By Karthik Iyengar
Reviewed by Anjali DeshmukhIndian Premier League 2026 ended with Royal Challengers Bengaluru on top of the league table with 18 points from 14 matches. They went on to win the title. 10 teams played 70 league matches. Play-off games are excluded: they do not count towards points.
The table
Final league table
POS | TEAMS | P | W | L | NR | NRR | FOR | AGAINST | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0.794 | 2642/254.3 | 2616/272.7 | 18 | |
2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0.695 | 2558/270.7 | 2434/278.0 | 18 | |
3 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0.524 | 2854/276.2 | 2675/272.7 | 18 | |
4 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0.189 | 2619/259.7 | 2649/267.7 | 16 | |
5 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0.309 | 2711/250.0 | 2718/258.0 | 15 | |
6 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | -0.651 | 2559/272.7 | 2581/257.2 | 14 | |
7 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | -0.156 | 2129/231.2 | 2229/238.0 | 13 | |
8 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | -0.345 | 2530/275.0 | 2512/263.2 | 12 | |
9 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | -0.584 | 2553/268.7 | 2636/261.3 | 8 | |
10 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | -0.817 | 2356/255.5 | 2461/245.2 | 8 |
Every figure above comes from the 70 league matches of the 2026 season as recorded ball by ball in the open Cricsheet archive, published under the Open Data Commons Attribution License 1.0.
What the columns mean
P — matches played in the league stage.
W — wins.
L — losses.
NR — no result.
NRR — net run rate: own run rate minus the run rate conceded.
FOR — runs scored and overs faced.
AGAINST — runs conceded and overs bowled.
PTS — two points for a win, one for a no result.
How net run rate is counted here
Net run rate here runs from Royal Challengers Bengaluru on 0.794 at the top to Lucknow Super Giants on -0.817 at the foot: own run rate minus the run rate conceded, across the league stage only. A team bowled out gets its full quota of overs in the denominator, and wides and no-balls add runs without counting as balls faced.
Other tables
Indian Premier League points tables by season