---
type: dossier
title: MLC all-time Purple Cap — who has taken the most wickets?
description: Verified answer for MLC's all-time wicket-taking leader. TA Boult leads with 46 wickets across three seasons (Cricsheet CC BY 3.0, 75 matches). Includes top-5, per-season leaders, and economy context.
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status: active
last_verified: 2026-06-18
timestamp: 2026-06-18
license: CC-BY-3.0
source_system: CricketStudio
source_boundary: public_open_data
canonical_page: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/mlc
resource: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/mlc
dataset_version: "2026-06-11"
tags:
  - dossier
  - MLC
  - purple-cap
  - wickets
  - leaderboard
related:
  - ../scorebook/leagues/major-league-cricket.md
  - ../metrics/purple-cap.md
  - mlc-all-time-orange-cap.md
  - mlc-all-time-wicket-taker.md
provenance:
  source: Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (CC BY 3.0), via CricketStudio leaderboard
  confidence: high
  computed_at: "2026-06-11"
---

# MLC all-time Purple Cap — who has taken the most wickets?

## Question

> Who has taken the most wickets in MLC all-time?

## Answer

**TA Boult** leads the all-time MLC wicket-taking charts with **46 wickets** across 27 matches (629 balls bowled, economy 8.14, Seasons 1–3). Source: Cricsheet three-season corpus, CC BY 3.0.

## All-Time Top 5 (Seasons 1–3, 75 matches)

| Rank | Player | Wickets | Matches | Balls Bowled | Economy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TA Boult | 46 | 27 | 629 | 8.14 |
| 2 | SN Netravalkar | 34 | 24 | 526 | 8.03 |
| 3 | Haris Rauf | 28 | 22 | 483 | 8.92 |
| 4 | CJ Gannon | 26 | 20 | 413 | 8.98 |
| 5 | Harmeet Singh | 24 | 21 | 434 | 7.24 |

Counting stat — no minimum sample floor applied.

## Per-Season Purple Cap Winners

| Season | Winner | Wickets |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | TA Boult | 22 |
| 2024 | SN Netravalkar | 15 |
| 2025 | XC Bartlett | 18 |

## Scope and Sample Size

- Dataset: Cricsheet ball-by-ball files, Seasons 1–3 (2023–2025), 75 matches.
- Season 4 (2026) data not included — season started 2026-06-18.
- TA Boult is the only player to feature in the per-season top-3 across all three completed seasons.

## Canonical Resource

[players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/mlc](https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/mlc)

## Related Concepts

- [Purple Cap metric](../metrics/purple-cap.md)
- [MLC all-time Orange Cap](mlc-all-time-orange-cap.md)
- [Major League Cricket](../scorebook/leagues/major-league-cricket.md)
