ICC Team Rankings
ICC Team Rankings is a system for evaluating men’s national teams for ranking according to the results of matches and competitions. The rating is compiled for different formats of cricket: Test (10 positions), One-Day International (20 teams) and Twenty20 International (all members of the ICC). ICC Team Rankings shows the position of the team, the number of matches played, the points scored according to a complex system and the final rating.
Test ICC Team Rankings
Pos Team Matches Points Rating 1 Australia 19 2439 128 2 India 23 2736 119 3 New Zealand 23 2552 111 4 South Africa 21 2306 110 5 Pakistan 20 1865 93 6 England 29 2551 88 7 Sri Lanka 20 1637 82 8 West Indies 22 1685 77 9 Bangladesh 16 823 51 10 Zimbabwe 6 148 25ODI ICC Team Rankings
Pos Team Matches Points Rating 1 New Zealand 12 1505 125 2 England 19 2353 124 3 Australia 18 1929 107 4 India 22 2304 105 5 Pakistan 16 1635 102 6 South Africa 19 1872 99 7 Bangladesh 24 2275 95 8 Sri Lanka 24 2086 87 9 West Indies 26 1885 73 10 Afghanistan 15 986 66T20I ICC Team Rankings
Pos Team Matches Points Rating 1 India 30 8093 270 2 England 28 7432 265 3 Pakistan 30 7826 261 4 South Africa 25 6336 253 5 Australia 33 8270 251 6 New Zealand 28 6996 250 7 West Indies 36 8622 240 8 Bangladesh 33 7680 233 9 Sri Lanka 33 7606 230 10 Afghanistan 14 3167 226ICC Team Rankings - positions of men's national teams
Men play cricket in three formats: Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International. In all categories, there are ratings by which you can judge the strength of the teams. Note that New Zealanders head the first two designated classifications, and the Twenty20 International is headed by the British.
ICC Men’s Team Rankings: general information
All three ratings are updated weekly – on Wednesdays. They have a different number of teams:
- In the Test format, only 10 teams scored points, in the One Day International format — 20, in Twenty20 International — 80.
Each format has its own features for scoring points.
ICC Men’s Team Rankings: Test
Twelve teams with full-fledged status in cricket can have a rating in this format. However, Afghanistan and Ireland are not included in the classification at the moment, as they have not played enough matches. Points in the rating are taken into account regardless of where the meetings are held – at home or away. The main indicators for obtaining points:
- The result of the series. For winning the series, as well as in the match, the team receives 1 point. For a draw of a series or match, 1/2 point is awarded.
- Rating before the series.
If the difference in the rating between the teams is more than 40 points, then points are awarded according to the following scheme:
| Single match result | Ratings points earned |
| Win | Opponent’s rating + 50 |
| Draw or tie | Opponent’s rating |
| Lose | Opponent’s rating − 50 |
Meetings for 3-4 years are relevant for ICC Men’s Team Rankings. If the weaker rated team defeats the stronger one in a particular match, then the first one gets more points. Until 2019, the International Cricket Council allocated a prize for the best team of the season; it was awarded the ICC Test Championship mace. Then the prize was abolished.
Men’s Team Rankings Test (13.01.2023)
| Position | Team | Matches | Points | Rating |
| 1 | Australia | 26 | 3,419 | 132 |
| 2 | India | 32 | 3,690 | 115 |
| 3 | England | 47 | 5,017 | 107 |
| 4 | South Africa | 29 | 2,976 | 103 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 27 | 2,704 | 100 |
| 6 | Pakistan | 27 | 2,323 | 86 |
| 7 | Sri Lanka | 23 | 1,916 | 83 |
| 8 | West Indies | 28 | 2,198 | 79 |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 25 | 1,161 | 46 |
| 10 | Zimbabwe | 6 | 148 | 25 |
The Australian national team spent the most time on the first line of the ICC Men’s Team Rankings in the Test format — 91 months. It also has the highest rating — 143 points. Australians also led the classification for the longest time continuously — 74 months (from June 2003 to July 2009). In second place is the Indian national team, which has 69 weeks at the top of the ranking. In the third position is South Africa, which occupied the first classification line for 42 weeks (24 weeks in a row).
ICC Men’s Team Rankings: One Day International
Points in this format are awarded according to the following scheme:
| Match result | Points 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 |
The current rating is used to determine the Weaker team or Stronger team. If the gap is less than 40 points, then the above data is not relevant. Then the calculation is carried out according to the following scheme:
| Match result | Points earned |
| Win | Opponent’s rating + 50 |
| Tie | Opponent’s rating |
| Lose | Opponent’s rating − 50 |
Since May 2021, the New Zealand national team has led the ICC Men’s Team Rankings in the ODI format. Before that, for almost two years, the leader of the classification was the English team. The rating has been conducted since 1981.
Men’s Team Rankings ODI (13.01.2023)
| Position | Team | Matches | Points | Rating |
| 1 | New Zealand | 25 | 2,887 | 115 |
| 2 | England | 30 | 3,400 | 113 |
| 3 | Australia | 32 | 3,572 | 112 |
| 4 | India | 40 | 4,377 | 109 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 24 | 2,584 | 108 |
| 6 | South Africa | 24 | 2,392 | 100 |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 33 | 3,129 | 95 |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 33 | 2,917 | 88 |
| 9 | Afghanistan | 20 | 1,419 | 71 |
| 10 | West Indies | 41 | 2,198 | 71 |
The record holder for the number of months on the first line of the rating in this format is the Australian national team — 198 months. The record for points belongs to the West Indies team — 141. The maximum number of points for Australians is 140. The West Indies team led the classification for 99 months. In third place in terms of time in the first position of the ICC Men’s Team Rankings, the South African team is 71 months old.
ICC Men’s Team Rankings: Twenty20 International
The same system is used for scoring points in the ICC Men’s Team Rankings Twenty20 International as for the One Day International format.
To stay in the ranking of this format of cricket, you need to play at least six matches within 3-4 years. Since December 2020, the classification has been headed by the England national team.
Men’s Team Rankings T20I (13.01.2023)*
| Position | Team | Matches | Points | Rating |
| 1 | India | 66 | 17,636 | 267 |
| 2 | England | 49 | 13,029 | 266 |
| 3 | Pakistan | 55 | 14,168 | 258 |
| 4 | South Africa | 41 | 10,510 | 256 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 50 | 12,621 | 252 |
| 6 | Australia | 47 | 11,784 | 251 |
| 7 | West Indies | 51 | 12,039 | 236 |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 53 | 12,485 | 236 |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 51 | 11,328 | 222 |
| 10 | Afghanistan | 30 | 6,512 | 217 |
*In the ranking of 80 teams, we give a list of the top 20.
The maximum number of days at the head of the rating was held by the Sri Lankan national team – 1064. In second place in this list is the Pakistan national team – 884 days. The Pakistan national team has the most points – 286. New Zealand is in the third position in terms of the number of days at the head of the standings – 574.
In the Test and One Day International formats, months are the starting point for determining the ranking record holders, and days are the starting point for the newer Twenty20 International format.
