IPL STANDINGS

IPL standings guide

The Indian Premier League is the world’s leading franchise Twenty20 competition. Ten teams contest it, each playing 14 league matches before the play-offs decide the champions. A win is worth two points, and sides level on points are separated by net run rate.

Net run rate compares the average runs per over a side scores with the average it concedes, so a heavy win can lift a side above a rival with the same points — and a heavy defeat can undo a week of good results. With 70 league matches in the season, the table turns over constantly, and the fight for the last play-off place regularly comes down to the final round of matches.

The top four sides reach the play-offs. The top two meet in Qualifier 1, with the winner going straight to the Final; the third and fourth sides meet in the Eliminator, and the loser of Qualifier 1 faces the Eliminator winner in Qualifier 2 for the other place in the Final. Finishing in the top two is therefore the strongest position in the competition: it buys a second chance at the Final.

The table on this page shows every side’s position, points, net run rate and recent form in one view. Follow it for the race for the top two, the play-off cut-off, and the net run rate swings that decide both.

Because net run rate is calculated across all 14 league matches, a side’s fate can rest on the margin of its final game of the season — a big win on the last day can lift it above a rival, and a heavy defeat can drop it out of the top four entirely. It is why the table is watched as closely in the final week as at any point in the season, and why a side chasing a play-off place will push for every extra run even after the result is secure.