Most Wickets in IPL History

Last Modified May 26, 2023 16:51 IST

Top-10 wicket-takers in IPL history


PosPlayerMatchesOversRunsWktsAvgE/RBBI
1YS Chahal137500382218721.277.615/40
2DJ Bravo161519.5436018323.828.384/22
3PP Chawla169565.4469617827.217.854/17
4A Mishra169565.4469617327.217.854/17
5R Ashwin190666461117128.446.964/34
6SL Malinga122471.1336517019.797.145/13
7B Kumar149560.4411917026.037.345/19
8SP Narine154599.1401416325.406.695/19
9RA Jadeja220569.1431515129.557.585/16
10Harbhajan Singh163569.2403015026.867.075/18


Former West Indies and Chennai Super Kings all-rounder Dwayne Bravo is currently the leading wicket-taker in the history of the Indian Premier League.


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Bravo, who called time on his IPL career last year, has 183 wickets against his name in 161 matches @ 23.82/8.38.



Second on the list is the legendary Lasith Malinga, who took just 122 matches to take 170 scalps.


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Among the Indians, wrist-spinners- Amit Mishra and Yuzvendra Chahal- are the joint-leading wicket-takers, with 166 scalps each.


The top-5 is rounded up by another Indian leggie in Piyush Chawla, who claimed 157 wickets in 165 outings.


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Ace Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has also taken 157 wickets but he has taken 184 games to achieve that.


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Only two Indian pacers find themselves in the top-10, in the form of Bhuvneshwar Kumar (154 wickets in 146 matches) at 7 and Jasprit Bumrah (145 wickets in 120 matches) at 10.


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Off-spinners- Sunil Narine (152 wickets in 148 matches) and Harbhajan Singh (150 wickets in 163 games)- complete the list at 8 and 9 respectively.