Liam Livingstone

The arrival

Liam Livingstone arrived through the auction: Rajasthan Royals paid ₹50 lakh, the base price.

That first season brought 4 matches and 70 runs. The best was still to come.

The peak

The high point with the bat was 2022, for Punjab Kings: 437 runs at an average of 36.4, striking at 182.1 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 134.2, with 4 fifties, and a highest score of 70.

With the ball, the best season was 2022, for Punjab Kings: 6 wickets at 8.78 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.36, with best figures of 3 for 27.

Franchise by franchise

2019 to 2021, Rajasthan Royals. Bought at the 2019 auction for ₹50 lakh. 9 matches and 112 runs.

2022 to 2024, Punjab Kings. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹11.50 cr. 30 matches, 827 runs and 11 wickets.

2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹8.75 cr. 10 matches, 112 runs and 2 wickets; champions in 2025.

2026, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bought at the 2026 auction for ₹13 cr. 2 matches and 15 runs.

4 spells with four franchises in all. The longest was with Rajasthan Royals, 2019 to 2021. 2020 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.

Bat, ball and method

Across the career, Liam Livingstone has struck at 155.2. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 140.6, so Liam Livingstone has scored about 15 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 69% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 70 fours and 76 sixes.

The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 35.2% of the balls Liam Livingstone faced were dot balls, a lower share than 57% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 9 balls, the 5th-best rate in that group, and a four every 9.8.

With the ball, 13 wickets in 312 deliveries, at 9.02 runs an over against a league rate of 8.84 for the same seasons: 0.17 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time.

The fielding record: 25 catches.

At the auction

Liam Livingstone has gone under the hammer five times. The highest price was ₹13 cr, paid by Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2026, more than 6 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹50 lakh in 2019, ₹13 cr by 2026.

Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.

Where it stands

Liam Livingstone has made 51 IPL appearances, the latest for Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2026, and has won 1 player-of-the-match award.