IPL 2012 · Season leaderboard
Purple cap — most wickets
Purple cap — most wickets, IPL 2012: M Morkel — 25 Wickets.
IPL 2012 top wicket-takers across the IPL historical archive (1,169 matches, 18 seasons 2007/08-2025).
| # | Player | Wickets | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M MorkelDC | 25 | 378 legal deliveries bowled |
| 2 | SP NarineKKR | 24 | 355 legal deliveries bowled |
| 3 | SL MalingaMI | 22 | 333 legal deliveries bowled |
| 4 | R Vinay KumarRCB | 19 | 335 legal deliveries bowled |
| 5 | UT YadavDC | 19 | 366 legal deliveries bowled |
| 6 | DW SteynDECCAN-CHARGERS | 18 | 280 legal deliveries bowled |
| 7 | P AwanaPBKS | 17 | 282 legal deliveries bowled |
| 8 | Z KhanRCB | 17 | 360 legal deliveries bowled |
| 9 | KA PollardMI | 16 | 263 legal deliveries bowled |
| 10 | PP ChawlaPBKS | 16 | 342 legal deliveries bowled |
| 11 | DJ BravoCSK | 15 | 346 legal deliveries bowled |
| 12 | JH KallisKKR | 15 | 324 legal deliveries bowled |
| 13 | M MuralitharanRCB | 15 | 240 legal deliveries bowled |
| 14 | MM PatelMI | 15 | 280 legal deliveries bowled |
| 15 | Azhar MahmoodPBKS | 14 | 256 legal deliveries bowled |
| 16 | BW HilfenhausCSK | 14 | 204 legal deliveries bowled |
| 17 | R AshwinCSK | 14 | 395 legal deliveries bowled |
| 18 | A MishraDECCAN-CHARGERS | 13 | 282 legal deliveries bowled |
| 19 | JA MorkelCSK | 13 | 297 legal deliveries bowled |
| 20 | R BhatiaKKR | 13 | 319 legal deliveries bowled |
| 21 | SK TrivediRR | 13 | 312 legal deliveries bowled |
| 22 | RA JadejaCSK | 12 | 210 legal deliveries bowled |
| 23 | Shakib Al HasanKKR | 12 | 180 legal deliveries bowled |
| 24 | A Ashish ReddyDECCAN-CHARGERS | 11 | 163 legal deliveries bowled |
| 25 | A NehraPUNE-WARRIORS-INDIA | 11 | 288 legal deliveries bowled |
All IPL 2012 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2012 · Across all seasons: all-time purple cap — most wickets.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2012), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.