IPL 2018 · Season leaderboard
Purple cap — most wickets
Purple cap — most wickets, IPL 2018: AJ Tye — 24 Wickets.
IPL 2018 top wicket-takers across the IPL historical archive (1,169 matches, 18 seasons 2007/08-2025).
| # | Player | Wickets | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AJ TyePBKS | 24 | 336 legal deliveries bowled |
| 2 | Rashid KhanSRH | 21 | 408 legal deliveries bowled |
| 3 | S KaulSRH | 21 | 396 legal deliveries bowled |
| 4 | UT YadavRCB | 20 | 319 legal deliveries bowled |
| 5 | HH PandyaMI | 18 | 256 legal deliveries bowled |
| 6 | TA BoultDC | 18 | 316 legal deliveries bowled |
| 7 | JJ BumrahMI | 17 | 324 legal deliveries bowled |
| 8 | Kuldeep YadavKKR | 17 | 308 legal deliveries bowled |
| 9 | SP NarineKKR | 17 | 366 legal deliveries bowled |
| 10 | SN ThakurCSK | 16 | 280 legal deliveries bowled |
| 11 | JC ArcherRR | 15 | 233 legal deliveries bowled |
| 12 | M MarkandeMI | 15 | 264 legal deliveries bowled |
| 13 | DJ BravoCSK | 14 | 321 legal deliveries bowled |
| 14 | MJ McClenaghanMI | 14 | 240 legal deliveries bowled |
| 15 | Mujeeb Ur RahmanPBKS | 14 | 248 legal deliveries bowled |
| 16 | PP ChawlaKKR | 14 | 294 legal deliveries bowled |
| 17 | Shakib Al HasanSRH | 14 | 342 legal deliveries bowled |
| 18 | AD RussellKKR | 13 | 227 legal deliveries bowled |
| 19 | A MishraDC | 12 | 222 legal deliveries bowled |
| 20 | KH PandyaMI | 12 | 241 legal deliveries bowled |
| 21 | Sandeep SharmaSRH | 12 | 264 legal deliveries bowled |
| 22 | YS ChahalRCB | 12 | 300 legal deliveries bowled |
| 23 | AS RajpootPBKS | 11 | 157 legal deliveries bowled |
| 24 | JD UnadkatRR | 11 | 302 legal deliveries bowled |
| 25 | K GowthamRR | 11 | 240 legal deliveries bowled |
All IPL 2018 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2018 · Across all seasons: all-time purple cap — most wickets.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2018), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.