Net Run Rate Calculator
Work out a team's net run rate (NRR) for a league table or tournament. Enter the runs scored and the overs faced, then the runs conceded and the overs bowled — over a single match or the whole tournament.
Full quota if all out.
Full quota if they were all out.
What is net run rate?
Net run rate (NRR) measures how much faster a team scores than it concedes. It's worked out over a whole tournament and is the usual tiebreaker when teams finish level on points: the side with the higher NRR ranks above the other. A positive number means a team outscores its opponents over time; a negative number means it's being outscored.
How to calculate net run rate
The formula compares two run rates: NRR = (runs scored ÷ overs faced) − (runs conceded ÷ overs bowled). For a league table you use the running totals across every match, not a single game.
- Add up the runs scored and overs faced across your matches.
- Add up the runs conceded and overs bowled.
- Subtract the conceding rate from the scoring rate — the result is your NRR.
The all-out rule
There's one important quirk: when a team is bowled out before its overs are up, NRR still uses the full quota of overs, not the overs actually faced. A side all out for 120 in 35 of a 50-over match counts as 120 from 50 overs. So if either innings ended in an all-out, enter the full quota in the overs field rather than the overs bowled.
Net run rate example
A team scores 200 from its 50 overs and later restricts the opposition to 180 from 50 overs. Its scoring rate is 200 ÷ 50 = 4.00 and its conceding rate is 180 ÷ 50 = 3.60, so its net run rate is 4.00 − 3.60 = +0.40. Enter the same numbers above to see it, then keep adding each match's totals to track NRR across the tournament.
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