A wiper lever (10) comprising a driven wiper arm (12) and a wiper blade (16), which is connected to the wiper arm in an articulated manner, for cleaning windows, the wiper lever having a spring-elastic supporting element (30) which is elongate and has longitudinal sides, a convexly curved band surface (29), a concavely curved band surface (31) and an elongate, rubber-elastic wiper strip (24), and the supporting element having, on its convexly curved band surface (29), a component (32) for connecting the wiper blade (16) to the wiper arm (12), wherein the wiper lever (10) includes a cap (60) which has elastically deflectable latching lugs (74), the cap being configured to be latched to the supporting element (30) of the wiper blade (16) for covering the connection region between wiper blade and wiper arm, characterized in that the supporting element (30) is curved in the manner of a band and over its band surfaces, with the wiper strip (24) being fastened to the concavely curved band surface (31) and the component (32) being fastened to the convexly curved band surface (29), said component laterally surrounding the supporting element (30) on each longitudinal side by means of retaining claws (38) which are arranged at a distance (80) from each other in the longitudinal direction, and with at least two cheeks (82) which each face in mutually opposed longitudinal directions of the wiper blade (16) forming stops to which correspondingly assigned counter-stops of the covering cap (60) are adjacent.