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All Time UK Top Division Ladder

Rugby League Project presents the all-time cumulative competition ladder for UK Top Division competitions in our database. A couple of points to note:

Does not count finals or playoffs
Includes all byes
Also incorporates all competition point penalties (see bottom for details)
Team names presented are based on the "To" date

Note: This ladder is based only on results in the RLP database. Please check the Data section and consider completion rate on the Games column.

Team		P	W	L	D	Bye	F	A	Pts	PD
1.	Wigan Warriors	3,780	2,527	1,113	140	-	75,361	41,557	* 5188	+33,804
2.	Leeds Rhinos	3,814	2,317	1,361	136	-	68,750	48,656	4770	+20,094
3.	St Helens	3,725	2,255	1,328	142	-	68,752	46,243	* 4646	+22,509
4.	Warrington Wolves	3,800	2,135	1,512	153	-	61,843	49,913	* 4421	+11,930
5.	Hull FC	3,649	1,928	1,567	154	-	57,236	50,129	* 4006	+7,107
6.	Wakefield Trinity	3,530	1,722	1,669	139	-	52,712	52,310	* 3577	+402
7.	Bradford Bulls	3,455	1,666	1,658	131	-	50,531	50,074	* 3445	+457
8.	Salford RLFC	3,450	1,644	1,667	139	-	47,383	50,836	* 3412	-3,453
9.	Huddersfield Giants	3,127	1,643	1,379	105	-	49,467	42,456	3391	+7,011
10.	Hull Kingston Rovers	3,271	1,629	1,516	126	-	46,935	45,934	* 3380	+1,001
11.	Halifax Panthers	2,998	1,565	1,288	145	-	39,335	35,345	* 3273	+3,990
12.	Widnes Vikings	3,209	1,560	1,498	151	-	40,275	39,677	3271	+598
13.	Oldham	2,788	1,564	1,090	134	-	37,432	29,565	3262	+7,867
14.	Castleford Tigers	2,851	1,369	1,378	104	-	47,358	47,832	2842	-474
15.	Swinton Lions	2,411	1,304	993	114	-	26,635	23,188	* 2716	+3,447
16.	Leigh Leopards	2,776	1,272	1,370	134	-	31,831	35,321	* 2676	-3,490
17.	Hunslet RLFC	2,481	1,248	1,141	92	-	29,582	28,341	* 2584	+1,241
18.	Barrow Raiders	2,237	1,004	1,148	85	-	25,841	28,774	2093	-2,933
19.	Batley Bulldogs	2,313	936	1,255	122	-	20,722	27,079	1994	-6,357
20.	Featherstone Rovers	2,201	944	1,169	88	-	28,699	32,326	1976	-3,627
21.	Rochdale Hornets	2,325	893	1,334	98	-	21,225	29,037	* 1882	-7,812
22.	Dewsbury Rams	2,171	879	1,201	91	-	21,408	27,167	1849	-5,759
23.	York Knights	2,112	836	1,202	74	-	22,823	29,772	* 1744	-6,949
24.	Keighley Cougars	2,095	812	1,213	70	-	19,625	28,452	* 1692	-8,827
25.	Belle Vue Rangers	1,694	768	827	99	-	15,614	16,518	* 1633	-904
26.	Bramley	2,236	617	1,522	97	-	18,156	35,627	1331	-17,471
27.	Workington Town	1,266	640	579	47	-	17,413	17,397	1327	+16
28.	Prescot Panthers	1,528	441	1,038	49	-	12,830	24,548	931	-11,718
29.	Pilkington Recreation	739	379	328	32	-	8,343	7,074	790	+1,269
30.	Whitehaven RLFC	906	325	539	42	-	9,802	14,185	692	-4,383
31.	Runcorn	593	275	280	38	-	4,366	4,579	* 586	-213
32.	Catalans Dragons	516	257	248	11	-	11,769	11,992	525	-223
33.	London Broncos	645	223	400	22	-	12,847	17,750	468	-4,903
34.	Blackpool Gladiators	630	164	454	12	-	6,531	12,269	340	-5,738
35.	Doncaster RLFC	738	144	576	18	-	6,594	15,534	306	-8,940
36.	Manningham	218	125	78	15	-	1,690	1,226	* 261	+464
37.	Brighouse Rangers	278	103	145	30	-	1,231	1,880	236	-649
38.	Sheffield Eagles	255	104	142	9	-	5,240	6,359	217	-1,119
39.	Stockport	196	68	107	21	-	963	1,451	* 155	-488
40.	Castleford	196	65	108	23	-	1,000	1,601	153	-601
41.	Leeds Parish Church	150	63	71	16	-	767	804	142	-37
42.	Holbeck	176	56	99	21	-	777	1,327	* 127	-550
43.	Tyldesley	146	49	80	17	-	678	1,101	115	-423
44.	Liversedge	218	46	161	11	-	848	2,580	103	-1,732
45.	Ebbw Vale	138	40	90	8	-	904	1,723	88	-819
46.	Millom	96	29	62	5	-	483	880	63	-397
47.	Heckmondwike	116	23	80	13	-	373	1,193	59	-820
48.	Merthyr Tydfil	87	26	58	3	-	596	1,245	55	-649
49.	Streatham and Mitcham	76	26	48	2	-	756	859	54	-103
50.	Morecambe	128	16	104	8	-	375	1,267	40	-892
51.	Newcastle Thunder	30	19	10	1	-	775	576	39	+199
52.	Normanton	50	17	29	4	-	198	420	38	-222
53.	Crusaders RL	81	21	60	-	-	1,431	2,463	* 38	-1,032
54.	Acton and Willesden	38	13	21	4	-	382	529	30	-147
55.	Coventry	93	12	77	4	-	653	2,066	28	-1,413
56.	Pontefract	37	15	21	1	-	285	353	* 23	-68
57.	Birkenhead Wanderers	24	8	13	3	-	127	178	19	-51
58.	Paris St Germain	44	9	34	1	-	760	1,367	19	-607
59.	Newcastle (UK)	* 74	7	62	5	-	506	1,640	19	-1,134
60.	Lancaster	24	8	15	1	-	144	152	17	-8
61.	Pontypridd	33	7	25	1	-	229	473	15	-244
62.	Toulouse Olympique	34	7	27	-	-	547	911	14	-364
63.	Goole	26	5	18	3	-	94	228	13	-134
64.	Sowerby Bridge	26	7	19	-	-	65	179	* 12	-114
65.	Mid Rhondda	18	5	12	1	-	111	214	11	-103
66.	Cardiff	36	5	31	-	-	342	1,024	10	-682
67.	Treherbert	30	4	25	1	-	136	501	9	-365
68.	Barry	18	3	15	-	-	76	445	6	-369
69.	Carlisle	30	2	28	-	-	252	751	4	-499
70.	Altrincham	24	2	21	1	-	20	428	* 3	-408
71.	Radcliffe Rangers	24	2	21	1	-	58	536	* 3	-478
72.	Aberdare	17	1	16	-	-	134	406	2	-272
73.	Carlisle (1928/29)	10	1	9	-	-	59	166	* 0	-107
74.	Toronto Wolfpack	6	-	6	-	-	70	214	* 0	-144
75.	Liverpool City	30	-	30	-	-	76	1,398	0	-1,322
Wigan deducted 2 competition points for salary cap breaches in 2006 Wigan deducted 4 competition points for salary cap breaches in 2006 in 2007 Wigan deducted 2 competition points for salary cap breaches in 2017 in 2019 Wigan awarded 2 competition points for salary cap breaches in 2017 (points reinstated on appeal) in 2019 St Helens deducted 2 competition points for fielding an ineligible player (Jacques) against Oldham on 14/12/1895 in 1895/96 St Helens deducted 2 competition points for fielding an ineliglble player (Liversedge) in 1900/01 St Helens deducted 2 competition points for salary cap breaches in 2003 Warrington deducted 2 competition points for breach of the professional rules in 1901/02 Hull FC deducted 2 competition points for breach of the professional bye-laws (Tanner) in 1900/01 Hull FC deducted 2 competition points for salary cap breaches in 2003 Wakefield Trinity deducted 2 competition points for salary cap breaches in 2000 in 2001 Wakefield Trinity deducted 4 competition points for going into administration in 2011 Bradford deducted 2 competition points for fielding an ineligible player (S. Herbert) in 1900/01 Bradford deducted 2 competition points for salary cap breaches in 2006 Bradford deducted 2 competition points for salary cap breaches in 2006 in 2007 Bradford deducted 6 competition points for going into administration in 2012 Bradford deducted 6 competition points for going into administration in 2014 Salford deducted 2 competition points for fielding an ineligible player (Radley Thomas) in 1897/98 Salford deducted 2 competition points for breach of the professional bye-laws (Registration of H. Barnett) in 1901/02 Salford deducted 2 competition points for fielding a 14th player in round 13 against Castleford in 2013 Salford deducted 6 competition points for salary cap breaches in 2014 and 2015. in 2016 Salford deducted 3 competition wins for financial breaches in 2013 in 2020 Hull KR deducted 2 competition points for breach of the professional rules in 1899/00 Hull KR deducted 2 competition points for breach of the professional rules in 1901/02 Halifax deducted 2 competition points for salary cap breaches in 2003 Swinton deducted 2 competition points for fielding an ineligible player (Owen Badger vs Leigh) in 1898/99 Swinton deducted 2 competition points for breach of the professional rules in 1901/02 Swinton deducted 2 competition points for fielding an ineligible player (B. Murphy vs Batley) in 1901/02 Leigh deducted 2 competition points for fielding an ineligible player (O. Dunbavin) in 1897/98 Hunslet deducted 2 competition points for breach of the professional rules (T. Walsh) in 1901/02 Hunslet deducted 2 competition points for breach of the professional rules in 1901/02 Rochdale deducted 2 competition points for fielding an ineligible player (failing to renew registrations) in 1899/00 York deducted 2 competition points for fielding an ineligible player in 1901/02 Keighley deducted 2 competition points for fielding an ineligible player in 1901/02 Belle Vue Rangers deducted 2 competition points for fielding an ineligible player (failed to obtain signatures of Nelson and Barratt) in 1899/00 Runcorn deducted 2 competition points for breach of the professional rules (G. Messenger) in 1901/02 Manningham deducted 2 competition points for fielding an ineligible player (Bentley) in 1898/99 Manningham deducted 2 competition points for breach of the professional rules in 1901/02 Stockport deducted 2 competition points for fielding an ineligible player (C.Norbury) in 1901/02 Holbeck deducted 2 competition points for fielding an ineliglble player (vs Bradford on Dec 30) in 1899/00 Holbeck deducted 2 competition points for breach of the professional rules in 1900/01 Holbeck deducted 2 competition points for fielding an ineligible player in 1901/02 Crusaders deducted 4 competition points for going into administration in 2011 Pontefract left the competition on the 24th December, 1906. Club disbanded Sowerby Bridge deducted 2 competition points for breach of the professional rules in 1901/02 Altrincham deducted 2 competition points for breach of the professional rules in 1901/02 Radcliffe deducted 2 competition points for breach of the professional rules (Cash) in 1901/02 Carlisle (1928/29) left the competition on the 8th November, 1928. Club disbanded. Toronto Wolfpack left the competition on the 20th July, 2020. Club withdrew due to overwhelming financial challenges.