Most Wickets in IPL 2025: Noor Ahmad's Purple Cap comes under direct threat on April 7 as Mumbai Indians' in-form captain Hardik Pandya will resume with just two wickets behind from the CSK spinner as he takes the field against RCB. Also read: Most Runs in IPL 2025 | IPL Points Table | Most Sixes
Apart from the MI captain, eyes are also on his teammate and young spinner Vignesh Puthur, who will resume at 5 wickets and take on Virat Kohli for the first time in his career. Meanwhile, RCB have their contender for the Purple Cap too as their top wicket-taker Josh Hazlewood will look to increase his tally with the new ball. Let's take a look at the top wicket-takers list followed by teamwise top 5 and Highest Wicket-Takers in IPL history:

| Name | Wickets | Matches | Best spell | Economy Rate | 4-wicket spell | 5-wicket spell |
| 1. Noor Ahmad (CSK) | 10 | 4 | 5/35 | 7.86 | 1 | 0 |
| 2. Mohammed Siraj (GT) | 9 | 4 | 4/17 | 8.06 | 1 | 0 |
| 3. Mitchell Starc (DC) | 9 | 4 | 5/35 | 8.91 | 0 | 1 |
| 4. Sai Kishore (GT) | 8 | 4 | 3/30 | 7.06 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. Khaleel Ahmed (CSK) | 8 | 4 | 3/29 | 7.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. Hardik Pandya (MI) | 8 | 4* | 5/36 | 7.50 | 0 | 1 |
| 7. Shardul Thakur (LSG) | 7 | 4 | 4/34 | 10.15 | 1 | 0 |
| 8. Kuldeep Yadav (DC) | 6 | 2 | 3/22 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 9. Varun Chakravarthy (KKR) | 6 | 4 | 3/22 | 6.26 | 0 | 0 |
| 10. Josh Hazlewood (RCB) | 6 | 4* | 3/21 | 7.26 | 0 | 0 |
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| Full Name | Wickets | Matches | Best Spell | Economy Rate | 4-Wicket Spells | 5-Wicket Spells |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 206 | 163 | 5/40 | 7.88 | 6 | 1 |
| Piyush Chawla | 192 | 192 | 4/17 | 7.96 | 2 | 0 |
| Dwayne Bravo | 183 | 161 | 4/22 | 8.38 | 2 | 0 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 183 | 178 | 5/19 | 7.54 | 2 | 2 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 183 | 216 | 4/34 | 7.15 | 1 | 0 |
| Sunil Narine | 181 | 178 | 5/19 | 6.73 | 7 | 1 |
| Amit Mishra | 174 | 162 | 5/17 | 7.37 | 4 | 1 |
| Lasith Malinga | 170 | 122 | 5/13 | 7.14 | 6 | 1 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 165 | 133 | 5/10 | 7.30 | 2 | 2 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 160 | 242 | 5/16 | 7.64 | 3 | 1 |
Note: Highlighted players are active in IPL 2025