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Russian (RU) IPL's Purple Cap award: Full list of winners for taking most wickets in an IPL season from 2008 to 2026 originally appeared on Cricket News. Add Cricket News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
Sohail Tanveer won the first-ever IPL Purple Cap award.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Dwayne Bravo have won the Purple Cap award the most times.
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How is Purple Cap award decided?
The Purple Cap is presented to the highest wicket-taker of a particular edition of the Indian Premier League. At the end of the season, including the playoffs, the bowler who took the most wickets is presented with the award, which is in the shape of a cap and is Purple in colour.
If two bowlers are tied in total wickets taken, then the bowler with the lowest economy rate would win the award.
Who won Purple Cap award in IPL 2026?
Kagiso Rabada won the Purple Cap in IPL 2026. The fast bowling spearhead of Gujarat Titans took the most wickets during the season, thus adding to his excellent performance despite GT's defeat in the final.
Kagiso Rabada (GT) | 17 | 29 | 3/25 | 21.58 | 9.68 |
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (RCB) | 16 | 28 | 4/23 | 17.89 | 7.95 |
Jofra Archer (GT) | 16 | 25 | 3/17 | 22.36 | 9.31 |
Anshul Kamboj (CSK) | 14 | 21 | 3/22 | 25.23 | 10.52 |
Eshan Malinga (SRH) | 15 | 20 | 4/32 | 25.35 | 9.33 |
Full list of winners for taking most wickets in an IPL season from 2008 to 2026
Sohail Tanveer won the first-ever Purple Cap in 2008, as the then RR bowler took 22 wickets in 11 matches. RP Singh is the first-ever Indian to win the award in 2009.
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To date, only two bowlers have won the award more than once: Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2) and Dwayne Bravo (2).
2008 | Sohail Tanvir (RR) | 22 | 11 |
2009 | RP Singh (DEC) | 23 | 16 |
2010 | Pragyan Ojha (DEC) | 21 | 16 |
2011 | Lasith Malinga (MI) | 28 | 16 |
2012 | Morne Morkel (DD) | 25 | 16 |
2013 | Dwayne Bravo (CSK) | 32 | 18 |
2014 | Mohit Sharma (CSK) | 23 | 16 |
2015 | Dwayne Bravo (CSK) | 26 | 16 |
2016 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar (SRH) | 23 | 17 |
2017 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar (SRH) | 26 | 14 |
2018 | Andrew Tye (KXIP) | 24 | 14 |
2019 | Imran Tahir (CSK) | 26 | 17 |
2020 | Kagiso Rabada (DC) | 30 | 17 |
2021 | Harshal Patel (RCB) | 32 | 15 |
2022 | Yuzvendra Chahal (RR) | 27 | 17 |
2023 | Mohammed Shami (GT) | 28 | 17 |
2024 | Harshal Patel (PBKS) | 24 | 14 |
2025 | Prasidh Krishna (GT) | 25 | 15 |
2026 | Kagiso Rabada (GT | 29 | 17 |
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