ICC ODI Rankings Explained: How Ratings Work, India No. 1

India top the ICC ODI rankings with a rating of 117 and 4,439 points from 38 matches, as of 13 November 2026. New Zealand are 2nd on 106, South Africa 3rd and Pakistan 4th on 104 each, and Australia 5th on 102.

The table above is the top 10 of the 20 ranked sides on 13 November. Zimbabwe are 11th on 63 and Scotland 12th on 45, while Canada are 20th on 12. Sri Lanka have the most matches counted, 44, yet sit 7th because their 4,144 points spread across more games.

An ICC ODI rating is total ranking points divided by matches counted, so India's 4,439 points over 38 matches give 116.8, shown as 117. Each result earns points based on the two sides' ratings before the game, and the new total is divided by 1 more match.

When the gap between the two ratings is under 40, the winner earns the opponent's rating plus 50, the loser the opponent's rating minus 50, and a tie earns the opponent's rating. When the gap is 40 or more, the stronger side earns only its own rating plus 10 for a win, and the weaker side its own rating plus 90 for an upset.

Series results earn nothing extra: only single matches count. A no-result adds no points and no match, which is why a washed-out game leaves a rating where it was.

Older matches count for half because the ICC ODI rankings cover 3 to 4 years, with results from the oldest 2 years weighted at 50%. Today, matches since May 2025 count in full and matches from May 2023 to May 2025 count half, both points and matches.

Each May the ICC drops the oldest year and halves the next one, so a side that won heavily in 2023 can fall without losing a game. That is why India's 38 matches counted is fewer than the ODIs they have played since 2023: half-weighted games count as 0.5 each. The next update in May 2027 removes results from May 2023 to May 2024.

India stand 1st in the ICC ODI rankings, 11 rating points clear of New Zealand at 117 to 106, as of 13 November. In 2026 India have won 9 ODIs and lost 6, the most wins of any side, with a net run rate of +0.686 on our rankings page.

Shubman Gill drives it: 932 ODI runs in 2026 at 93.20, top of our ODI runs board, with 3 hundreds and a strike rate of 114.92. Virat Kohli has 633 runs at 57.55 and Rohit Sharma 627, and Gurnoor Brar leads India's bowling with 23 wickets on our ODI wickets board. The full India picture is on our India ODI runs board and in our India ODI squad 2026 guide.

A win in the 5th ODI on 15 November would lift India from 116.8 to about 117.8, because the 11-point gap is under 40. India would earn New Zealand's 106 plus 50, so 156 points, and their 4,439 points would become 4,595 over 39 matches.

A defeat would earn India 106 minus 50, so 56 points, and drop them to about 115.3, still 1st. New Zealand would go from 106.5 to about 108.1 with a win, or 105.4 with a defeat. The match is on our New Zealand vs India fixture page, and Daryl Mitchell is New Zealand's top 2026 scorer with 556 runs at 79.43. These are rounded estimates: the ICC uses unrounded ratings, so its published figure may differ by a point.

A big gap works differently. India play Zimbabwe on 3 January, and the gap is 54, so an India win earns only their own 117 plus 10, while a Zimbabwe win would earn Zimbabwe their own 63 plus 90, or 153 points. The India vs Zimbabwe fixture is already on our list.

New Zealand are the nearest side to India, 11 points back on 106, with South Africa and Pakistan 13 back on 104. Australia on 102 play England on 15 November on our Australia vs England fixture page, and South Africa meet Bangladesh from 1 December.

South Africa have the best 2026 record of the top 5, 5 wins from 6 ODIs and a net run rate of +1.687, but few games means each result moves them less in a single year. Bangladesh have 7 wins in 2026 and 2 of the top 3 wicket takers on our board, Nahid Rana with 27 and Taskin Ahmed with 25, yet sit 9th on 81 because their older results still count.

The ICC T20I rankings use the same 3 to 4 year window and points-per-match idea as the ODI rankings, but cover far more sides, with every ICC member able to earn a T20I rating. Our ICC T20I rankings table lists them, and the Test side is ranked separately.

The World Test Championship is a different contest again: a points table by series, not a rating. Our WTC points table explainer covers how that works, and our most centuries in ODI cricket piece covers the batting records. For match-day teams, the Dream11 hub lists the next ODIs.

Our ICC ODI rankings table is read from the ICC's list and shows the date it was read, alongside every side's 2026 record and next ODI, including India v Sri Lanka on 13 December on our India vs Sri Lanka fixture page.