IPL Purple Cap

The Purple Cap is the award given to a bowler playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Every year the award is given to highest wicket taker in that particular edition of the IPL. The Purple Cap award keeps on juggling from one bowler to another as the group stage of the tournament progresses. It is finally awarded to the bowler with most wickets at the end of the tournament.

IPL 2022 Purple Cap List – Most Wickets

	PLAYER	TEAM		MAT	INN	WKTs	OV	MAID	RUNS	5WKTs	4WKTs	ECO	AVG	SR	BBI
1	Yuzvendra Chahal	Rajasthan Royals		17	17	27	68	0	527	1	1	7.75	19.52	15.11	5/40
2	W Hasaranga	Royal Challengers Bangalore		16	16	26	57	1	430	1	1	7.54	16.54	13.15	5/18
3	K Rabada	Punjab Kings		13	13	23	48	0	406	0	2	8.46	17.65	12.52	4/33
4	Umran Malik	Sunrisers Hyderabad		14	14	22	49.1	1	444	1	1	9.03	20.18	13.41	5/25
5	KL Yadav	Delhi Capitals		14	14	21	49.4	0	419	0	2	8.44	19.95	14.19	4/14
6	Josh Hazlewood	Royal Challengers Bangalore		12	12	20	46.3	1	377	0	1	8.11	18.85	13.95	4/25
7	M Shami	Gujarat Titans		16	16	20	61	0	488	0	0	8	24.4	18.3	3/25
8	HV Patel	Royal Challengers Bangalore		15	15	19	53.3	2	410	0	1	7.66	21.58	16.89	4/34
9	Rashid Khan	Gujarat Titans		16	16	19	63.5	0	421	0	1	6.6	22.16	20.16	4/24
10	Prasidh Krishna	Rajasthan Royals		17	17	19	66.3	3	551	0	0	8.29	29	21	3/22

*Last Updated on 29th May 2022 after completion of GT vs RR Match.

Most wickets in IPL 2022

Rajasthan Royals spinner – Yuzvendra Chahal won the Purple Cap in IPL 2022 with total of 27 wickets.

What is Purple Cap in IPL?

From the first season in 2008, Indian Premier League is awarding the bowler who took most wickets in the tournament every year. Sohail Tanvir was the first bowler to be awarded the Purple Cap for taking 22 wickets in 11 matches in the IPL 2008 season.

India’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar (SRH) & Dwayne Bravo are the only two bowlers to have won the Purple Cap twice. Bhuvneshwar Kumar holds the record for winning it in successive editions of the IPL (2016, 2017).

Dwayne Bravo holds the record for taking most wickets in a single edition with 32 wickets in IPL 2015. In IPL 2021, RCB fast bowler – Harshal Patel equalled Bravo’s record by taking 32 wickets in just 15 matches and winning the Purple cap.

The other players to have been the recipient of the Purple Cap award in IPL history are Pragyan Ojha, Lasith Malinga, Morne Morkel, Mohit Sharma, Andrew Tye, Imran Tahir, and Kagiso Rabada.

How many Indians have won the Purple Cap in IPL?

In the 14 seasons so far, there are total 5 Indian bowlers who won the Purple cap in IPL. They are RP Singh (2009), Pragyan Ojha (2010), Mohit Sharma (2014), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2016 and 2017) and Harshal Patel (2021).

Who won the Purple Cap in IPL 2022?

Rajasthan Royals spinner – Yuzvendra Chahal won the Purple Cap in IPL 2022 with total of 26 wickets.

Rules for Purple Cap in IPL 2022

1. The award is given to the top wicket taker of IPL 2022 after every match.
2. The bowler with the most wickets in the tournament during the season would wear the Purple Cap while fielding for his team.
3. In case of two players have same number of wickets, the bowler with a better economy rate will be awarded.

Has anyone ever had a Purple cap and Orange cap simultaneously?

There is no player in IPL history who held the Orange Cap and the Purple Cap simultaneously in the same season.

Do super over wickets add to the Purple Cap?

No, the wickets taken in Super Over are not added to the overall wicket tally of a bowler for calculation of Purple Cap.

Which uncapped player won the Purple Cap in IPL history?

RCB’s Harshal Patel became the first player to win the Purple Cap in IPL history. He took 32 wickets in just 15 matches and equalled Dwayne Bravo’s record for most wickets (32 wickets) in IPL 2013.

IPL Purple Cap Winners List

Year	Player	Team	Matches	Wickets	Average	Economy	Strike Rate	4W	5W
2008	Sohail Tanvir	Rajasthan Royals	11	22	12.09	6.46	11	1	1
2009	RP Singh	Deccan Chargers	16	23	18.13	6.98	16	1	0
2010	Pragyan Ojha	Deccan Chargers	16	21	20.42	7.29	17	0	0
2011	Lasith Malinga	Mumbai Indians	16	28	13.39	5.95	14	0	1
2012	Morne Morkel	Delhi Daredevils	16	25	18.12	7.19	15	1	0
2013	Dwayne Bravo	Chennai Super Kings	18	32	15.53	7.95	12	1	0
2014	Mohit Sharma	Chennai Super Kings	16	23	19.65	8.39	14	1	0
2015	Dwayne Bravo	Chennai Super Kings	17	26	16.38	8.14	12	0	0
2016	Bhuvaneshwar Kumar	Sunrisers Hyderabad	17	23	21.3	7.42	17	1	0
2017	Bhuvaneshwar Kumar	Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	26	14.19	7.05	12	0	1
2018	Andrew Tye	Kings XI Punjab	14	24	18.66	8	14	3	0
2019	Imran Tahir	Chennai Super Kings	17	26	16.57	6.69	15	2	0
2020	Kagiso Rabada	Delhi Capitals	17	30	18.26	8.34	13	2	0
2021	Harshal Patel	Royal Challengers Bangalore	15	32	14.34	8.14	10.56	1	1

Season Wise Winners List

IPL 2022
Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wickets
1	Yuzvendra Chahal	17	68	527	27
2	W Hasaranga	16	57	430	26
3	K Rabada	13	48	406	23
4	Umran Malik	14	49.1	444	22
5	KL Yadav	14	49.4	419	21
6	Josh Hazlewood	12	46.3	377	20
7	M Shami	16	61	488	20
8	HV Patel	15	53.3	410	19
9	Rashid Khan	16	63.5	421	19
10	Prasidh Krishna	17	66.3	551	19
IPL 2021
Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wickets
1	Harshal Patel	15	56.2	459	32
2	Avesh Khan	16	61	450	24
3	Jasprit Bumrah	14	55	410	21
4	Shardul Thakur	16	59.5	527	21
5	Mohammad Shami	14	52.4	395	19
6	Varun Chakaravarthy	17	68	448	18
7	Rashid Khan	14	56	375	18
8	Yuzvendra Chahal	15	53	374	18
9	Arshdeep Singh	12	41.2	342	18
10	Sunil Narine	14	56	361	16
IPL 2020
Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wickets
1	Kagiso Rabada	17	56.2	548	30
2	Jasprit Bumrah	15	61	404	27
3	Trent Boult	15	55	457	25
4	Anrich Nortje	16	59.5	512	22
5	Yuzvendra Chahal	15	52.4	405	21
6	Rashid Khan	16	68	344	20
7	Jofra Archer	14	56	365	20
8	Mohammad Shami	14	53	460	20
9	Varun Chakravarthy	13	41.2	356	17
10	T Natarajan	16	56	504	16
IPL 2019
Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wickets
1	Imran Tahir	17	64.2	431	26
2	Kagiso Rabada	12	47	368	25
3	Deepak Chahar	17	64.3	482	22
4	Shreyas Gopal	14	48	347	20
5	Jasprit Bumrah	16	61.4	409	19
6	Khaleel Ahmed	9	34.5	287	19
7	Mohammad Shami	14	54	469	19
8	Yuzvendra Chahal	14	49.2	386	18
9	Rashid Khan	15	60	377	17
10	Harbhajan Singh	11	44	312	16
IPL 2018
Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wickets
1	Andrew Tye	14	56	448	24
2	Rashid Khan	17	68	458	21
3	Siddarth Kaul	17	66	547	21
4	Umesh Yadav	14	53.1	418	20
5	Trent Boult	14	52.4	466	18
6	Hardik Pandya	13	42.4	381	18
7	Jasprit Bumrah	14	54	372	17
8	Sunil Narine	16	61	467	17
9	Kuldeep Yadav	16	51.2	418	17
10	Shardul Thakur	13	46.4	431	16
IPL 2017
Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wickets
1	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	14	52.2	369	26
2	Jaydev Unadkat	12	45.5	322	24
3	Jasprit Bumrah	16	59.2	439	20
4	Mitchell McClenaghan	14	54	507	19
5	Imran Tahir	12	47	369	18
6	Rashid Khan	14	54	358	17
7	Sandeep Sharma	13	48	398	17
8	Umesh Yadav	14	48.3	410	17
9	Chris Woakes	13	44	386	17
10	Pawan Negi	12	32.1	197	16
IPL 2016
Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wickets
1	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	17	66	490	23
2	Yuzvendra Chahal	13	49.1	401	21
3	Shane Watson	16	56.3	485	20
4	Dhawal Kulkarni	14	49	364	18
5	Mustafizur Rahman	16	61	421	17
6	Mitchell McClenaghan	14	53.2	436	17
7	Dwayne Bravo	15	56	494	17
8	Sandeep Sharma	14	50	366	15
9	Jasprit Bumrah	14	52	406	15
10	Andre Russell	12	36.3	291	15
IPL 2015
Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wickets
1	Dwayne Bravo	17	52.2	426	26
2	Lasith Malinga	15	60	444	24
3	Yuzvendra Chahal	15	46.5	415	23
4	Ashish Nehra	16	62	449	22
5	Mitchell Starc	13	43	291	20
6	Harbhajan Singh	15	57	446	18
7	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	14	51.4	407	18
8	Mitchell McClenaghan	12	47	386	18
9	Harshal Patel	15	43.5	328	17
10	David Wiese	14	42.2	353	16
IPL 2014
Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wickets
1	Mohit Sharma	16	53.5	452	23
2	Sunil Narine	16	64	407	21
3	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	14	53.1	354	20
4	Ravindra Jadeja	16	54.2	443	19
5	Sandeep Sharma	11	40.1	354	18
6	Axar Patel	17	66	405	17
7	Mitchell Johnson	14	53.3	444	17
8	Lasith Malinga	10	39.1	253	16
9	Ravichandran Ashwin	16	59.5	437	16
10	Varun Aaron	10	36.4	299	16
IPL 2013
Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wickets
1	Dwayne Bravo	18	62.3	497	32
2	James Faulkner	16	63.1	427	28
3	Harbhajan Singh	19	70	456	24
4	Mitchell Johnson	17	64	459	24
5	Vinay Kumar	16	60.1	493	23
6	Sunil Narine	16	64	350	22
7	Amit Mishra	17	62	394	21
8	Mohit Sharma	15	50.4	326	20
9	Lasith Malinga	17	65.2	468	20
10	Dale Steyn	17	67.5	384	19
IPL 2012
Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wickets
1	Morne Morkel	16	63	453	25
2	Sunil Narine	15	59.1	324	24
3	Lasith Malinga	14	55.3	350	22
4	Umesh Yadav	17	61	453	19
5	Vinay Kumar	15	55.5	480	19
6	Dale Steyn	12	46.4	285	18
7	Zaheer Khan	16	60	453	17
8	Parvinder Awana	12	47	372	17
9	Piyush Chawla	16	57	419	16
10	Kieron Pollard	14	43.5	350	16
IPL 2011
Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wickets
1	Lasith Malinga	16	63	375	28
2	Munaf Patel	15	54.2	358	22
3	Sreenath Aravind	13	46	368	21
4	Ravichandran Ashwin	16	63	388	20
5	Amit Mishra	14	53.2	358	19
6	Doug Bollinger	13	47	329	17
7	Rahul Sharma	14	50	273	16
8	Iqbal Abdulla	15	50	305	16
9	Ryan Harris	13	47	382	16
10	Piyush Chawla	12	41.2	336	16
IPL 2010
Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wickets
1	Pragyan Ojha	16	58.5	429	21
2	Anil Kumble	16	63.2	407	17
3	Amit Mishra	14	53	363	17
4	Harbhajan Singh	15	53.3	377	17
5	Vinay Kumar	14	46.1	396	16
6	Muttiah Muralitharan	12	48	329	15
7	Dale Steyn	15	59	406	15
8	Lasith Malinga	13	49	344	15
9	Kieron Pollard	14	37	274	15
10	Zaheer Khan	14	48.2	376	15
IPL 2009
Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wickets
1	RP Singh	16	59.4	417	23
2	Anil Kumble	16	59.1	347	21
3	Lasith Malinga	13	49.3	312	18
4	Pragyan Ojha	15	53.3	348	18
5	Irfan Pathan	14	50.2	390	17
6	Munaf Patel	11	34.5	241	16
7	Muttiah Muralitharan	13	50	261	14
8	Amit Mishra	11	42.1	294	14
9	Shane Warne	13	50	365	14
10	Yusuf Abdulla	9	28	241	14
IPL 2008
Pos.	Player	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wickets
1	Sohail Tanvir	11	41.1	266	22
2	Shane Warne	15	52	404	19
3	Shanthakumaran Sreesanth	15	51.1	442	19
4	Shane Watson	15	54.1	383	17
5	Manpreet Gony	16	60	443	17
6	Piyush Chawla	15	46.5	389	17
7	Albie Morkel	13	48	399	17
8	Yo Mahesh	11	42.1	370	16
9	Irfan Pathan	14	53	350	15
10	MF Maharoof	10	36	249	15