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Spencer Johnson

On scorecards: SH Johnson · Right-hand bat

3
Seasons
12
Matches
8
Runs
SR 72.7
7
Wickets
econ 10.29
0
Titles
0
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2024 to 2026 · Sources

Spencer Johnson, a bowler, has played three IPL seasons for three franchises.

The arrival

Spencer Johnson arrived through the auction: Gujarat Titans paid ₹10 cr, against a base price of ₹50 lakh.

That first season brought 5 matches, 6 runs and 4 wickets at 9.44 an over.

Franchise by franchise

2024, Gujarat Titans. Bought at the 2024 auction for ₹10 cr. 5 matches and 4 wickets.

2025, Kolkata Knight Riders. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹2.80 cr. 4 matches and 1 wicket.

2026, Chennai Super Kings. Arrived outside the auction. 3 matches and 2 wickets.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 7 wickets in 231 deliveries, at 10.29 runs an over against a league rate of 9.51 for the same seasons: 0.78 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time.

The fielding record: 3 catches.

At the auction

Spencer Johnson has gone under the hammer three times, bought twice and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹10 cr, paid by Gujarat Titans in 2024, more than 20 times the base price. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2025, cost ₹2.80 cr.

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

Where it stands

Spencer Johnson has made 12 IPL appearances, the latest for Chennai Super Kings in 2026.

Season by season

Batting, bowling and fielding for each IPL season. SR is strike rate, Econ runs per over, POTM player-of-the-match awards; * not out.
SeasonTeamMRunsHSAvgSR50/100WktsEconBestCtPOTM
2024Gujarat Titans565*–85.70/049.442/251
2025Kolkata Knight Riders421*–50.00/0111.741/421
2026Chennai Super Kings3000.0–0/0210.031/391

Franchise journey

Ball-by-ball detail

Career totals from ball-by-ball data, not split by season; included only where they agree exactly with the runs and wickets on this page.
MetricValue
Dot balls faced58.3%
Balls per four12
Balls per six12
Dot balls bowled37%
Balls per wicket32.9
Catches3
Run-outs0
Stumpings0

At the auction

From the IPL auction archive; prices in lakh and crore of rupees, with the US dollar price for the auctions that were conducted in dollars (2008 to 2013).
AuctionSetBase priceResult
2024–₹50 lakhSold to Gujarat Titans for ₹10 cr
2025ACC₹2 crSold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹2.80 cr
2026FA1₹1.50 crUnsold

Sources