The World Test Championship (WTC)'s 2025-27 is well underway and has seen the previous champions Australia dominate the race for their second title. They ended the Ashes 2025-26 against England with a superlative 4-1 finish to the series. Having already maintained an unassailable lead, the Aussies came into the New Year's Test with high level of confidence. The match went into the fifth day, as the hosts clinched the last match of the series by five wickets. The Australians have lost only one match in the cycle so far, and sit comfortably at the top.
On the second place are the New Zealanders, who completed their series against the West Indies with a 2-0 finish, maintaining a points' percentage of 77.78 after the three-match assignment. The BlackCaps are closely followed by South Africa, the reigning champions. They have played four matches in the cycle, and won three of them to collect 36 points. Their most recent win had come during the whitewash against India, where they won the Guwahati Test quite comprehensively. To start their title defence, the Proteas had faced Pakistan in a two-match series, where they won and lost one match.
The next three teams in the standings are Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and India. The Lankan Lions have played only two matches thus far, both of which came against Bangladesh. The series ended 1-0, as the Lankans boast a points' percentage of 66.67. Pakistan, on the other hand, have only faced the Proteas thus far, and have a PCT of 50.00. Two-time runners-up India started the cycle with a lot of promise, but faltered a little thereafter, losing 0-2 to the South Africans in a home series. With 52 points to their name after nine matches, the Shubman Gill-led side finds itself at the sixth spot.
The biggest heartbreak at the beginning of the cycle went to England. Driven by the revolutionary Bazball method of play, England have gone on to win only three out of the ten matches in the ongoing cycle. The Ben Stokes-led side won a couple of games during the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy and the Ashes saw them winning the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. However, they carry a PCT of only 31.67, which is quite disappointing and the climb to a top-two finish is going to be a daunting task.
Bangladesh (eighth) and the West Indies (ninth) are the bottom-toddlers on the points table. Both the sides haven't managed to win a single game in the ongoing cycle. Bangladesh played their only assignment against the island nation to 0-1, after drawing the Galle Test match. The Caribbeans, on the other hand, played the BlackCaps in an away series, where they drew one match, but lost the other two.
| Rank | Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | Drawn | NR | Points | PCT |
| 1 | Australia | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 87.50 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 77.78 |
| 3 | South Africa | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 75.00 |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 66.67 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 50.00 |
| 6 | India | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 48.15 |
| 7 | England | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 31.67 |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16.67 |
| 9 | West Indies | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.17 |
*Last updated on Thursday, January 8 after the completion of the fifth Ashes Test between Australia and England at the Sydney Cricket Ground.