Most Wickets in IPL 2025, Purple Cap Holder on April 14 - Khaleel Ahmed moves to 2nd Spot: Top 10 Highest Wicket-Takers and Teamwise Top 5

Most Wickets in IPL 2025: Noor Ahmad keeps the Purple Cap for another day despite going wicketless in his latest outing against Lucknow Super Giants on April 14. Most Runs in IPL 2025 | IPL Points Table | Most Sixes

However, the dry spell has allowed his teammate Khaleel Ahmed to reduce the gap between them to just a wicket while the pacer climbed to the second spot. LSG's Shardul Thakur dropped to third place following a poor spell and drops a spot to third place. Let's take a look at the top wicket-takers list followed by teamwise top 5 and Highest Wicket-Takers in IPL history:

Most Wickets in IPL 2025 Purple Cap Holder on April 13 Noor Ahmad Hardik Pandya — 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)	12	7	4/18	7.12	1	0
2. Khaleel Ahmed (CSK)	11	7	3/29	9.00	0	0
3. Shardul Thakur (GT)	11	7	4/34	10.96	1	0
4. Kuldeep Yadav (DC)	10	5	3/22	5.60	0	0
5. Prasidh Krishna (GT)	10	6	3/24	6.95	0	0
6. Sai Kishore (GT)	10	6	3/30	8.47	0	0
7. Mohammed Siraj (GT)	10	6	4/17	8.50	1	0
8. Hardik Pandya (MI)	10	5	5/36	8.81	0	1
9. Digvesh Singh (LSG)	9	7	2/30	7.42	0	0
10. Josh Hazlewood (RCB)	9	6	3/21	8.35	0	0

Updated after LSG vs CSK on April 14
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Teamwise Top 5 wicket-takers

Top 5 wicket-takers for Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Josh Hazlewood - 9 wickets
Krunal Pandya - 8 wickets
Yash Dayal - 7 wickets
Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 6 wickets
Suyash Sharma - 2 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Kolkata Knight Riders

Varun Chakravarthy - 8 wickets
Harshit Rana - 7 wickets
Vaibhav Arora - 6 wickets
Sunil Narine - 5 wickets
Andre Russell - 5 wickets
Moeen Ali - 3 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Rajasthan Royals

Wanindu Hasaranga - 6 wickets
Maheesh Theekshana - 6 wickets
Sandeep Sharma - 5 wickets
Jofra Archer - 5 wickets
Tushar Deshpande - 5 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Sunrisers Hyderabad

Mohammed Shami - 5 wickets
Zeeshan Ansari - 4 wickets
Harshal Patel - 4 wickets
Pat Cummins - 4 wickets
Simarjeet Singh - 2 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Chennai Super Kings

Noor Ahmad - 12 wickets
Khaleel Ahmed - 11 wickets
Matheesha Pathirana - 7 wickets
R Ashwin - 5 wickets
Ravindra Jadeja - 4 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Mumbai Indians

Hardik Pandya - 10 wickets
Vignesh Puthur - 6 wickets
Trent Boult - 5 wickets
Deepak Chahar - 5 wickets
Ashwani Kumar - 5 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Delhi Capitals

Kuldeep Yadav - 10 wickets
Mitchell Starc - 9 wickets
Vipraj Nigam - 7 wickets
Mukesh Kumar - 4 wickets
Mohit Sharma - 2 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Lucknow Super Giants

Shardul Thakur - 11 wickets
Digvesh Singh Rathi - 9 wickets
Ravi Bishnoi - 8 wickets
Avesh Khan - 5 wickets
Akash Deep - 3 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Gujarat Titans

Prasidh Krishna - 10 wickets
B Sai Kishore - 10 wickets
Mohammed Siraj - 10 wickets
Rashid Khan - 4 wickets
Arshad Khan - 2 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Punjab Kings

Arshdeep Singh - 7 wickets
Lockie Ferguson - 5 wickets
Glenn Maxwell - 3 wickets
Marco Jansen - 3 wickets
Yuzvendra Chahal - 2 wickets

Most Wickets in IPL History - Top 10

Full Name	Wickets	Matches	Best Spell	Economy Rate	4-Wicket Spells	5-Wicket Spells
Yuzvendra Chahal	207	165	5/40	7.92	6	1
Piyush Chawla	192	192	4/17	7.96	2	0
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	187	181	5/19	7.57	2	2
Ravichandran Ashwin	185	217	4/34	7.25	1	0
Dwayne Bravo	183	161	4/22	8.38	2	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	166	135	5/10	7.32	2	2
Ravindra Jadeja	164	247	5/16	7.64	3	1