Purple Cap — Top wicket-takers

Name: CricketStudio canonical ball-by-ball aggregate · IPL 2026
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Top wicket-takers across IPL 2026.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar leads IPL 2026 purple cap with 23 wickets (12 matches · 282 balls bowled).

Top 10

Rank	Wickets	Subject	Detail
#1	23	Bhuvneshwar Kumar · Royal Challengers Bengaluru	12 matches · 282 balls bowled Show 8 events RCB vs KKR · 2026-05-13 · over 2.3 — wicket of Finn Allen (caught) RCB vs MI · 2026-05-10 · over 17.6 — wicket of Tilak Varma (bowled) RCB vs MI · 2026-05-10 · over 2.6 — wicket of Suryakumar Yadav (caught) RCB vs MI · 2026-05-10 · over 2.5 — wicket of Rohit Sharma (caught) RCB vs MI · 2026-05-10 · over 0.6 — wicket of Ryan Rickelton (caught) GT vs RCB · 2026-04-30 · over 7.3 — wicket of Jos Buttler (bowled) GT vs RCB · 2026-04-30 · over 4.6 — wicket of Shubman Gill (caught) GT vs RCB · 2026-04-30 · over 2.6 — wicket of Sai Sudharsan (caught)
#2	21	Kagiso Rabada · Gujarat Titans	12 matches · 277 balls bowled Show 8 events GT vs SRH · 2026-05-12 · over 5.5 — wicket of Ravichandran Smaran (caught) GT vs SRH · 2026-05-12 · over 3.1 — wicket of Ishan Kishan (caught) GT vs SRH · 2026-05-12 · over 1.4 — wicket of Abhishek Sharma (bowled) RR vs GT · 2026-05-09 · over 5.4 — wicket of Shimron Hetmyer (caught) RR vs GT · 2026-05-09 · over 3.3 — wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal (caught) GT vs PBKS · 2026-05-03 · over 15.6 — wicket of Suryansh Shedge (caught) GT vs PBKS · 2026-05-03 · over 5.2 — wicket of Prabhsimran Singh (caught) GT vs RCB · 2026-04-30 · over 3.2 — wicket of Virat Kohli (caught)
#3	21	Anshul Kamboj · Chennai Super Kings	11 matches · 238 balls bowled Show 8 events CSK vs LSG · 2026-05-10 · over 19.4 — wicket of Himmat Singh (bowled) CSK vs LSG · 2026-05-10 · over 5.1 — wicket of Mitchell Marsh (caught) DC vs CSK · 2026-05-05 · over 19.5 — wicket of Ashutosh Sharma (caught) CSK vs MI · 2026-05-02 · over 19.3 — wicket of Hardik Pandya (caught) CSK vs MI · 2026-05-02 · over 17.2 — wicket of Robin Minz (bowled) CSK vs MI · 2026-05-02 · over 1.2 — wicket of Will Jacks (caught) MI vs CSK · 2026-04-23 · over 17.1 — wicket of Shardul Thakur (caught) SRH vs CSK · 2026-04-18 · over 19.6 — wicket of Liam Livingstone (caught)
#4	19	Prince Yadav · Lucknow Super Giants	11 matches · 248 balls bowled Show 8 events LSG vs RCB · 2026-05-07 · over 10.5 — wicket of Jitesh Sharma (caught) LSG vs RCB · 2026-05-07 · over 10.1 — wicket of Devdutt Padikkal (caught) LSG vs RCB · 2026-05-07 · over 1.2 — wicket of Virat Kohli (bowled) LSG vs KKR · 2026-04-26 · over 4.6 — wicket of Angkrish Raghuvanshi LSG vs RR · 2026-04-22 · over 15.5 — wicket of Donovan Ferreira (caught) LSG vs RR · 2026-04-22 · over 8.6 — wicket of Riyan Parag (caught) PBKS vs LSG · 2026-04-19 · over 19.6 — wicket of Marcus Stoinis (caught) PBKS vs LSG · 2026-04-19 · over 19.4 — wicket of Shashank Singh (caught)
#5	17	Jofra Archer · Rajasthan Royals	11 matches · 240 balls bowled Show 8 events RR vs DC · 2026-05-01 · over 15.2 — wicket of Lokesh Rahul (caught) PBKS vs RR · 2026-04-28 · over 2.5 — wicket of Priyansh Arya (caught) RR vs SRH · 2026-04-25 · over 12.1 — wicket of Ishan Kishan (caught) RR vs SRH · 2026-04-25 · over 0.5 — wicket of Travis Head (caught) LSG vs RR · 2026-04-22 · over 17.6 — wicket of Mohsin Khan (bowled) LSG vs RR · 2026-04-22 · over 17.3 — wicket of Mayank Yadav (caught) LSG vs RR · 2026-04-22 · over 2.5 — wicket of Aiden Markram (caught) LSG vs RR · 2026-04-22 · over 0.6 — wicket of Ayush Badoni (caught)
#6	17	Kartik Tyagi · Kolkata Knight Riders	10 matches · 234 balls bowled Show 8 events RCB vs KKR · 2026-05-13 · over 17.5 — wicket of Tim David (caught) RCB vs KKR · 2026-05-13 · over 13.1 — wicket of Devdutt Padikkal (caught) RCB vs KKR · 2026-05-13 · over 3.2 — wicket of Jacob Bethell (caught) DC vs KKR · 2026-05-08 · over 19.2 — wicket of Ashutosh Sharma (caught) DC vs KKR · 2026-05-08 · over 4.6 — wicket of Lokesh Rahul (caught) SRH vs KKR · 2026-05-03 · over 18.6 — wicket of Harshal Patel (caught) SRH vs KKR · 2026-05-03 · over 3.4 — wicket of Abhishek Sharma (caught) LSG vs KKR · 2026-04-26 · over 19.3 — wicket of Himmat Singh (caught)
#7	17	Eshan Malinga · Sunrisers Hyderabad	12 matches · 254 balls bowled Show 8 events SRH vs PBKS · 2026-05-06 · over 3.2 — wicket of Shreyas Iyer (caught) MI vs SRH · 2026-04-29 · over 8.3 — wicket of Suryakumar Yadav (caught) RR vs SRH · 2026-04-25 · over 18.4 — wicket of Donovan Ferreira (caught) RR vs SRH · 2026-04-25 · over 2.2 — wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal (caught) SRH vs DC · 2026-04-21 · over 17.6 — wicket of Ashutosh Sharma (caught) SRH vs DC · 2026-04-21 · over 15.5 — wicket of Tristan Stubbs (caught) SRH vs DC · 2026-04-21 · over 10.2 — wicket of David Miller (bowled) SRH vs DC · 2026-04-21 · over 10.1 — wicket of Nitish Rana (caught)
#8	16	Rashid Khan · Gujarat Titans	12 matches · 251 balls bowled Show 8 events GT vs SRH · 2026-05-12 · over 14.5 — wicket of Praful Hinge (caught) RR vs GT · 2026-05-09 · over 13.5 — wicket of Ravindra Jadeja (lbw) RR vs GT · 2026-05-09 · over 11.4 — wicket of Shubham Dubey (bowled) RR vs GT · 2026-05-09 · over 7.5 — wicket of Donovan Ferreira (bowled) RR vs GT · 2026-05-09 · over 7.3 — wicket of Dhruv Jurel (bowled) GT vs PBKS · 2026-05-03 · over 19.5 — wicket of Marco Jansen (caught) GT vs RCB · 2026-04-30 · over 13.6 — wicket of Devdutt Padikkal (bowled) GT vs RCB · 2026-04-30 · over 9.4 — wicket of Tim David (caught)
#9	16	Prasidh Krishna · Gujarat Titans	8 matches · 174 balls bowled Show 8 events GT vs SRH · 2026-05-12 · over 13.4 — wicket of Pat Cummins (caught) GT vs SRH · 2026-05-12 · over 9.4 — wicket of Salil Arora (caught) GT vs MI · 2026-04-20 · over 12.3 — wicket of Naman Dhir (caught) GT vs KKR · 2026-04-17 · over 14.5 — wicket of Anukul Roy (caught) LSG vs GT · 2026-04-12 · over 18.1 — wicket of Mukul DChoudhary (caught) LSG vs GT · 2026-04-12 · over 14.3 — wicket of Nicholas Pooran (caught) LSG vs GT · 2026-04-12 · over 8.2 — wicket of Ayush Badoni (caught) LSG vs GT · 2026-04-12 · over 6.6 — wicket of Aiden Markram (caught)
#10	14	Mohammed Siraj · Gujarat Titans	12 matches · 264 balls bowled Show 8 events GT vs SRH · 2026-05-12 · over 0.4 — wicket of Travis Head (caught) RR vs GT · 2026-05-09 · over 2.5 — wicket of Vaibhav Suryavanshi (caught) GT vs PBKS · 2026-05-03 · over 0.3 — wicket of Cooper Connolly (caught) GT vs PBKS · 2026-05-03 · over 0.2 — wicket of Priyansh Arya (caught) GT vs RCB · 2026-04-30 · over 2.4 — wicket of Jacob Bethell (caught) GT vs CSK · 2026-04-26 · over 4.4 — wicket of Sarfaraz Khan (caught) RCB vs GT · 2026-04-24 · over 2.6 — wicket of Jacob Bethell (caught) GT vs MI · 2026-04-20 · over 18.5 — wicket of Hardik Pandya (caught)