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Jos Buttler

Wicketkeeper-batter · England

Born

8 September 1990, Taunton

Batting

Right-handed

Bowling

Does not bowl

Shirt

63

152Test top score

162*ODI top score

131T20I top score

Jos Buttler is an English wicketkeeper-batter and the captain of Gulf Giants in ILT20 Season 5. Born in Taunton, he is one of the great white-ball players of his generation: a World Cup winner in both formats, England's former white-ball captain, and the first player ever to score 15,000 runs in men's T20 cricket. This is his first ILT20 season.

Jos Buttler Biography: Quick Facts

Early life

Jos Buttler was born on 8 September 1990 in Taunton, Somerset, and was educated at King's College, Taunton. He came through Somerset's youth teams at under-13, under-15 and under-17 level, and made his senior club debut for Cheddar before playing for Glastonbury in the 2006 season at the age of 15. His school career peaked in April 2008, when he scored 227 not out in a 50-over national schools game, sharing a record opening stand of 340 with Alex Barrow. He captained King's in 2008 and 2009, was named the 2010 Young Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year, and made his first-class debut for Somerset against Lancashire at Taunton in September 2009, scoring 30 as a replacement for the injured Justin Langer.

Family and personal life

Jos Buttler married Louise Buttler, a Pilates instructor, on 21 October 2017. The two were childhood sweethearts from the age of 14 and were engaged in 2016. They have three children: daughters Georgia Rose, born in April 2019, and Margot, born in September 2021, and a son, Charlie, born in 2024. He keeps his family life largely private, and this page does not publish details beyond what the family has shared publicly.

Domestic and franchise career

Buttler's domestic career began with Somerset, where he played from 2009 to 2013 before moving to Lancashire in 2014 to secure the wicketkeeping role. In the IPL he played for Mumbai Indians in 2016 and 2017, then for Rajasthan Royals from 2018 to 2024, where his 2022 season brought 863 runs, four centuries, the Orange Cap and the Most Valuable Player award. He moved to Gujarat Titans in 2025. He has also played for Paarl Royals and Durban's Super Giants in South Africa's SA20, and for Manchester's franchise in The Hundred. The ILT20 is his newest stop: Gulf Giants signed him for Season 5 and named him captain.

International career

Buttler made his T20I debut against India in Manchester on 31 August 2011, and his ODI debut against Pakistan in Dubai on 21 February 2012. His Test debut came against India at Southampton on 27 July 2014, when he scored 85 in the first innings, and his last Test was in January 2022. He was vice-captain of the England side that won the 2019 ODI World Cup, scoring 59 in the final and effecting the decisive Super Over run-out of Martin Guptill. He became England's white-ball captain in June 2022 after Eoin Morgan's retirement and led England to the 2022 T20 World Cup title, finishing as the side's top scorer, before resigning on 28 February 2025. He reached 200 ODI caps in July 2026, only the second England man after Morgan to do so.

Records and achievements

Buttler's record is built on white-ball greatness. His biggest verified marks are:

• First player ever to score 15,000 runs in men's T20 cricket, reached at Cardiff on 17 September 2026.
• Fastest ODI century by an Englishman, in 46 balls against Pakistan at Dubai in 2015 — and he owns three ODI centuries in 50 balls or fewer, which no other Englishman has matched.
• First Englishman to score centuries in all three international formats, completed with 101 not out against Sri Lanka on 1 November 2021.
• 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup-winning captain, leading England past Pakistan in the final at Melbourne.
• 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup winner, sealing the final with the Super Over run-out of Martin Guptill.
• MBE in the 2020 New Year Honours, for services to cricket.

Jos Buttler's Net Worth and Salary

Jos Buttler's net worth is not a confirmed number. Media reports in 2026 put it at an estimated £9–14 million, around USD 12–18 million, so this page uses that range rather than a single figure. The figure is an estimate, not a confirmed number. His reported earnings include a top-band England central contract worth around £800,000 a year, and IPL deals: ₹3.8 crore with Mumbai Indians in 2016, ₹10 crore retained by Rajasthan Royals in 2021, and ₹15.75 crore with Gujarat Titans in 2025, retained at the same price for 2026.

Jos Buttler in ILT20 Season 5

Gulf Giants signed Jos Buttler for ILT20 Season 5, his first season in the league, and named him captain under coach Simon Helmot. He leads a 23-player squad into the season, which runs from 21 November to 20 December 2026. All ten league fixtures for Gulf Giants are below.

No Season 5 match has been played yet, so there are no Season 5 numbers for this player. This section will be updated as matches are played.

Career stats

As a wicketkeeper in the same snapshot: 153 catches and 1 stumping in Tests, 242 catches and 39 stumpings in ODIs, 100 catches and 22 stumpings in T20Is. In all T20 cricket, not just T20Is: 15,062 runs in 498 innings at 35.60, with 9 hundreds and 108 fifties, as of 1 October 2026. Statistics as of 25 September 2026.

Conclusion

Jos Buttler's career is defined by white-ball greatness: a World Cup winner in both formats, the first man to 15,000 T20 runs, and England's former white-ball captain. His move to Gulf Giants as captain makes his first ILT20 season the next chapter of that career, and this page will be updated as the season is played.

More coverage: the Gulf Giants squad, the Season 5 schedule and the full players index.