The Purple Cap is given to the leading wicket taker in a season of the Indian Premier League. The award was conceptualised on a similar basis as that of Orange Cap for batter who is the leading run scorer of the season.
- The inaugural award was won by Sohail Tanvir of Rajasthan Royals with 22 wickets.
- Bhuvaneshwar Kumar of Sunrisers Hyderabad and Dwayne Bravo are the only players to have won the award two times.
- Bhuvaneshwar Kumar is the only player to have won the award in successive seasons.
- Most purple cap winners are from the side Chennai SuperKings to be precise 4 in number.
- Dwayne Bravo and Harshal Patel hold the record for most wickets in a single season, 32 in number.
- Harshal Patel is the only uncapped player to have won the coveted trophy.
List of all the purple cap holders since the inception of the league is given below.
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