Most Wickets in IPL 2025, Purple Cap Holder - Noor Ahmad 4-for takes him to 1st Spot: Top 10 Highest Wicket-Takers and Teamwise Top 5

Most Wickets in IPL 2025: Afghan spinner Noor Ahmad made a stunning debut for CSK with a four-wicket spell against Mumbai Indians in Chennai on March 23. The effort puts him top of the Purple cap chart on Day 2 of the tournament.

Meanwhile MI's unheralded Vignesh Puthur grabbed spotlight too with three-wicket spell that gave jitters to CSK, who eventually recovered to win. Let's take a look at how the performances impacted the top wicket-takers list followed by teamwise top 5 after the opening match of IPL 2025:

Most Wickets in IPL 2025 Purple Cap Holder - Noor Ahmad — Noor Ahmad (Photo: JioHotstar)

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)	4	1	4/18	4.50	1	0
2. Khaleel Ahmed (CSK)	3	1	3/29	7.25	0	0
3. Krunal Pandya (RCB)	3	1	3/29	7.25	0	0
4. Vignesh Puthur (MI)	3	1	3/32	8.00	0	0
5. Tushar Deshpande (RR)	3	1	3/44	11.00	0	0
6. Josh Hazlewood (RCB)	2	1	2/22	5.50	0	0
7. Harshal Patel (SRH)	2	1	2/34	8.50	0	0
8. Maheesh Theekshana (RR)	2	1	2/52	13.00	0	0
9. Simarjeet Singh (SRH)	2	1	2/46	15.33	0	0
10. Yash Dayal (RCB)	1	1	1/25	8.33	0	0

Updated after CSK vs MI on March 23

Teamwise Top 5 wicket-takers

Top 5 wicket-takers for Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Krunal Pandya - 3 wickets
Josh Hazlewood - 2 wickets
Yash Dayal - 1 wicket
Rasikh Salam - 1 wicket
Suyash Sharma - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Kolkata Knight Riders

Sunil Narine - 1 wicket
Vaibhav Arora - 1 wicket
Varun Chakravarthy - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Rajasthan Royal

Tushar Deshpande - 3 wickets
Maheesh Theekshana - 2 wickets
Sandeep Sharma - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Sunrisers Hyderabad

Harshal Patel - 2 wickets
Simarjeet Singh - 2 wickets
Mohammed Shami - 1 wicket
Adam Zampa - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Chennai Super Kings

Noor Ahmad - 4 wickets
Khaleel Ahmed - 3 wickets
R Ashwin - 1 wicket
Nathan Ellis - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Mumbai Indians

Vignesh Puthur - 3 wickets
Will Jacks - 1 wicket
Deepak Chahar - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Punjab Kings

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Top 5 wicket-takers for Lucknow Super Giants

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Top 5 wicket-takers for Gujarat Titans

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Top 5 wicket-takers for Delhi Capitals

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Most Wickets in IPL History

Full Name	Wickets	Matches	Best Spell	Economy Rate	4-Wicket Spells	5-Wicket Spells
Yuzvendra Chahal	205	160	5/40	7.84	6	1
Piyush Chawla	192	192	4/17	7.96	2	0
Dwayne Bravo	183	161	4/22	8.38	2	0
Sunil Narine	181	178	5/19	6.73	7	1
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	181	176	5/19	7.56	2	2
Ravichandran Ashwin	181	213	4/34	7.12	1	0
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	241	5/16	7.61	3	1