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Most Wickets in IPL 2025, Purple Cap Holder - Noor Ahmad improves to 3rd Spot, Harshal Patel at 4th: Top 10 Highest Wicket-Takers and Teamwise Top 5
Most Wickets in IPL 2025: A night after Purple cap holder Prasid Krishna's lead at the top was reduced to nothing by Josh Hazlewood, SRH pacer Harshal Patel presented himself as the new contender with a four-wicket spell. Also read: Most Runs in IPL 2025 | IPL Points Table | Most Wickets
The spell jumped him to the third spot (with 13 wickets), but not for too long as he soon slipped to the fourth spot as CSK spinner took two wickets to increase his tally to 14 wickets. 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. Josh Hazlewood (RCB) | 16 | 9 | 4/33 | 8.37 | 0 | 0 |
| 3. Noor Ahmad (CSK) | 14 | 9 | 4/18 | 8.03 | 1 | 0 |
| 4. Harshal Patel (SRH) | 13 | 9 | 3/26 | 9.03 | 2 | 0 |
| 5. Kuldeep Yadav (DC) | 12 | 8 | 3/22 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. Sai Kishore (GT) | 12 | 8 | 3/30 | 8.22 | 0 | 0 |
| 7. Mohammed Siraj (GT) | 12 | 8 | 4/17 | 8.84 | 0 | 0 |
| 8. Krunal Pandya (RCB) | 12 | 9 | 4/45 | 8.85 | 1 | 0 |
| 9. Khaleel Ahmed (CSK) | 12 | 9 | 3/29 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 10. Hardik Pandya (MI) | 12 | 8 | 5/36 | 9.08 | 0 | 1 |
- Updated after CSK vs SRH on April 25
- Highlighted players are in action in today's match
Teamwise Top 5 wicket-takers
Top 5 wicket-takers for Royal Challengers Bengaluru
- Josh Hazlewood - 16 wickets
- Krunal Pandya - 12 wickets
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 9 wickets
- Yash Dayal - 8 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 - 10 wickets
- Jofra Archer - 9 wickets
- Sandeep Sharma - 8 wickets
- Maheesh Theekshana - 7 wickets
- Tushar Deshpande - 6 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Harshal Patel - 13 wickets
- Pat Cummins - 9 wickets
- Mohammed Shami - 6 wickets
- Zeeshan Ansari - 5 wickets
- Eshan Malinga - 5 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Chennai Super Kings
- Noor Ahmad - 14 wickets
- Khaleel Ahmed - 12 wickets
- Matheesha Pathirana - 7 wickets
- Ravindra Jadeja - 6 wickets
- R Ashwin - 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 | 190 | 183 | 5/19 | 7.59 | 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: Thursday, April 24, 2025, 18:30 [IST]
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