Net Run Rate (NRR) Calculator
Use our net run rate calculator to calculate NRR in cricket tournaments using runs scored, overs faced, runs conceded, and overs bowled. Includes what net run rate means in cricket, the net run rate formula (cricket), and a net run rate calculation example (including T20).
What Is Net Run Rate in Cricket?
Net run rate (NRR) is a cricket tournament tiebreaker used to rank teams that finish with the same points. It measures how quickly a team scores runs compared to how quickly they allow opponents to score runs.
In simple terms, NRR compares your team’s average runs per over scored to your opponents’ average runs per over scored against you.
A higher net run rate is better. Positive NRR means you score faster than you concede; negative NRR means you concede faster than you score.
Net Run Rate Formula
NRR is calculated as your average run rate minus your opponents’ average run rate across the matches included in the tournament calculation.
Use tournament totals (across matches), not just one match, when calculating table NRR.
In cricket notation, the digit after the dot is balls, not tenths.
Positive NRR indicates the team outscored opponents per over.
How to Calculate Net Run Rate
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Add up total runs your team scored across the matches included in the tournament calculation.
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Add up total overs your team faced while scoring those runs.
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Add up total runs your team conceded across the same matches.
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Add up total overs your team bowled while conceding those runs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Net run rate (NRR) is a tiebreaker metric in cricket tournaments that compares a team’s scoring rate to its conceding rate: average runs per over scored minus average runs per over conceded.
NRR = (total runs scored ÷ total overs faced) − (total runs conceded ÷ total overs bowled), using totals across the matches included in the tournament NRR.
The formula is the same for T20: NRR = (runs scored ÷ overs faced) − (runs conceded ÷ overs bowled). Just ensure overs are entered correctly (balls after the dot are out of 6).
Use tournament totals (sum runs and overs across all group matches included), then apply the NRR formula. Don’t average match-by-match NRR unless the rules explicitly say to.
Because the digit after the dot represents balls. 19.4 means 19 overs and 4 balls, which is 19 + 4/6 = 19.6667 overs.
Yes. Higher (more positive) NRR generally ranks above lower NRR when points are tied.