Most Wickets in IPL 2025, Purple Cap Holder - Noor Ahmad holds to 1st spot: Top 10 Highest Wicket-Takers and Teamwise Top 5

Most Wickets in IPL 2025: Noor Ahmad kept the purple cap for another day after his three-wicket haul as the latest IPL match saw none come close to him. Also read: Most Runs in IPL 2025 | IPL Points Table | Most Sixes | Fairplay Award

However, Gujarat Titans' Sai Kishore, who took three wickets in his first game of the season, took another wicket against Mumbai Indians to climb a spot to 5th. Let's take a look at how their performances have impacted the top wicket-takers list followed by teamwise top 5 after the opening match of IPL 2025:

Most Wickets in IPL 2025 Purple Cap Holder Noor Ahmad — Noor Ahmad (Photo: JioHotstar)

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. Noor Ahmad (CSK)	7	2	4/18	6.75	1	0
2. Shardul Thakur (LSG)	6	2	4/34	10.00	1	0
3. Josh Hazlewood (RCB)	5	2	3/21	5.37	0	0
4. Khaleel Ahmed (CSK)	4	2	3/29	7.12	0	0
5. R Sai Kishore (GT)	4	2	3/30	8.37	0	0
6. Krunal Pandya (RCB)	3	1	3/29	7.25	0	0
7. Vignesh Puthur (MI)	3	1	3/32	8.00	0	0
8. Mitchell Starc (DC)	3	1	3/42	10.50	0	0
9. Yash Dayal (RCB)	3	2	2/18	7.16	0	0
10. Tushar Deshpande (RR)	3	2	3/44	17.00	0	0

Updated after GT vs MI on March 29

Teamwise Top 5 wicket-takers

Top 5 wicket-takers for Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Josh Hazlewood - 5 wickets
Yash Dayal - 3 wickets
Krunal Pandya - 3 wickets
Liam Livingstone - 2 wickets
Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Kolkata Knight Riders

Varun Chakravarthy - 3 wickets
Vaibhav Arora - 3 wickets
Moeen Ali - 2 wickets
Harshit Rana - 2 wickets
Sunil Narine - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Rajasthan Royals

Tushar Deshpande - 3 wickets
Maheesh Theekshana - 2 wickets
Wanindu Hasaranga - 1 wicket
Sandeep Sharma - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Sunrisers Hyderabad

Harshal Patel - 3 wickets
Simarjeet Singh - 2 wickets
Mohammed Shami - 2 wickets
Pat Cummins - 2 wickets
Adam Zampa - 2 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Chennai Super Kings

Noor Ahmad - 7 wickets
Khaleel Ahmed - 4 wickets
Matheesha Pathirana - 2 wickets
R Ashwin - 2 wickets
Nathan Ellis - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Mumbai Indians

Vignesh Puthur - 3 wickets
Hardik Pandya - 2 wickets
Deepak Chahar - 2 wickets
Mujeeb Ur Rahman - 1 wicket
Will Jacks - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Delhi Capitals

Mitchell Starc - 3 wickets
Kuldeep Yadav - 2 wickets
Mukesh Kumar - 1 wicket
Vipraj Nigam - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Lucknow Super Giants

Shardul Thakur - 6 wickets
Digvesh Singh Rathi - 3 wickets
Ravi Bishnoi - 3 wickets
M Siddharth - 2 wickets
Prince Yadav - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Gujarat Titans

R Sai Sudharsan - 4 wickets
Prasid Khrishna - 2 wickets
Kagiso Rabada - 2 wickets
Mohammed Siraj - 2 wickets
Rashid Khan - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Punjab Kings

Arshdeep Singh - 2 wickets
Marco Jansen - 1 wicket
Glenn Maxwell - 1 wicket

Most Wickets in IPL History

Full Name	Wickets	Matches	Best Spell	Economy Rate	4-Wicket Spells	5-Wicket Spells
Yuzvendra Chahal	205	160	5/40	7.84	6	1
Piyush Chawla	192	192	4/17	7.96	2	0
Dwayne Bravo	183	161	4/22	8.38	2	0
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	182	177	5/19	7.55	2	2
Ravichandran Ashwin	182	214	4/34	7.13	1	0
Sunil Narine	181	178	5/19	6.73	7	1
Amit Mishra	174	162	5/17	7.37	4	1
Lasith Malinga	170	122	5/13	7.14	6	1
Jasprit Bumrah	165	133	5/10	7.30	2	2
Ravindra Jadeja	160	242	5/16	7.64	3	1