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 Purple Cap Holder - Hardik Pandya — Hardik Pandya (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. 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