Marcus Stoinis

The arrival

Marcus Stoinis arrived through the auction: Kings XI Punjab paid ₹55 lakh, against a base price of ₹30 lakh.

That first season brought 7 matches, 146 runs and 8 wickets at 8.43 an over.

The peak

The high point with the bat was 2023, for Lucknow Super Giants: 408 runs at an average of 31.4, striking at 150.0 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 141.9, with 3 fifties, and a highest score of 89 not out.

Measured against the league around it, though, the most destructive season was 2025: 160 runs at a strike rate of 186.1, 33 runs per hundred balls quicker than the IPL as a whole that year.

With the ball, the best season was 2020, for Delhi Capitals: 13 wickets at 9.54 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.14, with best figures of 3 for 26.

Franchise by franchise

2016 to 2018, Kings XI Punjab. Bought at the 2016 auction for ₹55 lakh. 19 matches, 262 runs and 13 wickets.

2019, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Arrived outside the auction. 10 matches, 211 runs and 2 wickets.

2020 to 2021, Delhi Capitals. Bought at the 2020 auction for ₹4.80 cr. 27 matches, 441 runs and 15 wickets.

2022 to 2024, Lucknow Super Giants. Arrived outside the auction. 40 matches, 952 runs and 13 wickets.

2025 to 2026, Punjab Kings, second time round. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹11 cr. 27 matches, 376 runs and 3 wickets.

5 spells with four franchises in all. The longest was with Kings XI Punjab, 2016 to 2018.

Bat, ball and method

Across the career, Marcus Stoinis has struck at 147.5. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 140.5, so Marcus Stoinis has scored about 7 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 64% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 181 fours and 117 sixes.

The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 33.6% of the balls Marcus Stoinis faced were dot balls, a lower share than 73% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 13 balls, and a four every 8.4.

With the ball, 46 wickets in 937 deliveries, at 9.91 runs an over against a league rate of 8.53 for the same seasons: 1.37 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 15.

26.6% of the balls Marcus Stoinis bowled were dots, a lower share than 99% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 20.3 balls.

The fielding record: 26 catches and 4 run-outs.

At the auction

Marcus Stoinis has gone under the hammer five times. The highest price was ₹11 cr, paid by Punjab Kings in 2025, more than 5 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹25 lakh in 2015, ₹11 cr by 2025. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Delhi Daredevils in 2015.

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

Where it stands

Marcus Stoinis has made 123 IPL appearances, the latest for Punjab Kings in 2026, and has won 9 player-of-the-match awards.