Jos Buttler's Birthday Tribute: Career milestones & numbers behind the legend

Jos Buttler was born on September 8, 1990, in Taunton, Somerset. He is the most destructive batter England have ever produced. Jos Buttler made his debut in Emirates Old Trafford in a T20I game against India and from there he has played an overall of 331 matches aggregating 10320 runs at an average of 36.59 with 62 fifties and 14 centuries to his name.

He has captained England in 49 games across formats winning 25 games and losing 22 games while two matches ended in no-result. He led England to the T20 World Cup Triumph in 2022 in Australia. He is also one of the most successful wicket-keepers for England, accounting for 439 dismissals of which 393 are catches and 46 stumpings.

He is one of the only two captains to have won the T20 World Cup for England. Jos Buttler played a key role in England’s success in the 2019 World Cup, scoring 312 runs in 9 games at an average of 34.66. Jos Buttler is also one of the two players to have scored centuries in all formats for England.

Here are some of the stats and numbers achieved by Jos Buttler that everyone needs to know:

439 -The total number of dismissals by Jos Buttler in international cricket, the most by an English Wicket Keeper across formats. Alec Stewart is next on the list with 404 dismissals.

4647 -Jos Buttler has aggregated 4647 runs in ODI, the most by an England Wicket-Keeper in ODIs.

2658 -Jos Buttler has aggregated 2658 runs in T20I , this is the most runs by wicket-keeper in T20Is. Mohammad Rizwan is next on the list with 2656 runs.

8963 -Jos Buttler has aggregated 8963 as a wicket-keeper across formats, the most runs as a wicket-keeper for England.

2 -Jos Buttler is the second England Captain to win the T20 World Cup after Paul Collingwood.

4 -Jos Buttler scored four centuries in IPL 2022, the joint-most number of centuries by a batter in an IPL Season. Virat Kohli is another player on the list with four centuries in the 2016 IPL.

21 -Jos Buttler has scored 21 fifty-plus scores as a wicket-keeper in T20Is, the second most number of fifty-plus scores by a wicket-keeper in T20Is. Mohammad Rizwan tops the list with 25 fifty-plus scores.

2 -Jos Buttler is one of the two England players to century in all formats. Dawid Malan is the other England player to achieve this feat.

2 -Jos Buttler is the second England player to score a century in the T20 World Cup after Alex Hales, who scored a century against Sri Lanka in 2014.

759 -Jos Buttler has aggregated 759 runs in 22 matches in T20 World Cup, the most runs for a wicketkeeper in T20 World Cups. Kumar Sangakkara is next on the list with 661 runs.

269 -Jos Buttler has smashed 269 runs in the T20 World Cup 2021, the second most by a wicket-keeper batter in a single edition of the World Cup. Mohammad Rizwan tops the list with 281 runs in the 2021 World Cup.

2 -Jos Buttler is the second wicketkeeper after Brendon McCullum to score a century in T20 World Cup and ODI World Cup.

13 -Jos Buttler smashed 13 sixes in T20 World Cup 2021, the most by a Wicket-keeper batter in a World Cup Season. 

308 -Jos Buttler has smashed 308 sixes in his entire career for England, the second most by an England batter across formats. Eoin Morgan tops the list with 328 sixes.

8 -Jos Buttler has scored 8 ODI hundreds while batting at 5 or below, the most by any batter for that position. MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh share the next spot with 7 centuries each.