The most Wickets for a single IPL season record held by the Indian seamer Harshal Patel who took 32 wickets in 15 matches in the 2022 IPL season.
The 2021 Purple Cap Winner Harshal Patel’s best bowling figure is 5/27 for the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
The second most wicket-taker in the IPL season is West Indies player Dwayne Bravo who also shares a record of 32 wickets with Harshal Patel.
Two-time Purple Cap winner Dwayne Bravo took 32 wickets in 18 IPL matches. In the 2013 IPL season, Dwayne Bravo took 32 Wickets for Chennai Super Kings. Bravo’s best bowling figure is 4/22 for the season.
Third place for the most wickets in IPL season is Kagiso Rabada who took 30 wickets in 17 IPL matches in 2020. Rabada’s best bowling figure is 4/21 for the Delhi Capitals in that particular season.
Kagiso Rabada was followed by Sri Lanka’s bowler Lasith Malinga (28 wickets in 16 matches in 2011 IPL) and Aussie James Faulkner (28 wickets in 16 IPL matches in 2013 IPL) made it to the top-five most wickets in IPL innings.
Top Players with Most Wicket Taker in IPL Season
Player | Mat | Balls | Overs | Mdns | Inns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4 | 5 | 10 |
HV Patel (RCB) | 15 | 338 | 56.2 | – | 15 | 459 | 32 | 5/27 | 14.34 | 8.14 | 10.56 | 1 | 1 | – |
DJ Bravo (CSK) | 18 | 375 | 62.3 | – | 18 | 497 | 32 | 4/42 | 15.53 | 7.95 | 11.71 | 1 | – | – |
K Rabada (DC) | 17 | 394 | 65.4 | 1 | 17 | 548 | 30 | 4/24 | 18.26 | 8.34 | 13.13 | 2 | – | – |
SL Malinga (MI) | 16 | 378 | 63.0 | 2 | 16 | 375 | 28 | 5/13 | 13.39 | 5.95 | 13.5 | – | 1 | – |
JP Faulkner (RR) | 16 | 379 | 63.1 | 2 | 16 | 427 | 28 | 5/16 | 15.25 | 6.75 | 13.53 | – | 2 | – |
Mohammed Shami (GT) | 17 | 390 | 65.0 | 2 | 17 | 522 | 28 | 4/11 | 18.64 | 8.03 | 13.92 | 2 | – | – |
MM Sharma (GT) | 14 | 265 | 44.1 | – | 14 | 361 | 27 | 5/10 | 13.37 | 8.17 | 9.81 | 2 | 1 | – |
JJ Bumrah (MI) | 15 | 360 | 60.0 | 2 | 15 | 404 | 27 | 4/14 | 14.96 | 6.73 | 13.33 | 2 | – | – |
YS Chahal (RR) | 17 | 408 | 68.0 | – | 17 | 527 | 27 | 5/40 | 19.51 | 7.75 | 15.11 | 1 | 1 | – |
Rashid Khan (GT) | 17 | 402 | 67.0 | – | 17 | 552 | 27 | 4/30 | 20.44 | 8.23 | 14.88 | 1 | – |