Most Wickets in IPL 2025: A night after Purple cap holder Prasid Krishna's lead at the top was reduced to nothing by Josh Hazlewood, SRH pacer Harshal Patel presented himself as the new contender with a four-wicket spell. Also read: Most Runs in IPL 2025 | IPL Points Table | Most Wickets
The spell jumped him to the third spot (with 13 wickets), but not for too long as he soon slipped to the fourth spot as CSK spinner took two wickets to increase his tally to 14 wickets. 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:

| 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. Josh Hazlewood (RCB) | 16 | 9 | 4/33 | 8.37 | 0 | 0 |
| 3. Noor Ahmad (CSK) | 14 | 9 | 4/18 | 8.03 | 1 | 0 |
| 4. Harshal Patel (SRH) | 13 | 9 | 3/26 | 9.03 | 2 | 0 |
| 5. Kuldeep Yadav (DC) | 12 | 8 | 3/22 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. Sai Kishore (GT) | 12 | 8 | 3/30 | 8.22 | 0 | 0 |
| 7. Mohammed Siraj (GT) | 12 | 8 | 4/17 | 8.84 | 0 | 0 |
| 8. Krunal Pandya (RCB) | 12 | 9 | 4/45 | 8.85 | 1 | 0 |
| 9. Khaleel Ahmed (CSK) | 12 | 9 | 3/29 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 10. Hardik Pandya (MI) | 12 | 8 | 5/36 | 9.08 | 0 | 1 |
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| 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 | 190 | 183 | 5/19 | 7.59 | 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 |
Note: Highlighted players are active in IPL 2025