: 2025 to 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 36.1% |
| Balls per four | 6.8 |
| Balls per six | 14.7 |
| Catches | 88 |
| Run-outs | 8 |
| Stumpings | 4 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | – | ₹1.50 cr | Sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹3.80 cr |
| 2018 | WK1 | ₹1.50 cr | Sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹4.40 cr |
| 2025 | M1 | ₹2 cr | Sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹15.75 cr |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet