📊 IPL 2026 Points Table – Final League Standings
The table below reflects the final league stage standings after Match 70 (KKR vs DC, 24 May 2026). Teams in the playoff zone are highlighted in green, while eliminated teams are highlighted in orange.
| # | Team | M | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru ✅ Qualified | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | +0.783 |
| 2 | Gujarat Titans ✅ Qualified | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | +0.695 |
| 3 | Sunrisers Hyderabad ✅ Qualified | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | +0.524 |
| 4 | Rajasthan Royals ✅ Qualified | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | +0.189 |
| 5 | Punjab Kings ❌ Eliminated | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15 | +0.309 |
| 6 | Delhi Capitals ❌ Eliminated | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | -0.651 |
| 7 | Kolkata Knight Riders ❌ Eliminated | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 13 | -0.147 |
| 8 | Chennai Super Kings ❌ Eliminated | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | -0.345 |
| 9 | Mumbai Indians ❌ Eliminated | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | -0.584 |
| 10 | Lucknow Super Giants ❌ Eliminated | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | -0.702 |
🟢 Green = Playoff qualified | 🟠 Orange = Eliminated | NR = No Result | NRR = Net Run Rate | Last updated: Match 70 (KKR vs DC, 24 May 2026) — League stage complete
📋 All Match Results – Match 1 to 70 (League Stage Complete)
| # | Match | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RCB vs SRH | RCB Won by 6 wkts | 28 Mar |
| 2 | MI vs KKR | MI Won by 6 wkts | 29 Mar |
| 3 | RR vs CSK | RR Won by 6 wkts | 30 Mar |
| 4 | PBKS vs GT | PBKS Won by 3 wkts | 31 Mar |
| 5 | LSG vs DC | DC Won by 6 wkts | 1 Apr |
| 6 | KKR vs SRH | SRH Won by 65 runs | 2 Apr |
| 7 | CSK vs PBKS | PBKS Won by 5 wkts | 3 Apr |
| 8 | DC vs MI | DC Won by 6 wkts | 4 Apr |
| 9 | GT vs RR | RR Won by 6 runs | 4 Apr |
| 10 | SRH vs LSG | LSG Won by 5 wkts | 5 Apr |
| 11 | RCB vs CSK | RCB Won by 43 runs | 5 Apr |
| 12 | KKR vs PBKS | No Result (Rain) | 6 Apr |
| 13 | RR vs MI | RR Won by 27 runs | 7 Apr |
| 14 | DC vs GT | GT Won by 1 run | 8 Apr |
| 15 | KKR vs LSG | LSG Won by 3 wkts (last ball) | 9 Apr |
| 16 | RR vs RCB | RR Won by 6 wkts | 10 Apr |
| 17 | PBKS vs SRH | PBKS Won by 6 wkts (7 balls spare) | 11 Apr |
| 18 | CSK vs DC | CSK Won by 23 runs | 11 Apr |
| 19 | LSG vs GT | GT Won by 7 wkts (8 balls spare) | 12 Apr |
| 20 | MI vs RCB | RCB Won by 18 runs | 12 Apr |
| 21 | SRH vs RR | SRH Won by 57 runs | 13 Apr |
| 22 | CSK vs KKR | CSK Won by 32 runs | 14 Apr |
| 23 | RCB vs LSG | RCB Won by 5 wkts (29 balls spare) | 15 Apr |
| 24 | MI vs PBKS | PBKS Won by 7 wkts (21 balls spare) | 16 Apr |
| 25 | GT vs KKR | GT Won by 5 wkts (2 balls spare) | 17 Apr |
| 26 | RCB vs DC | DC Won by 6 wkts (1 ball spare) | 18 Apr |
| 27 | SRH vs CSK | SRH Won by 10 runs | 18 Apr |
| 28 | KKR vs RR | KKR Won by 4 wkts | 19 Apr |
| 29 | PBKS vs LSG | PBKS Won by 54 runs | 19 Apr |
| 30 | GT vs MI | MI Won by 99 runs | 20 Apr |
| 31 | SRH vs DC | SRH Won by 47 runs | 21 Apr |
| 32 | LSG vs RR | RR Won by 40 runs | 22 Apr |
| 33 | MI vs CSK | CSK Won by 103 runs | 23 Apr |
| 34 | GT vs RCB | RCB Won by 5 wkts (7 balls spare) | 24 Apr |
| 35 | DC vs PBKS | PBKS Won by 6 wkts (7 balls spare) — Record chase 265* | 25 Apr |
| 36 | RR vs SRH | SRH Won by 5 wkts (6 balls spare) | 25 Apr |
| 37 | CSK vs GT | GT Won by 8 wkts | 26 Apr |
| 38 | LSG vs KKR | KKR Won (Super Over) — Tied at 155 | 26 Apr |
| 39 | DC vs RCB | RCB Won by 5 wkts | 28 Apr |
| 40 | PBKS vs RR | RR Won by 6 wkts | 29 Apr |
| 41 | MI vs SRH | SRH Won by 4 wkts | 30 Apr |
| 42 | RCB vs GT | GT Won by 3 wkts | 1 May |
| 43 | RR vs DC | DC Won by 7 wkts | 2 May |
| 44 | MI vs KKR | KKR Won by 6 wkts | 3 May |
| 45 | CSK vs LSG | CSK Won by 5 wkts | 3 May |
| 46 | GT vs PBKS | GT Won by 28 runs | 4 May |
| 47 | SRH vs RR | SRH Won by 6 wkts | 4 May |
| 48 | RCB vs LSG | RCB Won by 7 wkts | 5 May |
| 49 | DC vs KKR | KKR Won by 5 wkts | 6 May |
| 50 | MI vs GT | GT Won by 5 runs | 7 May |
| 51 | PBKS vs CSK | CSK Won by 8 wkts | 7 May |
| 52 | RR vs LSG | RR Won by 4 wkts | 8 May |
| 53 | SRH vs DC | DC Won by 3 wkts | 9 May |
| 54 | GT vs KKR | GT Won by 6 wkts | 10 May |
| 55 | RCB vs PBKS | RCB Won by 22 runs | 10 May |
| 56 | MI vs RR | RR Won by 7 wkts | 11 May |
| 57 | CSK vs SRH | SRH Won by 35 runs | 11 May |
| 58 | LSG vs GT | GT Won by 9 wkts | 12 May |
| 59 | KKR vs RCB | KKR Won by 4 wkts | 13 May |
| 60 | PBKS vs DC | DC Won by 6 wkts | 14 May |
| 61 | MI vs LSG | MI Won by 5 wkts | 15 May |
| 62 | RR vs DC | DC Won by 8 wkts | 16 May |
| 63 | CSK vs SRH | SRH Won by 5 wkts | 17 May |
| 64 | GT vs RCB | RCB Won by 6 wkts | 18 May |
| 65 | PBKS vs KKR | KKR Won by 3 wkts | 19 May |
| 66 | GT vs CSK | GT Won by 89 runs | 21 May |
| 67 | SRH vs RCB | SRH Won by 55 runs | 22 May |
| 68 | LSG vs PBKS | PBKS Won by 7 wkts — Shreyas Iyer 101* off 51 | 23 May |
| 69 | MI vs RR | RR Won by 30 runs — RR qualify; PBKS & KKR eliminated | 24 May |
| 70 | KKR vs DC | DC Won by 40 runs (dead rubber) | 24 May |
⚡ League Stage Complete — Playoffs: Qualifier 1 (RCB vs GT) on 26 May | Eliminator (SRH vs RR) on 27 May | Qualifier 2 on 29 May | Final on 31 May, Bengaluru
🏏 IPL 2026 – Tournament at a Glance
🔥 4 Big Storylines from the IPL 2026 League Stage
1. Three Teams, 18 Points Each — The Tightest Top-3 in IPL History
RCB, GT and SRH all finished the league stage on 18 points with identical 9-win, 5-loss records. Separated only by NRR — RCB (+0.783), GT (+0.695), SRH (+0.524) — it is the first time three teams have finished joint-top with identical W/L records in IPL history. RCB's superiority on NRR makes them 1st and earns them the right to face GT in Qualifier 1, giving both teams two chances to reach the final. SRH must face RR in the Eliminator — a sudden-death contest for a place in the final four.
2. Sai Sudharsan's Season for the Ages — GT's Orange Cap King
Sai Sudharsan finished the league stage as IPL 2026's leading run-scorer with 638 runs from 14 innings for Gujarat Titans. His consistency throughout the campaign was remarkable — barely a match where he did not contribute meaningfully at the top of the order. Shubman Gill (616) made it an extraordinary GT opening partnership, with Heinrich Klaasen (SRH, 606+) the only non-GT batter in the top three. Sudharsan's campaign is arguably the finest individual batting performance of any Orange Cap leader in recent memory — not just in volume but in impact across match contexts.
3. PBKS's Stunning Collapse — From Unbeaten to Eliminated on the Final Day
Punjab Kings were the tournament's dominant force after 7 matches — 6 wins, 1 NR, completely unbeaten. What followed was one of the most dramatic reversals in IPL history. PBKS won just 1 of their next 7 games, slipping from 1st to 5th. Their fate was decided on the final day: needing RR to lose at Wankhede to qualify themselves. Rajasthan made no mistake, beating MI by 30 runs, eliminating PBKS — a team that was still unbeaten just 4 weeks earlier. The rained-out no result against KKR in Match 12 ultimately proved the difference. Had either team won that game, they might have made it through.
4. Bhuvneshwar Kumar's Purple Cap — Vintage Swing at 37
Perhaps the season's most stunning individual bowling story: Bhuvneshwar Kumar (RCB), 37 years old and written off by many, claimed 24 wickets across the league stage to share the Purple Cap with Kagiso Rabada (GT) — leading on economy at just 7.71 runs per over. His ability to generate swing with the new ball and execute yorkers at the death was consistently outstanding. Rabada (24 wkts, economy 9.19) powered GT's attack, while Eshan Malinga (SRH), Anshul Kamboj (CSK) and Jofra Archer (RR) were also among the standout wicket-takers of the season.
⚙️ IPL 2026 Points System
The IPL points system is straightforward — but every single point matters as the season reaches its final weeks.
| Match Result | Points Awarded |
|---|---|
| Win | 2 Points |
| Loss | 0 Points |
| No Result / Rain Abandoned | 1 Point to each team |
| Tie (decided by Super Over) | 2 Points to the Super Over winner |
After 70 league matches, the top 4 teams advance to the playoffs. When teams finish level on points, Net Run Rate (NRR) acts as the tiebreaker.
📐 What is Net Run Rate (NRR)?
NRR = (Total Runs Scored ÷ Total Overs Faced) minus (Total Runs Conceded ÷ Total Overs Bowled)
A positive NRR means the team scores at a higher rate than it concedes — a sign of consistent dominance. A negative NRR means the team is giving away more runs than it scores on average.
NRR is cumulative across all matches, not calculated per game. After all 70 league matches, RCB lead the NRR chart at +0.783. GT are at +0.695, SRH at +0.524 — all three confirming playoff spots on NRR alone. RR qualified in 4th on +0.189. PBKS sit at +0.309 but their 15 points were not enough. DC (-0.651), KKR (-0.147), CSK (-0.345), MI (-0.584) and LSG (-0.702) are all eliminated. In a season this tight, the margin of victory mattered just as much as the result itself — and PBKS's failure to maintain their run rate from early in the season was a major factor in their elimination.
🏆 IPL 2026 Playoff Format – The Road to the Final
From Qualifier to Final — Confirmed Fixtures
Qualifier 1 (26 May) — RCB vs GT: The winner goes directly to the Final. The loser gets another chance in Qualifier 2.
Eliminator (27 May) — SRH vs RR: The loser is eliminated from the tournament with no second chance. Winner advances to Qualifier 2.
Qualifier 2 (29 May): Q1 loser vs Eliminator winner — One more shot at reaching the Final.
Final – 31 May 2026, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru: Q1 winner vs Q2 winner — the IPL 2026 champion is decided here.
Finishing in the top two comes with a crucial advantage — you get two chances to reach the Final. Teams finishing third or fourth have just one opportunity in the Eliminator. Lose that, and the season is over.
👑 IPL 2026 Teams, Captains and Coaches
| Team | Captain | Head Coach |
|---|---|---|
| Chennai Super Kings | Ruturaj Gaikwad | Stephen Fleming |
| Delhi Capitals | Axar Patel | Hemang Badani |
| Gujarat Titans | Shubman Gill | Ashish Nehra |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Ajinkya Rahane | Abhishek Nayar |
| Lucknow Super Giants | Rishabh Pant | Justin Langer |
| Mumbai Indians | Hardik Pandya | Mahela Jayawardene |
| Punjab Kings | Shreyas Iyer | Ricky Ponting |
| Rajasthan Royals | Riyan Parag | Kumar Sangakkara |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Rajat Patidar | Andy Flower |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | Pat Cummins | Daniel Vettori |
The biggest off-season story was Sanju Samson joining CSK and Ravindra Jadeja moving to RR. At the auction, Cameron Green was sold to KKR for ₹25.20 crore — the highest ever bid for an overseas player in IPL history.
🧢 Orange Cap & Purple Cap – Final League Stage Standings (After Match 70)
| Award | Player | Team | Tally |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🟠 Orange Cap (Top Run Scorer) | Sai Sudharsan | GT | 638 runs |
| 2nd | Shubman Gill | GT | 616 runs |
| 3rd | Heinrich Klaasen | SRH | 606+ runs |
| 4th | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | RR | 590+ runs |
| 5th | KL Rahul | DC | 580+ runs |
| 🟣 Purple Cap (Top Wicket Taker) | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | RCB | 24 wickets |
| 2nd (equal) | Kagiso Rabada | GT | 24 wickets |
| 3rd | Eshan Malinga | SRH | 20+ wickets |
| 4th | Anshul Kamboj | CSK | 18+ wickets |
| 5th | Jofra Archer | RR | 17+ wickets |
* Final league stage tallies after Match 70 (24 May 2026). Bhuvneshwar Kumar holds the Purple Cap — level with Kagiso Rabada on 24 wickets but leading on economy (7.71 vs 9.19). Sai Sudharsan leads the Orange Cap race with 638 runs for Gujarat Titans. Both awards will be updated again after the playoffs.
🥇 IPL Winners List – 2008 to 2025
| Year | Champion | Runner-Up | Final Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Rajasthan Royals | Chennai Super Kings | Mumbai |
| 2009 | Deccan Chargers | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Johannesburg |
| 2010 | Chennai Super Kings | Mumbai Indians | Mumbai |
| 2011 | Chennai Super Kings | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Chennai |
| 2012 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Chennai Super Kings | Chennai |
| 2013 | Mumbai Indians | Chennai Super Kings | Kolkata |
| 2014 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Kings XI Punjab | Bengaluru |
| 2015 | Mumbai Indians | Chennai Super Kings | Kolkata |
| 2016 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Bengaluru |
| 2017 | Mumbai Indians | Rising Pune Supergiant | Hyderabad |
| 2018 | Chennai Super Kings | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Mumbai |
| 2019 | Mumbai Indians | Chennai Super Kings | Hyderabad |
| 2020 | Mumbai Indians | Delhi Capitals | Dubai |
| 2021 | Chennai Super Kings | Kolkata Knight Riders | Dubai |
| 2022 | Gujarat Titans | Rajasthan Royals | Ahmedabad |
| 2023 | Chennai Super Kings | Gujarat Titans | Ahmedabad |
| 2024 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Chennai |
| 2025 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Punjab Kings | Ahmedabad |
Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings share the record with 5 IPL titles each. KKR have won 3. RCB lifted their first-ever title in 2025 — a historic moment that the franchise and its fans had waited years for. RCB are now looking to become back-to-back champions in 2026.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Final Word
The IPL 2026 league stage has delivered 70 matches of high-quality, high-drama cricket. Three teams — RCB, GT and SRH — finished on 18 points each, the tightest top-three in IPL history. Rajasthan Royals squeezed through as the fourth qualifier in stunning fashion on the final day. Punjab Kings suffered one of the sport's great collapses — from unbeaten favourites to fifth place and eliminated. Sai Sudharsan's 638-run campaign and Bhuvneshwar Kumar's 24-wicket Purple Cap season are two individual highlights that will be remembered long after the trophy is lifted. The playoffs begin on 26 May with RCB vs GT in Qualifier 1 — two teams who have made the top four together for the first time. Bookmark this page — all playoff results, NRR and cap standings will be updated after every match. And if you want to bet on the IPL 2026 playoffs, get your IPL Betting ID at CricketIdadda — India's most trusted platform since 2012. 🏏