Most death-overs wickets (overs 16–20)

About the Leaderboard

Most wickets taken in death overs (16–20) across IPL career. Measures death-bowling impact. Minimum 15 legal deliveries in death overs.

1,242 matches across 19 seasons (2007/08 – 2026).

All-Time Career (2007/08 – 2025)

• 1 DJ Bravo (CSK, GUJARAT LIONS, MI) – 102 wickets (1115 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 2 B Kumar (PUNE WARRIORS INDIA, RCB, SRH) – 92 wickets (1257 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 3 SL Malinga (MI) – 90 wickets (917 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 4 JJ Bumrah (MI) – 86 wickets (1195 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 5 HV Patel (DC, PBKS, RCB, SRH) – 70 wickets (690 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 6 MM Sharma (CSK, DC, GT, PBKS) – 61 wickets (720 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 7 SP Narine (KKR) – 60 wickets (751 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 8 Mohammed Shami (DC, GT, KKR, PBKS, SRH) – 58 wickets (572 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 9 CH Morris (CSK, DC, RCB, RR) – 55 wickets (586 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 10 K Rabada (DC, GT, PBKS) – 53 wickets (510 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 11 Sandeep Sharma (PBKS, RR, SRH) – 53 wickets (629 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 12 TA Boult (DC, KKR, MI, RR, SRH) – 52 wickets (631 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 13 JD Unadkat (DC, KKR, LSG, MI, RCB, RISING PUNE SUPERGIANT, RR, SRH) – 50 wickets (552 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 14 AD Russell (DC, KKR) – 47 wickets (496 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 15 Arshdeep Singh (PBKS) – 47 wickets (496 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 16 A Nehra (CSK, DC, MI, PUNE WARRIORS INDIA, SRH) – 46 wickets (419 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 17 SN Thakur (CSK, DC, KKR, LSG, PBKS, RISING PUNE SUPERGIANT) – 45 wickets (557 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 18 UT Yadav (DC, GT, KKR, RCB) – 45 wickets (618 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 19 R Vinay Kumar (KKR, KOCHI TUSKERS KERALA, MI, RCB) – 44 wickets (573 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 20 DW Steyn (DECCAN CHARGERS, GUJARAT LIONS, RCB, SRH) – 43 wickets (532 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 21 RP Singh (DECCAN CHARGERS, KOCHI TUSKERS KERALA, MI, RCB, RISING PUNE SUPERGIANT) – 43 wickets (473 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 22 Mohammed Siraj (GT, RCB, SRH) – 42 wickets (590 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 23 T Natarajan (DC, PBKS, SRH) – 38 wickets (467 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 24 YS Chahal (MI, PBKS, RCB, RR) – 37 wickets (367 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 25 Avesh Khan (DC, LSG, RCB, RR) – 36 wickets (528 legal deliveries in death overs)

Per-Season View (2026)

• 1 Anshul Kamboj (CSK) – 13 wickets (128 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 2 Bhuvneshwar Kumar (RCB) – 10 wickets (144 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 3 Rasikh Salam Dar (RCB) – 10 wickets (83 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 4 Kartik Tyagi (KKR) – 9 wickets (120 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 5 Sunil Narine (KKR) – 9 wickets (54 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 6 Eshan Malinga (SRH) – 8 wickets (98 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 7 Brijesh Sharma (RR) – 8 wickets (93 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 8 Mitchell Starc (DC) – 7 wickets (36 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 9 Lungi Ngidi (DC) – 7 wickets (104 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 10 Jofra Archer (RR) – 7 wickets (102 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 11 Sakib Hussain (SRH) – 7 wickets (78 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 12 Kagiso Rabada (GT) – 6 wickets (72 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 13 Vaibhav Arora (KKR) – 6 wickets (90 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 14 Harsh Dubey (SRH) – 5 wickets (30 legal deliveries in death overs)
• 15 Josh Hazlewood (RCB) – 5 wickets (81 legal deliveries in death overs)

Season 2026 – 15 qualifying players.

Season Leaders

Who topped this leaderboard in each IPL season.

• 2026: Anshul Kamboj – 13 wickets
• 2025: Arshdeep Singh – 11 wickets
• 2024: HV Patel – 14 wickets
• 2023: M Pathirana – 18 wickets
• 2022: DJ Bravo – 11 wickets
• 2021: HV Patel – 19 wickets
• 2020/21: K Rabada – 17 wickets
• 2019: K Rabada – 17 wickets
• 2018: JJ Bumrah – 13 wickets
• 2017: B Kumar – 16 wickets
• 2016: B Kumar – 11 wickets
• 2015: DJ Bravo – 21 wickets
• 2014: MM Sharma – 14 wickets
• 2013: DJ Bravo – 20 wickets
• 2012: SP Narine – 18 wickets
• 2011: SL Malinga – 12 wickets
• 2009/10: IK Pathan – 8 wickets
• 2009: RP Singh – 12 wickets
• 2007/08: Sohail Tanvir – 16 wickets

Sources & Methodology

Derived from the canonical IPL historical SETU snapshot — ball-by-ball records sourced from Cricsheet under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floor (doctrine 3.1): Minimum 15 legal deliveries in death overs. Claims below this floor are excluded.

Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: DJ Bravo leads IPL all-time death wickets (2007/08–2026) with 102. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/ipl/leaderboards/death-wickets”