Most powerplay wickets (overs 1–6)

CricketStudio › Leagues › IPL › Leaderboards › PP wickets IPL all-time leaderboard 2007/08 → 2026 1,242 matches 19 seasons Most powerplay wickets (overs 1–6) Most wickets taken in powerplay overs across IPL career. Measures early-over bowling impact. Minimum 18 legal deliveries in powerplay. See across-seasons comparison →← All 35 leaderboards All-time career (2007/08 – 2025) # Player PP wickets Sample 1 B KumarPUNE-WARRIORS-INDIARCBSRH 80 ↗ 2339 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 2 TA BoultDCKKRMIRRSRH 72 ↗ 1612 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 3 DL ChaharCSKMIRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT 66 ↗ 1503 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 4 Sandeep SharmaPBKSRRSRH 62 ↗ 1690 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 5 UT YadavDCGTKKRRCB 58 ↗ 1452 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 6 I SharmaDCDECCAN-CHARGERSGTKKRPBKSRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANTSRH 57 ↗ 1521 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 7 Z KhanDCMIRCB 52 ↗ 1292 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 8 Mohammed ShamiDCGTKKRPBKSSRH 51 ↗ 1478 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 9 R AshwinCSKDCPBKSRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANTRR 50 ↗ 1252 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 10 Mohammed SirajGTRCBSRH 45 ↗ 1182 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 11 DS KulkarniGUJARAT-LIONSMIRR 44 1018 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 12 JJ BumrahMI 41 1144 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 13 A NehraCSKDCMIPUNE-WARRIORS-INDIASRH 40 1093 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 14 P KumarGUJARAT-LIONSMIPBKSRCBSRH 40 1572 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 15 SL MalingaMI 37 1110 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 16 Arshdeep SinghPBKS 36 828 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 17 KK AhmedCSKDCSRH 36 900 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 18 M MorkelDCKKRRR 36 906 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 19 MM SharmaCSKDCGTPBKS 36 858 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 20 RP SinghDECCAN-CHARGERSKOCHI-TUSKERS-KERALAMIRCBRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT 35 1002 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 21 DW SteynDECCAN-CHARGERSGUJARAT-LIONSRCBSRH 34 1140 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 22 JA MorkelCSKDCRCBRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT 34 900 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 23 K RabadaDCGTPBKS 34 819 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 24 SR WatsonCSKRCBRR 34 834 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 25 AB DindaDCKKRPUNE-WARRIORS-INDIARCBRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT 33 810 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) Per-season view # Player PP wickets Sample 1 Kagiso RabadaGT 20 270 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 2 Bhuvneshwar KumarRCB 17 204 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 3 Mohammed SirajGT 15 282 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 4 Jofra ArcherRR 14 204 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 5 Mohammed ShamiLSG 9 180 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 6 Arshdeep SinghPBKS 7 156 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 7 Josh HazlewoodRCB 7 156 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 8 Nandre BurgerRR 7 156 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 9 AM GhazanfarMI 7 60 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 10 Prince YadavLSG 6 115 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 11 Deepak ChaharMI 6 102 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 12 Jacob DuffyRCB 6 78 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 13 Praful HingeSRH 6 66 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 14 Mukesh ChoudharyCSK 5 108 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) 15 Rasikh Salam DarRCB 5 102 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6) Season 2026 15 qualifying players Source: Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0) CricketStudio SETU aggregation Season leaders Who topped this leaderboard in each IPL season. Full season breakdown at across-seasons → Season Leader PP wickets Season hub 2026 Kagiso Rabada 20 Full 2026 → 2025 JR Hazlewood 10 Full 2025 → 2024 TA Boult 12 Full 2024 → 2023 Mohammed Shami 17 Full 2023 → 2022 Mohammed Shami 11 Full 2022 → 2021 DL Chahar 10 Full 2021 → 2020/21 TA Boult 16 Full 2020/21 → 2019 DL Chahar 15 Full 2019 → 2018 UT Yadav 14 Full 2018 → 2017 MJ McClenaghan 10 Full 2017 → 2016 DS Kulkarni 14 Full 2016 → 2015 A Nehra 11 Full 2015 → 2014 Sandeep Sharma 13 Full 2014 → 2013 MG Johnson 16 Full 2013 → 2012 M Morkel 11 Full 2012 → 2011 R Ashwin 12 Full 2011 → 2009/10 WPUJC Vaas 8 Full 2009/10 → 2009 JA Morkel 11 Full 2009 → 2007/08 MS Gony 13 Full 2007/08 → Sources & methodology Derived from the canonical IPL historical SETU snapshot — ball-by-ball records sourced from Cricsheet under CC BY 3.0. 1,242 matches across 19 seasons (2007/08 → 2026).Sample-size floor (doctrine3.1): Minimum 18 legal deliveries in powerplay. Claims below this floor are excluded.IPL 2026: live season data surfaced separately at /season/ipl-2026. Some aspects (fastest-fifty, fastest-hundred, most-maidens, hat-tricks) are IPL 2026 only. Provenance. Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: B Kumar leads IPL all-time pp wickets (2007/08–2026) with80. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/ipl/leaderboards/pp-wickets”