Most Wickets in IPL 2025, Purple Cap Holder on April 28: Top 10 Highest Wicket-Takers and Teamwise Top 5
Most Wickets in IPL 2025: RCB pacer Josh Hazlewood keeps hold of the Purple Cap for another day as his closest rival Prasidh Krishna could only take a wicket in his latest outing on April 28. Also read: Most Runs in IPL 2025 | IPL Points Table
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: Top 10 highest wicket-takers list in Purple Cap race
| Name | Wickets | Matches | Best spell | Economy Rate | 4-wicket spell | 5-wicket spell |
| 1. Josh Hazlewood (RCB) | 18 | 10 | 4/53 | 8.20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2. Prasidh Krishna (GT) | 17 | 9 | 4/41 | 7.80 | 1 | 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. Krunal Pandya (RCB) | 13 | 10 | 4/45 | 8.61 | 1 | 0 |
| 6. Kuldeep Yadav (DC) | 12 | 8 | 3/22 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 7. Sai Kishore (GT) | 12 | 8 | 3/30 | 8.22 | 0 | 0 |
| 8. Trent Boult (MI) | 12 | 10 | 4/26 | 8.71 | 1 | 0 |
| 9. Mohammed Siraj (GT) | 12 | 9 | 4/17 | 9.02 | 0 | 0 |
| 10. Khaleel Ahmed (CSK) | 12 | 9 | 3/29 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 |
- Updated after during RR vs GT on April 28
- Highlighted players are in action in today's match
Teamwise Top 5 wicket-takers
Top 5 wicket-takers for Royal Challengers Bengaluru
- Josh Hazlewood - 18 wickets
- Krunal Pandya - 13 wickets
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 12 wickets
- Yash Dayal - 9 wickets
- Suyash Sharma - 4 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Kolkata Knight Riders
- Varun Chakravarthy - 11 wickets
- Vaibhav Arora - 11 wickets
- Harshit Rana - 11 wickets
- Sunil Narine - 7 wickets
- Andre Russell - 7 wickets
- Moeen Ali - 3 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Rajasthan Royals
- Wanindu Hasaranga - 10 wickets
- Jofra Archer - 10 wickets
- Maheesh Theekshana - 9 wickets
- Sandeep Sharma - 9 wickets
- Tushar Deshpande - 6 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Harshal Patel - 13 wickets
- Pat Cummins - 9 wickets
- Mohammed Shami - 6 wickets
- Zeeshan Ansari - 5 wickets
- Eshan Malinga - 5 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Chennai Super Kings
- Noor Ahmad - 14 wickets
- Khaleel Ahmed - 12 wickets
- Matheesha Pathirana - 7 wickets
- Ravindra Jadeja - 6 wickets
- R Ashwin - 5 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Mumbai Indians
- Trent Boult - 12 wickets
- Hardik Pandya - 12 wickets
- Jasprit Bumrah - 9 wickets
- Deepak Chahar - 8 wickets
- Vignesh Puthur - 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
- Axar Patel - 3 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Lucknow Super Giants
- Shardul Thakur - 12 wickets
- Digvesh Singh Rathi - 10 wickets
- Avesh Khan - 10 wickets
- Ravi Bishnoi - 9 wickets
- Aiden Markram - 4 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Gujarat Titans
- Prasidh Krishna - 17 wickets
- Sai Kishore - 12 wickets
- Mohammed Siraj - 12 wickets
- Rashid Khan - 7 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 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 193 | 184 | 5/19 | 7.60 | 2 | 2 |
| Piyush Chawla | 192 | 192 | 4/17 | 7.96 | 2 | 0 |
| 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 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 174 | 139 | 5/10 | 7.30 | 3 | 2 |
| Amit Mishra | 174 | 162 | 5/17 | 7.37 | 4 | 1 |
| Lasith Malinga | 170 | 122 | 5/13 | 7.14 | 6 | 1 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 166 | 249 | 5/16 | 7.64 | 3 | 1 |
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