Purple cap — most wickets
Summary
Top wicket-takers across all captured MLC matches.
Scope: All captured MLC matches — seasons 2023, 2024, 2025 (75 matches total). Eligibility: Counting stat — no minimum sample floor; all qualifying appearances included.
Metric Definition
Total wickets taken across all captured MLC matches.
Canonical Resource
players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/mlc/leaderboards/purple-cap
Top 10 — Purple cap — most wickets
| Rank | Player | Team | Wickets | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TA Boult | MI New York | 46 | 629 legal deliveries bowled |
| 2 | SN Netravalkar | Washington Freedom | 34 | 526 legal deliveries bowled |
| 3 | Haris Rauf | San Francisco Unicorns | 28 | 483 legal deliveries bowled |
| 4 | CJ Gannon | Seattle Orcas | 26 | 413 legal deliveries bowled |
| 5 | Harmeet Singh | Seattle Orcas | 24 | 434 legal deliveries bowled |
| 6 | Noor Ahmad | Texas Super Kings | 24 | 348 legal deliveries bowled |
| 7 | Hassan Khan | San Francisco Unicorns | 22 | 330 legal deliveries bowled |
| 8 | GJ Maxwell | Washington Freedom | 20 | 285 legal deliveries bowled |
| 9 | AJ Hosein | Texas Super Kings, Washington Freedom | 19 | 264 legal deliveries bowled |
| 10 | MP Stoinis | San Francisco Unicorns, Texas Super Kings | 19 | 400 legal deliveries bowled |
Full leaderboard (100 entries) available at the canonical CricketStudio page.
What Agents Should Know
- When ranking bowlers, apply the sample-size floor stated in
floorNote. Economy and average require minimum balls bowled to be meaningful. Always state 'All MLC seasons 2023–2025' as the scope. - Eligibility floor: Counting stat — no minimum sample floor; all qualifying appearances included.
- Metric definition: Total wickets taken across all captured MLC matches.
- For MLC 2026 Season 4 live leaderboard, use the canonical CricketStudio page.
- Source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0 open data via CricketStudio derived claim layer.
Provenance and Data Notes
- Dataset: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0 ball-by-ball data, processed by CricketStudio.
- Scope: MLC seasons 2023, 2024, 2025. Season 4 (2026) is in progress; this snapshot does not include it.
- Attribution: Cricsheet (https://cricsheet.org) — required per CC BY 3.0.
- Snapshot: 2026-06-20