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Most Wickets in IPL 2025, Purple Cap Holder - Noor Ahmad retakes sole lead: Top 10 Highest Wicket-Takers and Teamwise Top 5
Most Wickets in IPL 2025: Noor Ahmad took a slim yet sole lead in the Purple Cap race as the CSK mystery spinner increased his tally to 11 wickets following the scalp of centurion Priyansh Arya in Mullanpur on April 8. Also read: Most Runs in IPL 2025 | IPL Points Table | Most Wickets | Most Sixes
The Afghan is now ahead by a wicket while his teammate Khaleel Ahmed and Mumbai Indians' Hardik Pandya are right behind him at the second and third spot respectively with three wickets. Let's take a look at the top wicket-takers list followed by teamwise top 5 and Highest Wicket-Takers 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. Noor Ahmad (CSK) | 11 | 5 | 4/18 | 8.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2. Khaleel Ahmed (CSK) | 10 | 5 | 3/29 | 8.05 | 0 | 0 |
| 3. Hardik Pandya (MI) | 10 | 4 | 5/36 | 8.57 | 0 | 1 |
| 4. Mohammed Siraj (GT) | 9 | 4 | 4/17 | 8.06 | 1 | 0 |
| 5. Mitchell Starc (DC) | 9 | 4 | 5/35 | 8.91 | 0 | 1 |
| 6. Shardul Thakur (LSG) | 9 | 5 | 4/34 | 10.82 | 1 | 0 |
| 7. Sai Kishore (GT) | 8 | 4 | 3/30 | 7.06 | 0 | 0 |
| 8. Josh Hazlewood (RCB) | 8 | 4 | 3/21 | 7.76 | 0 | 0 |
| 9. Digvesh Rathi (LSG) | 7 | 5 | 2/30 | 7.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 10. Krunal Pandya (RCB) | 7 | 4 | 4/45 | 10.30 | 1 | 0 |
- Updated after PBKS vs CSK on April 8
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Teamwise Top 5 wicket-takers
Top 5 wicket-takers for Royal Challengers Bengaluru
- Josh Hazlewood - 8 wickets
- Krunal Pandya - 7 wickets
- Yash Dayal - 5 wickets
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 3 wickets
- Liam Livingstone - 2 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Kolkata Knight Riders
- Varun Chakravarthy - 6 wickets
- Vaibhav Arora - 6 wickets
- Harshit Rana - 5 wickets
- Andre Russell - 5 wickets
- Moeen Ali - 2 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Rajasthan Royals
- Wanindu Hasaranga - 6 wickets
- Maheesh Theekshana - 4 wickets
- Sandeep Sharma - 4 wickets
- Jofra Archer - 4 wickets
- Tushar Deshpande - 3 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Mohammed Shami - 5 wickets
- Zeeshan Ansari - 4 wickets
- Harshal Patel - 4 wickets
- Pat Cummins - 4 wickets
- Simarjeet Singh - 2 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Chennai Super Kings
- Noor Ahmad - 11 wickets
- Khaleel Ahmed - 10 wickets
- Matheesha Pathirana - 5 wickets
- R Ashwin - 5 wickets
- Ravindra Jadeja - 2 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Mumbai Indians
- Hardik Pandya - 10 wickets
- Vignesh Puthur - 6 wickets
- Ashwani Kumar - 5 wickets
- Trent Boult - 4 wickets
- Deepak Chahar - 4 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Delhi Capitals
- Mitchell Starc - 9 wickets
- Kuldeep Yadav - 6 wickets
- Vipraj Nigam - 3 wickets
- Mukesh Kumar - 2 wickets
- Mohit Sharma - 1 wicket
Top 5 wicket-takers for Lucknow Super Giants
- Shardul Thakur - 9 wickets
- Digvesh Singh Rathi - 7 wickets
- Ravi Bishnoi - 4 wickets
- Avesh Khan - 3 wickets
- Akash Deep - 3 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Gujarat Titans
- Mohammed Siraj - 9 wickets
- B Sai Kishore - 8 wickets
- Prasidh Krishna - 5 wickets
- Kagiso Rabada - 2 wickets
- Rashid Khan - 1 wicket
Top 5 wicket-takers for Punjab Kings
- Arshdeep Singh - 6 wickets
- Lockie Ferguson - 5 wickets
- Glenn Maxwell - 3 wickets
- Marco Jansen - 3 wickets
- Yuzvendra Chahal - 1 wicket
Most Wickets in IPL History - Top 10
| Full Name | Wickets | Matches | Best Spell | Economy Rate | 4-Wicket Spells | 5-Wicket Spells |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 206 | 164 | 5/40 | 7.88 | 6 | 1 |
| Piyush Chawla | 192 | 192 | 4/17 | 7.96 | 2 | 0 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 185 | 217 | 4/34 | 7.25 | 1 | 0 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 184 | 179 | 5/19 | 7.57 | 2 | 2 |
| Dwayne Bravo | 183 | 161 | 4/22 | 8.38 | 2 | 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
Story first published: Monday, April 7, 2025, 21:27 [IST]
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