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 season's 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. SeasonLeague Leaguers 1895–96 Manningham1896–1901: County Championships 1901–02 Broughton Rangers 1902–03 Halifax 1903–04 Bradford F.C. 1904–05 Oldham 1905–06 Leigh 1906–07 Halifax 1907–08 Oldham 1908–09 Wigan 1909–10 Oldham 1910–11 Wigan 1911–12 Huddersfield 1912–13 Huddersfield 1913–14 Huddersfield 1914–15 Huddersfield 1915–1918: Official competition suspended due to First World War 1918–19 County Championship 1919–20 Huddersfield 1920–21 Hull Kingston Rovers 1921–22 Oldham1922–23 Hull F.C.1923–24 Wigan1924–25 Swinton1925–26 Wigan1926–27 St Helens Recs1927–28 Swinton1928–29 Huddersfield1929–30 St Helens1930–31 Swinton1931–32 Huddersfield1932–33 Salford1933–34 Salford1934–35 Swinton1935–36 Hull F.C.1936–37 Salford1937–38 Hunslet1938–39 Salford 1939–1945 Official competition suspended due to Second World War1945–46 Wigan1946–47 Wigan1947–48 Wigan1948–49 Warrington1949–50 Wigan1950–51 Warrington1951–52 Bradford Northern1952–53 St. Helens1953–54 Halifax1954–55 Warrington1955–56 Warrington1956–57 Oldham1957–58 Oldham1958–59 St. Helens1959–60 St. Helens1960–61 Leeds1961–62 Wigan1962–63 Swinton1963–64 Swinton1964–65 St. Helens1965–66 St. Helens1966–67 Leeds1967–68 Leeds1968–69 Leeds1969–70 Leeds1970–71 Wigan1971–72 Leeds1972–73 Warrington 1973–74 Salford 1974–75 St. Helens 1975–76 Salford 1976–77 Featherstone Rovers 1977–78 Widnes 1978–79 Hull Kingston Rovers 1979–80 Bradford Northern 1980–81 Bradford Northern 1981–82 Leigh 1982–83 Hull F.C. 1983–84 Hull Kingston Rovers 1984–85 Hull Kingston Rovers 1985–86 Halifax 1986–87 Wigan 1987–88 Widnes 1988–89 Widnes 1989–90 Wigan 1990–91 Wigan 1991–92 Wigan 1992–93 Wigan 1993–94 Wigan 1994–95 Wigan 1995–96 Wigan 1996 St. Helens 1997 Bradford 1998 Wigan 1999 Bradford 2000 Wigan 2001 Bradford 2002 St. Helens 2003 Bradford 2004 Leeds 2005 St. Helens 2006 St. Helens 2007 St. Helens 2008 St. Helens 2009 Leeds 2010 Wigan 2011 Warrington 2012 Wigan 2013 Huddersfield 2014 St. Helens 2015 Leeds 2016 Warrington 2017 Castleford 2018 St. Helens 2019 St. Helens 2020 Wigan 2021 Catalans 2022 St Helens 2023 Wigan 2024 Wigan 2025 Hull Kingston Rovers 2026 Wigan

See also

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

References