New Delhi: The Purple Cap is given to the bowler who takes the most wickets in every season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). It started in the first season of the tournament 2008. During the season, the highest wicket -taker in the tournament wears purple cap during fielding. After the tournament is over, any bowler who is at the top in the most wicket -taking list gets this honor. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Dwayne Bravo and Harshal Patel have won the purple cap twice. Dwayne Bravo and Harshal Patel took the 2013 and 2021 32 wickets of the Indian Premier League respectively, the highest for any bowler in a season of the tournament.
| The top-10 bowlers who took the most wickets in IPL 2025 |
| Player |
Match |
Over |
Ball |
Wicket |
average |
Run |
| Noor Ahmed |
3 |
12 |
72 |
9 |
9.11 |
82 |
| Mitchell Starc |
2 |
7.4 |
46 |
8 |
9.62 |
77 |
| Varun chakravarti |
4 |
15 |
90 |
6 |
15.67 |
94 |
| Josh hazalwood |
3 |
11.5 |
71 |
6 |
14.33 |
86 |
| Ravishinivasan Sai Kishore |
3 |
12 |
72 |
6 |
14.83 |
89 |
| Khalil Ahmed |
3 |
12 |
72 |
6 |
15.83 |
95 |
| Vaibhav Arora |
3 |
11 |
66 |
6 |
17.33 |
104 |
| Shardul Thakur |
3 |
9 |
54 |
6 |
15.33 |
92 |
| Kuldeep Yadav |
2 |
8 |
48 |
5 |
8.4 |
42 |
| Digvesh Singh Rathi |
3 |
12 |
72 |
5 |
20.2 |
101 |
| List of Purple Cap Winners in IPL 2008 to 20024 in IPL in IPL 2008 in 2008) |
| Season |
Player |
Match |
Wicket |
| 2008 |
Sohail Tanveer (RR) |
11 |
22 |
| 2,009 |
RP Singh (DCH) |
16 |
23 |
| 2,010 |
Pragyan Ojha (DCH) |
16 |
21 |
| 2,011 |
Lasith Malinga (MI) |
16 |
28 |
| 2,012 |
Morne Morkel (DD) |
16 |
25 |
| 2,013 |
Dwayne Bravo (CSK) |
18 |
32 |
| 2,014 |
Mohit Sharma (CSK) |
16 |
23 |
| 2015 |
Dwayne Bravo (CSK) |
16 |
26 |
| 2016 |
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (SRH) |
17 |
23 |
| 2017 |
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (SRH) |
14 |
26 |
| 2018 |
Andrew Tie (KXIP) |
14 |
24 |
| 2,019 |
Imran Tahir (CSK) |
17 |
26 |
| 2,020 |
Kagiso Rabada (DC) |
17 |
30 |
| 2,021 |
Harshal Patel (RCB) |
15 |
32 |
| 2022 |
Yuzvendra Chahal (RR) |
17 |
27 |
| 2023 |
Mohammed Shami (GT) |
17 |
28 |
| 2024 |
Harshal Patel (PBKS) |
14 |
24 |
