List of Wigan Warriors seasons

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Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club is 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 Union in 1895.

The club is the most successful in the history of British rugby league, winning 21 league championships (four in the Super League era), the Challenge Cup 20 times (including eight consecutive wins between 1988 and 1995) and the World Club Challenge four times. The club has also only been relegated once in its history (in 1979–80).

Seasons

Pre-Super League era

Season League Play-offs[1] Challenge
Cup		 Lancashire
Cup		 League
Cup		 World Club
Challenge		 Other Honours Name Tries Name Points
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 R2 Lancashire League (1) 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 QF SW Lancs League (1) Jim Leytham 18 Jim Leytham 72
1905–06 NRFU 34 22 1 11 441 167 45 6th R1 W SW Lancs League (2) 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 Lancashire League (2) 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 Lancashire League (3) 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 Lancashire League (4) Lew Bradley 37 Johnny Thomas 194
1913–14 NRFU 34 25 2 7 676 252 52 3rd SF QF RU Lancashire League (5) Lew Bradley 39 Johnny Thomas 190
1914–15 NRFU 32 25 1 6 679 206 51 2nd SF SF RU Lancashire League (6) Billy Curran 44 Johnny Thomas 169
1915–16[5] WEL 33 21 3 9 306 191 45 4th Vince Smith 13 Bill Jolley 72
1916–17[5] WEL 32 21 0 11 340 168 42 5th Vince Smith 20 Bill Jolley 64
1917–18[5] WEL 35 21 0 14 331 210 42 9th Vince Smith 26 Bill Jolley 82
1918–19[5] WEL n/a[6] 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 Lancashire League (7) 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 Lancashire League (8) Johnny Ring 41 Jim Sullivan 341
1923–24 RFL 38 31 0 7 824 228 62 1st RU W R2 Lancashire League (9) 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 Lancashire League (10) 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 Lancashire League (11) 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[7]
1939–40[8] WEL 22 16 1 5 301 157 33 3rd R2 Johnny Lawrenson 22 Jim Sullivan 129
1940–41[8] WEL 16 15 1 0 297 71 31 1st RU R2 R1[9] Johnny Lawrenson 18 Johnny Lawrenson 74
1941–42[8] WEL 20 11 0 9 241 207 22 6th SF SF[9] Johnny Lawrenson 22 Johnny Lawrenson 118
1942–43[8] WEL 16 13 0 3 301 141 26 1st SF R1 SF[9] George Aspinall 16 Jim Sullivan 96
1943–44[8] WEL 21 17 0 4 302 143 34 2nd W RU R2[9] Johnny Lawrenson 19 Johnny Lawrenson 103
1944–45[8] WEL 24 17 1 6 302 138 35 4th SF R1 SF[9] Johnny Lawrenson 16 Johnny Lawrenson 80
1945–46 RFL 36 29 2 5 783 219 60 1st W RU RU Lancashire League (12) Gordon Ratcliffe
Jack Taylor		 28 Ted Ward 115
1946–47 RFL 36 29 1 6 567 196 59 1st W QF W Lancashire League (13) 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 Lancashire League (14) 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 Lancashire League (15) 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 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 Lancashire League (16) 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 Lancashire League (17) 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 Bill Francis 29 Colin Tyrer 290
1968–69 RFL 34 25 2 7 732 368 52 3rd R2 R2 R1 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy (1) Bill Francis 40 Colin Tyrer 315
1969–70 RFL 34 23 0 11 698 420 46 4th R1 RU SF Lancashire League (18) David Hill 31 Colin Tyrer 385
1970–71 RFL 34 30 0 4 662 308 60 1st RU R2 SF Stuart Wright 30 Colin Tyrer 275
1971–72 RFL 34 25 0 9 702 314 50 4th R2 R2 W QF Stuart Wright 30 Colin Tyrer 275
1972–73 RFL 34 17 1 16 577 491 35 16th R1 QF SF R1 Warren Ayres 15 Colin Tyrer 189
1973–74 RFL-1 30 12 3 15 427 364 27 11th R1 QF W R2 Warren Ayres 20 John Gray 144
1974–75 RFL-1 30 21 0 9 517 341 42 2nd SF R2 R1 R2 Stuart Wright 17 George Fairbairn 149
1975–76 RFL-1 30 18 3 9 514 399 39 5th R1 R2 R2 R2 Stuart Wright 19 George Fairbairn 231
1976–77 RFL-1 30 15 2 13 463 416 32 7th R1 R2 R2 R2 Green Vigo 18 George Fairbairn 180
1977–78 RFL-1 30 17 1 12 482 435 35 5th R1 R2 RU QF Green Vigo 27 George Fairbairn 127
1978–79 RFL-1 30 16 1 13 484 411 33 6th SF R2 R1 R2 Keiron O'Loughlin 20 George Fairbairn 159
1979–80 RFL-1 30 9 3 18 366 523 21 13th R1 R1 R2 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 (1) 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 W Charity Shield (2) Ellery Hanley 31 David Stephenson 138
1988–89 RFL-1 26 19 0 7 543 434 38 2nd R1 W W W Ellery Hanley 25 Joe Lydon 210
1989–90 RFL-1 26 20 0 6 699 349 40 1st R2 W SF W Mark Preston 32 Joe Lydon 206
1990–91 RFL-1 26 20 2 4 652 313 42 1st R1 W R2 QF Ellery Hanley 29 Frano Botica 324
1991–92 RFL-1 26 22 0 4 645 307 44 1st W W SF QF W Charity Shield (3)
World Sevens (1)		 Shaun Edwards 40 Frano Botica 364
1992–93 RFL-1 26 20 1 5 744 327 41 1st RU W W W RU Shaun Edwards 43 Frano Botica 423
1993–94 RFL-1 30 23 0 7 780 403 46 1st W W RU 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 (4) Martin Offiah 26 Andy Farrell 194

Super League era

Season League Play-offs[1] Challenge
Cup		 Other competitions Name Tries Name Points
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Top try scorer[2] Top point scorer[3]
1996 Super League 22 19 1 2 902 326 39 2nd R5 Premiership W Jason Robinson 26 Andy Farrell 256
1997 Super League 22 14 0 8 683 398 28 4th R4 Premiership W Jason Robinson 20 Andy Farrell 332
World Club Challenge QF
1998 Super League 23 21 0 2 762 222 42 1st Won Grand Final RU Jason Robinson 17 Andy Farrell 333
1999 Super League 30 21 1 8 877 390 43 4th Lost in Elimination play-off R4 Jason Robinson 20 Andy Farrell 217
2000 Super League 28 24 1 3 960 405 49 1st Lost in Grand Final QF Jason Robinson
Steve Renouf		 23 Andy Farrell 409
2001 Super League 28 22 1 5 989 494 45 2nd Lost in Grand Final R4 Kris Radlinski 30 Andy Farrell 427
2002 Super League 28 19 1 8 817 475 39 3rd Lost in Final Eliminator W David Hodgson 20 Andy Farrell 267
2003 Super League 28 19 2 7 776 512 40 3rd Lost in Grand Final SF David Hodgson 20 Andy Farrell 213
2004 Super League 28 17 4 7 736 558 38 4th Lost in Final Eliminator RU Brett Dallas 24 Andy Farrell 261
2005 Super League 28 14 0 14 698 718 28 7th Did not qualify QF Dennis Moran 15 Danny Tickle 265
2006 Super League 28 12 0 16 644 715 22[10] 8th Did not qualify R5 Chris Ashton 14 Michael Dobson 142
2007 Super League 27 15 1 11 621 527 27[11] 6th Lost in Final Eliminator SF Trent Barrett 18 Pat Richards 320
2008 Super League 27 13 3 11 648 698 29 4th Lost in Final Eliminator QF Pat Richards 21 Pat Richards 375
2009 Super League 27 15 0 12 659 551 30 6th Lost in Semi Final SF Pat Richards 23 Pat Richards 296
2010 Super League 27 22 0 5 922 411 44 1st Won Grand Final QF Pat Richards 32 Pat Richards 462
2011 Super League 27 20 3 4 852 432 43 2nd Lost in Semi Final W World Club Challenge RU Sam Tomkins 33 Pat Richards 382
2012 Super League 27 21 0 6 994 449 42 1st Lost in Semi Final SF Sam Tomkins
Josh Charnley		 36 Josh Charnley 294
2013 Super League 27 17 1 9 816 460 35 4th Won Grand Final W Josh Charnley 43 Pat Richards 367
2014 Super League 27 18 1 8 834 429 35 2nd Lost in Grand Final QF World Club Challenge RU Joe Burgess 25 Matty Smith 285
2015 Super League 30 20 1 9 798 530 41 2nd Lost in Grand Final R6 Joe Burgess 26 Matty Smith 176
2016 Super League 30 20 1 9 803 533 41 2nd Won in Grand Final SF Josh Charnley 28 Matty Smith 231

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 From 1906 until 1973 (except for two seasons between 1962 and 1964) a play-off format was used to determine the overall league champions. Between 1973 and 1997, the championship was awarded to the league winners, and the play-offs were replaced by the Rugby League Premiership. A play-off system for the championship was reinstated in 1998.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tries in all competitions are counted.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Points in all competitions are counted.
  4. ↑ Wigan competed in the Lancashire Senior Competition in the 1901–02 season. Only limited league information is available.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 The Rugby League Championship and all cup competitions were suspended between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War. Wigan continued to compete in a Wartime Emergency League during this period.
  6. ↑ The Emergency League was abandoned following the conclusion of the First World War, and was replaced by a shortened competitive season.
  7. ↑ Season abandoned following the outbreak of the Second World War. All results from this season have been expunged from official records.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 The Rugby League Championship was suspended between 1939 and 1945 due to the Second World War. Wigan continued to compete in a Wartime Emergency League during this period.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Following the suspension of the Lancashire Cup competition in 1940, Wigan competed in the Yorkshire Cup until the end of the Second World War.
  10. ↑ Wigan were deducted two points for breaching the salary cap in the 2005 season.
  11. ↑ Wigan were deducted four points for breaching the salary cap in the 2006 season.
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