Most Wickets in IPL 2025, Purple Cap Holder Updated after KKR vs SRH: Top 10 Highest Wicket-Takers and Teamwise Top 5

Most Wickets in IPL 2025: Chennai Super Kings' Noor Ahmad remains in the lead of the highest wicket-taking chart as none of his rivals got close to him in the latest OPL match. Also read: Most Runs in IPL 2025 | IPL Points Table | Most Sixes | Fairplay Award

KKR's Varun Chakravarthy, meanwhile, took three wickets in the victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad to rise to the third spot and just three more wickets behind the Purple Cap Holder. His teammate Vaibhav Arora matched his haul too with a three-wicket spell as well. 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 — Noor Ahmad (Photo: PTI)

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. Varun Chakravarthy (KKR)	6	4	3/22	6.26	0	0
4. Josh Hazlewood (RCB)	6	3	3/21	7.26	0	0
5. Sai Kishore (GT)	6	3	3/30	7.41	0	0
6. Khaleel Ahmed (CSK)	6	3	3/29	7.81	0	0
7. Shardul Thakur (LSG)	6	3	4/34	10.22	1	0
8. Vaibhav Arora (KKR)	6	3	3/29	9.45	0	0
9. Kuldeep Yadav (DC)	5	2	3/22	8.40	0	0
10. Digvesh Singh (LSG)	5	3	2/30	8.41	0	0

Updated after KKR vs SRH on April 3
Highlighted players are in action in today's match

Teamwise Top 5 wicket-takers

Top 5 wicket-takers for Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Josh Hazlewood - 6 wickets
Yash Dayal - 3 wickets
Krunal Pandya - 3 wickets
Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 2 wickets
Liam Livingstone - 2 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Kolkata Knight Riders

Varun Chakravarthy - 6 wickets
Vaibhav Arora - 6 wickets
Harshit Rana - 3 wickets
Andre Russell - 4 wickets
Moeen Ali - 2 wickets

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

Zeeshan Ansari - 4 wickets
Harshal Patel - 4 wickets
Mohammed Shami - 3 wickets
Simarjeet Singh - 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 - 5 wickets
Ravi Bishnoi - 3 wickets
M Siddharth - 2 wickets
Prince Yadav - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Gujarat Titans

B Sai Kishore - 6 wickets
Mohammed Siraj - 5 wickets
Prasidh Khrishna - 3 wickets
Kagiso Rabada - 2 wickets
Rashid Khan - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Punjab Kings

Arshdeep Singh - 5 wickets
Marco Jansen - 2 wickets
Glenn Maxwell - 2 wickets
Lockie Ferguson - 1 wicket
Yuzvendra Chahal - 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	206	161	5/40	7.86	6	1
Piyush Chawla	192	192	4/17	7.96	2	0
Dwayne Bravo	183	161	4/22	8.38	2	0
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	183	178	5/19	7.54	2	2
Ravichandran Ashwin	183	215	4/34	7.15	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