Most Wickets in Indian Premier League
MOST WICKETS
No | Player | M | Inns | OVR | Runs | WK | Avg | ECN | SR | 4W | 5W |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 160 | 159 | 585.7 | 4602 | 205 | 22.45 | 7.86 | 17.14 | 7 | 1 | |
2 | 192 | 191 | 639.8 | 5108 | 192 | 26.60 | 7.98 | 19.99 | 2 | 0 | |
3 | 161 | 158 | 517.1 | 4359 | 183 | 23.82 | 8.43 | 16.95 | 2 | 0 | |
4 | 175 | 175 | 646.8 | 4892 | 181 | 27.03 | 7.56 | 21.44 | 4 | 2 | |
5 | 177 | 175 | 678.7 | 4571 | 180 | 25.39 | 6.73 | 22.62 | 8 | 1 | |
6 | 212 | 208 | 752.0 | 5370 | 180 | 29.83 | 7.14 | 25.07 | 1 | 0 | |
7 | 162 | 162 | 561.1 | 4145 | 174 | 23.82 | 7.39 | 19.35 | 5 | 1 | |
8 | 122 | 122 | 468.3 | 3365 | 170 | 19.79 | 7.19 | 16.53 | 7 | 1 | |
9 | 133 | 133 | 507.7 | 3714 | 165 | 22.51 | 7.32 | 18.46 | 4 | 2 | |
10 | 240 | 211 | 636.1 | 4864 | 160 | 30.40 | 7.65 | 23.85 | 4 | 1 | |
11 | 163 | 160 | 568.8 | 4030 | 150 | 26.87 | 7.09 | 22.75 | 2 | 1 | |
12 | 121 | 121 | 475.9 | 3252 | 149 | 21.83 | 6.83 | 19.16 | 2 | 0 | |
13 | 148 | 147 | 507.4 | 4317 | 144 | 29.98 | 8.51 | 21.14 | 3 | 0 | |
14 | 127 | 126 | 469.4 | 3709 | 137 | 27.07 | 7.90 | 20.56 | 3 | 1 | |
15 | 106 | 103 | 358.5 | 3149 | 135 | 23.33 | 8.78 | 15.93 | 3 | 1 | |
16 | 112 | 111 | 373.3 | 3256 | 132 | 24.67 | 8.72 | 16.97 | 4 | 1 | |
17 | 110 | 110 | 403.4 | 3412 | 127 | 26.87 | 8.46 | 19.06 | 2 | 0 | |
18 | 150 | 148 | 515.5 | 3758 | 123 | 30.55 | 7.29 | 25.15 | 1 | 0 | |
19 | 104 | 103 | 387.7 | 3230 | 121 | 26.69 | 8.33 | 19.22 | 1 | 0 | |
20 | 80 | 80 | 301.8 | 2570 | 117 | 21.97 | 8.52 | 15.48 | 6 | 0 | |
21 | 127 | 112 | 280.9 | 2646 | 115 | 23.01 | 9.42 | 14.66 | 3 | 1 | |
22 | 88 | 88 | 317.2 | 2495 | 106 | 23.54 | 7.87 | 17.95 | 1 | 0 | |
23 | 105 | 104 | 351.3 | 2966 | 105 | 28.25 | 8.44 | 20.07 | 1 | 0 | |
24 | 100 | 99 | 365.6 | 2782 | 102 | 27.27 | 7.61 | 21.51 | 1 | 0 | |
25 | 105 | 104 | 353.9 | 3189 | 99 | 32.21 | 9.01 | 21.45 | 2 | 2 | |
26 | 95 | 95 | 361.6 | 2508 | 97 | 25.86 | 6.94 | 22.37 | 0 | 0 | |
27 | 81 | 81 | 286.4 | 2295 | 95 | 24.16 | 8.01 | 18.09 | 4 | 0 | |
28 | 95 | 92 | 309.0 | 2869 | 94 | 30.52 | 9.28 | 19.72 | 1 | 0 | |
29 | 93 | 93 | 325.8 | 2822 | 93 | 30.34 | 8.66 | 21.02 | 2 | 0 | |
30 | 110 | 110 | 385.1 | 3174 | 93 | 34.13 | 8.24 | 24.85 | 1 | 1 | |
31 | 145 | 105 | 336.9 | 2682 | 92 | 29.15 | 7.96 | 21.97 | 1 | 0 | |
32 | 82 | 82 | 294.3 | 2338 | 90 | 25.98 | 7.94 | 19.62 | 2 | 0 | |
33 | 119 | 119 | 419.2 | 3251 | 90 | 36.12 | 7.76 | 27.95 | 0 | 0 | |
34 | 92 | 90 | 315.5 | 2332 | 89 | 26.20 | 7.39 | 21.27 | 0 | 0 | |
35 | 84 | 82 | 290.6 | 2388 | 87 | 27.45 | 8.22 | 20.04 | 4 | 0 | |
36 | 92 | 92 | 296.3 | 2474 | 86 | 28.77 | 8.35 | 20.67 | 1 | 0 | |
37 | 91 | 87 | 286.7 | 2354 | 85 | 27.69 | 8.21 | 20.24 | 1 | 0 | |
38 | 71 | 70 | 264.4 | 2002 | 83 | 24.12 | 7.57 | 19.11 | 2 | 1 | |
39 | 59 | 59 | 218.4 | 1703 | 82 | 20.77 | 7.80 | 15.98 | 3 | 0 | |
40 | 103 | 101 | 337.9 | 2649 | 80 | 33.11 | 7.84 | 25.34 | 0 | 0 | |
41 | 70 | 70 | 271.3 | 2089 | 77 | 27.13 | 7.70 | 21.14 | 1 | 0 | |
42 | 81 | 81 | 277.7 | 2221 | 77 | 28.84 | 8.00 | 21.64 | 2 | 0 | |
43 | 73 | 73 | 250.9 | 2028 | 76 | 26.68 | 8.08 | 19.81 | 4 | 1 | |
44 | 65 | 65 | 225.6 | 2052 | 76 | 27.00 | 9.10 | 17.81 | 3 | 1 | |
45 | 84 | 82 | 247.1 | 2087 | 76 | 27.46 | 8.45 | 19.51 | 2 | 0 | |
46 | 127 | 117 | 353.4 | 2606 | 76 | 34.29 | 7.37 | 27.90 | 0 | 0 | |
47 | 78 | 77 | 276.4 | 2141 | 75 | 28.55 | 7.75 | 22.11 | 1 | 0 | |
48 | 63 | 63 | 225.1 | 1698 | 74 | 22.95 | 7.54 | 18.25 | 3 | 1 | |
49 | 57 | 57 | 211.6 | 1881 | 74 | 25.42 | 8.89 | 17.16 | 0 | 0 | |
50 | 63 | 62 | 221.9 | 1974 | 74 | 26.68 | 8.90 | 17.99 | 1 | 0 |
M: Matches,
W: Won,
L: Lost,
T: Tie,
N/R: No Result,
PTS: Points,
Net RR: Net run rate,
Q: Qualified
Sohail Tanwir was the first player to win the purple cap scalping 22 wickets for RR.
Mohammad Shami is the most recent purple cap winner bagging 28 wickets in the 2023 edition.
Bhuvaneshwar Kumar is the only player to win two consecutive purple caps in 9th and 10th edition of the league.
Bhuvaneshwar Kumar and Dwayne Bravo are the most successful purple cap holders in IPL winning the award twice each.
Purple cap is the award given to the highest wicket-taker of an IPL season.