Most Wickets in IPL 2025, Purple Cap Holder Updated on April 20: Top 10 Highest Wicket-Takers and Teamwise Top 5

Most Wickets in IPL 2025: A day after losing his Purple Cap, CSK's Noor Ahmad will have the chance to win it back on April 20 from Prasidh Krishna, who took the lead with a 14-wicket haul to his name. Also read: Most Runs in IPL 2025 | IPL Points Table | Most Wickets | Most Sixes | Fairplay Award

Now dropped to third position, Noor Ahmad needs three wickets to take back sole lead in the race as CSK take on Mumbai Indians. Meanwhile, 10th-place Hardik Pandya and 4th-placed Josh Hazlewood failed to make any progress after a wicketless outing in their respective matches. 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 Holder on April 20 — Prasidh Krishna, left, and Noor Ahmad (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. 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	8	3/14	8.62	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. Arshdeep Singh (PBKS)	11	8	3/43	8.62	0	0
8. Mohammed Siraj (GT)	11	7*	4/17	8.50	0	0
9. Khaleel Ahmed (CSK)	11	7	3/29	9.00	0	0
10. Hardik Pandya (MI)	11	7	5/36	8.90	0	1

Updated after CSK innings vs MI on April 20
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 - 10 wickets
Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 8 wickets
Yash Dayal - 7 wickets
Suyash Sharma - 4 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 - 6 wickets
Ashwani Kumar - 6 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 - 11 wickets
Yuzvendra Chahal - 9 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	214	168	5/40	7.90	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	169	137	5/10	7.30	2	2
Ravindra Jadeja	164	247	5/16	7.64	3	1