Purple Cap — Top wicket-takers

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

Kagiso Rabada leads IPL 2026 purple cap with 29 wickets (17 matches · 388 balls bowled).

Top 10

Rank	Wickets	Subject	Detail
#1	29	Kagiso Rabada · Gujarat Titans	17 matches · 388 balls bowled Show 8 events RCB vs GT · 2026-05-31 · over 5.1 — wicket of Devdutt Padikkal (caught) RR vs GT · 2026-05-29 · over 17.2 — wicket of Vaibhav Suryavanshi (caught) RR vs GT · 2026-05-29 · over 1.5 — wicket of Dhruv Jurel (caught) RCB vs GT · 2026-05-26 · over 16.1 — wicket of Krunal Pandya (caught) RCB vs GT · 2026-05-26 · over 1.6 — wicket of Venkatesh Iyer (caught) GT vs CSK · 2026-05-21 · over 13.4 — wicket of Spencer Johnson (caught) GT vs CSK · 2026-05-21 · over 13.3 — wicket of Noor Ahmad (caught) GT vs CSK · 2026-05-21 · over 5.1 — wicket of Matthew Short (caught)
#2	28	Bhuvneshwar Kumar · Royal Challengers Bengaluru	16 matches · 378 balls bowled Show 8 events RCB vs GT · 2026-05-31 · over 18.3 — wicket of Jason Holder (caught) RCB vs GT · 2026-05-31 · over 3.4 — wicket of Sai Sudharsan (caught) RCB vs GT · 2026-05-26 · over 18.1 — wicket of Rahul Tewatia (caught) RCB vs GT · 2026-05-26 · over 3.1 — wicket of Shubman Gill (bowled) PBKS vs RCB · 2026-05-17 · over 2.5 — wicket of Prabhsimran Singh (caught) PBKS vs RCB · 2026-05-17 · over 0.3 — wicket of Priyansh Arya (caught) 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)
#3	25	Jofra Archer · Rajasthan Royals	16 matches · 360 balls bowled Show 8 events RR vs GT · 2026-05-29 · over 14.6 — wicket of Shubman Gill (lbw) SRH vs RR · 2026-05-27 · over 4.4 — wicket of Travis Head (bowled) SRH vs RR · 2026-05-27 · over 2.5 — wicket of Ishan Kishan (caught) SRH vs RR · 2026-05-27 · over 0.2 — wicket of Abhishek Sharma (caught) MI vs RR · 2026-05-24 · over 15.4 — wicket of Hardik Pandya (caught) MI vs RR · 2026-05-24 · over 2.3 — wicket of Naman Dhir (bowled) MI vs RR · 2026-05-24 · over 0.4 — wicket of Rohit Sharma (caught) RR vs LSG · 2026-05-19 · over 19.6 — wicket of Ayush Badoni (bowled)
#4	21	Rashid Khan · Gujarat Titans	17 matches · 341 balls bowled Show 8 events RCB vs GT · 2026-05-31 · over 8.5 — wicket of Krunal Pandya (lbw) RCB vs GT · 2026-05-31 · over 8.2 — wicket of Rajat Patidar (caught) GT vs CSK · 2026-05-21 · over 12.4 — wicket of Dewald Brevis (caught) GT vs CSK · 2026-05-21 · over 12.1 — wicket of Anshul Kamboj (caught) GT vs CSK · 2026-05-21 · over 10.3 — wicket of Shivam Dube (caught) 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)
#5	21	Anshul Kamboj · Chennai Super Kings	14 matches · 302 balls bowled Show 8 events GT vs CSK · 2026-05-21 · over 18.2 — wicket of Sai Sudharsan (caught) CSK vs SRH · 2026-05-18 · over 18.3 — wicket of Ishan Kishan (caught) 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) 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)
#6	20	Eshan Malinga · Sunrisers Hyderabad	15 matches · 326 balls bowled Show 8 events SRH vs RR · 2026-05-27 · over 16.1 — wicket of Dasun Shanaka (caught) SRH vs RCB · 2026-05-22 · over 8.5 — wicket of Devdutt Padikkal (caught) SRH vs RCB · 2026-05-22 · over 4.3 — wicket of Venkatesh Iyer (caught) CSK vs SRH · 2026-05-18 · over 17.5 — wicket of Dewald Brevis (bowled) 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)
#7	19	Mohammed Siraj · Gujarat Titans	17 matches · 372 balls bowled Show 8 events RCB vs GT · 2026-05-31 · over 4.3 — wicket of Venkatesh Iyer (caught) RR vs GT · 2026-05-29 · over 0.4 — wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal (caught) GT vs CSK · 2026-05-21 · over 2.4 — wicket of Urvil Patel (caught) GT vs CSK · 2026-05-21 · over 2.2 — wicket of Ruturaj Gaikwad (bowled) GT vs CSK · 2026-05-21 · over 0.1 — wicket of Sanju Samson (caught) KKR vs GT · 2026-05-16 · over 4.3 — wicket of Ajinkya Rahane (bowled) 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)
#8	19	Rasikh Salam Dar · Royal Challengers Bengaluru	12 matches · 257 balls bowled Show 8 events RCB vs GT · 2026-05-31 · over 19.2 — wicket of Rashid Khan (caught) RCB vs GT · 2026-05-31 · over 16.1 — wicket of Rahul Tewatia (caught) RCB vs GT · 2026-05-31 · over 7.6 — wicket of Nishant Sindhu (caught) RCB vs GT · 2026-05-26 · over 5.4 — wicket of Jason Holder (caught) RCB vs GT · 2026-05-26 · over 5.1 — wicket of Nishant Sindhu (caught) SRH vs RCB · 2026-05-22 · over 19.6 — wicket of Ishan Kishan (caught) SRH vs RCB · 2026-05-22 · over 3.6 — wicket of Travis Head (bowled) PBKS vs RCB · 2026-05-17 · over 19.6 — wicket of Azmatullah Omarzai (caught)
#9	18	Kartik Tyagi · Kolkata Knight Riders	13 matches · 306 balls bowled Show 8 events KKR vs MI · 2026-05-20 · over 19.6 — wicket of Deepak Chahar (caught) KKR vs MI · 2026-05-20 · over 13.4 — wicket of Tilak Varma (caught) 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)
#10	17	Jason Holder · Gujarat Titans	11 matches · 230 balls bowled Show 8 events RR vs GT · 2026-05-29 · over 11.3 — wicket of Dasun Shanaka (caught) RR vs GT · 2026-05-29 · over 9.3 — wicket of Riyan Parag (caught) RCB vs GT · 2026-05-26 · over 8.4 — wicket of Devdutt Padikkal (caught) RCB vs GT · 2026-05-26 · over 8.2 — wicket of Virat Kohli (bowled) GT vs SRH · 2026-05-12 · over 12.2 — wicket of Shivang Kumar (caught) GT vs SRH · 2026-05-12 · over 10.4 — wicket of Nitish Kumar Reddy (caught) GT vs SRH · 2026-05-12 · over 10.1 — wicket of Heinrich Klaasen (caught) RR vs GT · 2026-05-09 · over 16.3 — wicket of Tushar Deshpande (caught)