| P | Matches Played |
| W | Matches Won |
| D | Matches Drawn |
| L | Matches Lost |
| GF | Goals For (Goals scored by a team) |
| GA | Goals Against (Goals conceded by a team) |
| GD | Goal Difference |
| Pts | Total Points |
The last position of the Club in the league table (when all Clubs have played all their League Matches) is chosen in this ranking:
1. Most numbers of points received in all league Matches
2. If two or more Clubs are similar on the basis of the above criteria, their place shall be chosen as follows:
– The most number of points acquired in the league Matches between the clubs concerned
– Superior goal difference resulting from league matches between the clubs concerned
– The most number of goals scored in the league matches between the clubs concerned
– Superior goal difference in all league matches
– The most number of goals achieved in all the league matches
– Highest fair play ranking
– Drawing of lots by league
3. The top two teams at the end of the league stage will directly qualify for the semi-finals. Teams finishing between 3rd and 6th will feature in a single-leg playoff to decide the other two semi-finalists.
Eliminator 1 – to be played by 3rd vs 6th placed team on the League Standings after the last league stage match
Eliminator 2 – to be played by the 4th vs 5th placed team on the League Standings after the last league stage match
Semi-final 1 – 1st leg – to be played by 1st vs winner of Eliminator 2 (played by 4th vs 5th)
Semi-final 2 – 1st leg – to be played by 2nd vs winner of Eliminator 1 (played by 3rd vs 6th)
Semi-final 1 – 2nd leg
Semi-final 2 – 2nd leg
Indian Super League Teams
| Club | City | First | Last/ Latest |
Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATK | Kolkata, West Bengal | 2014 | 2019–20 | 2nd |
| ATK Mohun Bagan | Kolkata, West Bengal | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2nd |
| Bengaluru | Bangalore, Karnataka | 2017–18 | 2021–22 | 1st |
| Chennaiyin | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | 2014 | 2021–22 | 1st |
| East Bengal | Kolkata, West Bengal | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 9th |
| Goa | Margao, Goa | 2014 | 2021–22 | 1st |
| Hyderabad | Hyderabad, Telangana | 2019–20 | 2021–22 | 2nd |
| Jamshedpur | Jamshedpur, Jharkhand | 2017–18 | 2021–22 | 1st |
| Kerala Blasters | Kochi, Kerala | 2014 | 2021–22 | 2nd |
| Mumbai City | Mumbai, Maharashtra | 2014 | 2021–22 | 1st |
| NorthEast United | Guwahati, Assam | 2014 | 2021–22 | 3rd |
| Odisha[a] | Bhubaneswar, Odisha | 2014 | 2021–22 | 3rd |
| Pune City | Pune, Maharashtra | 2014 | 2018–19 | 4th |