Most Wickets in IPL 2021 List

November 15, 2021

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Most wickets in IPL 2021 list: The player who took the most number of wickets in the tournament gets awarded with the IPL Purple Cap.

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 tie, the bowler with a superior economy rate would hold the Purple Cap.

After the introduction of Orange Cap on 25 April 2008, the IPL announced the introduction of the Purple Cap on 13 May 2008 for the player who took the most wickets in IPL in each season.

Harshal Patel is the current(IPL 2021) purple cap holder where he also equals Dwayne Bravo’s 32 wickets in the 2013 season.

POS	PLAYER	Mat	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1	HarshalPatel	15	459	32	5/27	8.14	10.56	1	1
2	Avesh Khan	16	450	24	3/13	7.37	15.25	0	0
3	Jasprit Bumrah	14	410	21	3/36	7.45	15.71	0	0
4	Shardul Thakur	16	527	21	3/28	8.8	17.09	0	0
5	Mohammad Shami	14	395	19	3/21	7.5	16.63	0	0
6	Varun Chakaravarthy	17	448	18	3/13	6.58	22.66	0	0
7	Rashid Khan	14	375	18	3/36	6.69	18.66	0	0
8	Yuzvendra Chahal	15	374	18	3/11	7.05	17.66	0	0
9	Arshdeep Singh	12	342	18	5/32	8.27	13.77	0	1
10	Sunil Narine	14	361	16	4/21	6.44	21	1	0
11	Jason Holder	8	247	16	4/52	7.75	11.93	1	0
12	Axar Patel	12	306	15	3/21	6.65	18.4	0	0
13	Kagiso Rabada	15	456	15	3/36	8.14	22.4	0	0
14	Chris Morris	11	376	15	4/23	9.17	16.4	1	0
15	Dwayne Bravo	11	263	14	3/24	7.81	14.42	0	0
16	Chetan Sakariya	14	426	14	3/31	8.19	22.28	0	0
17	Deepak Chahar	15	451	14	4/13	8.35	23.14	2	0
18	Mustafizur Rahman	14	436	14	3/20	8.41	22.21	0	0
19	Ravindra Jadeja	16	346	13	3/13	7.06	22.61	0	0
20	Rahul Chahar	11	318	13	4/27	7.39	19.84	1	0
21	Lockie Ferguson	8	224	13	3/18	7.46	13.84	0	0
22	Trent Boult	14	406	13	3/28	7.9	23.69	0	0
23	Anrich Nortje	8	187	12	2/12	6.16	15.16	0	0
24	Ravi Bishnoi	9	222	12	3/24	6.34	17.5	0	0
25	Prasidh Krishna	10	351	12	3/30	9.11	19.25	0	0
26	Mohammed Siraj	15	353	11	3/27	6.78	28.36	0	0
27	Shivam Mavi	9	233	11	4/21	7.24	17.54	1	0
28	Josh Hazlewood	9	293	11	3/24	8.37	19.09	0	0
29	Andre Russell	10	188	11	5/15	9.89	10.36	0	1
30	Pat Cummins	7	237	9	3/24	8.83	17.88	0	0
31	Kyle Jamieson	9	269	9	3/41	9.6	18.66	0	0
32	Sam Curran	9	328	9	3/34	9.93	22	0	0
33	Rahul Tewatia	14	340	8	3/39	9.18	27.75	0	0
34	Nathan Coulter-Nile	5	127	7	4/14	6.35	17.14	1	0
35	Shahbaz Ahmed	11	92	7	3/7	6.57	12	0	0
36	Ravichandran Ashwin	13	331	7	2/27	7.41	38.28	0	0
37	Siddarth Kaul	8	247	7	2/31	8.23	25.71	0	0
38	Moeen Ali	15	161	6	3/7	6.35	25.33	0	0
39	Amit Mishra	4	109	6	4/24	7.78	14	1	0
40	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	11	335	6	1/16	7.97	42	0	0
41	Harpreet Brar	7	139	5	3/19	6.04	27.6	0	0
42	Kieron Pollard	14	95	5	2/8	7.21	15.8	0	0
43	Jimmy Neesham	3	66	5	3/12	7.33	10.8	0	0
44	Chris Woakes	3	82	5	2/18	7.45	13.2	0	0
45	Krunal Pandya	13	265	5	1/13	7.98	39.8	0	0
46	Khaleel Ahmed	7	219	5	3/21	8.11	32.4	0	0
47	Lungi Ngidi	3	125	5	3/28	10.41	14.4	0	0
48	Moises Henriques	5	45	4	3/12	4.5	15	0	0
49	Abhishek Sharma	8	64	4	2/4	6.4	15	0	0
50	Shakib Al Hasan	8	187	4	1/1	7.19	39	0	0
51	Lalit Yadav	7	101	4	2/13	7.21	21	0	0
52	Jaydev Unadkat	6	168	4	3/15	7.63	33	0	0
53	Chris Jordan	4	96	4	2/20	8	18	0	0
54	Kartik Tyagi	4	124	4	2/29	8.85	21	0	0
55	Tom Curran	3	104	4	3/29	9.17	17	0	0
56	Dan Christian	9	155	4	2/14	9.3	25	0	0
57	Riley Meredith	5	169	4	1/29	9.94	25.5	0	0
58	Washington Sundar	6	118	3	1/7	7.37	32	0	0
59	Tim Southee	3	95	3	2/26	7.91	24	0	0
60	Venkatesh Iyer	10	69	3	2/29	8.11	17	0	0
61	Glenn Maxwell	15	135	3	2/23	8.43	32	0	0
62	Sandeep Sharma	7	203	3	1/20	8.63	47	0	0
63	George Garton	5	135	3	1/27	9	30	0	0
64	Vijay Shankar	7	100	3	2/19	9.09	22	0	0
65	Adam Milne	4	131	3	2/21	9.35	28	0	0
66	Jhye Richardson	3	117	3	2/41	10.63	22	0	0
67	Imran Tahir	1	16	2	2/16	4	12	0	0
68	Mujeeb Ur Rahman	1	29	2	2/29	7.25	12	0	0
69	Marco Jansen	2	45	2	2/28	7.5	18	0	0
70	Jayant Yadav	5	130	2	1/25	7.64	51	0	0
71	Umran Malik	3	96	2	1/21	8	36	0	0
72	Deepak Hooda	12	136	2	1/15	8.5	48	0	0
73	T Natarajan	2	69	2	1/32	8.62	24	0	0
74	Marcus Stoinis	10	117	2	1/7	10.47	33.5	0	0
75	Mohammad Nabi	3	86	2	2/32	10.75	24	0	0
76	Daniel Sams	2	39	1	1/24	6.5	36	0	0
77	Mahipal Lomror	4	47	1	1/22	6.71	42	0	0
78	Ishant Sharma	3	97	1	1/26	8.08	72	0	0
79	Nathan Ellis	3	98	1	1/20	8.16	72	0	0
80	Fabian Allen	4	90	1	1/22	8.18	66	0	0
81	KM Asif	1	18	1	1/18	8.3	13	0	0
82	Murugan Ashwin	3	97	1	1/32	8.81	66	0	0
83	Shahbaz Nadeem	1	36	1	1/36	9	24	0	0
84	Abdul Samad	11	9	1	1/9	9	6	0	0
85	Piyush Chawla	1	38	1	1/38	9.5	24	0	0
86	Kane Richardson	1	29	1	1/29	9.66	18	0	0
87	Ishan Porel	1	39	1	1/39	9.75	24	0	0
88	Glenn Phillips	3	20	1	1/17	10	12	0	0
89	Lukman Meriwala	1	32	1	1/32	10.66	18	0	0
90	Riyan Parag	11	73	1	1/7	11.83	37	0	0
91	Aiden Markram	6	23	0	0/5	5.75	–	0	0
92	Nitish Rana	17	12	0	0/5	6	–	0	0
93	Ripal Patel	2	22	0	0/22	7.33	–	0	0
94	Sandeep Warrier	1	15	0	0/15	7.5	–	0	0
95	Kuldip Yadav	1	16	0	0/16	8	–	0	0
96	Tabraiz Shamsi	1	34	0	0/34	8.5	–	0	0
97	Mayank Markande	1	26	0	0/26	8.66	–	0	0
98	Harbhajan Singh	3	63	0	0/8	9	–	0	0
99	Jalaj Saxena	1	27	0	0/27	9	–	0	0
100	Jagadeesha Suchith	2	66	0	0/21	9.42	–	0	0
101	Akash Singh	1	39	0	0/39	9.75	–	0	0
102	Shivam Dube	9	49	0	0/5	9.8	–	0	0
103	Wanindu Hasaranga	2	60	0	0/20	10	–	0	0
104	Rohit Sharma	13	13	0	0/4	11.14	–	0	0
105	Adil Rashid	1	35	0	0/35	11.66	–	0	0
106	Ben Stokes	1	12	0	0/12	12	–	0	0
107	Dhawal Kulkarni	1	48	0	0/48	12	–	0	0
108	Shreyas Gopal	3	84	0	0/9	12	–	0	0
109	Kamlesh Nagarkoti	1	25	0	0/25	12.5	–	0	0
110	Navdeep Saini	2	52	0	0/25	13	–	0	0

Rules for Purple Cap in IPL 2021

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 equalised by Harshal Patel in 2021 with an economy rate of 8.14.

Harshal Patel is the latest winner of the award, taking 32 wickets from 15 matches in the 2021 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 2021 – All Time Record

Lasith Malinga leads the list of most wicket-taker 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, 2021, Malinga announces retirement from franchise cricket.

POS	PLAYER	Mat	Ov	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Econ	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 Narine	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	Andre 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	Mohammed 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.

Sohail Tanvir won the first ever Purple Cap in IPL history — Sohail Tanvir won the first-ever Purple Cap in IPL history

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.

Most Wickets in IPL 2021 List – Purple Cap Holder 2021