Most Wickets in IPL 2025, Purple Cap Holder- Prasidh Krishna Maintains Top Spot On May 31: Top 10 Highest Wicket-Takers and Teamwise Top 5

Most Wickets In IPL 2025: Prasidh Krishna from Gujarat Titans is the highest wicket-taker in IPL 2025, with 25 wickets in 15 matches. His best bowling figures are 4 for 41, and he averages 19.52 with the ball. Noor Ahmad, playing for Chennai Super Kings, is second with 24 wickets in 14 matches.

His best performance is 4 for 18, and he maintains an impressive bowling average of 17.00. Josh Hazlewood of Royal Challengers Bangalore picks up 21 wickets in just 11 matches; his best figures are 4 for 33, and he has the best average among the top five at 15.80.

Trent Boult, representing Mumbai Indians, also takes 21 wickets in 15 matches, with best figures of 4 for 26 and a bowling average of 22.80. Sai Kishore from Gujarat Titans completes the top five, taking 19 wickets in 15 matches with best figures of 3 for 30 and an average of 20.68.

Top 10 Wicket-Takers - IPL 2025 (Updated after GT vs MI on May 31)

POS	Player	Team	Wkts	Mat	Inns	Ov	Runs	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w
1	Prasidh Krishna	GT	25	15	15	59.0	488	41/4	19.52	8.27	14.16	1
2	Noor Ahmad	CSK	24	14	14	50.0	408	18/4	17.00	8.16	12.50	2
3	Josh Hazlewood	RCB	21	11	11	40.0	332	33/4	15.80	8.30	11.42	1
4	Trent Boult	MI	21	15	15	53.4	479	26/4	22.80	8.92	15.33	1
5	Sai Kishore	GT	19	15	15	42.3	393	30/3	20.68	9.24	13.42	0
6	Jasprit Bumrah	MI	18	11	11	43.2	276	22/4	15.33	6.36	14.44	1
7	Arshdeep Singh	PBKS	18	15	14	50.2	434	16/3	24.11	8.62	16.77	0
8	Varun Chakaravarthy	KKR	17	13	13	50.0	383	22/3	22.52	7.66	17.64	0
9	Vaibhav Arora	KKR	17	12	12	42.3	430	29/3	25.29	10.11	15.00	0
10	Pat Cummins	SRH	16	14	14	49.4	450	19/3	28.12	9.06	18.62	0

Team-wise Top 5 Wicket-Takers - IPL 2025

RCB: Josh Hazlewood (21), Krunal Pandya (15), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (15), Yash Dayal (12), Suyash Sharma (8)

KKR: Varun Chakravarthy (17), Vaibhav Arora (17), Harshit Rana (15), Sunil Narine (12), Andre Russell (8)

RR: Wanindu Hasaranga (11), Jofra Archer (11), Maheesh Theekshana (11), Sandeep Sharma (9), Tushar Deshpande 96)

SRH: Pat Cummins (16), Pat Cummins (16), Eshan Malinga (13), Jaydev Unadkat (11), Zeeshan Ansari (6)

CSK: Noor Ahmad (24), Khaleel Ahmed (15), Matheesha Pathirana (13), Ravindra Jadeja (10), Anshul Kamboj (8)

MI: Trent Boult (21), Jasprit Bumrah (18), Hardik Pandya (13), Deepak Chahar (11), Mitchell Santner (10)

DC: Kuldeep Yadav (15), Mitchell Starc (14), Mukesh Kumar (12), Vipraj Nigam (11), Axar Patel (5)

LSG: Digvesh Singh Rathi (14), Avesh Khan (13), Shardul Thakur (13), Ravi Bishnoi (9), William O Rourke (6)

GT: Prasidh Krishna (25), Sai Kishore (19), Mohammed Siraj (16), Rashid Khan (9), Arshad Khan (6)

PBKS: Arshdeep Singh (18), Marco Jansen (16), Yuzvendra Chahal (14), Harpreet Brar (10), Lockie Ferguson (5)

Most Wickets In IPL History

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
YS Chahal (MI/PBKS/RCB/RR)	2013-2025	172	170	3743	623.5	4	4956	219	5/40	22.63	7.94	17.09	8	1
B Kumar (PWI/RCB/SRH)	2011-2025	189	189	4198	699.4	14	5374	196	5/19	27.41	7.68	21.41	2	2
SP Narine (KKR)	2012-2025	189	187	4345	724.1	3	4922	192	5/19	25.63	6.79	22.63	7	1
PP Chawla (CSK/KKR/KXIP/MI)	2008-2024	192	191	3850	641.4	2	5108	192	4/17	26.60	7.96	20.05	2	-
R Ashwin (CSK/DC/KXIP/RPS/RR)	2009-2025	221	217	4710	785.0	4	5652	187	4/34	30.22	7.20	25.18	1	-
JJ Bumrah (MI)	2013-2025	144	144	3313	552.1	8	3991	183	5/10	21.80	7.22	18.10	3	2
DJ Bravo (CSK/GL/MI)	2008-2022	161	158	3119	519.5	3	4360	183	4/22	23.82	8.38	17.04	2	-
A Mishra (DC/DCH/LSG/SRH)	2008-2024	162	162	3371	561.5	6	4145	174	5/17	23.82	7.37	19.37	4	1
SL Malinga (MI)	2009-2019	122	122	2827	471.1	8	3365	170	5/13	19.79	7.14	16.62	6	1
RA Jadeja (CSK/GL/Kochi/RR)	2008-2025	254	225	4056	676.0	2	5188	170	5/16	30.51	7.67	23.85	3	1