Men’s Test Team Rankings 2026: Full List & Latest Update

Test team rankings rate every side by points earned per match played, not total wins — so a team that plays fewer matches against strong opposition can rank above one that plays more matches overall. Below is the current top 10, refreshed after every completed Test in the ICC’s rolling ratings model.

Full List: Top 10 ICC Men’s Test Team Rankings (2026)

The table below shows each team’s matches played, total ratings points, and the resulting rating — points divided by matches — which is the actual figure used to rank teams. See the methodology note below the table.

ICC Men’s Test Team Rankings, 2026 — position, team, matches, points and rating

Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	Australia	27	3,411	126
2	South Africa	19	2,256	119
3	New Zealand	22	2,336	106
4	India	29	3,042	105
5	England	32	3,158	99
6	Bangladesh	24	1,878	78
7	Sri Lanka	19	1,434	75
8	Pakistan	19	1,427	75
9	West Indies	27	2,008	74
10	Zimbabwe	13	217	17

Source: ICC Official Test Team Rankings · Data current as of publish date shown above

⚠️ Rankings shift after every completed Test — reconfirm exact figures against the live ICC rankings table before publishing.

How the ICC Team Rating Works

A team’s rating is its total ratings points divided by the number of matches counted in the current window — not simply wins minus losses. Every completed Test adds points to both teams based on the result and each side’s rating at the time of the match, so beating a higher-rated opponent earns more than beating a weaker one. Older results are gradually weighted down and eventually drop out of the calculation entirely, which is why a team’s rating can shift even without playing a new match. Because ratings are shown as rounded whole numbers, two teams can display an identical rating — as Sri Lanka and Pakistan do here — while still being ranked in a strict order based on the unrounded figure underneath.

Notable Movements Since the Last Update

The Test team table is currently settled, with every side holding the same position it did before the last completed round of matches — no rank changes recorded. Australia leads comfortably at the top, with South Africa and New Zealand completing the top 3. Further down, Sri Lanka and Pakistan share an identical displayed rating of 75 at Nos. 7 and 8, separated only by the underlying unrounded figure.

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