List of British rugby league league leaders

The following is a list of teams that finished in first place of the top division in each year of British rugby league. From 1895 until 1996 this was the Rugby Football League Championship First Division. From 1996 this has been Super League. Since 2003, teams finishing first in regular season have been awarded the League Leaders' Shield. Since its inception the league has had multiple different ways of organising its structure and the ultimate winner of the competition. Due to these structural changes, primarily involving the periodic inclusion and non-inclusion of a playoff system, the team that finished first in regular season have not always been champions. The longest era of the league winners also being crowned champions was between 1973 and 1997. Between 1973 and 1997 a distinct Play-off competition, the Rugby League Premiership, was held which preceded the return to the play off and grand final format. A list of each seasons champions can be found at List of British rugby league champions.

List

Teams that have been declared champions based on league position, and hence not by playoffs, are denoted in bold.

Season
	League Leaguers
1895–96	File:Brisbane colours.svg Manningham
1896–1901: County Championships
1901–02	File:Cronulla colours.svg Broughton Rangers
1902–03	File:Faxcolours.svg Halifax
1903–04	File:Bullscolours.svg Bradford F.C.
1904–05	File:Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham
1905–06	File:Leigh colours.svg Leigh
1906–07	File:Faxcolours.svg Halifax
1907–08	File:Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham
1908–09	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan
1909–10	File:Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham
1910–11	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan
1911–12	File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield
1912–13	File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield
1913–14	File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield
1914–15	File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield
1915–1918: Official competition suspended due to First World War
1918–19 County Championship
1919–20	File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield
1920–21	File:HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers
1921–22	File:Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham
1922–23	File:Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C.
1923–24	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan
1924–25	File:Swintoncolours.svg Swinton
1925–26	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan
1926–27	File:Port Moresby Vipers Colours.svg St Helens Recs
1927–28	File:Swintoncolours.svg Swinton
1928–29	File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield
1929–30	File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens
1930–31	File:Swintoncolours.svg Swinton
1931–32	File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield
1932–33	File:Redscolours.svg Salford
1933–34	File:Redscolours.svg Salford
1934–35	File:Swintoncolours.svg Swinton
1935–36	File:Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C.
1936–37	File:Redscolours.svg Salford
1937–38	File:Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet
1938–39	File:Redscolours.svg Salford
1939–1945 Official competition suspended due to Second World War
1945–46	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan
1946–47	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan
1947–48	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan
1948–49	File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington
1949–50	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan
1950–51	File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington
1951–52	File:Bullscolours.svg Bradford Northern
1952–53	File:Saintscolours.svg St. Helens
1953–54	File:Faxcolours.svg Halifax
1954–55	File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington
1955–56	File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington
1956–57	File:Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham
1957–58	File:Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham
1958–59	File:Saintscolours.svg St. Helens
1959–60	File:Saintscolours.svg St. Helens
1960–61	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds
1961–62	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan
1962–63	File:Swintoncolours.svg Swinton
1963–64	File:Swintoncolours.svg Swinton
1964–65	File:Saintscolours.svg St. Helens
1965–66	File:Saintscolours.svg St. Helens
1966–67	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds
1967–68	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds
1968–69	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds
1969–70	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds
1970–71	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan
1971–72	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds
1972–73	File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington
1973–74	File:Redscolours.svg Salford
1974–75	File:Saintscolours.svg St. Helens
1975–76	File:Redscolours.svg Salford
1976–77	File:Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers
1977–78	File:Widnes colours.svg Widnes
1978–79	File:HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers
1979–80	File:Bullscolours.svg Bradford Northern
1980–81	File:Bullscolours.svg Bradford Northern
1981–82	File:Leigh colours.svg Leigh
1982–83	File:Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C.
1983–84	File:HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers
1984–85	File:HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers
1985–86	File:Faxcolours.svg Halifax
1986–87	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan
1987–88	File:Widnes colours.svg Widnes
1988–89	File:Widnes colours.svg Widnes
1989–90	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan
1990–91	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan
1991–92	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan
1992–93	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan
1993–94	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan
1994–95	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan
1995–96	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan
1996	File:Saintscolours.svg St. Helens
1997	File:Bullscolours.svg Bradford
1998	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan
1999	File:Bullscolours.svg Bradford
2000	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan
2001	File:Bullscolours.svg Bradford
2002	File:Saintscolours.svg St. Helens
2003	File:Bullscolours.svg Bradford
2004	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds
2005	File:Saintscolours.svg St. Helens
2006	File:Saintscolours.svg St. Helens
2007	File:Saintscolours.svg St. Helens
2008	File:Saintscolours.svg St. Helens
2009	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds
2010	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan
2011	File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington
2012	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan
2013	File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield
2014	File:Saintscolours.svg St. Helens
2015	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds
2016	File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington
2017	File:Castleford colours.svg Castleford
2018	File:Saintscolours.svg St. Helens
2019	File:Saintscolours.svg St. Helens
2020	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan
2021	File:Catalanscolours.svg Catalans
2022	File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens
2023	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan

See also

• List of British rugby league champions
• League Leaders' Shield
• Minor premiership - Australian equivalent

References

1. "Calendar - RugbyLeagueProject". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2023-10-07.