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 Purple Cap Holder on April 27 — Prasidh Krishna, left, and Josh Hazlewood (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. 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