IPL 2025 points table and top run-scorers & wicket-takers

Nicholas Pooran (left) and Noor Ahmad (right) are the early pacesetters in the race for the orange and purple caps

The 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) is in full swing.

The key batters and bowlers are starting to stand out in the 18th edition of the world's biggest T20 franchise league.

BBC Sport takes a look at all the key stats - and past winners of the orange and purple caps.

IPL 2025 points table

IPL 2025 orange cap: Who is highest run-scorer?

1. Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants) - 189 runs

2. Sai Sudharsan (Gujarat Titans) - 186

3. Shreyas Iyer (Punjab Kings) - 149

4. Travis Head (Sunrisers Hyderabad) - 136

5. Jos Buttler (Gujarat Titans) - 134

IPL 2025 purple cap: Who is highest wicket-taker?

1. Noor Ahmad (Chennai Super Kings) - nine wickets

2. Mitchell Starc (Delhi Capitals) - eight

=3. Josh Hazlewood (Royal Challengers Bengaluru), Sai Kishore (Gujarat Titans), Shardul Thakur (Lucknow Super Giants) & Khaleel Ahmed (Chennai Super Kings) - six

=5. Kuldeep Yadav (Delhi Capitals), Wanindu Hasaranga (Rajasthan Royals), Arshdeep Singh (Punjab Kings), Digvesh Rathi (Lucknow Super Giants), Mohammed Siraj (Gujarat Titans) - five

Previous winners of IPL orange and purple cap

IPL 2025 batting stats: Highest strike-rate, average & most sixes

Highest strike-rate

Minimum 20 balls faced

1. Abdul Samed (Lucknow Super Giants) - 245.00

2. Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants) - 219.76

3. Ashutosh Sharma (Delhi Capitals) - 212.90

4. Tim David (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) - 207.69

5. Shreyas Iyer (Punjab Kings) - 206.94

Highest average

1. Jos Buttler (Gujarat Titans) - 83.00

2. Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants) - 63.00

3. Sai Sudharsan (Gujarat Titans) - 62.00

4. David Miller (Lucknow Super Giants) - 59.00

5. Tristan Stubbs (Delhi Capitals) - 55.00

Most sixes

1. Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants) - 15 sixes

2. Shreyas Iyer (Punjab Kings) - 13

3. Aniket Verma (Sunrisers Hyderabad) - 12

=4. Jos Buttler, Sai Sudharsan (both Gujarat Titans) - nine

IPL 2025 bowling stats: Best strike-rate, average & economy

Best strike-rate

1. Ashwani Kumar (Mumbai Indians) - 4.50

2. Mitchell Starc (Delhi Capitals) - 5.75

=3. Noor Ahmad (Chennai Super Kings) & Zeeshan Ansari (Sunrisers Hyderabad) - 8.00

4. Wanindu Hasaranga (Rajasthan Royals) - 8.40

Best average

1. Ashwani Kumar (Mumbai Indians) - 6.00

2. Kuldeep Yadav (Delhi Capitals) - 8.40

3. Noor Ahmad (Chennai Super Kings) - 9.11

4. Mitchell Starc (Delhi Capitals) - 9.62

5. Moeen Ali (Kolkata Knight Riders) - 11.50

Best economy

Minimum of 24 balls bowled

1. Kuldeep Yadav (Delhi Capitals) - 5.25

2. Moeen Ali (Kolkata Knight Riders) - 5.75

3. Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) - 6.14

4. Riyan Parag (Rajasthan Royals) - 6.25

5. Hardik Pandya (Mumbai Indians) - 6.50