Career leaders, the 25-wicket season record, and the Maroon Cap story
All PSL records →Hasan Ali owns the PSL bowling book. His 125 career wickets through 2025 lead the all-time list, and his 25 wickets in the 2019 season remain the single-season record — a mark that has survived the league's expansion, flatter pitches and bigger bats. The method is worth noting: Hasan's PSL wickets have come in bursts, with changes of pace on two-paced surfaces doing the damage that raw speed does elsewhere.
Shaheen Shah Afridi is the record's great chaser and its most decorated season bowler: three Maroon Caps as a season's top wicket-taker (2020, 2022, 2025), more than any other bowler. Published career totals for Shaheen differ between lists — 127 in one, 138 in another — so this page carries his season records, which are consistent, and flags the career figure as under cross-check rather than printing a number it cannot stand over. PSL 11 added a new name to the top of the season charts: Sufiyan Muqeem's 22 wickets for the champions.
| Season | Top bowler | Wickets |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Hasan Ali (Peshawar) | 25 |
| 2020 | Shaheen Afridi (Lahore) | 17 |
| 2021 | Shahnawaz Dahani (Multan) | 20 |
| 2022 | Shaheen Afridi (Lahore) | 20 |
| 2023 | Abbas Afridi (Multan) | 23 |
| 2024 | Usama Mir (Multan) | 24 |
| 2025 | Shaheen Afridi (Lahore) | 19 |
| 2026 | Sufiyan Muqeem (Peshawar) | 22 |
Sufiyan Muqeem took the most wickets in PSL 11 (2026) with 22 for Peshawar Zalmi, earning the Player of the Tournament award. Hunain Shah was next among the headline names with 17 for Hyderabad Kingsmen.
Hasan Ali holds the single-season record with 25 wickets in 2019. Usama Mir's 24 in 2024 and Abbas Afridi's 23 in 2023 are the closest challenges since.