IPL 2020/21 · Season leaderboard
Purple cap — most wickets
Purple cap — most wickets, IPL 2020/21: K Rabada — 32 Wickets.
IPL 2020/21 top wicket-takers across the IPL historical archive (1,169 matches, 18 seasons 2007/08-2025).
| # | Player | Wickets | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K RabadaDC | 32 | 397 legal deliveries bowled |
| 2 | JJ BumrahMI | 29 | 372 legal deliveries bowled |
| 3 | TA BoultMI | 25 | 348 legal deliveries bowled |
| 4 | A NortjeDC | 22 | 366 legal deliveries bowled |
| 5 | YS ChahalRCB | 21 | 343 legal deliveries bowled |
| 6 | JC ArcherRR | 20 | 334 legal deliveries bowled |
| 7 | Mohammed ShamiPBKS | 20 | 330 legal deliveries bowled |
| 8 | Rashid KhanSRH | 20 | 388 legal deliveries bowled |
| 9 | CV VarunKKR | 17 | 312 legal deliveries bowled |
| 10 | T NatarajanSRH | 16 | 377 legal deliveries bowled |
| 11 | RD ChaharMI | 15 | 318 legal deliveries bowled |
| 12 | JO HolderSRH | 14 | 168 legal deliveries bowled |
| 13 | Sandeep SharmaSRH | 14 | 312 legal deliveries bowled |
| 14 | MP StoinisDC | 13 | 178 legal deliveries bowled |
| 15 | R AshwinDC | 13 | 306 legal deliveries bowled |
| 16 | SM CurranCSK | 13 | 252 legal deliveries bowled |
| 17 | DL ChaharCSK | 12 | 312 legal deliveries bowled |
| 18 | PJ CumminsKKR | 12 | 312 legal deliveries bowled |
| 19 | Ravi BishnoiPBKS | 12 | 306 legal deliveries bowled |
| 20 | CH MorrisRCB | 11 | 190 legal deliveries bowled |
| 21 | JL PattinsonMI | 11 | 213 legal deliveries bowled |
| 22 | Mohammed SirajRCB | 11 | 163 legal deliveries bowled |
| 23 | M AshwinPBKS | 10 | 189 legal deliveries bowled |
| 24 | R TewatiaRR | 10 | 276 legal deliveries bowled |
| 25 | S GopalRR | 10 | 300 legal deliveries bowled |
All IPL 2020/21 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2020-21 · Across all seasons: all-time purple cap — most wickets.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2020/21), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.