WTC Points Table 2025-27: How Points Work and Who Leads

A WTC win is worth 12 points, a tie 6 points and a draw 4 points, and a defeat earns 0. Every Test is worth the same 12 points whatever the length of the series. Points can also be deducted, mainly for slow over rates, and the table shows any deduction next to the side's total.

The deductions matter this cycle. Pakistan have won 2 of their 9 Tests, which is 24 points, but 19 have been taken off, leaving them on 5 points and 4.63%. England have lost 14 points and West Indies 2 points. Without the 14, England's 7 wins and 1 draw would give 88 points rather than 74.

The WTC table ranks the 9 sides by percentage of points won, because they play different numbers of Tests. Australia have played 13 and New Zealand 6, so raw points would favour whoever plays most. The percentage is points won divided by points available, which is 12 times the Tests played.

New Zealand's 52 points from 6 Tests is 52 out of 72, or 72.22%. Australia's 108 points is the most of any side, but it comes from 13 Tests, so it is 108 out of 156, or 69.23%. That is why Australia are third despite holding more than twice New Zealand's points.

New Zealand lead the WTC 2025-27 table on 72.22% after 4 wins, 1 defeat and 1 draw in 6 Tests. The full standings as of 12 November 2026, from our WTC table, with points after any deduction:

Bangladesh in fifth have 44 points from 8 Tests, and Sri Lanka have drawn 3 of their 6. England have played the most Tests of anyone, 16, and have 4 left on our list.

New Zealand can reach 88.10% if they win all 8 of their remaining WTC Tests on our fixture list. The table below adds 12 points for every remaining Test to each side's current total and divides by 12 times its full number of Tests. A series added to the schedule later would change these figures.

The 4 Tests between Australia and New Zealand, from 9 December 2026 to 3 January 2027, are the biggest block left: they decide 48 points between two of the top 3. South Africa have the fewest Tests left of the leaders, 5, so they can climb no higher than 83.33%.

India can still reach the WTC final, but at 51.52% they need to win most of their 7 remaining Tests. Their best possible finish is 70.37%, which is below where New Zealand, South Africa and Australia stand now, so India also need the top 3 to drop points against each other.

India play 2 Tests in New Zealand, from 18 November and 26 November, then 5 Tests against Australia from 21 January to 27 February 2027. Their 7 Tests could finish like this:

Shubman Gill leads the WTC runs list with 1,024 in 10 Tests, and KL Rahul is second with 931. Mohammed Siraj has 43 wickets for India, third on the WTC list, and Ravindra Jadeja has 789 runs and 33 wickets.

Shubman Gill leads the WTC 2025-27 run scorers with 1,024 runs at a strike rate of 63.2. Josh Tongue of England leads the wicket takers with 46 in 9 Tests, ahead of South Africa's Simon Harmer on 44. The top 5 in each, from the WTC stats page:

Harry Brook scores fastest of the top 5 batters at a strike rate of 82.0, and Joe Root has 872 runs in 11 Tests. Mitchell Starc has 42 wickets in 8 Tests for Australia. Harmer's economy of 3.12 is the lowest of the top 5 bowlers. The Test runs leaderboard and Test wickets leaderboard rank every player across all Tests, and our Josh Tongue and Ollie Robinson analysis looks at England's attack.

The next 5 WTC Tests start between 15 November and 26 November 2026, and 4 of them involve the top 2. South Africa host Bangladesh from 15 November and 23 November, Pakistan play Sri Lanka again from 17 November, and New Zealand host India from 18 November.

The results land on the WTC points table after each Test finishes, and the WTC grounds page shows how each venue has played: Galle International Stadium has hosted 15 Tests in our records with a 415 first-innings average. For every Test leaderboard, from centuries to bowling average, see the Test Statz leaders and the Ashes hub.