ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings explained

ICC Men's T20 Team Rankings
Administrator:International Cricket Council
Creation:2011; 13 years ago
Total Teams:108 (Currently 90)
Current: (267 rating)
Cumulative: (36 months)
Continuous: (29 months)
Highest: (287 rating)
Updated:2 July 2024

The ICC Men's T20 Team Rankings is an international Twenty20 cricket rankings system of the International Cricket Council.[1] After every Twenty20 International (T20I) match, the two teams involved receive points based on a mathematical formula. The total of each team's points total is divided by the total number of matches to give a rating, and all teams are ranked on a table in order of rating.[2] Teams need to have played at least eight T20I matches in the previous three to four years to remain in the rankings table.

World Champions India currently leads the ICC men's T20I team rankings, a position they have held since 21 February 2022.[3]

Points calculations

Find the points earned from a match

Each time two teams play another match, the rankings table is updated as follows, based on the ratings of the teams immediately before they played. To determine the teams' new ratings after a particular match, first calculate the points earned from the match:

If the gap between the ratings of the two teams before the match was less than 40 points, then points will be as follows:

Match resultPoints earned
Win Opponent's rating + 50
Tie Opponent's rating
Lose Opponent's rating - 50

If the gap between the ratings of the two teams before the match was at least 40 points, then points will be as follows:

Match resultPoints earned
Stronger team wins Own rating + 10
Weaker team loses Own rating - 10
Stronger team ties Own rating - 40
Weaker team ties Own rating + 40
Stronger team loses Own rating - 90
Weaker team wins Own rating + 90

Example

Suppose Team A, with an initial rating of 100, plays Team B. The table shows the points awarded to the two teams for 9 different initial ratings for B (ranging from 20 to 160), and the three possible match results.

Initial ratingsScenarioTeam A wins & Team B loses.
Points earned:
Match tied.
Points earned:
Team A loses & Team B wins. Points earned:Total initial ratingsTotal points earned (All 3 results)
Team A Team B Team A Team B Team A Team B Team A Team B
100 20 Initial ratings at least 40 points apart Stronger team wins: Own rating + 10 110 Weaker team loses: Own rating - 10 10 Stronger team ties: Own rating - 40 60 Weaker team ties: Own rating + 40 60 Stronger team loses: Own rating - 90 10 Weaker team wins: Own rating + 90 110 120 120
100 40 110 30 60 80 10 130 140 140
100 60 110 50 60 100 10 150 160 160
100 70 Initial ratings less than 40 points apart Win: Opponent's rating + 50 120 Lose: Opponent's rating - 50 50 Tie: Opponent's rating 70 Tie: Opponent's rating 100 Lose: Opponent's rating - 50 20 Win: Opponent's rating + 50 150 170 170
100 90 140 50 90 100 40 150 190 190
100 110 160 50 110 100 60 150 210 210
100 130 180 50 130 100 80 150 230 230
100 140 Initial ratings at least 40 points apart Weaker team wins: Own rating + 90 190 Stronger team loses: Own rating - 90 50 Weaker team ties: Own rating + 40 140 Stronger team ties: Own rating - 40 100 Weaker team loses: Own rating - 10 90 Stronger team wins: Own rating + 10 150 240 240
100 160 190 70 140 120 90 170 260 260

This illustrates that:

Find the new ratings

Historical rankings

This table lists the teams that have historically held the highest rating since the T20I rankings was introduced. In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full T20I status to all its members. As a result, ratings of leading teams since 2018 have been considerably higher, and cannot be directly compared to those before that date.

CountryStartEndDurationCumulativeHighest Rating
24 October 2011[4] 7 August 2012[5] 140
8 August 2012 11 September 2012 137
12 September 2012 21 September 2012 130
22 September 2012 28 September 2012 134
29 September 2012 27 March 2014 134
28 March 2014 2 April 2014 130
3 April 2014 3 April 2014 131
4 April 2014 5 April 2014 132
6 April 2014 30 April 2014 133
1 May 2014 6 September 2014 131
7 September 2014 9 January 2016 135
10 January 2016 30 January 2016 118
31 January 2016 8 February 2016 120
9 February 2016 11 February 2016 121
12 February 2016 3 May 2016 127
4 May 2016 31 October 2017132
1 November 2017 3 November 2017 124
4 November 2017 6 November 2017 124
7 November 2017 2 January 2018 124
3 January 2018 27 January 2018 128
28 January 2018 30 April 2020 286
1 May 2020 5 September 2020 278
6 September 2020 7 September 2020 273
8 September 2020 30 November 2020 275
1 December 2020 20 February 2022 278
21 February 2022 Present days days 270
Last updated 08 July 2024

The summary of teams that have held the highest rating by days, are:

TeamTotal DaysHighest Rating
270
1064 135
884 286
748 278
574 132
212 278
42 137
21 118

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Twenty20 rankings launched with England on top. 24 October 2011. 24 October 2011.
  2. Web site: David Richardson previews the release of the Reliance ICC T20I Rankings. 24 October 2011.
  3. Web site: ICC Ranking for T20 teams International Cricket Council. 26 April 2023. www.icc-cricket.com. en.
  4. Web site: ICC rankings - ICC Test, ODI and Twenty20 rankings. https://web.archive.org/web/20111025113029/http://www.espncricinfo.com/rankings/content/page/211271.html. 25 October 2011. 25 October 2011. 16 December 2018.
  5. News: England rise to No.1 in ODIs. ESPNcricinfo. 8 August 2012.