ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings

The ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings (formerly known as the ICC ODI Championship) is an international One Day International (ODI) cricket rankings system of the International Cricket Council (ICC). After every ODI match, the two teams involved receive points based on a mathematical formula. Each team's points total is divided by their total number of matches played to give a rating, and all the teams are ranked in a table in order of rating.<ref name="Formula"/>

By analogy to cricket batting averages, the points for winning an ODI match are always greater than the team's rating, increasing the rating, and the points for losing an ODI match are always less than the rating, reducing the rating. A drawn match between higher and lower rated teams will benefit the lower-rated team at the expense of the higher-rated team. An "average" team that wins as often as it loses while playing a mix of stronger and weaker teams should have a rating of 100.<ref name="Formula">Template:Cite news</ref>

Template:As of, India leads the ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings, with a rating of 118 from 45 weighted matches, while the lowest rated team, UAE, has a rating of 12 from 30 weighted matches.<ref>https://www.icc-cricket.com/rankings/mens/team-rankings/odi</ref>

Until 2013, the team ranked number one at the annual 1 April cut-off date received the ICC ODI Championship Shield and prize money.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The rankings were used to award direct qualification for the Cricket World Cup in 2019 and 2027.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Associate rankings

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Nepal Captain Paras Khadka batting during the 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three in Bermuda

In late 2005, the International Cricket Council ranked the top non-Test nations from 11–30 to complement the Test nations' rankings in the ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings. The ICC used the results from the 2005 ICC Trophy and WCQS Division 2 competition (i.e. the primary qualification mechanisms for the 2007 Cricket World Cup) to rank the nations.

These rankings were used to seed the initial stage of the global World Cricket League. Teams ranked 11–16 were placed into Division 1; teams 17–20 were placed into Division 2; teams 21–24 were placed into Division 3; the remaining teams were placed into the upper divisions of their respective regional qualifiers.

As of 19 April 2009 the top six associates gained one day status. Kenya and Ireland have both qualified to appear on the main rating table, Kenya from its existing status and Ireland for its two victories in the 2007 World Cup. Following their victory over Bangladesh in July 2010, the Netherlands joined the main table. Afghanistan, Canada and Scotland remain on the secondary table. In May 2009, the ICC added a rankings table for all associate members. This contained both global and regional placings. In June 2018, the four associates with ODI status were moved to the main ranking list.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Historical rankings

The ICC provides ratings for the end of each month back to October 2002. This table lists the teams that have successively held the highest rating since that date, by whole month periods.

In 2011, the ICC applied its rating system to results since 1981, providing ratings for the end of each month back to 1981, further indicating Australia's historical dominance in ODI Cricket with the highest number of months ranked first (200 months). The table only begins from 1981 as, prior to this date, there is not enough data available due to the infrequency of matches and the small number of competing teams in the earlier periods.

The teams that have successively held the highest rating since January 1981 until September 2002, by whole month periods, are:

Team	Start	End	Total months	Cumulative months
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	2	2
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	6	6
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	1	3
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	65	71
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	8	11
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	2	73
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	10	21
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	5	78
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	3	3
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	1	79
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	1	4
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	1	80
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	4	8
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	2	2
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	4	12
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	1	3
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	8	20
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	8	29
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	1	81
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	3	23
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	16	97
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	4	4
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	2	99
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	3	7
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	2	31
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	4	27
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	46	46
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	23	50
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	1	47
Template:Cr	Template:Date table sorting	Template:Date table sorting	7	57
Reference: Historical Rankings

The summary of teams that have held the highest rating since 1981 until present by whole month periods, are:

Team	Total months	Highest rating
Template:Cr	204	140
Template:Cr	99	141
Template:Cr	71	134
Template:Cr	66	135
Template:Cr	45	127
Template:Cr	18	121
Template:Cr	4	131
Reference: Historical Rankings updated to 09 March 2025

Consecutive months

#	Team	Years
65	Template:Cr	Jan 1982-May 1987
59	Template:Cr	Mar 2002-Jan 2007
46	Template:Cr	May 1996-Feb 2000
35	Template:Cr	Sept 2009-Aug 2012
26	Template:Cr	Nov 2014-Feb 2017
23	Template:Cr	Mar 2000-Jan 2002
22	Template:Cr	Jun 2019-May 2021
18*	Template:Cr	Sept 2023-Present
16	Template:Cr	Aug 1993-Nov 1994
16	Template:Cr	May 2021-Sept 2022

ICC ODI championship (2002–2013)

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ICC ODI Championship Shield

The rankings system was formerly called the ICC ODI championship and, until 2013, the team at the top of the table at the start of each April was awarded the ICC ODI Championship Shield. Like a 2 euro coin, the shield features an inner circle of gold-coloured metal and is surrounded by a ring of silver-coloured metal. It was first presented in December 2002, when Australian captain Ricky Ponting received the award.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

It was last presented in July 2013, when Indian captain MS Dhoni received the award.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Year	Nation
2002	Template:Cr (6)
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008	Template:Cr (2)
2009
2010	Template:Cr (9)
2011
2012
2013	Template:Cr (1)

Points calculations

Find the points earned from a match

Each time two teams play another match, the rankings table is updated as follows, based on the ratings of the teams immediately before they played. To determine the teams' new ratings after a particular match, first calculate the points earned from the match:

If the gap between the ratings of the two teams before the match was less than 40 points, then:

Match result	Points earned
Win	Opponent's rating + 50
Tie	Opponent's rating
Lose	Opponent's rating − 50

If the gap between the ratings of the two teams before the match was at least 40 points, then:

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

• Each team's rating is equal to its total points scored divided by the total matches played. (Series are not significant in these calculations).
• Add the match points scored to the points already scored (in previous matches as reflected by the Table), add one to the number of matches played, and determine the new rating.<ref name="Formula"/>
• Points earned by teams depend on the opponent's ratings, therefore this system needed to assign base ratings to teams when it started.

See also a detailed example at: ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings#Example

Year end Historical Ranking

In 2011, David Kendix, the ICC's official statistician has applied retrospectively its rating system to results since 1981, providing ratings for the end of each month back to 1981.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Year Team Rating 1981 Template:Cr 121 1982 Template:Cr 133 1983 132 1984 133 1985 139 1986 140 1987 Template:Cr 133 1988 132 1989 119 1990 Template:Cr 122 1991 127 1992 Template:Cr 120 1993 Template:Cr 115 1994 Template:Cr 114 1995 Template:Cr 113 Year Team Rating 1996 Template:Cr 121 1997 134 1998 132 1999 129 2000 Template:Cr 125 2001 128 2002 131 2003 136 2004 136 2005 135 2006 131 2007 130 2008 131 2009 130 2010 128 Year Team Rating 2011 Template:Cr 130 2012 Template:Cr 121 2013 Template:Cr 120 2014 Template:Cr 117 2015 127 2016 120 2017 Template:Cr 120 2018 Template:Cr 126 2019 125 2020 123 2021 Template:Cr 121 2022 116 2023 Template:Cr 121 2024 118

See also

• ICC Men's Test Team Rankings
• ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings
• World Cricket League
• International cricket
• ICC Women's ODI and T20I rankings
• ICC Player Rankings

External links

• ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings