Most Wickets in IPL 2025, Purple Cap Holder - Kuldeep Yadav jumps to 2nd Spot: Top 10 Highest Wicket-Takers and Teamwise Top 5

Most Wickets in IPL 2025: CSK's Noor Ahmad holds on to the Purple Cap for another day while Delhi Capitals' Kuldeep Yadav bridged the gap to Ahmad just a wicket following his latest spell on April 16. Also read: Most Runs in IPL 2025 | IPL Points Table | Most Sixes

Kuldeep Yadav jumped from the fourth place to second while his teammate Mitchell Starc, who took the match into a super over, improved to 11th spot with 10 wickets. Let's take a look at how their performances impacted 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 15 Noor Ahmad Varun Chakravarthy — Noor Ahmad, left, and Varun Chakravarthy (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. Kuldeep Yadav (DC)	11	6	3/22	6.04	0	0
3. Khaleel Ahmed (CSK)	11	7	3/29	9.00	0	0
4. Shardul Thakur (GT)	11	7	4/34	10.96	1	0
5. Varun Chakravarthy (KKR)	10	7	3/22	6.16	0	0
6. Prasidh Krishna (GT)	10	6	3/24	6.95	0	0
7. Sai Kishore (GT)	10	6	3/30	8.47	0	0
8. Mohammed Siraj (GT)	10	6	4/17	8.50	1	0
9. Hardik Pandya (MI)	10	5	5/36	8.81	0	1
10. Harshit Rana (KKR)	10	7	3/25	8.82	0	0

Updated after DC vs RR on April 16
Highlighted players are in action in today's match

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 - 10 wickets
Harshit Rana - 10 wickets
Vaibhav Arora - 8 wickets
Sunil Narine - 7 wickets
Andre Russell - 5 wickets
Moeen Ali - 3 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Rajasthan Royals

Jofra Archer - 7 wickets
Wanindu Hasaranga - 7 wickets
Maheesh Theekshana - 7 wickets
Sandeep Sharma - 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 - 11 wickets
Mitchell Starc - 10 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 - 8 wickets
Yuzvendra Chahal - 6 wickets
Marco Jansen - 6 wickets
Lockie Ferguson - 5 wickets
Glenn Maxwell - 4 wickets

Most Wickets in IPL History - Top 10

Full Name	Wickets	Matches	Best Spell	Economy Rate	4-Wicket Spells	5-Wicket Spells
Yuzvendra Chahal	211	166	5/40	7.90	7	1
Piyush Chawla	192	192	4/17	7.96	2	0
Sunil Narine	187	183	5/19	6.74	7	1
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
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