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Most Wickets in IPL 2025, Purple Cap Holder - Hardik Pandya improves to 7th: Top 10 Highest Wicket-Takers and Teamwise Top 5
Most Wickets in IPL 2025: Prasidh Krishna's Purple Cap lead remains intact another day but the focus in the latest IPL match will shift to Mumbai Indians' Hardik Pandya. Also read: Most Runs in IPL 2025 | IPL Points Table | Most Wickets | Most Sixes
The MI captain improved his position by two places to 7th, where he is now tied with six bowlers for the second spot. The economy rate comes into play when two players are tied on the same wickets tally. Let's take a look at how their performances impacted the top wicket-takers list, followed by team-wise top 5, and eventually the Highest Wicket-Takers List in IPL history:
Most wickets in IPL 2025: Top 10 highest wicket-takers list in Purple Cap race
| Name | Wickets | Matches | Best spell | Economy Rate | 4-wicket spell | 5-wicket spell |
| 1. Prasidh Krishna (GT) | 16 | 8 | 4/41 | 7.29 | 1 | 0 |
| 2. Kuldeep Yadav (DC) | 12 | 8 | 3/22 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 3. Noor Ahmad (CSK) | 12 | 7 | 4/18 | 7.12 | 1 | 0 |
| 4. Sai Kishore (GT) | 12 | 8 | 3/30 | 8.22 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. Josh Hazlewood (RCB) | 12 | 8 | 3/14 | 8.62 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. Mohammed Siraj (GT) | 12 | 8 | 4/17 | 8.84 | 0 | 0 |
| 7. Hardik Pandya (MI) | 12 | 8 | 5/36 | 9.08 | 0 | 1 |
| 8. Shardul Thakur (LSG) | 12 | 9 | 4/34 | 11.20 | 1 | 0 |
| 9. Arshdeep Singh (PBKS) | 11 | 8 | 3/43 | 8.62 | 0 | 0 |
| 10. Khaleel Ahmed (CSK) | 11 | 8 | 3/29 | 9.20 | 0 | 0 |
- Updated after SRH vs MI on April 23
- Highlighted players are in action in today's match
Teamwise Top 5 wicket-takers
Top 5 wicket-takers for Royal Challengers Bengaluru
- Josh Hazlewood - 12 wickets
- Krunal Pandya - 10 wickets
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 8 wickets
- Yash Dayal - 7 wickets
- Suyash Sharma - 4 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Kolkata Knight Riders
- Harshit Rana - 11 wickets
- Varun Chakravarthy - 10 wickets
- Vaibhav Arora - 9 wickets
- Sunil Narine - 7 wickets
- Andre Russell - 6 wickets
- Moeen Ali - 3 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Rajasthan Royals
- Wanindu Hasaranga - 9 wickets
- Jofra Archer - 8 wickets
- Maheesh Theekshana - 7 wickets
- Sandeep Sharma - 6 wickets
- Tushar Deshpande - 6 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Harshal Patel - 9 wickets
- Pat Cummins - 7 wickets
- Mohammed Shami - 5 wickets
- Zeeshan Ansari - 5 wickets
- Eshan Malinga - 5 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Chennai Super Kings
- Noor Ahmad - 12 wickets
- Khaleel Ahmed - 11 wickets
- Matheesha Pathirana - 7 wickets
- R Ashwin - 5 wickets
- Ravindra Jadeja - 5 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Mumbai Indians
- Hardik Pandya - 11 wickets
- Trent Boult - 10 wickets
- Deepak Chahar - 8 wickets
- Vignesh Puthur - 6 wickets
- Ashwani Kumar - 6 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Delhi Capitals
- Kuldeep Yadav - 12 wickets
- Mitchell Starc - 11 wickets
- Mukesh Kumar - 9 wickets
- Vipraj Nigam - 7 wickets
- Mukesh Kumar - 5 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Lucknow Super Giants
- Shardul Thakur - 12 wickets
- Digvesh Singh Rathi - 9 wickets
- Avesh Khan - 8 wickets
- Ravi Bishnoi - 8 wickets
- Aiden Markram - 4 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Gujarat Titans
- Prasidh Krishna - 16 wickets
- Sai Kishore - 12 wickets
- Mohammed Siraj - 12 wickets
- Rashid Khan - 6 wickets
- Arshad Khan - 3 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Punjab Kings
- Arshdeep Singh - 11 wickets
- Yuzvendra Chahal - 9 wickets
- Marco Jansen - 8 wickets
- Lockie Ferguson - 5 wickets
- Glenn Maxwell - 4 wickets
Most Wickets in IPL History - Top 10
| Full Name | Wickets | Matches | Best Spell | Economy Rate | 4-Wicket Spells | 5-Wicket Spells |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 214 | 168 | 5/40 | 7.90 | 7 | 1 |
| Piyush Chawla | 192 | 192 | 4/17 | 7.96 | 2 | 0 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 189 | 182 | 5/19 | 7.57 | 2 | 2 |
| Sunil Narine | 187 | 183 | 5/19 | 6.74 | 7 | 1 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 185 | 217 | 4/34 | 7.25 | 1 | 0 |
| Dwayne Bravo | 183 | 161 | 4/22 | 8.38 | 2 | 0 |
| Amit Mishra | 174 | 162 | 5/17 | 7.37 | 4 | 1 |
| Lasith Malinga | 170 | 122 | 5/13 | 7.14 | 6 | 1 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 170 | 138 | 5/10 | 7.31 | 2 | 2 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 164 | 247 | 5/16 | 7.64 | 3 | 1 |
Note: Highlighted players are active in IPL 2025
Story first published: Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 19:50 [IST]
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