IPL Purple Cap Winners

Both Dwayne Bravo and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar have the record of winning the Purple Cap twice in the history of IPL, which is the highest so far.

List of all IPL Purple Cap Winners

Year	Player	Team	Matches	Wickets	Average	Economy	Strike Rate	4W	5W
2021	Harshal Patel	Royal Challengers Bangalore	15	32	14.34	8.14	10.56	1	1
2020	Kagiso Rabada	Delhi Capitals	17	30	18.26	8.34	13.3	2	0
2019	Imran Tahir	Chennai Super Kings	17	26	16.57	6.69	14.84	2	0
2018	Andrew Tye	Kings XI Punjab	14	24	18.66	8	14	3	0
2017	Bhuvaneshwar Kumar	Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	26	14.19	7.05	12	0	1
2016	Bhuvaneshwar Kumar	Sunrisers Hyderabad	17	23	21.3	7.42	17.2	1	0
2015	Dwayne Bravo	Chennai Super Kings	17	26	16.38	8.14	12	0	0
2014	Mohit Sharma	Chennai Super Kings	16	23	19.65	8.39	14	1	0
2013	Dwayne Bravo	Chennai Super Kings	18	32	15.53	7.95	11.7	1	0
2012	Morne Morkel	Delhi Daredevils	16	25	18.12	7.19	15.1	1	0
2011	Lasith Malinga	Mumbai Indians	16	28	13.39	5.95	13.5	0	1
2010	Pragyan Ojha	Deccan Chargers	16	21	20.42	7.29	16.8	0	0
2009	RP Singh	Deccan Chargers	16	23	18.13	6.98	15.5	1	0
2008	Sohail Tanvir	Rajasthan Royals	11	22	12.09	6.46	11.22	1	1

Today, Sportskeeda brings you the list of Purple cap winners in the history of the IPL. The IPL Purple Cap is a prize that every bowler in the world wants. It is the dream of every youngster to win the Purple Cap award because the world’s best bowlers compete in the IPL every year.

However, at the end of a season, only one bowler wins the Purple Cap. Here we will list all the Purple Cap winners in IPL history:

2008 - Sohail Tanvir

Sohail Tanvir won IPL Purple Cap in the first ever season. His 22 wickets in 11 matches helped the Rajasthan Royals become champions.

2009 - RP Singh

In 2009 also, the Purple Cap winner’s team won the IPL championship. Deccan Chargers’ left-arm pacer RP Singh won Purple Cap by taking 23 wickets in 16 games at an economy rate of 6.98.

2010 - Pragyan Ojha

Deccan Chargers’ left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha was the first spin bowler to win the Purple Cap. Ojha scalped 21 wickets in 16 games and won the award.

2011 - Lasith Malinga

Legendary Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga was the highest wicket-taker in IPL 2011. Playing for Mumbai Indians, Malinga picked up 28 wickets, including a five-wicket haul.

2012 - Morne Morkel

Delhi Daredevils’ South African pacer Morne Morkel took the Purple Cap home in 2012. Morkel picked up 25 wickets in 16 games.

2013 - Dwayne Bravo

Chennai Super Kings all-rounder Dwayne Bravo holds the record for the most wickets in one IPL season. Bravo picked up 32 wickets in 18 matches at a strike rate of 11.7.

2014 - Mohit Sharma

Another Chennai Super Kings pacer to win the Purple Cap was Mohit Sharma. The right-arm fast-medium bowler took 23 wickets in 16 matches of IPL 2014.

2015 - Dwayne Bravo

Dwayne Bravo became the first player to win 2 Purple Cap awards in 2015. The right-arm pacer finished IPL 2015 with 26 wickets to his name at a strike rate of 12.

2016 - Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Bhuvneshwar Kumar helped Sunrisers Hyderabad win the IPL trophy in 2016 by picking up 23 wickets. The Indian fast bowler took one four-wicket haul in the 2016 season.

2017 - Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Bhuvneshwar Kumar became the first bowler to win back-to-back Purple Caps in 2017. The Sunrisers Hyderabad star retained the Purple Cap by picking up 26 wickets in 14 matches.

2018 - Andrew Tye

It took eleven seasons for an Australian player to win the Purple Cap. Andrew Tye won the award by scalping 24 wickets in 14 matches for the Kings XI Punjab in 2018.

2019 - Imran Tahir

Imran Tahir scalped 26 wickets in 17 matches and topped the Purple Cap leaderboard in 2019. The Chennai Super Kings leg-spinner had an economy rate of 6.69 that season.

2020 - Kagiso Rabada

Kagiso Rabada was the highest wicket-taker in IPL 2020. The right-arm pacer picked up a total of 30 wickets in 17 matches for the Delhi Capitals.

2021 - Harshal Patel

Harshal Patel is the highest wicket-taker in IPL 2021. The right-arm pacer picked up a total of 32 wickets in 15 matches for the Royal challengers Bangalore.

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Who has won the most number of Purple Caps in IPL History?

West Indies T20 legend Dwayne Bravo and India seam-bowler Bhubaneshwar Kumar has got the most number of Purple Caps in the history of IPL, that is, 2 times in their IPL career.

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