Most Wickets in IPL

Most Wickets in IPL is the definitive benchmark of a bowler’s longevity, tactical evolution, and wicket-taking prowess, with the record currently headlined by Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal.

As of April 2026, Chahal leads the all-time charts with 221 wickets, having become the first player in league history to cross the 200-wicket milestone. He is followed by veteran Bhuvneshwar Kumar (198) and the retired legend Dwayne Bravo (183). In the ongoing 2026 season, this metric highlights the critical importance of defensive masters who can consistently break partnerships and stifle scoring rates, proving that elite bowling remains the fundamental pillar for winning championships in a batter-dominated format.

RANK 1

Arshdeep Singh

PBKS

Wkts

AVG

28.17

RANK 2

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

RCB

Wkts

AVG

28.44

RANK 3

Varun Chakaravarthy

KKR

Wkts

AVG

21.58

Rank	Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Balls	Runs	Wkts	AVG	Econ	SR	Bbi	Bbm	4w	5w
1	Arshdeep Singh PBKS	39	38	138.4	832	1352	48	28.17	9.77	17.33	4/29	4/29	1	0
2	Bhuvneshwar Kumar RCB	39	39	144	864	1280	45	28.44	8.89	19.2	3/5	3/5	0	0
3	Varun Chakaravarthy KKR	34	33	121	726	971	45	21.58	8.02	16.13	3/14	3/14	0	0
4	Yuzvendra Chahal PBKS	37	35	128	768	1217	41	29.68	9.51	18.73	4/28	4/28	2	0
5	Noor Ahmad CSK	33	33	117.5	707	978	41	23.85	8.32	17.24	4/18	4/18	2	0
6	Jasprit Bumrah MI	34	34	131.7	793	936	41	22.83	7.11	19.34	5/21	5/21	1	1
7	Mohammed Siraj GT	38	38	144	864	1291	40	32.28	8.97	21.6	4/17	4/17	1	0
8	Trent Boult MI	37	36	126.7	763	1148	40	28.7	9.06	19.08	4/26	4/26	1	0
9	Harshal Patel SRH	27	27	92.5	557	907	40	22.68	9.81	13.93	4/28	4/28	2	0
10	Kuldeep Yadav DC	34	32	121	726	1010	38	26.58	8.35	19.11	4/55	4/55	1	0
11	Avesh Khan LSG	34	33	118.7	715	1186	37	32.05	9.99	19.32	3/27	3/27	0	0
12	Vaibhav Arora KKR	30	29	100.3	603	994	37	26.86	9.91	16.3	3/27	3/27	0	0
13	Prasidh Krishna GT	22	22	85	510	757	37	20.46	8.91	13.78	4/28	4/28	2	0
14	Sunil Narine KKR	34	33	127	762	899	36	24.97	7.08	21.17	3/13	3/13	0	0
15	Pat Cummins SRH, ST	32	32	118.4	712	1082	35	30.91	9.14	20.34	3/19	3/19	0	0
16	Syed Khaleel Ahmed CSK	33	33	112.9	681	1072	34	31.53	9.5	20.03	3/29	3/29	0	0
17	Mukesh Kumar DC	29	29	99.6	600	1051	34	30.91	10.55	17.65	4/33	4/33	1	0
18	Mitchell Starc DC, SS	26	24	81.5	491	850	34	25	10.43	14.44	5/35	5/35	1	1
19	Harshit Rana KKR	26	24	86.1	517	831	34	24.44	9.65	15.21	3/24	3/24	0	0
20	Krunal Pandya RCB	38	35	106	636	873	32	27.28	8.24	19.88	4/45	4/45	1	0
21	Ravi Bishnoi RR	34	34	106.4	640	1041	30	34.7	9.78	21.33	4/41	4/41	1	0
22	Tushar Deshpande RR	28	28	96	576	953	30	31.77	9.93	19.2	4/27	4/27	1	0
23	Josh Hazlewood RCB, SS	18	18	67.3	405	596	30	19.87	8.86	13.5	4/12	4/12	2	0
24	Rashid Khan GT	36	36	131.4	790	1155	29	39.83	8.79	27.24	3/17	3/17	0	0
25	Hardik Pandya MI	37	34	91.4	550	975	29	33.62	10.67	18.97	5/36	5/36	0	1
26	Yash Dayal RCB	29	29	99.1	595	929	28	33.18	9.37	21.25	3/20	3/20	0	0
27	Eshan Malinga SRH	16	16	57.4	346	522	28	18.64	9.09	12.36	4/32	4/32	1	0
28	Kagiso Rabada GT	24	24	91	546	872	27	32.3	9.58	20.22	3/25	3/25	0	0
29	Sandeep Sharma RR	26	25	90.7	547	853	27	31.59	9.4	20.26	5/18	5/18	0	1
30	Anshul Kamboj CSK	20	20	62.7	379	555	27	20.56	8.85	14.04	3/13	3/13	0	0
31	Andre Russell KKR	28	23	47.3	285	512	27	18.96	10.82	10.56	3/19	3/19	0	0
32	Jofra Archer RR	22	22	82.3	495	750	26	28.85	9.11	19.04	3/20	3/20	0	0
33	Matheesha Pathirana KKR	18	18	63.5	383	593	26	22.81	9.34	14.73	4/28	4/28	1	0
34	Sai Kishore GT	20	20	57.3	345	530	26	20.38	9.25	13.27	4/33	4/33	1	0
35	Ravindra Jadeja RR	38	36	106.5	641	863	25	34.52	8.1	25.64	3/18	3/18	0	0
36	Shardul Thakur MI	26	24	79.4	478	874	24	36.42	11.01	19.92	4/34	4/34	1	0
37	Axar Patel DC	35	34	106	636	864	24	36	8.15	26.5	2/18	2/18	0	0
38	T. Natarajan DC	23	23	80.4	484	782	24	32.58	9.73	20.17	4/19	4/19	1	0
39	Jaydev Unadkat SRH	22	22	67.1	407	634	23	27.57	9.45	17.7	3/21	3/21	0	0
40	Marco Jansen PBKS	25	24	84.3	507	819	22	37.23	9.72	23.05	3/17	3/17	0	0
41	Mohsin Khan LSG	14	14	54	324	487	19	25.63	9.02	17.05	5/23	5/23	0	1
42	Mustafizur Rahman KKR	12	12	45.2	272	405	18	22.5	8.96	15.11	4/29	4/29	1	0
43	Deepak Chahar MI	25	25	70.6	426	665	17	39.12	9.42	25.06	2/12	2/12	0	0
44	Digvesh Singh Rathi LSG	19	19	76	456	654	17	38.47	8.61	26.82	2/30	2/30	0	0
45	Sam Curran SS, RR	18	18	53	318	549	17	32.29	10.36	18.71	3/28	3/28	0	0
46	Mitchell Santner MI	20	20	62.3	375	502	17	29.53	8.06	22.06	3/11	3/11	0	0
47	Harpreet Brar PBKS	21	20	60	360	493	17	29	8.22	21.18	3/22	3/22	0	0
48	Ashwani Kumar MI	10	10	30.3	183	334	17	19.65	11.02	10.76	4/24	4/24	2	0
49	Ravichandran Ashwin	24	23	86	516	750	16	46.88	8.72	32.25	3/24	3/24	0	0
50	Nandre Burger RR	16	15	49.3	297	481	16	30.06	9.76	18.56	2/21	2/21	0	0
51	Rasikh Dar Salam RCB	15	15	45.8	278	475	16	29.69	10.37	17.38	4/24	4/24	1	0
52	Prince Yadav LSG	14	14	52.5	317	467	16	29.19	8.9	19.81	3/32	3/32	0	0
53	Suyash Sharma RCB	22	22	79.5	479	690	15	46	8.68	31.93	3/17	3/17	0	0
54	Mohit Sharma	20	19	64	384	682	15	45.47	10.66	25.6	3/25	3/25	0	0
55	Gerald Coetzee	14	14	45.3	273	472	15	31.47	10.42	18.2	4/34	4/34	1	0
56	Vyshak Vijaykumar PBKS	16	15	51.3	309	542	14	38.71	10.57	22.07	3/34	3/34	0	0
57	Ishant Sharma GT	16	16	45.2	272	470	14	33.57	10.4	19.43	3/34	3/34	0	0
58	Karn Sharma	15	14	39	234	382	14	27.29	9.79	16.71	3/23	3/23	0	0
59	Naveen ul Haq	10	10	36.3	219	372	14	26.57	10.25	15.64	3/49	3/49	0	0
60	Lockie Ferguson PBKS	11	11	35.2	212	359	14	25.64	10.2	15.14	2/23	2/23	0	0
61	Mohammad Shami LSG	17	17	61	366	587	13	45.15	9.62	28.15	2/9	2/9	0	0
62	Maheesh Theekshana	16	16	62	372	554	13	42.62	8.94	28.62	2/26	2/26	0	0
63	Vipraj Nigam DC	18	17	46	276	435	13	33.46	9.46	21.23	2/18	2/18	0	0
64	Piyush Chawla	11	11	35	210	312	13	24	8.91	16.15	3/29	3/29	0	0
65	Harsh Dubey SRH	10	10	30	180	290	13	22.31	9.67	13.85	3/12	3/12	0	0
66	Romario Shepherd RCB	23	20	42	252	514	12	42.83	12.24	21	3/54	3/54	0	0
67	Yash Thakur PBKS	12	12	41.6	252	481	12	40.08	11.56	21	5/30	5/30	0	1
68	Azmatullah Omarzai PBKS	16	15	48	288	465	12	38.75	9.69	24	2/27	2/27	0	0
69	Cameron Green KKR	21	17	43.1	259	400	12	33.33	9.28	21.58	2/12	2/12	0	0
70	Arshad Khan GT	15	15	38.3	231	396	12	33	10.34	19.25	3/22	3/22	0	0
71	Nitish Kumar Reddy SRH	35	19	39.1	235	428	11	38.91	10.95	21.36	2/17	2/17	0	0
72	Wanindu Hasaranga LSG	11	11	41	246	371	11	33.73	9.05	22.36	4/35	4/35	1	0
73	Lungisani Ngidi DC	9	8	31.4	190	287	11	26.09	9.14	17.27	3/27	3/27	0	0
74	Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar MI	7	7	24.5	149	236	11	21.45	9.63	13.55	2/17	2/17	0	0
75	Rahul Chahar CSK	9	9	31	186	279	10	27.9	9	18.6	3/23	3/23	0	0
76	Glenn Maxwell MS	17	12	29	174	239	10	23.9	8.24	17.4	2/23	2/23	0	0
77	Jamie Overton CSK, AS	8	8	23	138	208	10	20.8	9.04	13.8	4/18	4/18	1	0
78	Akash Madhwal	9	9	33.1	199	371	9	41.22	11.21	22.11	3/20	3/20	0	0
79	Nuwan Thushara RCB	8	8	30	180	283	9	31.44	9.43	20	3/28	3/28	0	0
80	Kartik Tyagi KKR	8	7	27	162	260	9	28.89	9.63	18	3/22	3/22	0	0
81	Mayank Yadav LSG	6	6	20.1	121	185	9	20.56	9.2	13.44	3/14	3/14	0	0
82	Anrich Nortje LSG	8	8	29	174	377	8	47.13	13	21.75	3/59	3/59	0	0
83	Shahbaz Ahamad LSG	19	18	35.6	216	372	8	46.5	10.45	27	3/23	3/23	0	0
84	Mayank Markande MI	7	7	22	132	259	8	32.38	11.77	16.5	2/26	2/26	0	0
85	Will Jacks MI	21	13	23	138	220	8	27.5	9.57	17.25	2/14	2/14	0	0
86	Umesh Yadav	7	7	21	126	210	8	26.25	10	15.75	2/22	2/22	0	0
87	Moeen Ali	14	9	24	144	207	8	25.88	8.63	18	2/23	2/23	0	0
88	Praful Hinge SRH	4	4	16	96	197	8	24.63	12.31	12	4/34	4/34	1	0
89	Sakib Hussain SRH	5	5	19	114	186	8	23.25	9.79	14.25	4/24	4/24	1	0
90	Xavier Bartlett PBKS, BH	11	11	35.4	214	393	7	56.14	11.1	30.57	2/9	2/9	0	0