Times of Sports(TOS) listed the leading wicket takers of IPL since 2008. The Indian Premier League (IPL) is the most famous professional Twenty20 cricket league in India. It was started in 2008 by the fugitive offender Lalit Modi.
IPL provides huge money and exposure to all international players to play in collaboration with other national players.
It also serves as the best opportunity for uncapped Indian players to play with international standard players. Mumbai Indians are the most successful team that has won 5 Indian Premier League(IPL) titles.
Leading wicket takers in IPL
Rajasthan Royals Yuzvendra Chahal leads the list of leading wicket takers in IPL history. Chahal bagged 6 four wickets haul and 1 five-wicket haul in his IPL career.
Jaydev Unadkat and James Faulkner are the only two players to bag five wickets more than one time since 2008. Rashid Khan has a record of the lowest economy rate in the top 20 players.
List of Leading Wicket takers IPL
Yuzvendra Chahal is the leading wicket-taker in the Indian Premier League. The Indian leg spinner took 200 wickets at an economy of 7.73.
The leading wicket-takers list is updated once at the end of every IPL match.
| Player | Mat | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4 | 5 |
| YS Chahal (MI/RCB/RR) | 153 | 200 | 5/40 | 21.6 | 7.73 | 16.76 | 6 | 1 |
| DJ Bravo (CSK/GL/MI) | 161 | 183 | 4/22 | 23.82 | 8.38 | 17.04 | 2 | – |
| PP Chawla (CSK/KKR/KXIP/MI) | 186 | 182 | 4/17 | 27.16 | 7.96 | 20.46 | 2 | – |
| B Kumar (PWI/SRH) | 168 | 174 | 5/19 | 26.97 | 7.52 | 21.5 | 2 | 2 |
| A Mishra (DC/DCH/LSG/SRH) | 161 | 173 | 5/17 | 23.84 | 7.36 | 19.41 | 4 | 1 |
| SP Narine (KKR) | 170 | 173 | 5/19 | 25.58 | 6.74 | 22.75 | 7 | 1 |
| R Ashwin (CSK/DC/KXIP/RPS/RR) | 204 | 172 | 4/34 | 29.89 | 7.08 | 25.32 | 1 | – |
| SL Malinga (MI) | 122 | 170 | 5/13 | 19.79 | 7.14 | 16.62 | 6 | 1 |
| JJ Bumrah (MI) | 128 | 158 | 5/10 | 22.67 | 7.32 | 18.56 | 2 | 2 |
| RA Jadeja (CSK/GL/Kochi/RR) | 234 | 156 | 5/16 | 30.17 | 7.61 | 23.77 | 3 | 1 |
| Harbhajan Singh (CSK/KKR/MI) | 163 | 150 | 5/18 | 26.86 | 7.07 | 22.77 | 1 | 1 |
| Rashid Khan (GT/SRH) | 118 | 147 | 4/24 | 21.34 | 6.72 | 19.05 | 2 | – |
| UT Yadav (DC/GT/KKR/RCB) | 147 | 143 | 4/23 | 30.04 | 8.5 | 21.2 | 3 | – |
| Sandeep Sharma (KXIP/PBKS/RR/SRH) | 119 | 130 | 5/18 | 26.72 | 7.83 | 20.46 | 2 | 1 |
| MM Sharma (CSK/DC/GT/KXIP) | 109 | 129 | 5/10 | 24.43 | 8.57 | 17.09 | 3 | 1 |
| Mohammed Shami (DC/GT/KKR/KXIP/PBKS) | 110 | 127 | 4/11 | 26.86 | 8.43 | 19.1 | 2 | – |
| HV Patel (DC/PBKS/RCB) | 101 | 125 | 5/27 | 23.98 | 8.73 | 16.47 | 2 | 1 |
| AR Patel (DC/KXIP) | 145 | 119 | 4/21 | 30.58 | 7.22 | 25.38 | 1 | – |
| K Rabada (DC/PBKS) | 78 | 116 | 4/21 | 21.75 | 8.52 | 15.31 | 6 | – |
| TA Boult (DC/KKR/MI/RR/SRH) | 96 | 114 | 4/18 | 26.28 | 8.22 | 19.16 | 1 | – |
| A Nehra (CSK/DC/MI/PWI/SRH) | 88 | 106 | 4/10 | 23.53 | 7.84 | 18 | 1 | – |
| AD Russell (DC/KKR) | 120 | 105 | 5/15 | 24 | 9.37 | 15.36 | 2 | 1 |
| R Vinay Kumar (KKR/Kochi/MI/RCB) | 105 | 105 | 4/40 | 28.24 | 8.38 | 20.2 | 1 | – |
| Z Khan (DC/MI/RCB) | 100 | 102 | 4/17 | 27.27 | 7.58 | 21.56 | 1 | – |
| JD Unadkat (DC/KKR/LSG/MI/RCB/RPS/RR/SRH) | 100 | 98 | 5/25 | 31.58 | 8.96 | 21.13 | – | 2 |
| DW Steyn (DCH/GL/RCB/SRH) | 95 | 97 | 3/8 | 25.85 | 6.91 | 22.43 | – | – |
| CH Morris (CSK/DC/RCB/RR) | 81 | 95 | 4/23 | 24.15 | 8 | 18.1 | 4 | – |
| SR Watson (CSK/RCB/RR) | 145 | 92 | 4/29 | 29.15 | 7.93 | 22.05 | 1 | – |
| RP Singh (DCH/Kochi/MI/RCB/RPS) | 82 | 90 | 4/22 | 25.97 | 7.9 | 19.72 | 2 | – |
| P Kumar (GL/KXIP/MI/RCB/SRH) | 119 | 90 | 3/18 | 36.12 | 7.72 | 28.04 | – | – |
| PP Ojha (DCH/MI) | 92 | 89 | 3/11 | 26.2 | 7.36 | 21.33 | – | – |
| SN Thakur (CSK/DC/KKR/KXIP/RPS) | 89 | 89 | 4/36 | 29.93 | 9.2 | 19.5 | 1 | – |
| I Sharma (DC/DCH/KKR/KXIP/RPS/SRH) | 107 | 88 | 5/12 | 34.92 | 8.19 | 25.55 | – | 1 |
| DS Kulkarni (GL/MI/RR) | 92 | 86 | 4/14 | 28.76 | 8.3 | 20.77 | 1 | – |
| JA Morkel (CSK/DC/RCB/RPS) | 91 | 85 | 4/32 | 27.7 | 8.2 | 20.27 | 1 | – |
| Kuldeep Yadav (DC/KKR) | 79 | 83 | 4/14 | 26.46 | 8.07 | 19.66 | 4 | – |
| Mohammed Siraj (RCB/SRH) | 87 | 83 | 4/21 | 31.5 | 8.64 | 21.85 | 2 | – |
| Imran Tahir (CSK/DC/RPS) | 59 | 82 | 4/12 | 20.76 | 7.76 | 16.04 | 3 | – |
| IK Pathan (DC/GL/KXIP/RPS/SRH) | 103 | 80 | 3/24 | 33.11 | 7.77 | 25.53 | – | – |
| M Morkel (DC/KKR/RR) | 70 | 77 | 4/20 | 27.12 | 7.69 | 21.15 | 1 | – |
| DL Chahar (CSK/RPS) | 79 | 77 | 4/13 | 28.5 | 7.98 | 21.41 | 2 | – |
| L Balaji (CSK/KKR/KXIP) | 73 | 76 | 5/24 | 26.68 | 8.04 | 19.9 | 3 | 1 |
| KH Pandya (LSG/MI) | 121 | 75 | 3/11 | 33.42 | 7.33 | 27.33 | – | – |
| MM Patel (GL/MI/RR) | 63 | 74 | 5/21 | 22.94 | 7.51 | 18.31 | 2 | 1 |
| KV Sharma (CSK/MI/RCB/SRH) | 78 | 72 | 4/16 | 26.65 | 8.16 | 19.59 | 2 | – |
| MJ McClenaghan (MI) | 56 | 71 | 4/21 | 25.39 | 8.49 | 17.94 | 1 | – |
| R Bhatia (DC/KKR/RPS/RR) | 95 | 71 | 4/15 | 28.45 | 7.4 | 23.04 | 1 | – |
| CV Varun (KKR/KXIP) | 64 | 70 | 5/20 | 26.88 | 7.72 | 20.88 | 1 | 1 |
| Arshdeep Singh (KXIP/PBKS) | 60 | 69 | 5/32 | 26.79 | 8.87 | 18.11 | 2 | 1 |
| AB Dinda (DC/KKR/PWI/RCB/RPS) | 78 | 69 | 4/18 | 30.04 | 8.2 | 21.97 | 1 | – |
| KA Pollard (MI) | 189 | 69 | 4/44 | 31.59 | 8.79 | 21.56 | 1 | – |
| RD Chahar (MI/PBKS/RPS) | 73 | 68 | 4/27 | 29.2 | 7.68 | 22.79 | 1 | – |
| KK Ahmed (DC/SRH) | 52 | 67 | 3/21 | 25.49 | 8.72 | 17.52 | – | – |
| SK Trivedi (RR) | 76 | 65 | 4/25 | 29.29 | 7.58 | 23.16 | 1 | – |
| JH Kallis (KKR/RCB) | 98 | 65 | 3/13 | 35.27 | 7.89 | 26.8 | – | – |
| M Muralidaran (CSK/Kochi/RCB) | 66 | 63 | 3/11 | 26.92 | 6.67 | 24.19 | – | – |
| Avesh Khan (DC/LSG/RCB/RR) | 55 | 63 | 4/24 | 27.61 | 8.75 | 18.92 | 1 | – |
| Shakib Al Hasan (KKR/SRH) | 71 | 63 | 3/17 | 29.19 | 7.43 | 23.55 | – | – |
| MG Johnson (KKR/KXIP/MI) | 54 | 61 | 3/26 | 27.9 | 8.28 | 20.19 | – | – |
| A Nortje (DC) | 46 | 60 | 3/33 | 26.23 | 8.96 | 17.56 | – | – |
| T Natarajan (KXIP/SRH) | 53 | 60 | 4/19 | 28.55 | 8.76 | 19.55 | 1 | – |
| Mustafizur Rahman (CSK/DC/MI/RR/SRH) | 55 | 59 | 4/29 | 29.16 | 8.21 | 21.3 | 1 | – |
| JP Faulkner (GL/KXIP/PWI/RR) | 60 | 59 | 5/16 | 30.13 | 8.69 | 20.79 | – | 2 |
| Ravi Bishnoi (KXIP/LSG/PBKS) | 60 | 58 | 3/24 | 28.65 | 7.68 | 22.36 | – | – |
| S Kaul (DC/RCB/SRH) | 55 | 58 | 4/29 | 29.98 | 8.63 | 20.84 | 1 | – |
| SK Warne (RR) | 55 | 57 | 4/21 | 25.38 | 7.27 | 20.94 | 1 | – |
| HH Pandya (GT/MI) | 131 | 57 | 3/17 | 34.19 | 8.96 | 22.87 | – | – |
| PJ Cummins (DC/KKR/SRH) | 50 | 55 | 4/34 | 29.74 | 8.57 | 20.81 | 1 | – |
| SM Curran (CSK/KXIP/PBKS) | 55 | 54 | 4/11 | 32.5 | 9.54 | 20.42 | 1 | – |
| JO Holder (CSK/KKR/LSG/RR/SRH) | 46 | 53 | 4/52 | 27.56 | 8.81 | 18.77 | 1 | – |
| S Gopal (MI/RR/SRH) | 52 | 52 | 4/16 | 25.94 | 8.16 | 19.05 | 1 | – |
| M Prasidh Krishna (KKR/RR) | 51 | 49 | 4/30 | 34.75 | 8.92 | 23.36 | 1 | – |
| NM Coulter-Nile (DC/KKR/MI/RR) | 39 | 48 | 4/14 | 22.91 | 7.7 | 17.85 | 2 | – |
| JC Archer (MI/RR) | 40 | 48 | 3/15 | 24.39 | 7.43 | 19.68 | – | – |
| S Nadeem (DC/SRH) | 72 | 48 | 3/16 | 37.16 | 7.56 | 29.47 | – | – |
| SB Jakati (CSK/GL/RCB) | 59 | 47 | 4/22 | 30.87 | 8.02 | 23.08 | 2 | – |
| TG Southee (CSK/KKR/MI/RCB/RR) | 54 | 47 | 3/20 | 37.06 | 8.66 | 25.65 | – | – |
| S Aravind (RCB) | 38 | 45 | 4/14 | 23.08 | 8.2 | 16.88 | 2 | – |
| RJ Harris (DCH/KXIP) | 37 | 45 | 4/34 | 23.26 | 7.55 | 18.48 | 1 | – |
| A Kumble (RCB) | 42 | 45 | 5/5 | 23.51 | 6.57 | 21.44 | 2 | 1 |
| VR Aaron (DC/GT/KXIP/RCB/RR) | 52 | 44 | 3/16 | 33.65 | 8.93 | 22.59 | – | – |
| AJ Tye (GL/KXIP/LSG/RR) | 30 | 42 | 5/17 | 23.3 | 8.58 | 16.28 | 3 | 1 |
| MC Henriques (DC/KKR/PBKS/RCB/SRH) | 62 | 42 | 3/12 | 30.69 | 8.14 | 22.61 | – | – |
| YK Pathan (KKR/RR/SRH) | 174 | 42 | 3/20 | 33.69 | 7.4 | 27.3 | – | – |
| MP Stoinis (DC/KXIP/LSG/RCB) | 90 | 41 | 4/15 | 29.82 | 9.56 | 18.7 | 1 | – |
| MA Starc (KKR/RCB) | 34 | 40 | 4/15 | 24.5 | 8.05 | 18.25 | 1 | – |
| R Sharma (DC/DCH/PWI) | 44 | 40 | 3/13 | 27.15 | 7.02 | 23.2 | – | – |
| Iqbal Abdulla (KKR/RCB/RR) | 49 | 40 | 3/24 | 27.72 | 7.23 | 23 | – | – |
| S Sreesanth (Kochi/KXIP/RR) | 44 | 40 | 3/29 | 29.75 | 8.11 | 22 | – | – |
| LH Ferguson (GT/KKR/RCB/RPS) | 41 | 40 | 4/28 | 32.45 | 8.94 | 21.77 | 1 | – |
| P Awana (KXIP) | 33 | 39 | 4/34 | 26.38 | 8.26 | 19.15 | 1 | – |
| DT Christian (DC/DCH/RCB/RPS) | 49 | 38 | 2/10 | 31.36 | 8.09 | 23.23 | – | – |
| PJ Sangwan (DC/GL/GT/KKR/MI) | 42 | 38 | 3/18 | 32.63 | 8.69 | 22.52 | – | – |
| DE Bollinger (CSK) | 27 | 37 | 4/13 | 18.72 | 7.21 | 15.56 | 1 | – |
| MR Marsh (DC/DCH/PWI/RPS/SRH) | 42 | 37 | 4/25 | 21.48 | 8.51 | 15.13 | 2 | – |
| M Markande (MI/RR/SRH) | 37 | 37 | 4/15 | 28.89 | 8.9 | 19.45 | 2 | – |
| MS Gony (CSK/DCH/GL/KXIP) | 44 | 37 | 3/31 | 34.78 | 8.69 | 24 | – | – |
| Washington Sundar (RCB/RPS/SRH) | 60 | 37 | 3/16 | 35.81 | 7.54 | 28.48 | – | – |
| Yuvraj Singh (DC/KXIP/MI/PWI/RCB/SRH) | 132 | 36 | 4/29 | 29.91 | 7.43 | 24.13 | 2 | – |
| PW Hasaranga (RCB) | 26 | 35 | 5/18 | 21.37 | 8.13 | 15.77 | 1 | 1 |
IPL Teams
Following are the details of the IPL participating teams:
- Punjab Kings
- Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Gujarat Titans
- Delhi Capitals
- Lucknow Super Giants
- Rajasthan Royals
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru
- Kolkata Knight Riders
- Chennai Super Kings
- Mumbai Indians
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