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IPL 2026 Purple Cap — Most Wickets

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
1	Kagiso Rabada GT	29
2	Bhuvneshwar Kumar RCB	28
3	Jofra Archer RR	25
4	Rashid Khan GT	21
5	Anshul Kamboj CSK	21
6	Eshan Malinga SRH	20
7	Mohammed Siraj GT	19
8	Rasikh Salam Dar RCB	19
9	Kartik Tyagi KKR	18
10	Jason Holder GT	17
11	Prasidh Krishna GT	16
12	Prince Yadav LSG	16
13	Josh Hazlewood RCB	15
14	Sunil Narine KKR	15
15	AM Ghazanfar MI	15
16	Sakib Hussain SRH	15
17	Krunal Pandya RCB	14
18	Jamie Overton CSK	14
19	Nandre Burger RR	14
20	Arshdeep Singh PBKS	14
21	Praful Hinge SRH	14
22	Brijesh Sharma RR	14
23	Lungi Ngidi DC	13
24	Noor Ahmad CSK	13
25	Mohammed Shami LSG	12
26	Shardul Thakur MI	12
27	Yuzvendra Chahal PBKS	12
28	Corbin Bosch MI	12
29	Mitchell Starc DC	11
30	Axar Patel DC	11
31	Mohsin Khan LSG	11
32	Varun Chakaravarthy KKR	11
33	Ravi Bishnoi RR	11
34	Vaibhav Arora KKR	11
35	Ravindra Jadeja RR	10
36	Kuldeep Yadav DC	10
37	Anukul Roy KKR	9
38	Jacob Duffy RCB	9
39	Marco Jansen PBKS	9
40	Suyash Sharma RCB	9
41	Vijaykumar Vyshak PBKS	9
42	Yash Raj Punja RR	9
43	Shivang Kumar SRH	9
44	Pat Cummins SRH	8
45	Deepak Chahar MI	8
46	Akeal Hosein CSK	8
47	Nitish Kumar Reddy SRH	8
48	Mukesh Choudhary CSK	8
49	Harsh Dubey SRH	8
50	Cameron Green KKR	7
51	Romario Shepherd RCB	7
52	Avesh Khan LSG	6
53	Manimaran Siddharth LSG	6
54	Mukesh Kumar DC	6
55	Ashok Sharma GT	6
56	Arshad Khan GT	6
57	Ashwani Kumar MI	6
58	Mitchell Santner MI	5
59	Xavier Bartlett PBKS	5
60	Sandeep Sharma RR	5
61	Thangarasu Natarajan DC	5
62	Shahbaz Ahmed LSG	5
63	Saurabh Dubey KKR	5
64	Digvesh Rathi LSG	5
65	Hardik Pandya MI	4
66	Jasprit Bumrah MI	4
67	Blessing Muzarabani KKR	4
68	Jaydev Unadkat SRH	4
69	Shashank Singh PBKS	4
70	Tushar Deshpande RR	4
71	Akash Maharaj Singh LSG	4
72	Gurjapneet Singh CSK	4
73	Madhav Tiwari DC	4
74	Azmatullah Omarzai PBKS	3
75	Abhinandan Singh RCB	3
76	Marcus Stoinis PBKS	2
77	Matt Henry CSK	2
78	Trent Boult MI	2
79	Khaleel Ahmed CSK	2
80	Spencer Johnson CSK	2
81	Will Jacks MI	2
82	David Payne SRH	2
83	Kyle Jamieson DC	2
84	Harpreet Brar PBKS	2
85	Riyan Parag RR	2
86	Sushant Mishra RR	2
87	Manav Suthar GT	2
88	Yash Thakur PBKS	2
89	Raj Angad Bawa MI	2
90	Vipraj Nigam DC	2
91	Travis Head SRH	1
92	Dasun Shanaka RR	1
93	Lockie Ferguson PBKS	1
94	George Linde LSG	1
95	Ben Dwarshuis PBKS	1
96	Washington Sundar GT	1
97	Shivam Dube CSK	1
98	Donovan Ferreira RR	1
99	Arjun Tendulkar LSG	1
100	Sai Kishore GT	1
101	Dilshan Madushanka SRH	1
102	Raghu Sharma MI	1
103	Ramandeep Singh KKR	1
104	Ramakrishna Ghosh CSK	1

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the IPL 2026 Purple Cap?

Kagiso Rabada leads with 29 wickets in IPL 2026.

Who are the top wickets leaders 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.

IPL 2026 Purple Cap — Most Wickets