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The IPL 2026 Purple Cap leaderboard tracks the top wickets across all matches this season. The Purple Cap can change after every match as the season progresses. Filter by team to analyse wickets depth across squads.

#	Player	Wickets	Mat	Inns	Ov	Runs	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
1	Kagiso Rabada GT	29	17	17	64.4	626	3/25	21.59	9.72	13.79	0	0	1
2	Bhuvneshwar Kumar RCB	28	16	16	63.0	501	4/23	17.89	7.95	13.96	1	0	0
3	Jofra Archer RR	25	16	16	60.0	559	3/17	22.36	9.32	15.16	0	0	1
4	Rashid Khan GT	21	17	17	56.5	516	4/33	24.57	9.13	16.57	1	0	0
5	Anshul Kamboj CSK	21	14	14	49.8	530	3/22	25.24	10.64	15.00	0	0	0
6	Eshan Malinga SRH	20	15	15	54.2	507	4/32	25.35	9.35	17.55	1	0	0
7	Mohammed Siraj GT	19	17	17	62.0	562	3/26	29.58	9.06	20.32	0	0	1
8	Rasikh Salam Dar RCB	19	12	12	42.5	405	4/24	21.32	9.53	14.32	1	0	1
9	Kartik Tyagi KKR	18	13	13	51.0	498	3/22	27.67	9.76	17.61	0	0	0
10	Jason Holder GT	17	11	11	37.8	290	4/24	17.06	7.67	13.88	1	0	0
11	Prince Yadav LSG	16	14	14	52.0	459	3/32	28.69	8.83	20.69	0	0	0
12	Prasidh Krishna GT	16	12	12	39.0	407	4/28	25.44	10.44	15.13	1	0	0
13	Josh Hazlewood RCB	15	13	13	51.3	494	4/12	32.93	9.63	21.47	1	0	0
14	Sunil Narine KKR	15	13	13	51.0	339	2/26	22.60	6.65	20.60	0	0	0
15	AM Ghazanfar MI	15	11	11	38.5	388	2/17	25.87	10.08	15.80	0	0	0
16	Sakib Hussain SRH	15	11	11	42.0	397	4/24	26.47	9.45	18.27	1	0	0
17	Krunal Pandya RCB	14	16	15	50.3	425	2/16	30.36	8.45	22.36	0	0	0
18	Arshdeep Singh PBKS	14	14	14	53.0	541	3/22	38.64	10.21	24.79	0	0	0
19	Nandre Burger RR	14	13	13	43.3	440	2/21	31.43	10.16	19.86	0	0	0
20	Brijesh Sharma RR	14	13	13	44.9	450	2/18	32.14	10.02	21.21	0	0	0
21	Jamie Overton CSK	14	10	10	28.0	249	4/18	17.79	8.89	12.57	1	0	0
22	Praful Hinge SRH	14	7	7	26.0	305	4/34	21.79	11.73	12.00	1	0	0
23	Noor Ahmad CSK	13	14	14	51.0	428	3/21	32.92	8.39	24.15	0	0	0
24	Lungi Ngidi DC	13	11	11	40.8	340	3/27	26.15	8.33	19.62	0	0	0
25	Mohammed Shami LSG	12	13	13	51.0	459	2/9	38.25	9.00	27.25	0	0	0
26	Yuzvendra Chahal PBKS	12	13	12	41.0	385	3/36	32.08	9.39	21.83	0	0	0
27	Shardul Thakur MI	12	8	7	22.0	270	4/39	22.50	12.27	12.50	1	0	0
28	Corbin Bosch MI	12	6	6	20.1	195	4/26	16.25	9.70	10.50	1	0	1
29	Axar Patel DC	11	14	12	43.0	355	2/18	32.27	8.26	23.82	0	0	0
30	Varun Chakaravarthy KKR	11	11	11	41.0	360	3/14	32.73	8.78	23.18	0	0	0
31	Vaibhav Arora KKR	11	10	10	38.0	390	2/24	35.45	10.26	21.91	0	0	0
32	Ravi Bishnoi RR	11	9	9	26.0	257	4/41	23.36	9.88	14.91	1	0	0
33	Mohsin Khan LSG	11	7	7	28.0	228	5/23	20.73	8.14	15.55	0	1	2
34	Mitchell Starc DC	11	6	6	22.0	224	4/40	20.36	10.18	12.73	1	0	0
35	Ravindra Jadeja RR	10	13	12	33.0	277	2/8	27.70	8.39	20.20	0	0	0
36	Kuldeep Yadav DC	10	12	11	37.0	381	3/29	38.10	10.30	22.60	0	0	0
37	Anukul Roy KKR	9	13	12	27.1	261	2/31	29.00	9.63	20.44	0	0	0
38	Shivang Kumar SRH	9	13	13	39.0	375	3/33	41.67	9.62	26.67	0	0	0
39	Marco Jansen PBKS	9	12	12	47.2	483	2/33	53.67	10.23	32.67	0	0	0
40	Suyash Sharma RCB	9	12	12	40.5	376	2/47	41.78	9.28	28.11	0	0	1
41	Vijaykumar Vyshak PBKS	9	9	9	31.0	330	3/34	36.67	10.65	21.56	0	0	0
42	Yash Raj Punja RR	9	8	8	30.0	279	2/35	31.00	9.30	20.67	0	0	0
43	Jacob Duffy RCB	9	6	6	24.0	263	3/22	29.22	10.96	17.33	0	0	0
44	Nitish Kumar Reddy SRH	8	14	14	31.0	323	2/17	40.38	10.42	24.63	0	0	0
45	Pat Cummins SRH	8	8	8	32.0	306	3/28	38.25	9.56	25.13	0	0	0
46	Deepak Chahar MI	8	8	8	25.3	265	2/33	33.13	10.47	20.25	0	0	0
47	Mukesh Choudhary CSK	8	8	8	28.0	249	2/21	31.13	8.89	22.25	0	0	0
48	Harsh Dubey SRH	8	8	8	22.0	228	3/12	28.50	10.36	17.38	0	0	0
49	Akeal Hosein CSK	8	7	7	24.4	198	4/17	24.75	8.11	18.88	1	0	1
50	Romario Shepherd RCB	7	15	13	24.6	298	3/54	42.57	12.11	22.57	0	0	0
51	Cameron Green KKR	7	14	10	22.0	234	2/23	33.43	10.64	20.14	0	0	0
52	Mukesh Kumar DC	6	10	10	31.2	353	2/26	58.83	11.31	34.00	0	0	0
53	Avesh Khan LSG	6	7	7	24.4	274	2/23	45.67	11.23	26.00	0	0	0
54	Arshad Khan GT	6	7	6	17.2	172	3/22	28.67	10.00	18.50	0	0	0
55	Ashok Sharma GT	6	6	6	21.0	228	2/32	38.00	10.86	22.67	0	0	0
56	Manimaran Siddharth LSG	6	4	4	15.0	145	2/35	24.17	9.67	15.33	0	0	0
57	Ashwani Kumar MI	6	3	3	10.0	102	4/24	17.00	10.20	10.67	1	0	0
58	Thangarasu Natarajan DC	5	10	10	31.1	356	3/29	71.20	11.45	41.00	0	0	0
59	Digvesh Rathi LSG	5	10	10	39.0	397	2/45	79.40	10.18	48.00	0	0	0
60	Xavier Bartlett PBKS	5	9	9	32.9	388	2/9	77.60	11.79	41.80	0	0	0
61	Sandeep Sharma RR	5	6	6	19.4	224	2/26	44.80	11.55	25.40	0	0	0
62	Shahbaz Ahmed LSG	5	5	5	11.1	130	2/30	26.00	11.71	14.00	0	0	0
63	Mitchell Santner MI	5	4	4	14.0	125	2/16	25.00	8.93	17.40	0	0	0
64	Saurabh Dubey KKR	5	4	4	12.5	106	2/28	21.20	8.48	17.40	0	0	0
65	Jasprit Bumrah MI	4	13	13	49.0	409	1/14	102.25	8.35	79.50	0	0	0
66	Shashank Singh PBKS	4	11	4	10.0	88	2/20	22.00	8.80	15.50	0	0	0
67	Hardik Pandya MI	4	10	9	22.4	259	1/18	64.75	11.56	37.75	0	0	0
68	Gurjapneet Singh CSK	4	8	8	25.1	233	1/7	58.25	9.28	39.75	0	0	0
69	Tushar Deshpande RR	4	7	7	23.0	275	1/24	68.75	11.96	37.75	0	0	0
70	Jaydev Unadkat SRH	4	4	4	12.5	140	3/21	35.00	11.20	19.50	0	0	0
71	Madhav Tiwari DC	4	3	3	10.0	87	2/27	21.75	8.70	17.25	0	0	0
72	Blessing Muzarabani KKR	4	2	2	7.0	75	4/41	18.75	10.71	11.00	1	0	0
73	Akash Maharaj Singh LSG	4	2	2	7.0	80	3/26	20.00	11.43	12.00	0	0	0
74	Azmatullah Omarzai PBKS	3	3	3	11.0	103	2/36	34.33	9.36	23.00	0	0	0
75	Abhinandan Singh RCB	3	3	3	9.4	122	2/30	40.67	12.98	20.00	0	0	0
76	Riyan Parag RR	2	14	4	4.0	38	1/5	19.00	9.50	12.50	0	0	0
77	Marcus Stoinis PBKS	2	11	4	7.5	98	1/26	49.00	13.07	26.50	0	0	0
78	Will Jacks MI	2	7	6	8.5	94	1/12	47.00	11.06	29.00	0	0	0
79	Trent Boult MI	2	5	5	16.1	188	1/41	94.00	11.68	53.50	0	0	0
80	Khaleel Ahmed CSK	2	5	5	16.5	146	1/24	73.00	8.85	53.00	0	0	0
81	Vipraj Nigam DC	2	5	5	9.0	113	1/24	56.50	12.56	28.50	0	0	0
82	Matt Henry CSK	2	3	3	10.0	130	2/54	65.00	13.00	30.50	0	0	0
83	Spencer Johnson CSK	2	3	3	11.0	112	1/39	56.00	10.18	35.50	0	0	0
84	Manav Suthar GT	2	3	3	6.0	68	1/19	34.00	11.33	19.00	0	0	0
85	Raj Angad Bawa MI	2	3	2	4.0	50	1/11	25.00	12.50	16.00	0	0	0
86	David Payne SRH	2	2	2	5.0	70	2/35	35.00	14.00	15.50	0	0	0
87	Kyle Jamieson DC	2	2	2	7.0	90	1/42	45.00	12.86	21.00	0	0	0
88	Harpreet Brar PBKS	2	2	2	8.0	60	2/35	30.00	7.50	24.50	0	0	0
89	Sushant Mishra RR	2	2	2	6.2	67	2/21	33.50	10.81	23.50	0	0	0
90	Yash Thakur PBKS	2	1	1	4.0	55	2/55	27.50	13.75	13.00	0	0	0
91	Washington Sundar GT	1	16	5	9.1	84	1/27	84.00	9.23	55.00	0	0	0
92	Travis Head SRH	1	15	1	1.0	7	1/7	7.00	7.00	6.00	0	0	0
93	Donovan Ferreira RR	1	14	3	3.0	41	1/14	41.00	13.67	18.00	0	0	0
94	Shivam Dube CSK	1	12	4	5.0	64	1/30	64.00	12.80	32.00	0	0	0
95	Ramandeep Singh KKR	1	8	2	2.4	31	1/5	31.00	12.92	21.00	0	0	0
96	Dasun Shanaka RR	1	6	3	6.0	60	1/29	60.00	10.00	38.00	0	0	0
97	Raghu Sharma MI	1	5	5	15.0	130	1/36	130.00	8.67	90.00	0	0	0
98	Lockie Ferguson PBKS	1	3	3	11.0	141	1/41	141.00	12.82	70.00	0	0	0
99	George Linde LSG	1	3	3	6.1	55	1/18	55.00	9.02	37.00	0	0	0
100	Sai Kishore GT	1	2	2	4.0	46	1/38	46.00	11.50	24.00	0	0	0
101	Ben Dwarshuis PBKS	1	1	1	4.0	51	1/51	51.00	12.75	26.00	0	0	0
102	Arjun Tendulkar LSG	1	1	1	4.0	36	1/36	36.00	9.00	24.00	0	0	0
103	Dilshan Madushanka SRH	1	1	1	4.0	36	1/36	36.00	9.00	28.00	0	0	0
104	Ramakrishna Ghosh CSK	1	1	1	3.0	24	1/24	24.00	8.00	18.00	0	0	0

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Who leads the IPL 2026 Purple Cap?

Kagiso Rabada leads with 29 wickets in IPL 2026.

Who are the top Wicket Takers in IPL 2026?

The top three are Kagiso Rabada (29), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (28), and Jofra Archer (25).

What is the Purple Cap in cricket?

The Purple Cap is awarded to the leading wicket taker in an IPL season. The bowler who finishes with the most wickets at the end of the tournament takes home the Purple Cap.

Who is the current IPL 2026 Purple Cap holder?

Kagiso Rabada currently holds the IPL 2026 Purple Cap with 29 wickets. This can change with every match remaining in the season.

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