Patiala, 02 April (Shahi)
Chennai Super Kings’ Noor Ahmad currently heads the IPL 2025 wicket-taking charts with 9 wickets in three matches. Check out the full list of leading bowlers.
The IPL 2025 season is in full flow, and as the tournament advances, the race for the Purple Cap—the award for the season’s highest wicket-taker—is heating up.
Alongside the Orange Cap, the Purple Cap stands as one of the most prestigious individual honors in the Indian Premier League, celebrating bowling excellence.
As IPL 2025 continues to unfold, the battle for the Purple Cap adds an intriguing subplot to the larger quest for the championship title.
At present, Chennai Super Kings’ Noor Ahmad leads the IPL 2025 wicket-taking charts with 9 scalps from three matches.
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IPL 2025 Purple Cap Race
Most Wickets in IPL 2025
| Rank | Player | Wickets | Team | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noor Ahmad | 9 | CSK | 3 |
| 2 | Mitchell Starc | 8 | DC | 2 |
| 3 | Shardul Thakur | 6 | LSG | 3 |
| 4 | Khaleel Ahmed | 6 | CSK | 3 |
| 5 | Kuldeep Yadav | 5 | DC | 2 |
| 6 | Josh Hazlewood | 5 | RCB | 2 |
| 7 | Wanindu Hasaranga | 5 | RR | 2 |
| 8 | Arshdeep Singh | 5 | PBKS | 2 |
| 9 | Ashwani Kumar | 4 | MI | 1 |
| 10 | Vignesh Puthur | 4 | MI | 2 |
Purple Cap Legacy
Since its introduction in the inaugural IPL season of 2008, the Purple Cap has been claimed by some of the world’s finest bowlers.
The first recipient was Pakistan’s Sohail Tanvir, who took 22 wickets in 11 matches for Rajasthan Royals in their only title-winning campaign to date. Over the years, legends like Lasith Malinga and Dwayne Bravo have added their names to the list.
Among the standout Purple Cap performances, Dwayne Bravo (2013) and Harshal Patel (2021) share the record for the most wickets in a single season with 32 each. Bravo achieved this in 18 matches for Chennai Super Kings, while Patel matched it in 15 games for Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Kagiso Rabada is the only other bowler to breach the 30-wicket mark, claiming 30 scalps in 17 matches for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2020.
Dwayne Bravo, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Harshal Patel are the only bowlers to win the Purple Cap twice. Bravo triumphed with CSK in 2013 and 2015, while Patel won with RCB in 2021 and Punjab Kings in 2024. Bhuvneshwar Kumar stands alone as the only bowler to win it in consecutive seasons, doing so with Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2016 and 2017.
Just three players—Sohail Tanvir (2008, Rajasthan Royals), RP Singh (2009, Deccan Chargers), and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2016, Sunrisers Hyderabad)—have won both the Purple Cap and the IPL trophy in the same year.
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Across 17 completed IPL seasons, Indian bowlers have secured the Purple Cap nine times, while South Africans have claimed it on three occasions. RP Singh, a 2007 T20 World Cup winner, was the first Indian to win it, taking 23 wickets in 16 matches for Deccan Chargers in 2009.
