Most Wickets in IPL 2025, Purple Cap Holder - Debutant Ashwani Kumar jumps to 8th spot: Top 10 Highest Wicket-Takers and Teamwise Top 5

Most Wickets in IPL 2025: CSK's Noor Ahmad maintained his lead in the Purple Cap race for another day but saw advent of new faces from their arch rivals camp. Also read: Most Runs in IPL 2025 | IPL Points Table | Most Sixes | Fairplay Award

Mumbai Indians debutant Ashwani Kumar became the first Indian to take four wickets in his maiden IPL appearance and jumped to 8th spot. Let's take a look at 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 Mitchell Starc — Noor Ahmad, left, and Mitchell Starc (Photos: 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)	9	3	5/35	6.36	1	0
2. Mitchell Starc (DC)	8	2	5/35	10.60	0	1
3. Khaleel Ahmed (CSK)	6	3	3/29	7.81	0	0
4. Shardul Thakur (LSG)	6	2	4/34	10.00	1	0
5. Kuldeep Yadav (DC)	5	2	3/22	8.40	0	0
6. Josh Hazlewood (RCB)	5	2	3/21	5.37	0	0
7. Wanindu Hasaranga (RR)	5	2	4/35	9.85	1	0
8. Ashwani Kumar (MI)	4	1	4/24	6.00	1	0
9. Matheesha Pathirana (CSK)	4	2	2/28	8.00	0	0
10. R Sai Kishore (GT)	4	2	3/30	8.37	0	0

Updated after KKR vs MI on March 31

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
Andre Russel - 2 wickets
Sunil Narine - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Rajasthan Royals

Wanindu Hasaranga - 5 wickets
Tushar Deshpande - 3 wickets
Maheesh Theekshana - 2 wickets
Sandeep Sharma - 2 wickets
Jofra Archer - 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 - 9 wickets
Khaleel Ahmed - 6 wickets
Matheesha Pathirana - 4 wickets
R Ashwin - 3 wickets
Nathan Ellis - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Mumbai Indians

Ashwani Kumar - 4 wickets
Vignesh Puthur - 4 wickets
Deepak Chahar - 4 wickets
Hardik Pandya - 3 wickets
Trent Boult - 2 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Delhi Capitals

Mitchell Starc - 8 wickets
Kuldeep Yadav - 5 wickets
Mukesh Kumar - 1 wicket
Vipraj Nigam - 1 wicket
Mohit Sharma - 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
Prasidh 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 - Top 10

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
Ravichandran Ashwin	183	215	4/34	7.15	1	0
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	182	177	5/19	7.55	2	2
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