The Wigan Warriors are an English professional rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club was formed in 1872, and was a founder member of the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895.
The club is the most successful in the history of world rugby league, winning 22 league championships (four in the Super League era), the Challenge Cup 20 times (including eight consecutive wins between 1988 and 1995) the World Club Challenge four times and over 100 honours in total. The club has also only been relegated once in its history (in 1979–80).
Season | League | Play-offs[1] | Challenge Cup | Lancashire Cup | League Cup | Other Competitions | Name | Tries | Name | Points | ||||||||||
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Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Top try scorer[2] | Top point scorer[3] | ||||||||||
1895–96 | NRFU | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 245 | 147 | 45 | 10th | Teddy Flowers | 11 | Teddy Flowers | 45 | |||||||
1896–97 | LSC | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 73 | 118 | 23 | 11th | R3 | F Foster | 3 | Jimmy Walkden | 22 | ||||||
1897–98 | LSC | 26 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 124 | 173 | 23 | 6th | R1 | Billy Rhoden | 8 | John Timoney | 27 | ||||||
1898–99 | LSC | 26 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 66 | 238 | 10 | 13th | R2 | John Timoney | 4 | John Winstanley | 18 | ||||||
1899–1900 | LSC | 26 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 73 | 230 | 15 | 13th | R1 | Tom Nicholson Tom White | 5 | Tom White | 16 | ||||||
1900–01 | LSC | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 98 | 227 | 19 | 9th | R1 | Jimmy Barr George Rigby | 5 | George Rigby | 17 | ||||||
1901–02 | LSC | n/a[4] | 42 | 1st[5] | R2 | Jimmy Barr | 29 | Jimmy Barr | 89 | |||||||||||
1902–03 | NRFU-1 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 125 | 174 | 26 | 16th | R2 | Jimmy Barr | 5 | Dicky Rothwell | 35 | ||||||
1903–04 | NRFU-1 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 177 | 174 | 28 | 10th | R2 | Jim Leytham | 15 | Jim Leytham | 47 | ||||||
1904–05 | NRFU-1 | 34 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 230 | 195 | 37 | 7th[6] | QF | Jim Leytham | 18 | Jim Leytham | 72 | ||||||
1905–06 | NRFU | 34 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 441 | 167 | 45 | 6th | R1 | W | Jim Leytham | 36 | Jim Leytham | 144 | |||||
1906–07 | NRFU | 34 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 656 | 278 | 47 | 5th | R2 | R1 | Jim Leytham | 31 | Jim Leytham | 187 | |||||
1907–08 | NRFU | 32 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 501 | 181 | 47 | 4th | SF | R2 | R2 | Jim Leytham | 38 | Jim Leytham | 172 | ||||
1908–09 | NRFU | 32 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 706 | 207 | 56 | 1st | W | SF | W | Joe Miller | 47 | Jim Leytham | 253 | ||||
1909–10 | NRFU | 30 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 545 | 169 | 47 | 3rd | RU | R2 | W | Jim Leytham | 47 | Jim Leytham | 225 | ||||
1910–11 | NRFU | 34 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 650 | 205 | 57 | 1st | RU | RU | R1 | Joe Miller | 33 | Jim Leytham | 150 | ||||
1911–12 | NRFU | 34 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 483 | 215 | 55 | 2nd | RU | R2 | SF | Lance Todd | 21 | Johnny Thomas | 78 | ||||
1912–13 | NRFU | 34 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 702 | 249 | 56 | 2nd | RU | QF | W | Lew Bradley | 37 | Johnny Thomas | 194 | ||||
1913–14 | NRFU | 34 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 676 | 252 | 52 | 3rd | SF | QF | RU | Lew Bradley | 39 | Johnny Thomas | 190 | ||||
1914–15 | NRFU | 32 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 679 | 206 | 51 | 2nd | SF | SF | RU | Billy Curran | 44 | Johnny Thomas | 169 | ||||
1915–16[7] | WEL | 33 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 306 | 191 | 45 | 4th | Vince Smith | 13 | Bill Jolley | 72 | |||||||
1916–17 | WEL | 32 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 340 | 168 | 42 | 5th | Vince Smith | 20 | Bill Jolley | 64 | |||||||
1917–18 | WEL | 35 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 331 | 210 | 42 | 9th | Vince Smith | 26 | Bill Jolley | 82 | |||||||
1918–19 | WEL | n/a[8] | Vince Smith | 5 | Vince Smith | 15 | ||||||||||||||
1919 | LANC | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 164 | 87 | 15 | 3rd | SF | John Blan | 11 | John Blan | 47 | ||||||
1919–20 | NRFU | 32 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 281 | 266 | 31 | 13th | RU | R2 | Harry Hall | 17 | Bill Jolley | 74 | |||||
1920–21 | NRFU | 34 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 435 | 238 | 47 | 4th | SF | R1 | R2 | Tommy Howley | 19 | Tommy Howley | 91 | ||||
1921–22 | NRFU | 32 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 446 | 159 | 45 | 2nd | W | SF | R1 | Tom Coles | 22 | Jim Sullivan | 201 | ||||
1922–23 | RFL | 36 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 721 | 262 | 52 | 5th | SF | W | Johnny Ring | 41 | Jim Sullivan | 341 | |||||
1923–24 | RFL | 38 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 824 | 228 | 62 | 1st | RU | W | R2 | Johnny Ring | 48 | Jim Sullivan | 305 | ||||
1924–25 | RFL | 36 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 784 | 258 | 55 | 3rd | SF | R2 | R1 | Johnny Ring | 52 | Jim Sullivan | 270 | ||||
1925–26 | RFL | 38 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 641 | 310 | 61 | 1st | W | R2 | RU | Johnny Ring | 62 | Jim Sullivan | 263 | ||||
1926–27 | RFL | 40 | 29 | 0 | 11 | 691 | 366 | 58 | 3rd | SF | R2 | R1 | Johnny Ring | 48 | Jim Sullivan | 277 | ||||
1927–28 | RFL | 40 | 24 | 0 | 16 | 601 | 345 | 48 | 8th | R1 | RU | Lou Brown | 27 | Jim Sullivan | 193 | |||||
1928–29 | RFL | 38 | 26 | 1 | 11 | 636 | 308 | 53 | 5th | W | W | Lou Brown | 44 | Jim Sullivan | 192 | |||||
1929–30 | RFL | 38 | 23 | 1 | 14 | 590 | 303 | 47 | 7th | SF | R1 | Lou Brown | 32 | Jim Sullivan | 182 | |||||
1930–31 | RFL | 38 | 28 | 2 | 8 | 657 | 199 | 58 | 3rd | SF | R1 | RU | Bob Brown Johnny Ring | 33 | Jim Sullivan | 242 | ||||
1931–32 | RFL | 38 | 22 | 2 | 14 | 559 | 361 | 46 | 7th | QF | R2 | Gwynne Davies Dicky Twose | 13 | Jim Sullivan | 243 | |||||
1932–33 | RFL | 38 | 25 | 2 | 11 | 717 | 411 | 52 | 4th | SF | QF | SF | Jack Morley | 47 | Jim Sullivan | 291 | ||||
1933–34 | RFL | 38 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 739 | 334 | 52 | 2nd | W | R2 | SF | Jack Morley | 43 | Jim Sullivan | 336 | ||||
1934–35 | RFL | 38 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 790 | 290 | 56 | 3rd | SF | QF | RU | Jack Morley | 48 | Jim Sullivan | 340 | ||||
1935–36 | RFL | 38 | 25 | 1 | 12 | 543 | 328 | 51 | 4th | SF | QF | RU | Alf Ellaby | 38 | Jim Sullivan | 227 | ||||
1936–37 | RFL | 38 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 591 | 336 | 52 | 5th | SF | RU | Jack Morley | 20 | Jim Sullivan | 246 | |||||
1937–38 | RFL | 36 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 478 | 329 | 45 | 9th | R1 | R2 | Eddie Holder | 21 | Jim Sullivan | 223 | |||||
1938–39 | RFL | 40 | 25 | 0 | 15 | 566 | 365 | 50 | 9th | SF | W | Jack Morley | 27 | Jim Sullivan | 250 | |||||
1939–40 | RFL | n/a[9] | ||||||||||||||||||
1939–40[10] | WEL | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 301 | 157 | 33 | 3rd | R2 | Johnny Lawrenson | 22 | Jim Sullivan | 129 | ||||||
1940–41 | WEL | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 297 | 71 | 31 | 1st | RU | R2 | R1[11] | Johnny Lawrenson | 18 | Johnny Lawrenson | 74 | ||||
1941–42 | WEL | 20 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 241 | 207 | 22 | 6th | SF | SF | Johnny Lawrenson | 22 | Johnny Lawrenson | 118 | |||||
1942–43 | WEL | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 301 | 141 | 26 | 1st | SF | R1 | SF | George Aspinall | 16 | Jim Sullivan | 96 | ||||
1943–44 | WEL | 21 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 302 | 143 | 34 | 2nd | W | RU | R2 | Johnny Lawrenson | 19 | Johnny Lawrenson | 103 | ||||
1944–45 | WEL | 24 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 302 | 138 | 35 | 4th | SF | R1 | SF | Johnny Lawrenson | 16 | Johnny Lawrenson | 80 | ||||
1945–46 | RFL | 36 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 783 | 219 | 60 | 1st | W | RU | RU | Gordon Ratcliffe Jack Taylor | 28 | Ted Ward | 115 | ||||
1946–47 | RFL | 36 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 567 | 196 | 59 | 1st | W | QF | W | Ernie Ashcroft | 34 | Johnny Lawrenson | 159 | ||||
1947–48 | RFL | 36 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 776 | 258 | 63 | 1st | SF | W | W | Gordon Ratcliffe | 45 | Ted Ward | 279 | ||||
1948–49 | RFL | 36 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 802 | 286 | 57 | 2nd | SF | QF | W | Gordon Ratcliffe | 35 | Ted Ward | 343 | ||||
1949–50 | RFL | 36 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 853 | 320 | 63 | 1st | W | R2 | W | Brian Nordgren | 57 | Ken Gee | 269 | ||||
1950–51 | RFL | 36 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 774 | 288 | 59 | 2nd | SF | W | W | Brian Nordgren | 42 | Ken Gee | 176 | ||||
1951–52 | RFL | 36 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 750 | 296 | 55 | 2nd | W | QF | W | Brian Nordgren | 39 | Ken Gee | 225 | ||||
1952–53 | RFL | 36 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 673 | 414 | 40 | 11th | SF | R2 | Brian Nordgren | 47 | Ken Gee | 177 | |||||
1953–54 | RFL | 36 | 23 | 1 | 12 | 688 | 392 | 47 | 7th | QF | RU | Brian Nordgren | 25 | Jack Cunliffe | 134 | |||||
1954–55 | RFL | 36 | 26 | 1 | 9 | 643 | 328 | 53 | 5th | R1 | R1 | Billy Boston | 31 | Brian Nordgren | 224 | |||||
1955–56 | RFL | 34 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 596 | 402 | 46 | 5th | SF | R1 | ITV Floodlit Trophy | R1 | Billy Boston | 43 | Eric Ashton | 164 | |||
1956–57 | RFL | 38 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 750 | 417 | 52 | 6th | R1 | R1 | Billy Boston | 50 | Eric Ashton | 244 | |||||
1957–58 | RFL | 38 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 815 | 430 | 54 | 5th | W | RU | Billy Boston | 41 | Jack Cunliffe | 232 | |||||
1958–59 | RFL | 38 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 894 | 491 | 58 | 2nd | SF | W | R2 | Billy Boston | 54 | Fred Griffiths | 394 | ||||
1959–60 | RFL | 38 | 27 | 2 | 9 | 828 | 390 | 56 | 4th | W | QF | SF | Billy Boston | 46 | Fred Griffiths | 267 | ||||
1960–61 | RFL | 36 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 689 | 334 | 52 | 5th | RU | R2 | Billy Boston | 35 | Fred Griffiths | 274 | |||||
1961–62 | RFL | 36 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 885 | 283 | 65 | 1st | SF | QF | R2 | Billy Boston | 49 | Fred Griffiths | 370 | ||||
1962–63 | RFL-1 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 476 | 393 | 30 | 8th | RU | R2 | Frank Carlton | 23 | Fred Griffiths | 132 | |||||
1963–64 | RFL-1 | 30 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 530 | 294 | 44 | 2nd | R1 | R2 | Trevor Lake | 43 | Laurie Gilfedder | 259 | |||||
1964–65 | RFL | 34 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 626 | 260 | 52 | 2nd | R1 | W | R2 | Trevor Lake | 40 | Laurie Gilfedder | 236 | ||||
1965–66 | RFL | 34 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 604 | 302 | 54 | 3rd | SF | RU | R2 | Trevor Lake | 32 | Laurie Gilfedder | 216 | ||||
1966–67 | RFL | 34 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 513 | 456 | 34 | 17th | R2 | W | Billy Boston | 18 | Eric Ashton | 112 | |||||
1967–68 | RFL | 34 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 602 | 350 | 42 | 11th | SF | SF | R1 | BBC2 Floodlit Trophy | SF | Bill Francis | 29 | Colin Tyrer | 290 | ||
1968–69 | RFL | 34 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 732 | 368 | 52 | 3rd | R2 | R2 | R1 | BBC2 Floodlit Trophy | W | Bill Francis | 40 | Colin Tyrer | 315 | ||
1969–70 | RFL | 34 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 698 | 420 | 46 | 4th | R1 | RU | SF | BBC2 Floodlit Trophy | RU | David Hill | 31 | Colin Tyrer | 385 | ||
1970–71 | RFL | 34 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 662 | 308 | 60 | 1st | RU | R2 | SF | BBC2 Floodlit Trophy | SF | Stuart Wright | 30 | Colin Tyrer | 275 | ||
1971–72 | RFL | 34 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 702 | 314 | 50 | 4th | R2 | R2 | W | QF | BBC2 Floodlit Trophy | R1 | Stuart Wright | 30 | Colin Tyrer | 275 | |
1972–73 | RFL | 34 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 577 | 491 | 35 | 16th | R1 | QF | SF | R1 | BBC2 Floodlit Trophy | R2 | Warren Ayres | 15 | Colin Tyrer | 189 | |
1973–74 | RFL-1 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 427 | 364 | 27 | 11th | R1 | QF | W | R2 | BBC2 Floodlit Trophy | Prelim | Warren Ayres | 20 | John Gray | 144 | |
Captain Morgan Trophy | R1 | |||||||||||||||||||
1974–75 | RFL-1 | 30 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 517 | 341 | 42 | 2nd | SF | R2 | R1 | R2 | BBC2 Floodlit Trophy | R1 | Stuart Wright | 17 | George Fairbairn | 149 | |
1975–76 | RFL-1 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 514 | 399 | 39 | 5th | R1 | R2 | R2 | R2 | BBC2 Floodlit Trophy | R2 | Stuart Wright | 19 | George Fairbairn | 231 | |
1976–77 | RFL-1 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 463 | 416 | 32 | 7th | R1 | R2 | R2 | R2 | BBC2 Floodlit Trophy | R2 | Green Vigo | 18 | George Fairbairn | 180 | |
1977–78 | RFL-1 | 30 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 482 | 435 | 35 | 5th | R1 | R2 | RU | QF | BBC2 Floodlit Trophy | R1 | Green Vigo | 27 | George Fairbairn | 127 | |
1978–79 | RFL-1 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 484 | 411 | 33 | 6th | SF | R2 | R1 | R2 | BBC2 Floodlit Trophy | R1[12] | Keiron O'Loughlin | 20 | George Fairbairn | 159 | |
1979–80 | RFL-1 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 366 | 523 | 21 | 13th | R1 | R1 | R2 | BBC2 Floodlit Trophy | R1 | Jimmy Hornby | 11 | George Fairbairn | 172 | ||
1980–81 | RFL-2 | 28 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 597 | 293 | 43 | 2nd | R1 | RU | R1 | Dennis Ramsdale | 19 | George Fairbairn | 183 | ||||
1981–82 | RFL-1 | 30 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 424 | 435 | 24 | 11th | R2 | R2 | R1 | Henderson Gill | 12 | Colin Whitfield | 156 | ||||
1982–83 | RFL-1 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 482 | 270 | 43 | 3rd | R1 | R1 | R2 | W | Henderson Gill | 18 | Colin Whitfield | 239 | |||
1983–84 | RFL-1 | 30 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 533 | 465 | 32 | 9th | RU | R1 | QF | Henderson Gill | 16 | Colin Whitfield | 291 | ||||
1984–85 | RFL-1 | 30 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 720 | 459 | 43 | 3rd | SF | W | RU | R2 | Henderson Gill | 33 | Colin Whitfield | 191 | |||
1985–86 | RFL-1 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 776 | 300 | 43 | 2nd | SF | QF | W | W | Charity Shield | W | Ellery Hanley | 35 | David Stephenson | 320 | |
1986–87 | RFL-1 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 941 | 193 | 56 | 1st | W | R1 | W | W | Ellery Hanley | 59 | Henderson Gill | 264 | |||
1987–88 | RFL-1 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 621 | 327 | 36 | 3rd | R1 | W | W | SF | Charity Shield | W | Ellery Hanley | 31 | David Stephenson | 138 | |
World Club Challenge | W | |||||||||||||||||||
1988–89 | RFL-1 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 543 | 434 | 38 | 2nd | R1 | W | W | W | Charity Shield | RU | Ellery Hanley | 25 | Joe Lydon | 210 | |
1989–90 | RFL-1 | 26 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 699 | 349 | 40 | 1st | R2 | W | SF | W | Charity Shield | RU | Mark Preston | 32 | Joe Lydon | 206 | |
1990–91 | RFL-1 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 652 | 313 | 42 | 1st | R1 | W | R2 | QF | Charity Shield | RU | Ellery Hanley | 29 | Frano Botica | 324 | |
1991–92 | RFL-1 | 26 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 645 | 307 | 44 | 1st | W | W | SF | QF | Charity Shield | W | Shaun Edwards | 40 | Frano Botica | 364 | |
World Club Challenge | W | |||||||||||||||||||
1992–93 | RFL-1 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 744 | 327 | 41 | 1st | RU | W | W | W | Charity Shield | RU | Shaun Edwards | 43 | Frano Botica | 423 | |
World Club Challenge | RU | |||||||||||||||||||
1993–94 | RFL-1 | 30 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 780 | 403 | 46 | 1st | W | W | RU | World Club Challenge | W | Martin Offiah | 35 | Frano Botica | 412 | ||
1994–95 | RFL-1 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1148 | 386 | 56 | 1st | W | W | W | Martin Offiah | 53 | Frano Botica | 408 | ||||
1995–96 | RFL-1 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 810 | 316 | 36 | 1st | W | Charity Shield | W | Martin Offiah | 26 | Andy Farrell | 194 |