WPL leaderboard
WPL Purple Cap — Most Wickets
AC Kerr leads WPL all-time purple cap with 54. Most wickets taken across all WPL seasons (2023–2025). Bowler-credited dismissals only (caught, bowled, lbw, stumped, hit wicket).
All time (WPL 2023–2025/26)
2025/26 · top 10 for the latest season
Frequently asked questions
- Who leads WPL all-time purple cap?
- AC Kerr leads WPL all-time purple cap with 54. The top three are: AC Kerr, HK Matthews, S Ecclestone.
- How is WPL purple cap calculated?
- Most wickets taken across all WPL seasons (2023–2025). Bowler-credited dismissals only (caught, bowled, lbw, stumped, hit wicket). All figures are aggregated from ball-by-ball data sourced from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0) via the CricketStudio SETU pipeline.
- Does this WPL purple cap leaderboard include 2025/26?
- Yes. The all-time table covers WPL 2023–2025/26. A separate 2025/26-only view is shown below the all-time table.
- What data source powers this leaderboard?
- Ball-by-ball records from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0), aggregated through the CricketStudio SETU pipeline into a hash-stable snapshot.
Sources & methodology
Derived from the canonical WPL SETU snapshot, walked from ball-by-ball records sourced from Cricsheet under CC BY 3.0.
data/_season-stats-wpl.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: AC Kerr leads WPL all-time purple cap with 54. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/wpl/leaderboards/purple-cap”