Most Wickets in IPL 2025, Purple Cap Holder on May 2: Top 10 Highest Wicket-Takers and Teamwise Top 5

Most Wickets in IPL 2025: Gujarat Titans' pacer Prasidh Krishna holds on to the top spot after retaking lead in the Purple Cap race the other night as his nearest rivals didn't compete in the latest IPL Match on May 3. Also read: Most Runs in IPL 2025 | IPL Points Table | IPL Qualification Scenario | Most Sixes | Fairplay Award

Placed second and just a wicket behind, RCB pacer Josh Hazlewood missed the match against CSK, expectedly due to an injury. RCB are yet to give an official statement on the quantum of his recovery. Meanwhile, CSK's Noor Ahmad improved a spot to third. Another contender made steady progress as RCB's Krunal Pandya took a wicket on the night to improve from ninth to fifth spot!

Most Wickets in IPL 2025 Purple Cap Holder on May 2 Prasidh Krishna

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: Top 10 highest wicket-takers list in Purple Cap race

Name	Wickets	Matches	Best spell	Economy Rate	4-wicket spell	5-wicket spell
1. Prasidh Krishna (GT)	19	10	4/41	7.48	1	0
2. Josh Hazlewood (RCB)	18	10	4/53	8.20	1	0
3. Noor Ahmad (CSK)	16	11	4/18	8.22	1	0
4. Trent Boult (MI)	16	11	4/26	8.80	1	0
5. Krunal Pandya (RCB)	14	11	4/45	8.57	2	0
6. Mohammed Siraj (GT)	14	10	4/17	8.94	1	0
7. Khaleel Ahmed (CSK)	14	11	3/29	9.85	0	0
8. Mitchell Starc (DC)	14	10	5/35	10.14	0	1
9. Varun Chakravarthy (KKR)	13	10	3/22	7.15	0	0
10. Arshdeep Singh (PBKS)	13	10	3/43	8.50	0	0

Updated after RCB vs CSK on May 3
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 - 14 wickets
Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 12 wickets
Yash Dayal - 10 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 - 10 wickets
Sandeep Sharma - 9 wickets
Tushar Deshpande - 6 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Sunrisers Hyderabad

Harshal Patel - 13 wickets
Pat Cummins - 10 wickets
Mohammed Shami - 6 wickets
Zeeshan Ansari - 6 wickets
Jaydev Unadkat - 6 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Chennai Super Kings

Noor Ahmad - 15 wickets
Khaleel Ahmed - 14 wickets
Matheesha Pathirana - 12 wickets
Ravindra Jadeja - 7 wickets
R Ashwin - 5 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Mumbai Indians

Trent Boult - 16 wickets
Hardik Pandya - 13 wickets
Jasprit Bumrah - 11 wickets
Deepak Chahar - 9 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 - 19 wickets
Mohammed Siraj - 14 wickets
Sai Kishore - 12 wickets
Rashid Khan - 7 wickets
Ishant Sharma - 4 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	186	5/19	7.63	2	2
Piyush Chawla	192	192	4/17	7.96	2	0
Sunil Narine	190	184	5/19	6.77	7	1
Ravichandran Ashwin	185	217	4/34	7.25	1	0
Dwayne Bravo	183	161	4/22	8.38	2	0
Jasprit Bumrah	176	140	5/10	7.28	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	251	5/16	7.66	3	1