Most Wickets in IPL 2025, Purple Cap Holder - Mitchell Starc improves two spots to 2nd: Top 10 Highest Wicket-Takers and Teamwise Top 5

Most Wickets in IPL 2025: Chennai Super Kings' Noor Ahmad is likely to end another day in possession of the Purple Cap as the Afghan mystery spinner became the first bowler to enter double-digit figures in the wicket column. Also read: Most Runs in IPL 2025 | IPL Points Table | Most Wickets | Most Sixes | Fairplay Award

His teammate Khaleel Ahmed and Delhi Capitals' Mitchell Marsh came close to his tally but eventually couldn't match or surpass him. Among others, Wanindu Hasaranga, who took five wickets in his last game, may still have a chance to match Noor if he replicates the effort as his side is defending 206 against Punjab Kings at this moment. 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 Hardik Pandya Noor Ahmad — Noor Ahmad, left, and Hardik Pandya (Photos: 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)	10	4	5/35	7.86	1	0
2. Mitchell Starc (DC)	9	4	5/35	8.91	0	1
3. Khaleel Ahmed (CSK)	8	4	3/29	7.50	0	0
4. Hardik Pandya (MI)	8	3	5/36	7.50	0	1
5. Shardul Thakur (LSG)	7	4	4/34	10.15	1	0
6. Kuldeep Yadav (DC)	6	2	3/22	6.00	0	0
7. Varun Chakravarthy (KKR)	6	4	3/22	6.26	0	0
8. Josh Hazlewood (RCB)	6	3	3/21	7.26	0	0
9. Sai Kishore (GT)	6	3	3/30	7.41	0	0
10. Digvesh Singh (LSG)	6	4	2/30	7.62	0	0

Updated during PBKS vs RR on April 5
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 - 6 wickets
Maheesh Theekshana - 4 wickets
Sandeep Sharma - 4 wickets
Jofra Archer - 4 wickets
Tushar Deshpande - 3 wickets

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 - 10 wickets
Khaleel Ahmed - 8 wickets
Matheesha Pathirana - 5 wickets
R Ashwin - 3 wickets
Ravindra Jadeja - 2 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Mumbai Indians

Hardik Pandya - 8 wickets
Vignesh Puthur - 5 wickets
Ashwani Kumar - 5 wickets
Deepak Chahar - 4 wickets
Trent Boult - 3 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Delhi Capitals

Mitchell Starc - 9 wickets
Kuldeep Yadav - 6 wickets
Vipraj Nigam - 3 wickets
Mukesh Kumar - 2 wickets
Mohit Sharma - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Lucknow Super Giants

Shardul Thakur - 7 wickets
Digvesh Singh Rathi - 6 wickets
Ravi Bishnoi - 3 wickets
M Siddharth - 2 wickets
Avesh Khan - 2 wickets

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 - 6 wickets
Lockie Ferguson - 3 wickets
Marco Jansen - 3 wickets
Glenn Maxwell - 2 wickets
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	163	5/40	7.88	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	216	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