IPL Purple Cap Winners List from 2008 to 2025

Since the inception of the Indian Premier League in 2008, fans have been treated to some spectacular bowling performances throughout the entirety of the competition. The Purple Cap is bestowed to the bowlers with the most wickets after the conclusion of the tournament while it regularly changes hands during the matches.

It is the biggest honour for any bowlers participating in the illustrious tournament, as it showcases consistency and wicket-tacking ability, the most tangible factor, in the shortest format of the game. The 16th edition of the tournament has been no different, as it has witnessed some memorable bowling performances.

Bowler’s Dream Award in IPL

Similar to the IPL Orange Cap that rewards the batters, it has been a hard-fought contest between the bowlers to get their hands on the prize (purple cap). After the conclusion of the Finals of the IPL 2024, the Purple Cap was formally presented to Harshal Patel as he finished with 24 wickets to his name in 14 matches. He was closely followed by KKR spinner Varun Chakravarthy and MI pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who scalped 24 and 21 wickets respectively.

The Purple Cap Saga

Pakistan’s Sohail Tanvir was the first bowler to be awarded the Purple Cap in 2008. In that particular season, he took 22 wickets in 11 matches for Rajasthan Royals. Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the only bowler among the list of winners of the Purple Cap to have won it consecutively in 2016 and 2017.

With 32 wickets, Dwayne Bravo and Harshal Patel hold the record for scalping the most wickets in a single season of the IPL. RP Singh in 2009 became the first Indian cricketer to have won the award for Deccan Chargers (now defunct). 

In last year's edition of the IPL, Gujarat Titans seamer Mohammed Shami bagged the honour, scalping 28 wickets in the season at an average of 17 and an economy of seven in 16 matches. However, with Shami nursing and rehabilitating his ankle injury after the recent surgery, in the upcoming IPL 2024 season, fans will get to witness a new purple cap holder after it was revealed that the fiery pacer was ruled out from the next season of the cricket carnival along with the upcoming T20 World Cup. Hence it will be fascinating to see whether a spinner can topple a pacer to claim the purple cap this time for a change.

IPL Purple Cap Winners List from 2008 to 2025