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IPL 2016 Purple Cap

The IPL 2016 Purple Cap leaderboard tracks the top wickets across all matches this season. These are the final standings from the IPL 2016 season.

#	Player	Wickets	Mat	Inns	Ov	Runs	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
1	Bhuvneshwar Kumar SRH	23	17	17	66.0	490	4/29	21.30	7.42	18.00	1	0	2
2	Yuzvendra Chahal RCB	21	13	13	49.1	401	4/25	19.10	8.17	14.67	1	0	0
3	Shane Watson RCB	20	16	16	56.3	485	4/29	24.25	8.61	18.00	1	0	0
4	Dhawal Kulkarni GL	18	14	14	49.0	364	4/14	20.22	7.43	16.50	1	0	4
5	Mustafizur Rahman SRH	17	16	16	61.0	421	3/16	24.76	6.90	22.12	0	0	1
6	Dwayne Bravo GL	17	15	15	56.0	494	4/22	29.06	8.82	20.47	1	0	0
7	Mitchell McClenaghan MI	17	14	14	52.8	436	4/21	25.65	8.26	19.53	1	0	0
8	Jasprit Bumrah MI	15	14	14	52.0	406	3/13	27.07	7.81	21.47	0	0	0
9	Sandeep Sharma PBKS	15	14	14	50.0	366	2/11	24.40	7.32	20.60	0	0	1
10	Andre Russell KKR	15	12	12	36.3	291	4/20	19.40	8.02	14.93	1	0	0
11	Barinder Sran SRH	14	14	14	49.3	413	3/28	29.50	8.38	22.29	0	0	0
12	Axar Patel PBKS	13	14	14	47.5	388	4/21	29.85	8.17	22.62	1	0	0
13	Mohit Sharma PBKS	13	14	14	47.9	407	3/23	31.31	8.50	23.38	0	0	0
14	Amit Mishra DC	13	14	14	46.0	344	4/11	26.46	7.48	21.85	1	0	0
15	Chris Morris DC	13	12	12	44.0	308	2/30	23.69	7.00	21.08	0	0	0
16	Moises Henriques SRH	12	17	17	52.0	415	2/17	34.58	7.98	26.50	0	0	0
17	Adam Zampa RPS	12	5	5	17.0	115	6/19	9.58	6.76	8.58	0	1	0
18	Piyush Chawla KKR	11	12	11	35.2	273	2/21	24.82	7.76	19.64	0	0	0
19	Sunil Narine KKR	11	11	11	42.4	304	3/26	27.64	7.17	23.82	0	0	0
20	Chris Jordan RCB	11	9	9	28.0	258	4/11	23.45	9.21	16.45	1	0	0
21	Ashok Dinda RPS	11	9	9	30.3	231	3/20	21.00	7.62	17.45	0	0	2
22	Sreenath Aravind RCB	11	9	9	29.1	216	2/18	19.64	7.42	16.55	0	0	0
23	Ravichandran Ashwin RPS	10	14	14	44.0	319	4/34	31.90	7.25	27.80	1	0	0
24	Zaheer Khan DC	10	12	12	43.4	337	3/21	33.70	7.76	27.10	0	0	1
25	Morne Morkel KKR	10	10	10	35.3	297	2/27	29.70	8.41	22.00	0	0	0
26	Umesh Yadav KKR	10	9	9	26.0	234	3/28	23.40	9.00	16.30	0	0	0
27	Praveen Kumar GL	9	16	16	50.9	401	2/19	44.56	7.88	35.44	0	0	1
28	Harbhajan Singh MI	9	14	14	49.0	392	2/29	43.56	8.00	33.33	0	0	0
29	Thisara Perera RPS	9	12	11	32.7	326	3/34	36.22	9.97	22.44	0	0	0
30	Tim Southee MI	9	11	11	43.0	329	3/24	36.56	7.65	29.78	0	0	0
31	Ashish Nehra SRH	9	8	8	26.5	209	3/15	23.22	7.89	18.44	0	0	1
32	Ravindra Jadeja GL	8	15	14	39.7	311	2/18	38.88	7.83	30.88	0	0	0
33	Dwayne Smith GL	8	12	8	18.0	153	4/8	19.13	8.50	14.13	1	0	0
34	Marcus Stoinis PBKS	8	7	7	23.0	194	4/15	24.25	8.43	17.50	1	0	0
35	Murugan Ashwin RPS	7	10	10	28.3	241	3/36	34.43	8.52	25.14	0	0	0
36	Carlos Brathwaite DC	7	8	8	23.1	189	3/47	27.00	8.18	20.43	0	0	0
37	Kane Richardson SRH	7	4	4	14.0	136	3/13	19.43	9.71	12.29	0	0	0
38	Krunal Pandya MI	6	12	11	31.1	236	2/15	39.33	7.59	32.33	0	0	0
39	Rajat Bhatia RPS	6	10	10	34.0	244	2/19	40.67	7.18	34.67	0	0	1
40	Iqbal Abdulla RCB	6	8	8	25.0	213	3/40	35.50	8.52	25.83	0	0	0
41	Shivil Koushik GL	6	7	7	23.0	192	3/20	32.00	8.35	23.67	0	0	0
42	Kuldeep Yadav SRH	6	3	3	12.0	100	3/35	16.67	8.33	12.33	0	0	0
43	Shakib Al Hasan KKR	5	10	9	31.0	243	1/14	48.60	7.84	38.00	0	0	0
44	Mohammed Shami DC	5	8	8	25.1	244	2/34	48.80	9.72	31.20	0	0	0
45	Pravin Tambe GL	5	7	7	16.0	143	2/12	28.60	8.94	19.40	0	0	0
46	Imran Tahir DC	5	4	4	16.0	138	3/24	27.60	8.63	19.40	0	0	0
47	Ben Cutting SRH	5	4	4	11.1	80	2/20	16.00	7.21	13.60	0	0	0
48	Brad Hogg KKR	4	5	5	16.0	142	3/19	35.50	8.88	24.50	0	0	1
49	Mitchell Marsh SRH	4	3	3	9.0	45	2/14	11.25	5.00	13.75	0	0	0
50	Deepak Hooda SRH	3	16	6	13.0	97	2/16	32.33	7.46	26.67	0	0	0
51	Hardik Pandya MI	3	11	10	16.4	153	1/7	51.00	9.33	35.33	0	0	0
52	Bipul Sharma SRH	3	6	6	14.0	121	1/10	40.33	8.64	28.00	0	0	0
53	KC Cariappa PBKS	3	5	5	17.0	159	2/16	53.00	9.35	35.00	0	0	0
54	Pardeep Sahu PBKS	3	5	5	17.3	146	2/18	48.67	8.44	35.67	0	0	0
55	Nathan Coulter-Nile DC	3	4	4	15.0	114	2/25	38.00	7.60	31.00	0	0	0
56	Tabraiz Shamsi RCB	3	4	4	16.0	147	1/21	49.00	9.19	32.00	0	0	0
57	Ishant Sharma RPS	3	4	4	15.0	148	2/36	49.33	9.87	32.33	0	0	0
58	Ankit Rajpoot KKR	3	4	4	11.0	98	1/14	32.67	8.91	24.00	0	0	0
59	RP Singh RPS	3	4	4	12.0	111	1/23	37.00	9.25	25.33	0	0	0
60	Vinay Kumar MI	3	3	3	9.0	64	2/17	21.33	7.11	19.00	0	0	1
61	Jean-Paul Duminy DC	2	10	5	7.0	55	1/4	27.50	7.86	21.50	0	0	0
62	Chris Gayle RCB	2	10	4	10.0	63	2/11	31.50	6.30	32.50	0	0	0
63	Varun Aaron RCB	2	8	8	23.4	227	2/37	113.50	9.70	77.50	0	0	0
64	Sachin Baby RCB	2	8	2	1.4	8	2/4	4.00	5.71	5.00	0	0	0
65	James Faulkner GL	2	7	7	17.0	167	1/23	83.50	9.82	54.00	0	0	0
66	Gurkeerat Singh Mann PBKS	2	7	3	4.0	31	2/15	15.50	7.75	13.00	0	0	0
67	Shadab Jakati GL	2	6	6	20.0	178	1/13	89.00	8.90	61.50	0	0	0
68	Kyle Abbott PBKS	2	5	5	16.0	177	1/38	88.50	11.06	51.00	0	0	0
69	Jayant Yadav DC	2	5	5	17.0	125	1/23	62.50	7.35	52.00	0	0	0
70	Jason Holder KKR	2	4	4	13.0	103	2/33	51.50	7.92	41.50	0	0	0
71	Shahbaz Nadeem DC	2	4	4	15.0	127	2/23	63.50	8.47	45.50	0	0	0
72	Mitchell Johnson PBKS	2	3	3	11.0	106	1/35	53.00	9.64	34.50	0	0	0
73	Scott Boland DC	2	2	2	7.0	54	2/31	27.00	7.71	21.50	0	0	0
74	Albie Morkel RPS	2	2	2	5.0	66	2/36	33.00	13.20	17.00	0	0	0
75	John Hastings KKR	2	2	2	6.4	37	2/6	18.50	5.78	21.00	0	0	1
76	Rishi Dhawan PBKS	2	2	2	7.0	56	1/21	28.00	8.00	22.50	0	0	0
77	Yusuf Pathan KKR	1	14	4	6.0	33	1/6	33.00	5.50	38.00	0	0	0
78	Stuart Binny RCB	1	12	11	17.0	134	1/17	134.00	7.88	104.00	0	0	0
79	Pawan Negi DC	1	8	5	9.0	84	1/19	84.00	9.33	54.00	0	0	0
80	Rajagopal Sathish KKR	1	6	3	6.0	59	1/20	59.00	9.83	38.00	0	0	0
81	Harshal Patel SRH	1	5	5	14.0	147	1/46	147.00	10.50	90.00	0	0	0
82	Parvez Rasool RCB	1	4	4	14.0	129	1/31	129.00	9.21	84.00	0	0	0
83	Ankit Sharma RPS	1	3	3	11.0	84	1/27	84.00	7.64	70.00	0	0	0
84	Ashish Reddy SRH	1	3	2	3.0	29	1/14	29.00	9.67	18.00	0	0	0
85	Adam Milne RCB	1	1	1	4.0	43	1/43	43.00	10.75	25.00	0	0	0
86	Trent Boult GL	1	1	1	4.0	39	1/39	39.00	9.75	26.00	0	0	0

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IPL 2016 Purple Cap

The IPL 2016 Purple Cap leaderboard tracks the top wickets across all matches this season. These are the final standings from the IPL 2016 season.

Frequently asked questions

Who won the IPL 2016 Purple Cap?

Bhuvneshwar Kumar led with 23 wickets in IPL 2016.

Who were the top Wicket Takers in IPL 2016?

The top three were Bhuvneshwar Kumar (23), Yuzvendra Chahal (21), and Shane Watson (20).

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 2016 Purple Cap holder?

Bhuvneshwar Kumar currently holds the IPL 2016 Purple Cap with 23 wickets.