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Most Wickets in IPL 2025, Purple Cap Holder - Noor Ahmad closes in on Top Spot: Top 10 Highest Wicket-Takers and Teamwise Top 5
Most Wickets in IPL 2025: RCB pacer Josh Hazlewood maintains the lead in the Purple Cap race (at 18 wickets) but saw one of his nearest contenders, Noor Ahmad, who improved his wicket tally to 15 on April 30.
While his side went out of playoff race, Noor Ahmad remains only behind Hazlewood and Prasidh Krishna as the best spinner in the tournament. Meanwhile, his teammate and pacer Khaleel Ahmed leapt to fourth. 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. Josh Hazlewood (RCB) | 18 | 10 | 4/53 | 8.20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2. Prasidh Krishna (GT) | 17 | 9 | 4/41 | 7.80 | 1 | 0 |
| 3. Noor Ahmad (CSK) | 15 | 10 | 4/18 | 8.22 | 1 | 0 |
| 4. Khaleel Ahmed (CSK) | 14 | 10 | 3/29 | 8.85 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. Mitchell Starc (DC) | 14 | 10 | 5/35 | 10.14 | 0 | 1 |
| 6. Varun Chakravarthy (KKR) | 13 | 10 | 3/22 | 7.15 | 0 | 0 |
| 7. Arshdeep Singh (PBKS) | 13 | 10 | 3/43 | 8.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 8. Trent Boult | 13 | 10 | 4/26 | 8.55 | 1 | 0 |
| 9. Harshal Patel (SRH) | 13 | 9 | 3/26 | 9.03 | 2 | 0 |
| 10. Krunal Pandya (RCB) | 13 | 10 | 4/45 | 8.61 | 1 | 0 |
- Updated after CSK vs PBKS on April 30
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Teamwise Top 5 wicket-takers
Top 5 wicket-takers for Royal Challengers Bengaluru
- Josh Hazlewood - 18 wickets
- Krunal Pandya - 13 wickets
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 12 wickets
- Yash Dayal - 9 wickets
- Suyash Sharma - 4 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Kolkata Knight Riders
- Varun Chakravarthy - 13 wickets
- Vaibhav Arora - 12 wickets
- Harshit Rana - 11 wickets
- Sunil Narine - 10 wickets
- Andre Russell - 8 wickets
- Moeen Ali - 3 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Rajasthan Royals
- Wanindu Hasaranga - 10 wickets
- Jofra Archer - 10 wickets
- Maheesh Theekshana - 9 wickets
- Sandeep Sharma - 9 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 - 15 wickets
- Khaleel Ahmed - 14 wickets
- Matheesha Pathirana - 9 wickets
- Ravindra Jadeja - wickets
- R Ashwin - 5 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Mumbai Indians
- Trent Boult - 12 wickets
- Hardik Pandya - 12 wickets
- Jasprit Bumrah - 9 wickets
- Deepak Chahar - 8 wickets
- Vignesh Puthur - 6 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Delhi Capitals
- Mitchell Starc - 14 wickets
- Kuldeep Yadav - 12 wickets
- Vipraj Nigam - 9 wickets
- Mukesh Kumar - 9 wickets
- Axar Patel - 5 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Lucknow Super Giants
- Shardul Thakur - 12 wickets
- Digvesh Singh Rathi - 10 wickets
- Avesh Khan - 10 wickets
- Ravi Bishnoi - 9 wickets
- Aiden Markram - 4 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Gujarat Titans
- Prasidh Krishna - 17 wickets
- Sai Kishore - 12 wickets
- Mohammed Siraj - 12 wickets
- Rashid Khan - 7 wickets
- Arshad Khan - 3 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Punjab Kings
- Arshdeep Singh - 13 wickets
- Yuzvendra Chahal - 13 wickets
- Marco Jansen - 10 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 | 218 | 169 | 5/40 | 7.91 | 8 | 1 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 193 | 184 | 5/19 | 7.60 | 2 | 2 |
| Piyush Chawla | 192 | 192 | 4/17 | 7.96 | 2 | 0 |
| 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 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 174 | 139 | 5/10 | 7.30 | 3 | 2 |
| Amit Mishra | 174 | 162 | 5/17 | 7.37 | 4 | 1 |
| Lasith Malinga | 170 | 122 | 5/13 | 7.14 | 6 | 1 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 167 | 250 | 5/16 | 7.65 | 3 | 1 |
Note: Highlighted players are active in IPL 2025
Story first published: Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 19:54 [IST]
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