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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: 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 |
Note: Highlighted players are active in IPL 2025
Story first published: Tuesday, April 15, 2025, 21:18 [IST]
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