The rankings are calculated based on contest results over a rolling 36-month period and the ranking points tally is effectively a weighted average of the points earned per contest. The number of contests actually played by each band varies a lot though but the 'busiest band in Britain' title (for contests, at least) goes to Co-operative Funeralcare, with no fewer than 20 contest appearances over the last 3 years!

Of the bands currently ranked in the top-100 of the brassstats.com rankings, 20 of them have contested a minimum of 15 times during the 3-year rankings period as follows:

20 - Co-operative Funeralcare

19 - Flowers, Whitburn, Burry Port

18 - Virtuosi GUS, Woodfalls, City of Cardiff (Melingriffith), Tylorstown

17 - Tredegar, Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel, Aveley & Newham

16 - Cory, Reg Vardy, Thoresby Colliery, Unite the Union, Friary Guildford

15 - Carlton Main Frickley Colliery, Tongwynlais Temperance, EYMS, Kingdom Brass