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 205 wickets which is the most in the IPL history. Chahal only played 160 matches and 205 scalps to his name with an economy rate of 7.84.
The second most wicket-taker in the IPL is Bhuvneshwar Kumar who played a total of 190 IPL matches and took a total of 198 wickets.
The next bowler in the most wickets list is another leg-spinner Sunil Narine has 192 scalps to his name in 187 matches with an economy rate of 6.79.
The top ten most wickets in the IPL list are dominated by the most talented players who comes from all over the world. Below we have mention two table, in which the first one is for the most wicket taker in IPL 2025 and another was the allover wicket taker from the beginning of IPL.
Most Wickets in IPL 2025
| Rank | Player | Team | Mat | Overs | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M Prasidh Krishna | GT | 15 | 59.0 | 488 | 25 | 4/41 | 19.52 | 8.27 | 1 | – |
| 2 | Noor Ahmad | CSK | 14 | 50.0 | 408 | 24 | 4/18 | 17.00 | 8.16 | 2 | – |
| 3 | JR Hazlewood | RCB | 12 | 44.0 | 386 | 22 | 4/33 | 17.54 | 8.77 | 1 | – |
| 4 | TA Boult | MI | 16 | 57.4 | 517 | 22 | 4/26 | 23.50 | 8.96 | 1 | – |
| 5 | Arshdeep Singh | PBKS | 17 | 58.2 | 518 | 21 | 3/16 | 24.66 | 8.88 | – | – |
| 6 | R Sai Kishore | GT | 15 | 42.3 | 393 | 19 | 3/30 | 20.68 | 9.24 | – | – |
| 7 | JJ Bumrah | MI | 12 | 47.2 | 316 | 18 | 4/22 | 17.55 | 6.67 | 1 | – |
| 8 | CV Varun | KKR | 13 | 50.0 | 383 | 17 | 3/22 | 22.52 | 7.66 | – | – |
| 9 | KH Pandya | RCB | 15 | 46.0 | 379 | 17 | 4/45 | 22.29 | 8.23 | 1 | – |
| 10 | B Kumar | RCB | 14 | 52.0 | 483 | 17 | 3/33 | 28.41 | 9.28 | – | – |
Most Wickets in IPL History
| Rank | Player | Teams | Span | Mat | Overs | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | YS Chahal | MI, PBKS, RCB, RR | 2013-2025 | 174 | 631.5 | 5032 | 221 | 5/40 | 22.76 | 7.96 | 17.15 | 8 | 1 |
| 2 | B Kumar | PWI, RCB, SRH | 2011-2025 | 190 | 703.4 | 5412 | 198 | 5/19 | 27.33 | 7.69 | 21.32 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | SP Narine | KKR | 2012-2025 | 189 | 724.1 | 4922 | 192 | 5/19 | 25.63 | 6.79 | 22.63 | 7 | 1 |
| 4 | PP Chawla | CSK, KKR, KXIP, MI | 2008-2024 | 192 | 641.4 | 5108 | 192 | 4/17 | 26.60 | 7.96 | 20.05 | 2 | – |
| 5 | R Ashwin | CSK, DC, KXIP, RPS, RR | 2009-2025 | 221 | 785.0 | 5652 | 187 | 4/34 | 30.22 | 7.20 | 25.18 | 1 | – |
| 6 | JJ Bumrah | MI | 2013-2025 | 145 | 556.1 | 4031 | 183 | 5/10 | 22.02 | 7.24 | 18.23 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | DJ Bravo | CSK, GL, MI | 2008-2022 | 161 | 519.5 | 4360 | 183 | 4/22 | 23.82 | 8.38 | 17.04 | 2 | – |
| 8 | A Mishra | DC, DCH, LSG, SRH | 2008-2024 | 162 | 561.5 | 4145 | 174 | 5/17 | 23.82 | 7.37 | 19.37 | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | SL Malinga | MI | 2009-2019 | 122 | 471.1 | 3365 | 170 | 5/13 | 19.79 | 7.14 | 16.62 | 6 | 1 |
| 10 | RA Jadeja | CSK, GL, Kochi, RR | 2008-2025 | 254 | 676.0 | 5188 | 170 | 5/16 | 30.51 | 7.67 | 23.85 | 3 | 1 |
