IPL 2023 Purple Cap List: Most Wickets in IPL

	PLAYER	TEAM	MAT	INN	WKTs	OV	MAID	RUNS	5WKTs	4WKTs	ECO	AVG	SR	BBI	BBM
1	M Shami	GT	17	17	28	65	2	522	0	2	8.03	18.64	13.93	4/11	4/11
2	MM Sharma	GT	14	14	27	44.1	0	361	1	2	8.17	13.37	9.81	5/10	5/10
3	Rashid Khan	GT	17	17	27	67	0	552	0	1	8.24	20.44	14.89	4/30	4/30
4	Piyush Chawla	MI	16	16	22	61	0	495	0	0	8.11	22.50	16.64	3/22	3/22
5	Yuzvendra Chahal	RR	14	14	21	52.5	0	432	0	3	8.18	20.57	15.10	4/17	4/17
6	TU Deshpande	CSK	16	16	21	56.5	0	564	0	0	9.92	26.86	16.24	3/45	3/45
7	RA Jadeja	CSK	16	16	20	57	0	431	0	0	7.56	21.55	17.10	3/20	3/20
8	Varun Chakravarthy	KKR	14	14	20	52.4	1	429	0	1	8.15	21.45	15.80	4/15	4/15
9	Mohammed Siraj	RCB	14	14	19	50	0	375	0	1	7.50	19.74	15.79	4/21	4/21
10	Matheesha Pathirana	CSK	12	12	19	46.2	0	371	0	0	8.01	19.53	14.63	3/15	3/15

* Updated till the last completed match

IPL 2023 Purple Cap

The Purple Cap is one of the most prestigious awards in the Indian Premier League, presented to the bowler with the highest number of wickets in the tournament.

It is undoubtedly a huge achievement for any bowler as the title not only showcases your sheer determination throughout the championship, but also places you as a brilliant bowler in the T20 format because of the level of cricket displayed in the league.

Hence, it's like a golden ticket for bowlers to come into the eyes of the right people and accelerate their cricketing career. The competition has seen some exceptional performances from individuals who won the Purple Cap at the end of the season.

For the first time since its inception. The award earned a title sponsor in the form of Saudi Aramco last year. Rajasthan Royals’ leggie Yuzvendra Chahal bagged the first-ever Aramco Purple Cap with 27 wickets in 17 matches which was the first time he won this title in his IPL career.

As far as records are concerned, former CSK all-rounder Dwayne Bravo and RCB fast bowler Harshal Patel share the top spot for most wickets in a season of IPL with 32 scalps.

Bravo retired from the championship after playing his last the previous season. He will join CSK as their Bowling Coach in the upcoming season. On the other hand, Harshal Patel will play for RCB this season too.

This year, we have some really exciting prospects playing in the 10 franchises and it’ll be one tough fight for the Purple Cap. Another interesting thing to look out for would be the number 32, can any bowler breach this mark in the 2023 IPL and surpass Bravo’s as well as Harshal’s record?

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.

What is Purple Cap in IPL?

The Purple Cap is a special prize in IPL given to the bowler who picks up the most number of wickets. The Purple Cap race officially starts after all franchises have played one game each.

Purple Cap holders change as the season progresses, and the player who has the most wickets in IPL 2022 after the final takes the prestigious prize home.

Which player gets a purple cap in IPL?

All bowlers aim to win the Purple Cap in IPL once in their careers, but not everyone is able to accomplish the feat. To win the Purple Cap, a bowler needs to pick up wickets consistently.

Scalping more than one wicket in every game ensures that a bowler is ahead in the race to win the Purple Cap. Players who are inconsistent generally finish in the bottom half of the race.

Who is the highest wicket taker in IPL 2023?

The IPL 2023 is yet to kickstart. Hence, there is no highest wicket-taker in the competition as of now.

Who is the current purple cap holder in IPL 22?

Yuzvendra Chahal from Rajasthan Royals is the current Purple Cap holder as he finished with 27 wickets in the IPL 2022 and won the award.

How many Indians have won the Purple Cap in IPL?

5 Indians have won the Purple Cap in the IPL. They are RP Singh (2009), Pragyan Ojha (2010), Mohit Sharma (2014), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2016 and 2017) and Harshal Patel (2021).

What are the benefits of being a Purple Cap holder?

The benefits of being a Purple Cap holder is that more people know about a bowler’s talent, especially when the player is uncapped. Purple Cap holders also get to wear a special cap while fielding for their franchise.

Last year, the Purple Cap winner additionally received a prize money of INR 10 lakh.

Which uncapped player won the Purple Cap in IPL history?

The only uncapped player to win the Purple Cap in IPL history is Harshal Patel. He won the award in 2021, picking up 32 wickets in 15 matches.

Do super over wickets add to the Purple Cap?

No, Super Over wickets are not considered for calculation of Purple Cap.

Has anyone ever had a Purple cap and Orange cap simultaneously?

Many legendary all-rounders have played in the IPL, but not a single player has held the Orange Cap and the Purple Cap simultaneously in the same season.

IPL Purple Cap 2022

Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wickets
1	Yuzvendra Chahal	17	68	527	27
2	Wanindu Hasaranga	16	57	430	26
3	Kagiso Rabada	13	48	406	23
4	Umran Malik	14	49.1	444	22
5	Kuldeep Yadav	14	49.4	419	21
6	Josh Hazlewood	16	61	377	20
7	Mohammad Shami	12	46.3	488	20
8	Harshal Patel	16	63.5	410	19
9	Rashid Khan	15	53.3	421	19
10	Prasidh Krishna	17	66.3	551	19

IPL Purple Cap 2021

Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wickets
1	Harshal Patel	15	56.2	459	32
2	Avesh Khan	16	61	450	24
3	Jasprit Bumrah	14	55	410	21
4	Shardul Thakur	16	59.5	527	21
5	Mohammad Shami	14	52.4	395	19
6	Varun Chakaravarthy	17	68	448	18
7	Rashid Khan	14	56	375	18
8	Yuzvendra Chahal	15	53	374	18
9	Arshdeep Singh	12	41.2	342	18
10	Sunil Narine	14	56	361	16

IPL Purple Cap 2020

Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wickets
1	Kagiso Rabada	17	56.2	548	30
2	Jasprit Bumrah	15	61	404	27
3	Trent Boult	15	55	457	25
4	Anrich Nortje	16	59.5	512	22
5	Yuzvendra Chahal	15	52.4	405	21
6	Rashid Khan	16	68	344	20
7	Jofra Archer	14	56	365	20
8	Mohammad Shami	14	53	460	20
9	Varun Chakravarthy	13	41.2	356	17
10	T Natarajan	16	56	504	16

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IPL Purple Cap 2019

Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wkts
1	Imran Tahir	17	64.2	431	26
2	Kagiso Rabada	12	47	368	25
3	Deepak Chahar	17	64.3	482	22
4	Shreyas Gopal	14	48	347	20
5	Jasprit Bumrah	16	61.4	409	19
6	Khaleel Ahmed	9	34.5	287	19
7	Mohammad Shami	14	54	469	19
8	Yuzvendra Chahal	14	49.2	386	18
9	Rashid Khan	15	60	377	17
10	Harbhajan Singh	11	44	312	16

IPL Purple Cap 2018

Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wkts
1	Andrew Tye	14	56	448	24
2	Rashid Khan	17	68	458	21
3	Siddarth Kaul	17	66	547	21
4	Umesh Yadav	14	53.1	418	20
5	Trent Boult	14	52.4	466	18
6	Hardik Pandya	13	42.4	381	18
7	Jasprit Bumrah	14	54	372	17
8	Sunil Narine	16	61	467	17
9	Kuldeep Yadav	16	51.2	418	17
10	Shardul Thakur	13	46.4	431	16

IPL Purple Cap 2017

Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wkts
1	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	14	52.2	369	26
2	Jaydev Unadkat	12	45.5	322	24
3	Jasprit Bumrah	16	59.2	439	20
4	Mitchell McClenaghan	14	54	507	19
5	Imran Tahir	12	47	369	18
6	Rashid Khan	14	54	358	17
7	Sandeep Sharma	13	48	398	17
8	Umesh Yadav	14	48.3	410	17
9	Chris Woakes	13	44	386	17
10	Pawan Negi	12	32.1	197	16

IPL Purple Cap 2016

Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wkts
1	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	17	66	490	23
2	Yuzvendra Chahal	13	49.1	401	21
3	Shane Watson	16	56.3	485	20
4	Dhawal Kulkarni	14	49	364	18
5	Mustafizur Rahman	16	61	421	17
6	Mitchell McClenaghan	14	53.2	436	17
7	Dwayne Bravo	15	56	494	17
8	Sandeep Sharma	14	50	366	15
9	Jasprit Bumrah	14	52	406	15
10	Andre Russell	12	36.3	291	15

IPL Purple Cap 2015

Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wkts
1	Dwayne Bravo	17	52.2	426	26
2	Lasith Malinga	15	60	444	24
3	Yuzvendra Chahal	15	46.5	415	23
4	Ashish Nehra	16	62	449	22
5	Mitchell Starc	13	43	291	20
6	Harbhajan Singh	15	57	446	18
7	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	14	51.4	407	18
8	Mitchell McClenaghan	12	47	386	18
9	Harshal Patel	15	43.5	328	17
10	David Wiese	14	42.2	353	16

IPL Purple Cap 2014

Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wkts
1	Mohit Sharma	16	53.5	452	23
2	Sunil Narine	16	64	407	21
3	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	14	53.1	354	20
4	Ravindra Jadeja	16	54.2	443	19
5	Sandeep Sharma	11	40.1	354	18
6	Axar Patel	17	66	405	17
7	Mitchell Johnson	14	53.3	444	17
8	Lasith Malinga	10	39.1	253	16
9	Ravichandran Ashwin	16	59.5	437	16
10	Varun Aaron	10	36.4	299	16

IPL Purple Cap 2013

Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wkts
1	Dwayne Bravo	18	62.3	497	32
2	James Faulkner	16	63.1	427	28
3	Harbhajan Singh	19	70	456	24
4	Mitchell Johnson	17	64	459	24
5	Vinay Kumar	16	60.1	493	23
6	Sunil Narine	16	64	350	22
7	Amit Mishra	17	62	394	21
8	Mohit Sharma	15	50.4	326	20
9	Lasith Malinga	17	65.2	468	20
10	Dale Steyn	17	67.5	384	19

IPL Purple Cap 2012

Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wkts
1	Morne Morkel	16	63	453	25
2	Sunil Narine	15	59.1	324	24
3	Lasith Malinga	14	55.3	350	22
4	Umesh Yadav	17	61	453	19
5	Vinay Kumar	15	55.5	480	19
6	Dale Steyn	12	46.4	285	18
7	Zaheer Khan	16	60	453	17
8	Parvinder Awana	12	47	372	17
9	Piyush Chawla	16	57	419	16
10	Kieron Pollard	14	43.5	350	16

IPL Purple Cap 2011

Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wkts
1	Lasith Malinga	16	63	375	28
2	Munaf Patel	15	54.2	358	22
3	Sreenath Aravind	13	46	368	21
4	Ravichandran Ashwin	16	63	388	20
5	Amit Mishra	14	53.2	358	19
6	Doug Bollinger	13	47	329	17
7	Rahul Sharma	14	50	273	16
8	Iqbal Abdulla	15	50	305	16
9	Ryan Harris	13	47	382	16
10	Piyush Chawla	12	41.2	336	16

IPL Purple Cap 2010

Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wkts
1	Pragyan Ojha	16	58.5	429	21
2	Anil Kumble	16	63.2	407	17
3	Amit Mishra	14	53	363	17
4	Harbhajan Singh	15	53.3	377	17
5	Vinay Kumar	14	46.1	396	16
6	Muttiah Muralitharan	12	48	329	15
7	Dale Steyn	15	59	406	15
8	Lasith Malinga	13	49	344	15
9	Kieron Pollard	14	37	274	15
10	Zaheer Khan	14	48.2	376	15

IPL Purple Cap 2009

Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wkts
1	RP Singh	16	59.4	417	23
2	Anil Kumble	16	59.1	347	21
3	Lasith Malinga	13	49.3	312	18
4	Pragyan Ojha	15	53.3	348	18
5	Irfan Pathan	14	50.2	390	17
6	Munaf Patel	11	34.5	241	16
7	Muttiah Muralitharan	13	50	261	14
8	Amit Mishra	11	42.1	294	14
9	Shane Warne	13	50	365	14
10	Yusuf Abdulla	9	28	241	14

IPL Purple Cap 2008

Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wkts
1	Sohail Tanvir	11	41.1	266	22
2	Shane Warne	15	52	404	19
3	Shanthakumaran Sreesanth	15	51.1	442	19
4	Shane Watson	15	54.1	383	17
5	Manpreet Gony	16	60	443	17
6	Piyush Chawla	15	46.5	389	17
7	Albie Morkel	13	48	399	17
8	Yo Mahesh	11	42.1	370	16
9	Irfan Pathan	14	53	350	15
10	MF Maharoof	10	36	249	15