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Net Run Rate (NRR) Calculator

Work out a team’s net run rate for any league or tournament. Enter the runs and overs for every completed match, tick the box if a side was bowled out, and the calculator applies the ICC method automatically. It works for T20, ODI and any custom number of overs.

Match 1

Your team batted

Opponent batted

Match 2

Your team batted

Opponent batted

Result

Enter at least one completed match to see the net run rate.

How net run rate works

Net run rate (NRR) measures how quickly a team scores compared with how quickly its opponents score against it, across a whole tournament. It is mainly used to separate teams that finish level on points.

NRR = (total runs scored ÷ total overs faced) − (total runs conceded ÷ total overs bowled)

The totals are added up first and divided once. Averaging the run rate from each match gives a different, wrong answer, because longer innings must carry more weight.

Worked example

Team A plays two T20 matches. In the first it scores 180/6 in 20 overs and bowls Team B out for 150 in 18.2 overs. In the second it is bowled out for 140 in 19 overs and Team C chases 141 in 17.3 overs.

  • Runs scored: 180 + 140 = 320 in 20 + 20 overs (the all-out innings counts as 20) = 40 overs. Rate 8.000.
  • Runs conceded: 150 + 141 = 291 in 20 (Team B was all out) + 17.5 overs (17.3 is 17 overs 3 balls) = 37.5 overs. Rate 7.760.
  • Net run rate: 8.000 − 7.760 = +0.240.

Press Load example above to see the same numbers in the calculator.

Three things that often go wrong

  1. Overs are not decimals. 17.3 overs means 17 overs and 3 balls, or 17.5 in decimal terms. Typing 17.3 into an ordinary calculator understates the overs.
  2. All out means the full quota. A side bowled out early is charged with the full number of overs, which hurts its run rate.
  3. Only completed matches count. No-result matches are normally left out completely.

Want to know what a team needs during a chase instead? Use the run rate and required run rate calculator. For the wider rules of the game, see our cricket rules guide.

NRR FAQs

Net run rate: common questions

Net run rate is a team’s run rate for the tournament minus the run rate scored against it. Add up all the runs the team scored and divide by all the overs it faced. Then add up all the runs scored against it and divide by all the overs it bowled. Subtract the second figure from the first.

This calculator follows the standard method used in ICC events. Individual tournaments can set their own playing conditions, so check the official rules of the competition for tie-breaks and rain-affected matches.