Most Wickets in IPL 2025, Purple Cap Holder - Hardik Pandya improves to 7th: Top 10 Highest Wicket-Takers and Teamwise Top 5

Most Wickets in IPL 2025: Prasidh Krishna's Purple Cap lead remains intact another day but the focus in the latest IPL match will shift to Mumbai Indians' Hardik Pandya. Also read: Most Runs in IPL 2025 | IPL Points Table | Most Wickets | Most Sixes

The MI captain improved his position by two places to 7th, where he is now tied with six bowlers for the second spot. The economy rate comes into play when two players are tied on the same wickets tally. Let's take a look at how their performances impacted the top wicket-takers list, followed by team-wise top 5, and eventually the Highest Wicket-Takers List in IPL history:

Most Wickets in IPL 2025 Purple Cap Holder — 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)	16	8	4/41	7.29	1	0
2. Kuldeep Yadav (DC)	12	8	3/22	6.50	0	0
3. Noor Ahmad (CSK)	12	7	4/18	7.12	1	0
4. Sai Kishore (GT)	12	8	3/30	8.22	0	0
5. Josh Hazlewood (RCB)	12	8	3/14	8.62	0	0
6. Mohammed Siraj (GT)	12	8	4/17	8.84	0	0
7. Hardik Pandya (MI)	12	8	5/36	9.08	0	1
8. Shardul Thakur (LSG)	12	9	4/34	11.20	1	0
9. Arshdeep Singh (PBKS)	11	8	3/43	8.62	0	0
10. Khaleel Ahmed (CSK)	11	8	3/29	9.20	0	0

Updated after SRH vs MI on April 23
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

Harshit Rana - 11 wickets
Varun Chakravarthy - 10 wickets
Vaibhav Arora - 9 wickets
Sunil Narine - 7 wickets
Andre Russell - 6 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 - 5 wickets
Eshan Malinga - 5 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 - 5 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Mumbai Indians

Hardik Pandya - 11 wickets
Trent Boult - 10 wickets
Deepak Chahar - 8 wickets
Vignesh Puthur - 6 wickets
Ashwani Kumar - 6 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Delhi Capitals

Kuldeep Yadav - 12 wickets
Mitchell Starc - 11 wickets
Mukesh Kumar - 9 wickets
Vipraj Nigam - 7 wickets
Mukesh Kumar - 5 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
Aiden Markram - 4 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Gujarat Titans

Prasidh Krishna - 16 wickets
Sai Kishore - 12 wickets
Mohammed Siraj - 12 wickets
Rashid Khan - 6 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	170	138	5/10	7.31	2	2
Ravindra Jadeja	164	247	5/16	7.64	3	1