The world's highest-attended T20 franchise league, launched by the BCCI in 2008. Ten city franchises compete each spring in a double round-robin group stage, followed by a four-team playoff. Rosters are rebuilt annually through the IPL auction, meaning a franchise's identity and city count more than any squad continuity.
Our odds for the 2027 title.
2027 · Starts 1 Apr 2027
Everyone else11%
Favourite strengthEvery title race
Rating after every match since 2008; 1500 is average, higher is stronger.
Every franchise starts at 1500; an expansion side starts at the league mean. Each match moves both ratings by 16 times the surprise, with a 25 point home edge at grounds that are not neutral, and ratings regress 50% of the way to 1500 each season. No result matches do not count. A Super Over decides the winner at the smallest margin bonus. Parameters were fitted on 2008 to 2025 by log loss: 0.6921against 0.6931 for a coin flip, so IPL matches are close to coin flips and the edge is small. Last season is end of season to end of season. Deccan Chargers and Sunrisers Hyderabad are separate franchises.
The ten highest ratings any franchise reached in one season.
Seasons 2008–2026. Source: IPL / BCCI official records. Elo built from the Wikipedia season pages (the 2009 matches from its raw page text) and checked against every season's standings.
