Most Wickets in IPL: Bhuvneshwar Kumar Surpasses Dwayne Bravo Tally to Become Highest Wicket-Taking Pacer

Bhuvneshwar Kumar on Monday (April 7) overtook West Indies and Chennai Super Kings legend Dwayne Bravo to become the pacer with the most wickets in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Bhuvneshwar achieved this milestone during Royal Challengers Bengaluru's IPL 2025 clash against Mumbai Indians (MI) at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, where his team sealed a thrilling 12-run victory.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar becomes most successful pacer in IPL history

Defending 221, Bhuvneshwar gave away 48 runs but got a crucial wicket of Tilak Varma, who threatened to take the game away from RCB. With the solitary scalp, the former Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer moved to the top of the standings for pacers in IPL.

Now in 179 matches, Bhuvneshwar has taken 184 wickets as compared to Bravo's 183 scalps in 161 IPL matches. Bravo had earlier surpassed the tally of Mumbai Indians great Lasith Malinga to become the most successful pacer. Here is a look at the top 10 pace-bowling wicket-takers in IPL:

Most wickets in IPL by pacer

Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 184 wickets in 179 matches
Dwayne Bravo - 183 wickets in 161 matches
Lasith Malinga - 170 wickets in 122 matches
Jasprit Bumrah - 165 wickets in 134 matches
Umesh Yadav - 144 wickets in 148 matches
Sandeep Sharma - 141 wickets in 131 matches
Harshal Patel - 139 wickets in 110 matches
Mohit Sharma - 133 wickets in 115 matches
Mohammed Shami - 132 wickets in 115 matches
Trent Boult - 126 wickets in 109 matches

With this latest scalp, Bhuvneshwar also became the third-highest wicket-taker in the IPL. And sits only below Punjab Kings (PBKS) spinner Yuzvendra Chahal (206 wickets in 162 matches at an average of 22.83 and best figures of 5/40) and Piyush Chawla (192 wickets in 192 matches at an average of 26.60, with best figures of 4/17).

Meanwhile, the likes of Ravichandran Ashwin of Chennai Super Kings, and Kolkata Knight Riders veteran Sunil Narine are both not far away from Bhuvneshwar in the highest wickets tallly. While Ashwin has claimed 183 wickets in 216 matches, Narine has 182 wickets to his name in 180 matches.