English Super League (ESL)
English Super League (ESL) is the top-level professional rugby league club competition in the Northern hemisphere, with most teams coming from England. The competition started in 1996, though the national UK competition held before that time, the Rugby Football League Championship First Division, is considered a direct lineage of the competition.
ESL & League Championship Winners List
The first Championship game was in 1896, won by Manningham. In some years there was no Championship final, the team finishing on top of the league table was declared the winner. The club with the most Championship wins is St. Helens, with next best Leeds Rhinos and Wigan Warriors.
| Season | Champions | Score | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | St. Helens | 24–12 | Leeds Rhinos |
| 2021 | St. Helens | 12–10 | Catalans Dragons |
| 2020 | St. Helens | 8–4 | Wigan Warriors |
| 2019 | St. Helens | 23 – 6 | Salford Red Devils |
| 2018 | Wigan Warriors | 12-4 | Warrington Wolves |
| 2017 | Leeds Rhinos | 24–6 | Castleford |
| 2016 | Wigan | 12–6 | Warrington |
| 2015 | Leeds | 22–20 | Wigan |
| 2014 | St. Helens | 14–6 | Wigan |
| 2013 | Wigan | 30–16 | Warrington |
| 2012 | Leeds | 26–18 | Warrington |
| 2011 | Leeds | 32–16 | St. Helens |
| 2010 | Wigan | 22–10 | St. Helens |
| 2009 | Leeds | 18–10 | St. Helens |
| 2008 | Leeds | 24–16 | St. Helens |
| 2007 | Leeds | 33–6 | St. Helens |
| 2006 | St. Helens | 26–4 | Hull |
| 2005 | Bradford | 15–6 | Leeds |
| 2004 | Leeds | 16–8 | Bradford |
| 2003 | Bradford | 25–12 | Wigan |
| 2002 | St. Helens | 19–18 | Bradford |
| 2001 | Bradford | 37–6 | Wigan |
| 2000 | St. Helens | 29–16 | Wigan |
| 1999 | St. Helens | 8–6 | Bradford |
| 1998 | Wigan | 10–4 | Leeds |
| 1997 | Bradford | London | |
| 1996 | St. Helens | Wigan | |
| 1995–96 | Wigan | Leeds | |
| 1994–95 | Wigan | Leeds | |
| 1993–94 | Wigan | Bradford Northern | |
| 1992–93 | Wigan | St. Helens | |
| 1991–92 | Wigan | St. Helens | |
| 1990–91 | Wigan | Widnes | |
| 1989–90 | Wigan | Widnes | |
| 1988–89 | Widnes | Wigan | |
| 1987–88 | Widnes | St. Helens | |
| 1986–87 | Wigan | St. Helens | |
| 1985–86 | Halifax | Wigan | |
| 1984–85 | Hull Kingston Rovers | St. Helens | |
| 1983–84 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull | |
| 1982–83 | Hull | Hull Kingston Rovers | |
| 1981–82 | Leigh | Hull | |
| 1980–81 | Bradford Northern | Warrington | |
| 1979–80 | Bradford Northern | Widnes | |
| 1978–79 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Warrington | |
| 1977–78 | Widnes | Bradford Northern | |
| 1976–77 | Featherstone Rovers | St. Helens | |
| 1975–76 | Salford | Featherstone Rovers | |
| 1974–75 | St. Helens | Wigan | |
| 1973–74 | Salford | St. Helens | |
| 1972–73 | Dewsbury | 22–13 | Leeds |
| 1971–72 | Leeds | 9–5 | St. Helens |
| 1970–71 | St. Helens | 16–12 | Wigan |
| 1969–70 | St. Helens | 24–12 | Leeds |
| 1968–69 | Leeds | 16–14 | Castleford |
| 1967–68 | Wakefield Trinity | 17–10 | Hull Kingston Rovers |
| 1966–67 | Wakefield Trinity | 21-9 | St. Helens |
| 1965–66 | St. Helens | 35–12 | Halifax |
| 1964–65 | Halifax | 15–7 | St. Helens |
| 1963–64 | Swinton | Wigan | |
| 1962–63 | Swinton | St. Helens | |
| 1961–62 | Huddersfield | 14–5 | Wakefield Trinity |
| 1960–61 | Leeds | 25–10 | Warrington |
| 1959–60 | Wigan | 27–3 | Wakefield Trinity |
| 1958–59 | St. Helens | 44–22 | Hunslet |
| 1957–58 | Hull | 20–3 | Workington Town |
| 1956–57 | Oldham | 15–14 | Hull |
| 1955–56 | Hull | 10–9 | Halifax |
| 1954–55 | Warrington | 7–3 | Oldham |
| 1953–54 | Warrington | 8–7 | Halifax |
| 1952–53 | St. Helens | 24–14 | Halifax |
| 1951–52 | Wigan | 13–6 | Bradford Northern |
| 1950–51 | Workington Town | 26–11 | Warrington |
| 1949–50 | Wigan | 20–2 | Huddersfield |
| 1948–49 | Huddersfield | 13–12 | Warrington |
| 1947–48 | Warrington | 15–5 | Bradford Northern |
| 1946–47 | Wigan | Dewsbury | |
| 1945–46 | Wigan | Huddersfield | |
| 1944–45 | Wartime Emergency League | ||
| 1943–44 | Wartime Emergency League | ||
| 1942–43 | Wartime Emergency League | ||
| 1941–42 | Wartime Emergency League | ||
| 1940–41 | County Leagues | ||
| 1939–40 | County Leagues | ||
| 1938–39 | Salford | 8–6 | Castleford |
| 1937–38 | Hunslet | 8–2 | Leeds |
| 1936–37 | Salford | 13–11 | Warrington |
| 1935–36 | Hull | 21–2 | Widnes |
| 1934–35 | Swinton | 14–3 | Warrington |
| 1933–34 | Wigan | 15–3 | Salford |
| 1932–33 | Salford | 15–5 | Swinton |
| 1931–32 | St. Helens | 9–5 | Huddersfield |
| 1930–31 | Swinton | 14–7 | Leeds |
| 1929–30 | Huddersfield | 10–0 | Leeds |
| 1928–29 | Huddersfield | 2–0 | Leeds |
| 1927–28 | Swinton | 11–0 | Featherstone Rovers |
| 1926–27 | Swinton | 13–8 | St Helens Recs |
| 1925–26 | Wigan | 22–10 | Warrington |
| 1924–25 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 9–5 | Swinton |
| 1923–24 | Batley | 13–7 | Wigan |
| 1922–23 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 15–5 | Huddersfield |
| 1921–22 | Wigan | 13–2 | Oldham |
| 1920–21 | Hull | 16–14 | Hull Kingston Rovers |
| 1919–20 | Hull | 3–2 | Huddersfield |
| 1918–19 | County Leagues | ||
| 1914–15 | Huddersfield | 35–2 | Leeds |
| 1913–14 | Salford | 5–3 | Huddersfield |
| 1912–13 | Huddersfield | 29–2 | Wigan |
| 1911–12 | Huddersfield | 13–5 | Wigan |
| 1910–11 | Oldham | 20–7 | Wigan |
| 1909–10 | Oldham | 13–7 | Wigan |
| 1908–09 | Wigan | 7–3 | Oldham |
| 1907–08 | Hunslet | 12–7 | Oldham |
| 1906–07 | Halifax | 18–3 | Oldham |
| 1905–06 | Leigh | Hunslet | |
| 1904–05 | Oldham | Bradford F.C. | |
| 1903–04 | Bradford F.C. | Salford | |
| 1902–03 | Halifax | Salford | |
| 1901–02 | Broughton Rangers | Salford | |
| 1897-1900 | County Leagues | ||
| 1895–96 | Manningham | Halifax |
Related Pages
- More Rugby League Awards & Competitions
- Winners of the Golden Boot Award
- Who is the Greatest Rugby League Player Ever?
- Rugby League Awards & Competitions
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