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

Most Wickets in IPL 2025: Gujarat Titans' Prasidh Krishna (14 wickets) became the new purple cap holder following his four-wicket spell during the latest IPL match against Delhi Capitals on April 19. Also read: Most Runs in IPL 2025 | IPL Points Table | Most Sixes

He ended the long-standing reign of Noor Ahmad at the top while many other contenders are in action today. Delhi Capitals' Kuldeep Yadav move to the second spot as he got ahead of Noor Ahmad after matching his tally and has a better ecomony rate. Let's take a look at how their performances impacted the top wicket-takers list, followed by team-wise top 5, and Highest Wicket-Takers in IPL history:

Most Wickets in IPL 2025 Purple Cap Prasidh Krishna — Prasidh Krishna (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. Prasidh Krishna (GT)	14	7*	4/28*	7.19	1	0
2. Kuldeep Yadav (DC)	12	7	3/22	6.25	0	0
3. Noor Ahmad (CSK)	12	7	4/18	7.12	1	0
4. Josh Hazlewood (RCB)	12	7	3/14	8.17	0	0
5. Shardul Thakur (LSG)	12	8	4/34	11.00	1	0
6. Sai Kishore (GT)	11	7	3/30	8.49	0	0
7. Mohammed Siraj (GT)	11	7*	4/17	8.50	0	0
8. Khaleel Ahmed (CSK)	11	7	3/29	9.00	0	0
9. Hardik Pandya (MI)	11	6	5/36	9.15	0	1
10. Varun Chakravarthy (KKR)	10	7	3/22	6.16	0	0

Updated after LSG innings vs RR on April 19
Highlighted players are in action in today's match

Teamwise Top 5 wicket-takers

Top 5 wicket-takers for Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Josh Hazlewood - 12 wickets
Krunal Pandya - 8 wickets
Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 8 wickets
Yash Dayal - 7 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

Wanindu Hasaranga - 9 wickets
Jofra Archer - 8 wickets
Maheesh Theekshana - 7 wickets
Sandeep Sharma - 6 wickets
Tushar Deshpande - 6 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Sunrisers Hyderabad

Harshal Patel - 9 wickets
Pat Cummins - 7 wickets
Mohammed Shami - 5 wickets
Zeeshan Ansari - 4 wickets
Eshan Malinga - 4 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 - 6 wickets
Deepak Chahar - 5 wickets
Ashwani Kumar - 5 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Delhi Capitals

Kuldeep Yadav - 12 wickets
Mitchell Starc - 10 wickets
Vipraj Nigam - 7 wickets
Mukesh Kumar - 5 wickets
Mohit Sharma - 2 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Lucknow Super Giants

Shardul Thakur - 12 wickets
Digvesh Singh Rathi - 9 wickets
Avesh Khan - 8 wickets
Ravi Bishnoi - 8 wickets
Akash Deep - 3 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Gujarat Titans

Prasidh Krishna - 14 wickets
Sai Kishore - 11 wickets
Mohammed Siraj - 11 wickets
Rashid Khan - 4 wickets
Arshad Khan - 3 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Punjab Kings

Arshdeep Singh - 10 wickets
Yuzvendra Chahal - 8 wickets
Marco Jansen - 8 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	213	167	5/40	7.89	7	1
Piyush Chawla	192	192	4/17	7.96	2	0
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	189	182	5/19	7.57	2	2
Sunil Narine	187	183	5/19	6.74	7	1
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	167	136	5/10	7.31	2	2
Ravindra Jadeja	164	247	5/16	7.64	3	1