Indian leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal is the one who holds the record for the most wickets in the IPL. Rajasthan Royals star bowler Yuzvendra Chahal took 187 wickets which is the most in the IPL history. Chahal only played 145 matches and 187 scalps to his name with an economy rate of 7.67.
The second most wicket-taker in the IPL is Dwayne Bravo who is only 4 wickets behind Yajuvendra Chahal. Dwayne Bravo played only 161 matches and took 183 wickets with an economy rate of 8.38.
The next bowler in the most wickets list is another Indian legspinner Piyush Chawla has 179 scalps to his name in 181 matches with an economy rate of 7.91.
The top ten most wickets in the IPL list are dominated by Indian bowlers. Dwayne Bravo (183 wickets in 161 matches) and Sri Lankan bowler Lasith Malinga (170 wickets in 122 matches) are the only two overseas bowlers in the IPL most wicket list.
Most Wickets in IPL 2024
No | Bowler | Team | Wkts | Mat | Ovs | BBI | Balls | Avg | Ecn | R | 4-Fers | 5-Fers |
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1 | T Natarajan | SRH | 15 | 8 | 32 | 4/19 | 192 | 19.13 | 8.97 | 287 | 1 | — |
2 | Jasprit Bumrah | MI | 14 | 10 | 40 | 5/21 | 240 | 18.29 | 6.4 | 256 | — | 1 |
3 | Mustafizur Rahman | CSK | 14 | 9 | 34.2 | 4/29 | 206 | 22.71 | 9.26 | 318 | 1 | — |
4 | Harshal Patel | PBKS | 14 | 10 | 33 | 3/15 | 198 | 24.14 | 10.24 | 338 | — | — |
5 | Matheesha Pathirana | CSK | 13 | 6 | 22 | 4/28 | 132 | 13 | 7.68 | 169 | 1 | — |
6 | Yuzvendra Chahal | RR | 13 | 10 | 38 | 3/11 | 228 | 28.31 | 9.68 | 368 | — | — |
7 | Arshdeep Singh | PBKS | 13 | 10 | 35.2 | 4/29 | 212 | 27.23 | 10.02 | 354 | 1 | — |
8 | Gerald Coetzee | MI | 13 | 9 | 31.3 | 4/34 | 189 | 24.38 | 10.06 | 317 | 1 | — |
9 | Mukesh Kumar | DC | 13 | 7 | 25.3 | 3/14 | 153 | 21.69 | 11.06 | 282 | — | — |
10 | Kuldeep Yadav | DC | 12 | 8 | 31 | 4/55 | 186 | 21.83 | 8.45 | 262 | 1 | — |
Most Wickets in IPL History
No. | Player | Wickets | Mat | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Best | 4w | Avg | Eco |
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1 | Yuzvendra Chahal | 193 | 148 | 537 | 4 | 4111 | 5/40 | 6 | 21.30 | 7.63 |
2 | Dwayne Bravo | 183 | 161 | 516 | 3 | 4359 | 4/22 | 2 | 23.82 | 8.38 |
3 | Piyush Chawla | 181 | 184 | 613 | 2 | 4879 | 4/17 | 2 | 26.96 | 7.94 |
4 | Amit Mishra | 173 | 161 | 559 | 6 | 4129 | 5/17 | 4 | 23.87 | 7.38 |
5 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 172 | 200 | 709 | 4 | 4995 | 4/34 | 1 | 29.04 | 7.04 |
6 | Lasith Malinga | 170 | 122 | 471 | 8 | 3366 | 5/13 | 6 | 19.80 | 7.14 |
7 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 170 | 163 | 605 | 12 | 4527 | 5/19 | 2 | 26.63 | 7.46 |
8 | Sunil Narine | 165 | 164 | 632 | 3 | 4262 | 5/19 | 7 | 25.83 | 6.74 |
9 | Ravindra Jadeja | 153 | 229 | 599 | 2 | 4574 | 5/16 | 3 | 29.90 | 7.61 |
10 | Harbhajan Singh | 150 | 163 | 569 | 6 | 4030 | 5/18 | 1 | 26.87 | 7.08 |