Most Wickets in IPL 2025, Purple Cap Holder on April 30: Top 10 Highest Wicket-Takers and Teamwise Top 5

Most Wickets in IPL 2025: RCB pacer Josh Hazlewood maintains the lead in the Purple Cap race (at 18 wickets) but saw one of his nearest contenders, Noor Ahmad, who improved his wicket tally to 15 on April 30.

While his side went out of playoff race, Noor Ahmad remains only behind Hazlewood and Prasidh Krishna as the best spinner in the tournament. Meanwhile, his teammate and pacer Khaleel Ahmed leapt to fourth. 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 Josh Hazlewood — Josh Hazlewood (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. 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)	15	10	4/18	8.22	1	0
4. Khaleel Ahmed (CSK)	14	10	3/29	8.85	0	0
5. Mitchell Starc (DC)	14	10	5/35	10.14	0	1
6. Varun Chakravarthy (KKR)	13	10	3/22	7.15	0	0
7. Arshdeep Singh (PBKS)	13	10	3/43	8.50	0	0
8. Trent Boult	13	10	4/26	8.55	1	0
9. Harshal Patel (SRH)	13	9	3/26	9.03	2	0
10. Krunal Pandya (RCB)	13	10	4/45	8.61	1	0

Updated after CSK vs PBKS on April 30
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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 - 13 wickets
Vaibhav Arora - 12 wickets
Harshit Rana - 11 wickets
Sunil Narine - 10 wickets
Andre Russell - 8 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 - 15 wickets
Khaleel Ahmed - 14 wickets
Matheesha Pathirana - 9 wickets
Ravindra Jadeja - 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

Mitchell Starc - 14 wickets
Kuldeep Yadav - 12 wickets
Vipraj Nigam - 9 wickets
Mukesh Kumar - 9 wickets
Axar Patel - 5 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 - 13 wickets
Yuzvendra Chahal - 13 wickets
Marco Jansen - 10 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	218	169	5/40	7.91	8	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	167	250	5/16	7.65	3	1