# Indian Premier League 2021 points table

Source: https://cricketin.org/tables/ipl-2021

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Full Indian Premier League 2021 points table: played, won, lost, net run rate, runs for and against, and points for all 8 teams.

Indian Premier League 2021 ended with Delhi Capitals on top of the league table with 20 points from 14 matches. The title went to Chennai Super Kings, who finished the league stage lower and won through the play-offs. 8 teams played 56 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 | [Delhi Capitals](/teams/ipl-delhi-capitals) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0.519 | 2021/247.0 | 1977/258.0 | 20 |
| 2 | [Chennai Super Kings](/teams/ipl-chennai-super-kings) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0.455 | 2368/272.0 | 2218/268.8 | 18 |
| 3 | [Royal Challengers Bangalore](/teams/ipl-royal-challengers-bangalore) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | -0.140 | 2165/273.7 | 2159/268.2 | 18 |
| 4 | [Kolkata Knight Riders](/teams/ipl-kolkata-knight-riders) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0.587 | 2119/259.8 | 2080/274.8 | 14 |
| 5 | [Mumbai Indians](/teams/ipl-mumbai-indians) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0.116 | 2117/265.8 | 2128/271.2 | 14 |
| 6 | [Punjab Kings](/teams/ipl-punjab-kings) | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | -0.001 | 2150/270.2 | 2117/266.0 | 12 |
| 7 | [Rajasthan Royals](/teams/ipl-rajasthan-royals) | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | -0.993 | 2196/276.0 | 2318/259.0 | 10 |
| 8 | [Sunrisers Hyderabad](/teams/ipl-sunrisers-hyderabad) | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | -0.587 | 1918/257.2 | 2057/255.7 | 6 |

Every figure above comes from the 56 league matches of the 2021 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 Delhi Capitals on 0.519 at the top to Sunrisers Hyderabad on -0.587 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.

[our guide to net run rate](/guides/how-net-run-rate-works)

## Other tables

- [Indian Premier League 2009/10 table](/tables/ipl-2009-10)
- [Indian Premier League 2013 table](/tables/ipl-2013)
- [Indian Premier League 2014 table](/tables/ipl-2014)
- [Indian Premier League 2016 table](/tables/ipl-2016)
- [Indian Premier League 2018 table](/tables/ipl-2018)
- [Indian Premier League 2019 table](/tables/ipl-2019)
- [Indian Premier League 2020/21 table](/tables/ipl-2020-21)
- [Indian Premier League 2022 table](/tables/ipl-2022)
- [Indian Premier League 2023 table](/tables/ipl-2023)
- [Indian Premier League 2026 table](/tables/ipl-2026)

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