It has been more than 18 years since the Indian Premier League started. The 19th season of IPL is going to start from March 28. Many records have been made and broken in the last 19 years. Some scored the highest number of runs while others scored a flurry of centuries. But here you will see the list of players who have won the Purple Cap in every season. Till now there are only 3 bowlers who have won the Purple Cap twice.

In the last 18 seasons, a total of 15 bowlers have achieved the feat of winning the Purple Cap. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel and Dwayne Bravo are the only players who have won the Purple Cap twice. Apart from him, many famous and legendary bowlers including Mohit Sharma, Lasith Malinga and Sohail Tanvir have also achieved this feat.

List of all Purple Cap winners:

• 2008 – Sohail Tanvir (RR)
• 2009 – RP Singh (Deccan Chargers)
• 2010 – Pragyan Ojha (Deccan Chargers)
• 2011 – Lasith Malinga (MI)
• 2012 – Morne Morkel (Delhi Daredevils)
• 2013 – Dwayne Bravo (CSK)
• 2014 – Mohit Sharma (CSK)
• 2015 – Dwayne Bravo (CSK)
• 2016 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar (SRH)
• 2017 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar (SRH)
• 2018 – Andrew Tye (PBKS)
• 2019 – Imran Tahir (CSK)
• 2020 – Kagiso Rabada (Delhi Capitals)
• 2021 – Harshal Patel (RCB)
• 2022 – Yuzvendra Chahal (RR)
• 2023 – Mohammed Shami (GT)
• 2024 – Harshal Patel (PBKS)
• 2025 – Famous Krishna (GT)

Bravo, Rabada and Harshal could create history

In the history of the Indian Premier League, there have been only 3 bowlers who have taken 30 or more wickets in a season. While playing for Chennai Super Kings in 2013, Dwayne Bravo took 32 wickets, which is still the record for taking the most wickets in a season. Kagiso Rabada took 30 wickets for Delhi Capitals in 2020. Whereas Harshal Patel equaled Dwayne Bravo’s record by taking 32 wickets in IPL 2021. Apart from him, no bowler has been able to achieve the feat of taking 30 wickets in a season.

Also read:

Team India will come into action immediately after IPL 2026, schedule of new series released; How many matches will Rohit-Virat play?

The Indian Premier League has seen legendary bowlers like Brett Lee, Shoaib Akhtar, Lasith Malinga and Jasprit Bumrah, who dominated every format of cricket. In the 18-year history of IPL, a total of 15 bowlers have achieved the feat of winning the Purple Cap. The Purple Cap is given to the bowler who takes the most wickets in the entire season. Till now, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel and Dwayne Bravo are the only three cricketers who have won the Purple Cap twice. But there are many great bowlers who have not yet won the Purple Cap.

Jasprit Bumrah
World cricket legends have also called Jasprit Bumrah one of the best bowlers of this era. Be it the responsibility of the new ball, taking wickets in the middle overs or stopping runs in the death overs, Bumrah has always proved to be a trump card for the captain. Has taken 183 wickets in his IPL career but has never been able to win the Purple Cap.

Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravichandran Ashwin, popularly known as ‘Professor’, has now retired from IPL, but his specialty was to get the team out of difficult situations with the help of his spin. He played 16 seasons in his IPL career, took 187 wickets but could never get the Purple Cap by taking the most wickets in a season.

Sunil Narine
It is still very difficult to assess the bowling variations of Sunil Narine, who has been serving Kolkata Knight Riders for the last 14 years. He is the third highest wicket taker in IPL history with 192 wickets. Even after playing 189 matches, his economy rate is below 8. Unfortunately, he has not been able to add the achievement of Purple Cap to this historic career.

Piyush Chawla
Piyush Chawla retired from the Indian Premier League after the conclusion of IPL 2025. In his historic IPL career of 192 matches, Chawla has taken only 192 wickets. 2023 was the only season when he took more than 20 wickets, but he had no match in terms of consistency.

Rashid Khan
Rashid Khan, who has been playing continuously in IPL since 2017, has taken 158 wickets. There have been three seasons when he has taken 20 or more wickets and in 2023 he took 27 wickets, but the Purple Cap still remained out of his reach.