IPL 2017 · Season leaderboard
Purple cap — most wickets
Purple cap — most wickets, IPL 2017: B Kumar — 26 Wickets.
IPL 2017 top wicket-takers across the IPL historical archive (1,169 matches, 18 seasons 2007/08-2025).
| # | Player | Wickets | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B KumarSRH | 26 | 314 legal deliveries bowled |
| 2 | JD UnadkatRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT | 24 | 275 legal deliveries bowled |
| 3 | JJ BumrahMI | 20 | 362 legal deliveries bowled |
| 4 | MJ McClenaghanMI | 19 | 324 legal deliveries bowled |
| 5 | Imran TahirRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT | 18 | 282 legal deliveries bowled |
| 6 | CR WoakesKKR | 17 | 264 legal deliveries bowled |
| 7 | Rashid KhanSRH | 17 | 324 legal deliveries bowled |
| 8 | Sandeep SharmaPBKS | 17 | 288 legal deliveries bowled |
| 9 | UT YadavKKR | 17 | 291 legal deliveries bowled |
| 10 | P NegiRCB | 16 | 193 legal deliveries bowled |
| 11 | S KaulSRH | 16 | 214 legal deliveries bowled |
| 12 | AR PatelPBKS | 15 | 288 legal deliveries bowled |
| 13 | NM Coulter-NileKKR | 15 | 170 legal deliveries bowled |
| 14 | PJ CumminsDC | 15 | 277 legal deliveries bowled |
| 15 | YS ChahalRCB | 14 | 261 legal deliveries bowled |
| 16 | KV SharmaMI | 13 | 184 legal deliveries bowled |
| 17 | MM SharmaPBKS | 13 | 274 legal deliveries bowled |
| 18 | AJ TyeGUJARAT-LIONS | 12 | 126 legal deliveries bowled |
| 19 | BA StokesRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT | 12 | 264 legal deliveries bowled |
| 20 | CH MorrisDC | 12 | 186 legal deliveries bowled |
| 21 | Kuldeep YadavKKR | 12 | 246 legal deliveries bowled |
| 22 | Basil ThampiGUJARAT-LIONS | 11 | 268 legal deliveries bowled |
| 23 | DT ChristianRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT | 11 | 240 legal deliveries bowled |
| 24 | SL MalingaMI | 11 | 269 legal deliveries bowled |
| 25 | SN ThakurRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT | 11 | 229 legal deliveries bowled |
All IPL 2017 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2017 · Across all seasons: all-time purple cap — most wickets.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2017), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.