Most wickets in IPL 2023 list: The players with the most number of wickets in the tournament will receive the Purple Cap with the cash prize of Rs. 10 Lakhs.
The bowler with the most wickets in the tournament during the course of the season would wear the Purple Cap while fielding, with the overall leading wicket-taker at the conclusion of the tournament winning the actual Purple Cap award on the day of the season’s final. In case of a tiethe bowler with a superior economy rate would hold the Purple Cap.
The addition of 2 new IPL teams in the 2023 season will increase the competition for the IPL 2023 purple cap.
Most Wickets in IPL 2023 list
The Most wickets in IPL 2023: The latest purple cap holder in IPL 2023 will be listed below with the current stats once after the match kick starts.
RCB’s Harshal Patel is the current IPL Purple Cap holder where he bags 32 wickets in 15 matches he played in the tournament.
The list for the most wickets in IPL 2023 will be updated right after the match ends. Stay tuned for the updates!!!
Rules for Purple Cap in IPL 2023
- The award is given to the leading wicket-taker of the IPL season.
- The bowler with the most wickets in the tournament during the season would wear the Purple Cap while in the field.
- In case of a tie, the Purple Cap is given to the bowler with a superior economy rate.
Most Wickets in IPL – Purple Cap Holder – All Season
Following is the list of winners of the Purple Cap for all seasons since its inauguration. Pakistan’s Sohail Tanvir was the first bowler to win the Purple Cap. He took 22 wickets in 11 matches.
Both Dwayne Bravo and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar have the record of winning the Purple Cap twice in the history of IPL, which is the highest so far.
Dwayne Bravo’s 32 wickets in the 2013 season are the most by a bowler in a single IPL season. Bravo’s record of 32 wickets has been equalized by Harshal Patel in 2023 with an economy rate of 8.14.
Harshal Patel is the latest winner of the award, taking 32 wickets from 15 matches in the 2023 season of IPL.
| year | Player | Team | Matches | Wickets | Economy | 4W | 5W |
| 2021 | Harshal Patel | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 15 | 32 | 8.14 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | Kagiso Rabada | Delhi Capitals | 17 | 30 | 8.34 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | Imran Tahir | Chennai Super Kings | 17 | 26 | 6.69 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | Andrew Tye | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | Bhuvaneshwar Kumar | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 26 | 7.05 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | Bhuvaneshwar Kumar | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 17 | 23 | 7.42 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | dwayne bravo | Chennai Super Kings | 17 | 26 | 8.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Mohit Sharma | Chennai Super Kings | 16 | 23 | 8.39 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | dwayne bravo | Chennai Super Kings | 18 | 32 | 7.95 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | Morne Morkel | Delhi Daredevils | 16 | 25 | 7.19 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | Lasith Malinga | mumbai indians | 16 | 28 | 5.95 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | Pragyan Ojha | Deccan Chargers | 16 | 21 | 7.29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | RP Singh | Deccan Chargers | 16 | 23 | 6.98 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | Sohail Tanvir | Rajasthan Royals | 11 | 22 | 6.46 | 1 | 1 |
Most Wickets in IPL 2023 – All-Time Record
Lasith Malinga leads the list of most wicket-takers of the entire IPL season with 170 wickets under his name. The Yorker king originally from Sri Lanka plays for Mumbai Indians since 2008.
Malinga has won four IPL titles with MI. He did not take part in IPL 2020 due to personal reasons. Later on January 20, 2023, Malinga announces retirement from cricket franchise.
| POS | PLAYER | Mast | Oh | Runs | Works | B.B.I. | Economy | 4w | 5w |
| 1 | Lasith Malinga | 122 | 471.1 | 3,366 | 170 | 5/13 | 7.14 | 6 | 1 |
| 2 | dwayne bravo | 151 | 485.4 | 4,060 | 167 | 4/22 | 8.35 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Amit Mishra | 154 | 540.5 | 3,980 | 166 | 5/17 | 7.35 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | Piyush Chawla | 165 | 545.4 | 4,301 | 157 | 4/17 | 7.88 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Harbhajan Singh | 163 | 569.2 | 4,030 | 150 | 5/18 | 7.07 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 167 | 583 | 4,032 | 145 | 4/34 | 6.91 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Sunil Nostril | 134 | 520.2 | 3,508 | 143 | 5/19 | 6.74 | 7 | 1 |
| 8 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 132 | 491.3 | 3,588 | 142 | 5/19 | 7.3 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | Yuzvendra Chahal | 114 | 408 | 3,097 | 139 | 4/25 | 7.59 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Jasprit Bumrah | 106 | 403.4 | 2.995 | 130 | 4/14 | 7.41 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Ravindra Jadeja | 200 | 501.1 | 3,816 | 127 | 5/16 | 7.61 | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | Umesh Yadav | 121 | 420.2 | 3,579 | 119 | 4/24 | 8.51 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Sandeep Sharma | 99 | 366.2 | 2,849 | 112 | 4/20 | 7.77 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Ashish Nehra | 88 | 318 | 2,495 | 106 | 4/10 | 7.84 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Vinay Kumar | 105 | 353.3 | 2,966 | 105 | 4/40 | 8.39 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Zaheer Khan | 100 | 366.4 | 2,782 | 102 | 4/17 | 7.58 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Dale Steyn | 95 | 362.4 | 2,508 | 97 | 3/8 | 6.91 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Axar Patel | 109 | 382.3 | 2,762 | 95 | 4/21 | 7.22 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Chris Morris | 81 | 286.4 | 2,295 | 95 | 4/23 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | Rashid Khan | 76 | 302 | 1,912 | 93 | 3/7 | 6.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Shane Watson | 145 | 338.1 | 2,682 | 92 | 4/29 | 7.93 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Mohit Sharma | 86 | 292.2 | 2,470 | 92 | 4/14 | 8.44 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Praveen Kumar | 119 | 420.4 | 3,251 | 90 | 3/18 | 7.72 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | RP Singh | 82 | 295.5 | 2,338 | 90 | 4/22 | 7.9 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Pragyan Ojha | 92 | 316.3 | 2,332 | 89 | 3/11 | 7.36 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Dhawal Kulkarni | 92 | 297.5 | 2,474 | 86 | 4/14 | 8.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Albie Morkel | 91 | 287.1 | 2,355 | 85 | 4/32 | 8.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Jaydev Unadkat | 86 | 296 | 2,588 | 85 | 5/25 | 8.74 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | Imran Tahir | 59 | 219.2 | 1,703 | 82 | 4/12 | 7.76 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | Irfan Pathan | 103 | 340.3 | 2,649 | 80 | 3/24 | 7.77 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Mohammad Shami | 79 | 278.2 | 2,402 | 79 | 3/15 | 8.62 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Harshal Patel | 63 | 210.4 | 1,808 | 78 | 5/27 | 8.58 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Morne Morkel | 70 | 271.3 | 2,089 | 77 | 4/20 | 7.69 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Lakshmipathy Balaji | 73 | 251.5 | 2,028 | 76 | 5/24 | 8.05 | 3 | 1 |
| 35 | Kagiso Rabada | 50 | 190 | 1,560 | 76 | 4/21 | 8.21 | 4 | 0 |
| 36 | Trent Boult | 62 | 236.1 | 1,983 | 76 | 4/18 | 8.39 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Munaf Patel | 63 | 225.5 | 1,698 | 74 | 5/21 | 7.51 | 2 | 1 |
| 38 | Ishant Sharma | 93 | 333.5 | 2,703 | 73 | 5/12 | 8.09 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Andrew Russell | 84 | 210.1 | 1,901 | 72 | 5/15 | 9.04 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Rajat Bhatia | 95 | 272.4 | 2,020 | 71 | 4/15 | 7.4 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | Mitchell McClenaghan | 56 | 212.2 | 1,803 | 71 | 4/21 | 8.49 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Ashok Dinda | 78 | 251.4 | 2,071 | 68 | 4/18 | 8.22 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | Shardul Thakur | 61 | 210 | 1,867 | 67 | 3/19 | 8.89 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Siddharth Trivedi | 76 | 251 | 1,904 | 65 | 4/25 | 7.58 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Jacques Kallis | 98 | 290.2 | 2,293 | 65 | 3/13 | 7.89 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Kieron Pollard | 178 | 234 | 2,055 | 65 | 4/44 | 8.78 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 66 | 254 | 1,696 | 63 | 3/11 | 6.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Shakib Al Hasan | 71 | 247.2 | 1,839 | 63 | 3/17 | 7.43 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Mitchell Johnson | 54 | 205.2 | 1,702 | 61 | 3/26 | 8.28 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Deepak Chahar | 63 | 220.4 | 1,722 | 59 | 4/13 | 7.8 | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | Karn Sharma | 67 | 203.4 | 1,610 | 59 | 4/16 | 7.9 | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | James Faulkner | 60 | 204.3 | 1,778 | 59 | 5/16 | 8.69 | 0 | 2 |
| 53 | Siddarth Kaul | 54 | 197.3 | 1,696 | 58 | 4/29 | 8.58 | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | Shane Warne | 55 | 199 | 1,447 | 57 | 4/21 | 7.27 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | Krunal Pandya | 84 | 240.4 | 1,773 | 51 | 3/14 | 7.36 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Mohammad Siraj | 50 | 171.2 | 1,437 | 50 | 4/32 | 8.38 | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | Nathan Coulter-Nile | 38 | 139.5 | 1,052 | 48 | 4/14 | 7.52 | 2 | 0 |
| 58 | Shahbaz Nadeem | 72 | 235.5 | 1,784 | 48 | 3/16 | 7.56 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Shreyas Gopal | 48 | 155.1 | 1,248 | 48 | 4/16 | 8.04 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | Shadab Jakati | 59 | 180.5 | 1,450 | 47 | 4/22 | 8.01 | 2 | 0 |
| 61 | Jofra Archer | 35 | 137.3 | 981 | 46 | 3/15 | 7.13 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Anil Kumble | 42 | 160.5 | 1,058 | 45 | 5/5 | 6.57 | 2 | 1 |
| 63 | Ryan Harris | 37 | 138.4 | 1,047 | 45 | 4/34 | 7.55 | 1 | 0 |
| 64 | Sreenath Aravind | 38 | 126.4 | 1,039 | 45 | 4/14 | 8.2 | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | Rahul Chahar | 42 | 150 | 1,117 | 43 | 4/27 | 7.44 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | Yusuf Pathan | 174 | 191.1 | 1,415 | 42 | 3/20 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Moises Henriques | 62 | 158.2 | 1,289 | 42 | 3/12 | 8.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Varun Aaron | 50 | 160.4 | 1,429 | 42 | 3/16 | 8.89 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Hardik Pandya | 92 | 144.5 | 1,313 | 42 | 3/20 | 9.06 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Rahul Sharma | 44 | 154.4 | 1,086 | 40 | 3/13 | 7.02 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Iqbal Abdulla | 49 | 153.2 | 1,109 | 40 | 3/24 | 7.23 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Shanthakumaran Sreesanth | 44 | 146.4 | 1,194 | 40 | 3/29 | 8.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Kuldeep Yadav | 45 | 149.2 | 1,236 | 40 | 4/20 | 8.27 | 1 | 0 |
| 74 | Andrew Tye | 27 | 103 | 872 | 40 | 5/17 | 8.46 | 3 | 1 |
| 75 | Parvinder Awana | 33 | 124.3 | 1,029 | 39 | 4/34 | 8.26 | 1 | 0 |
| 76 | Mustafizur Rahman | 38 | 143 | 1,121 | 38 | 3/16 | 7.83 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Dan Christian | 49 | 147.1 | 1,192 | 38 | 2/10 | 8.09 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | pat cummins | 37 | 139 | 1,145 | 38 | 4/34 | 8.23 | 1 | 0 |
| 79 | Doug Bollinger | 27 | 96 | 693 | 37 | 4/13 | 7.21 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | Manpreet Gony | 44 | 148 | 1,287 | 37 | 3/31 | 8.69 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Varun Chakaravarthy | 31 | 123 | 839 | 36 | 5/20 | 6.82 | 0 | 1 |
| 82 | Yuvraj Singh | 132 | 144.5 | 1,077 | 36 | 4/29 | 7.43 | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | Jason Holder | 26 | 95.5 | 786 | 35 | 4/52 | 8.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | Pradeep Sangwan | 39 | 133.4 | 1.175 | 35 | 3/18 | 8.79 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Mitchell Starc | 27 | 96.4 | 693 | 34 | 4/15 | 7.16 | 1 | 0 |
| 86 | Anrich Nortje | 24 | 91.2 | 699 | 34 | 3/33 | 7.65 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | Pawan Negi | 50 | 119.2 | 939 | 34 | 4/18 | 7.86 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | Kevon Cooper | 25 | 96 | 757 | 33 | 4/26 | 7.88 | 1 | 0 |
| 89 | Rahul Tewatia | 48 | 132.2 | 1,020 | 32 | 3/18 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Khaleel Ahmed | 24 | 90.3 | 786 | 32 | 3/21 | 8.68 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Sam Curran | 32 | 108 | 995 | 32 | 4/11 | 9.21 | 1 | 0 |
| 92 | Murali Kartik | 56 | 191.3 | 1,388 | 31 | 3/17 | 7.24 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Tim Southee | 43 | 160 | 1,388 | 31 | 3/24 | 8.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Thisara Perera | 37 | 116.2 | 1,016 | 31 | 3/20 | 8.73 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Arshdeep Singh | 23 | 76.1 | 669 | 30 | 5/32 | 8.78 | 0 | 1 |
| 96 | Chris Woakes | 21 | 73.2 | 658 | 30 | 3/6 | 8.97 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Prasidh Krishna | 34 | 124.2 | 1,152 | 30 | 4/30 | 9.26 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | Marcus Stoinis | 56 | 102 | 969 | 30 | 4/15 | 9.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | Azhar Mahmood | 23 | 89.3 | 700 | 29 | 3/20 | 7.82 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 | Avesh Khan | 25 | 91 | 749 | 29 | 3/13 | 8.23 | 0 | 0 |
What is the Prize amount for Purple Cap holder in IPL?
The Player holding the Purple cap would receive a prize amount of Rs. 10 Lakhs.
Who is the first player to win the Purple Cap?
Sohail Tanvir won IPL Purple Cap in the first-ever season. His 22 wickets in 11 matches helped the Rajasthan Royals become champions.
Who has won the most number of Purple Caps in IPL History?
dwayne bravo and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar have got the most number of Purple Caps in the history of IPL, that is, 2 times in their IPL career.
Who is the current IPL Purple Cap Holder?
RCB’s Harshal Patel is the current IPL Purple Cap holder where he bags 32 wickets in 15 matches he played in the tournament.
