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Bradford Bulls

Seasons

Click on a season to view this team's summary of that season. Note that win/loss/draw records are based on regular season matches only. Asterisk (*) next to crowd figure denotes not all home crowd figures were available for corresponding season.

Competition Name Position Extra Info W L D Pts For Pts Ag. Att % Def % Coach Top Tryscorer(s) Top Pointscorer(s) Home Venue(s) Crowd Avg
Northern Rugby Football Union 1895/96 Bradford 11th 18 15 9 254 175 109.31% 75.31% - - - -- Park Avenue * 0
Yorkshire Senior Competition 1896/97 Bradford 7th 15 12 3 170 157 104.98% 96.95% - - - -- Park Avenue * 0
Yorkshire Senior Competition 1897/98 Bradford 2nd Playoff 23 5 2 319 139 154.05% 67.13% - - - -- Park Avenue * 0
Yorkshire Senior Competition 1898/99 Bradford 3rd 21 9 0 330 139 169.99% 71.60% - - - -- Park Avenue * 0
Yorkshire Senior Competition 1899/00 Bradford 1st Premiers 24 4 2 324 98 187.49% 56.71% - - - -- Park Avenue * 10,000
Yorkshire Senior Competition 1900/01 Bradford 1st Premiers 26 3 1 387 100 204.09% 52.74% - - - -- Park Avenue * 2,500
Northern Rugby Football Union 1901/02 Bradford 6th 14 11 1 201 157 115.04% 89.86% - - - -- Park Avenue * 0
First Division 1902/03 Bradford 7th 16 13 5 220 161 125.40% 91.77% - - - -- Park Avenue * 0
First Division 1903/04 Bradford 2nd Premiers 25 7 2 303 96 154.77% 49.04% - - - -- Park Avenue * 0
Northern Rugby Football Union 1904/05 Bradford 2nd 23 9 2 294 156 140.41% 74.50% - - - -- Park Avenue * 0
Northern Rugby Football Union 1905/06 Bradford 12th 19 13 2 371 199 151.91% 81.48% - - - -- Park Avenue * 0
Northern Rugby Football Union 1906/07 Bradford 19th 12 16 2 387 367 96.10% 91.13% - - - -- Park Avenue * 0
Northern Rugby Football Union 1907/08 Bradford Northern 12th 17 15 0 313 353 95.95% 108.21% - - - -- Birch Lane (16), Park Avenue (1) * 2,000
Northern Rugby Football Union 1908/09 Bradford Northern 23rd 11 21 0 324 451 88.10% 122.64% - - - -- Birch Lane (17), Park Avenue (1) * 4,000
Northern Rugby Football Union 1909/10 Bradford Northern 23rd 9 24 1 176 388 50.36% 111.02% - - - -- Birch Lane * 0
Northern Rugby Football Union 1910/11 Bradford Northern 23rd 10 21 1 173 390 51.51% 116.12% - - - -- Birch Lane * 0
Northern Rugby Football Union 1911/12 Bradford Northern 26th 4 32 0 250 657 61.71% 162.17% - - - -- Birch Lane * 0
Northern Rugby Football Union 1912/13 Bradford Northern 17th 14 18 2 253 336 70.68% 93.87% - - - -- Birch Lane * 0
Northern Rugby Football Union 1913/14 Bradford Northern 24th 7 26 1 223 492 64.07% 141.35% - - - -- Birch Lane * 0
Northern Rugby Football Union 1914/15 Bradford Northern 19th 11 20 1 249 464 76.20% 142.00% - - - -- Birch Lane * 0
Yorkshire League 1918/19 Bradford Northern 11th Wooden Spoon 2 8 0 51 168 47.87% 157.71% - - - -- Birch Lane * 0
Northern Rugby Football Union 1919/20 Bradford Northern 24th 7 24 1 177 479 59.87% 162.02% - - - -- Birch Lane * 0
Northern Rugby Football Union 1920/21 Bradford Northern 23rd 6 25 1 177 656 60.07% 222.62% - - - -- Birch Lane * 0
Northern Rugby Football Union 1921/22 Bradford Northern 26th Wooden Spoon 2 31 1 134 744 41.48% 230.31% - - - -- Birch Lane * 3,000
Northern Rugby League 1922/23 Bradford Northern 26th 6 27 1 180 662 51.61% 189.80% - - - -- Birch Lane * 0
Northern Rugby League 1923/24 Bradford Northern 26th 8 26 0 190 524 54.69% 150.83% - - - -- Birch Lane * 0
Northern Rugby League 1924/25 Bradford Northern 26th 8 26 4 285 584 73.01% 149.60% - - - -- Birch Lane * 0
Northern Rugby League 1925/26 Bradford Northern 23rd 14 24 0 306 580 76.27% 144.56% - - - -- Birch Lane * 0
Northern Rugby League 1926/27 Bradford Northern 28th 6 30 0 288 652 75.20% 170.25% - - - -- Birch Lane * 4,000
Northern Rugby League 1927/28 Bradford Northern 16th 13 17 2 204 333 66.40% 108.39% - - - -- Birch Lane * 0
Northern Rugby League 1928/29 Bradford Northern 28th Wooden Spoon 5 30 3 242 871 59.87% 215.46% - - - -- Birch Lane * 0
Northern Rugby League 1929/30 Bradford Northern 28th Wooden Spoon 7 29 2 299 715 77.85% 186.17% - - - -- Birch Lane * 7,000
Northern Rugby League 1930/31 Bradford Northern 28th Wooden Spoon 4 33 1 227 809 56.33% 200.76% - - - -- Birch Lane * 0
Northern Rugby League 1931/32 Bradford Northern 28th Wooden Spoon 5 32 1 313 854 69.28% 189.03% - - - -- Birch Lane * 0
Northern Rugby League 1932/33 Bradford Northern 22nd 14 22 2 377 587 84.90% 132.19% - - - -- Birch Lane * 0
Northern Rugby League 1933/34 Bradford Northern 27th 8 30 0 337 714 73.07% 154.81% - - - -- Birch Lane * 0
Northern Rugby League 1934/35 Bradford Northern 25th 11 26 1 321 580 74.44% 134.50% - - - -- Odsal * 0
Northern Rugby League 1935/36 Bradford Northern 19th 16 20 2 374 392 93.16% 97.64% - - - -- Odsal * 0
Northern Rugby League 1936/37 Bradford Northern 15th 19 17 2 429 360 103.42% 86.78% - - - -- Odsal (21), Valley Parade (1) * 0
Northern Rugby League 1937/38 Bradford Northern 12th 20 12 4 439 355 110.06% 89.00% - - - -- Odsal * 5,748
Northern Rugby League 1938/39 Bradford Northern 16th 19 20 1 493 392 118.62% 94.32% - - - -- Odsal * 0
War Emergency League (Yorkshire) 1939/40 Bradford Northern 1st Premiers 21 7 0 574 302 148.89% 78.34% - - - -- Odsal * 0
Northern Rugby League (Abandoned) 1939/40 Bradford Northern 8th 2 1 0 42 26 122.71% 75.96% - - - -- Odsal * 0
War Emergency League (Lancashire) 1940/41 Bradford Northern n/a Premiers 0.00% 0.00% - - - -- Odsal * 22,500
War Emergency League (Yorkshire) 1940/41 Bradford Northern 1st Premiers 23 1 1 469 126 157.88% 42.42% - - - -- Odsal * 22,500
War Emergency League 1941/42 Bradford Northern 2nd Runners Up 13 3 1 318 130 157.95% 64.57% - - - -- Odsal * 0
War Emergency League 1942/43 Bradford Northern 3rd Semi Final 13 5 1 312 183 133.69% 78.42% - - - -- Odsal * 0
War Emergency League 1943/44 Bradford Northern 6th 11 7 1 292 125 135.90% 58.18% - - - -- Odsal * 20,126
War Emergency League 1944/45 Bradford Northern 1st Premiers 17 3 0 337 69 163.22% 33.42% - - - -- Odsal * 17,500
Northern Rugby League 1945/46 Bradford Northern 4th Semi Final 24 9 3 544 288 128.92% 68.25% - - - -- Odsal * 0
Northern Rugby League 1946/47 Bradford Northern 6th 24 9 3 525 300 142.83% 81.62% - - - -- Odsal * 0
Northern Rugby League 1947/48 Bradford Northern 4th Runners Up 26 10 0 549 310 139.38% 78.70% - - - -- Odsal * 17,500
Northern Rugby League 1948/49 Bradford Northern 10th 22 14 0 344 298 89.38% 77.43% - - - -- Odsal * 13,287
Northern Rugby League 1949/50 Bradford Northern 21st 14 21 1 335 413 79.18% 97.61% - - - -- Odsal * 0
Northern Rugby League 1950/51 Bradford Northern 14th 19 17 0 406 404 91.26% 90.81% - - - -- Odsal * 0
Northern Rugby League 1951/52 Bradford Northern 1st Runners Up 28 7 1 758 325 159.10% 68.22% - - - -- Odsal * 28,672
Northern Rugby League 1952/53 Bradford Northern 3rd Semi Final 28 8 0 700 329 143.21% 67.31% - - - -- Odsal * 29,287
Northern Rugby League 1953/54 Bradford Northern 9th 22 14 0 628 414 126.73% 83.55% - - - -- Odsal * 0
Northern Rugby League 1954/55 Bradford Northern 17th 17 17 2 476 475 97.55% 97.35% - - - -- Odsal * 7,000
Northern Rugby League 1955/56 Bradford Northern 8th 22 12 2 622 455 112.65% 82.40% - - - -- Odsal * 5,271
Northern Rugby League 1956/57 Bradford Northern 21st 17 21 0 479 672 82.19% 115.31% - - - -- Odsal * 2,743
Northern Rugby League 1957/58 Bradford Northern 20th 16 20 2 574 593 97.50% 100.73% - - - -- Odsal * 0
Northern Rugby League 1958/59 Bradford Northern 10th 20 16 2 593 563 96.83% 91.93% - - - -- Odsal * 0
Northern Rugby League 1959/60 Bradford Northern 26th 9 26 3 450 645 78.08% 111.92% - - - -- Odsal * 4,126
Northern Rugby League 1960/61 Bradford Northern 24th 10 24 2 312 580 66.19% 123.05% - - - -- Odsal * 0
Northern Rugby League 1961/62 Bradford Northern 30th Wooden Spoon 5 30 1 288 766 61.27% 162.97% - - - -- Odsal * 0
Second Division 1962/63 Bradford Northern 14th Wooden Spoon 2 23 1 163 632 52.08% 201.92% - - - -- Odsal * 0
Second Division 1963/64 Bradford Northern n/a 1 12 0 109 282 67.97% 175.85% - - - -- Odsal * 0
Northern Rugby League 1964/65 Bradford Northern 17th 15 18 1 345 347 85.54% 86.04% - - - -- Odsal * 0
Northern Rugby League 1965/66 Bradford Northern 7th 21 12 1 375 247 97.34% 64.11% - - - -- Odsal * 8,373
Northern Rugby League 1966/67 Bradford Northern 5th 22 10 2 506 346 111.93% 76.54% - - - -- Odsal * 0
Northern Rugby League 1967/68 Bradford Northern 6th 24 10 0 560 309 126.28% 69.68% Albert FEARNLEY - - -- Odsal * 14,173
Northern Rugby League 1968/69 Bradford Northern 19th 16 18 0 525 475 113.61% 102.79% - - - -- Odsal * 0
Northern Rugby League 1969/70 Bradford Northern 12th 19 15 0 511 404 113.20% 89.50% - - - -- Odsal * 0
Northern Rugby League 1970/71 Bradford Northern 27th 8 24 2 339 662 69.71% 136.14% - - - -- Odsal * 0
Northern Rugby League 1971/72 Bradford Northern 2nd 26 6 2 724 357 155.05% 76.46% - - - -- Odsal * 6,277
Northern Rugby League 1972/73 Bradford Northern 23rd 12 22 0 582 685 107.76% 126.83% - - - -- Odsal * 2,820
Second Division 1973/74 Bradford Northern 1st Premiers 24 2 0 607 221 170.88% 62.22% - - - -- Odsal * 5,667
First Division 1974/75 Bradford Northern 7th 16 13 1 393 376 96.75% 92.57% - - - -- Odsal * 0
First Division 1975/76 Bradford Northern 11th 13 16 1 454 450 103.15% 102.24% - - - -- Odsal * 0
First Division 1976/77 Bradford Northern 8th 15 13 2 488 470 107.54% 103.58% - - - -- Odsal * 0
First Division 1977/78 Bradford Northern 3rd 21 6 2 500 291 113.96% 66.32% - - - -- Odsal * 0
First Division 1978/79 Bradford Northern 8th 16 14 0 523 416 116.27% 92.48% Peter FOX - - -- Odsal * 15,755
First Division 1979/80 Bradford Northern 1st Premiers 23 7 0 448 272 103.05% 62.56% - - - -- Odsal * 0
Championship 1980/81 Bradford Northern 1st Premiers 20 9 1 447 345 101.43% 78.29% Peter FOX 13 - Keith MUMBY 105 -Keith MUMBY Odsal 5,807
Championship 1981/82 Bradford Northern 5th 20 9 1 425 332 94.89% 74.13% Peter FOX 12 - Ellery HANLEY 106 -Ellery HANLEY Odsal 5,895
Championship 1982/83 Bradford Northern 9th 14 14 2 381 314 87.59% 72.18% Peter FOX 8 - Ellery HANLEY 76 -Keith MUMBY Odsal 5,059
Championship 1983/84 Bradford Northern 7th 17 11 2 519 379 92.62% 67.63% Peter FOX 11 - Ellery HANLEY 140 -Steve PARRISH Odsal 6,039
Championship 1984/85 Bradford Northern 8th 16 13 1 600 500 102.21% 85.18% Peter FOX 40 - Ellery HANLEY 220 -Ellery HANLEY Odsal 5,159
Championship 1985/86 Bradford Northern 12th 11 18 1 447 473 85.02% 89.97% Barry SEABOURNE 11 - Phil FORD 208 -John WOODS Odsal 3,881
Championship 1986/87 Bradford Northern 7th 15 14 1 555 550 95.05% 94.20% Barry SEABOURNE 24 - Phil FORD 112 -John WOODS Odsal 4,681
Championship 1987/88 Bradford Northern 4th 18 8 0 528 304 107.21% 61.73% Barry SEABOURNE 13 - Gary MERCER, Phil FORD 153 -David HOBBS Odsal 4,650
Championship 1988/89 Bradford Northern 8th 11 14 1 545 518 110.42% 104.95% Barry SEABOURNE 15 - Steve McGOWAN 214 -David HOBBS Odsal 5,492
Championship 1989/90 Bradford Northern 4th 17 9 0 614 416 112.28% 76.07% Ron WILLEY, Tommy SMALES, David HOBBS 18 - Gerald CORDLE 149 -David HOBBS Odsal 5,907
Championship 1990/91 Bradford Northern 7th 13 12 1 434 492 86.26% 97.79% David HOBBS 13 - Paul MEDLEY, Brett ITI 95 -David HOBBS Odsal 5,046
Championship 1991/92 Bradford Northern 11th 11 15 0 476 513 97.86% 105.46% David HOBBS, Peter FOX 13 - Paul MEDLEY 122 -David HOBBS Odsal 4,534
Championship 1992/93 Bradford Northern 3rd 15 11 0 553 434 109.33% 85.81% Peter FOX 13 - Paul MEDLEY 92 -David HOBBS Odsal 4,574
Championship 1993/94 Bradford Northern 3rd 23 7 0 784 555 126.98% 89.89% Peter FOX 23 - Paul NEWLOVE 246 -Deryck FOX Odsal 6,694
Championship 1994/95 Bradford Northern 7th 17 12 1 811 650 117.82% 94.43% Peter FOX 23 - Paul NEWLOVE 237 -Deryck FOX Odsal 5,655
Championship 1995/96 Bradford Bulls 7th 8 12 0 418 476 83.51% 95.10% Brian SMITH 7 - Robbie HUNTER-PAUL 68 -Deryck FOX Odsal 4,475
Super League 1996 Bradford Bulls 3rd 17 5 0 767 409 124.99% 66.65% Brian SMITH 18 - Robbie HUNTER-PAUL 162 -Steve McNAMARA Odsal 9,488
Super League II 1997 Bradford Bulls 1st Premiers 20 2 0 769 397 149.68% 77.27% Matthew ELLIOTT 13 - James LOWES 225 -Steve McNAMARA Odsal 14,324
Super League 1998 Bradford Bulls 5th Elimination Playoff 12 11 0 498 450 98.81% 89.29% Matthew ELLIOTT 12 - Tevita VAIKONA 161 -Steve McNAMARA Odsal 13,026
Super League 1999 Bradford Bulls 1st Runners Up 25 4 1 897 445 130.01% 64.50% Matthew ELLIOTT 16 - Michael WITHERS 211 -Steve McNAMARA Odsal 12,910
Super League 2000 Bradford Bulls 3rd Final Eliminator 20 5 3 1004 408 144.89% 58.88% Matthew ELLIOTT 17 - Robbie HUNTER-PAUL 342 -Henry PAUL Odsal 14,052
Super League 2001 Bradford Bulls 1st Premiers 22 5 1 1120 474 152.57% 64.57% Brian NOBLE 25 - Michael WITHERS 392 -Henry PAUL Valley Parade 12,086
Super League 2002 Bradford Bulls 2nd Runners Up 23 5 0 910 519 130.86% 74.63% Brian NOBLE 19 - Tevita VAIKONA 319 -Paul DEACON Valley Parade 11,542
Super League 2003 Bradford Bulls 1st Premiers 22 6 0 878 529 130.09% 78.38% Brian NOBLE 22 - Lesley VAINIKOLO 313 -Paul DEACON Odsal 15,284
Super League 2004 Bradford Bulls 2nd Runners Up 20 7 1 918 565 130.99% 80.62% Brian NOBLE 38 - Lesley VAINIKOLO 276 -Paul DEACON Odsal 13,396
Super League 2005 Bradford Bulls 3rd Premiers 18 9 1 1038 684 133.73% 88.13% Brian NOBLE 32 - Lesley VAINIKOLO 359 -Paul DEACON Odsal 13,091
Super League 2006 Bradford Bulls 4th Final Eliminator 16 10 2 802 568 116.67% 82.63% Brian NOBLE, Steve McNAMARA 21 - Shontayne HAPE 264 -Paul DEACON Grattan 10,959
Super League 2007 Bradford Bulls 3rd Elimination Playoff 17 9 1 778 560 125.15% 90.08% Steve McNAMARA 16 - Lesley VAINIKOLO 216 -Paul DEACON Grattan 11,299
Super League 2008 Bradford Bulls 5th Elimination Playoff 14 13 0 705 625 105.54% 93.56% Steve McNAMARA 17 - Semi TADULALA 177 -Paul DEACON Grattan 9,247
Super League 2009 Bradford Bulls 9th 12 14 1 653 668 105.23% 107.64% Steve McNAMARA 13 - Semi TADULALA 187 -Paul DEACON Grattan 9,677
Super League 2010 Bradford Bulls 10th 9 17 1 528 728 81.49% 112.36% Steve McNAMARA 12 - Steve MENZIES 88 -Paul SYKES Grattan 7,982
Super League 2011 Bradford Bulls 10th 9 16 2 570 826 83.39% 120.84% Michael POTTER 10 - Shad ROYSTON 210 -Patrick AH VAN Odsal 12,815
Super League 2012 Bradford Bulls 9th 14 12 1 633 756 88.28% 105.43% Michael POTTER 15 - Brett KEARNEY 139 -Luke GALE Odsal 11,150
Super League 2013 Bradford Bulls 9th 10 15 2 640 658 95.06% 97.73% Francis CUMMINS 22 - Jarrod SAMMUT 154 -Jamie FOSTER Provident 8,563
Super League 2014 Bradford Bulls 13th 8 19 0 512 984 75.88% 145.84% Francis CUMMINS, Matt DISKIN, James LOWES 10 - Adrian PURTELL, Luke GALE 116 -Jamie FOSTER Provident 6,236
Championship 2015 Bradford Bulls 2nd 18 4 1 828 387 151.58% 70.85% James LOWES 18 - Danny WILLIAMS 232 -Ryan SHAW Provident 5,224
Championship 2016 Bradford Bulls 5th 13 8 2 717 446 125.79% 78.25% James LOWES, Matt DISKIN, Rohan SMITH 19 - Omari CARO 171 -Danny ADDY Provident 4,178
Championship 2017 Bradford Bulls 11th 6 17 0 500 719 85.65% 123.17% Leigh BEATTIE, Geoff TOOVEY 15 - Ethan RYAN 139 -Oscar THOMAS Provident 3,782
League 1 2018 Bradford Bulls 2nd Runners Up 23 3 0 1197 282 163.56% 38.53% John KEAR 34 - Ethan RYAN 294 -Dane CHISHOLM Odsal 3,548
Championship 2019 Bradford Bulls 6th 16 10 1 717 522 108.45% 78.95% John KEAR 18 - Ethan RYAN 136 -Joe KEYES Odsal 4,418
Championship 2020 Bradford Bulls 7th 2 2 0 90 60 108.39% 72.26% John KEAR 4 - Matty DAWSON-JONES 24 -Rowan MILNES Tetley's 2,611
Championship 2021 Bradford Bulls 5th Eliminator 12 8 0 514 501 101.16% 98.60% John KEAR 10 - Joe BROWN 107 -Danny BROUGH Odsal (7), Tetley's (3) * 3,471
Championship 2022 Bradford Bulls 9th 11 16 0 523 677 77.53% 100.36% John KEAR, Mark DUNNING 14 - Kieran GILL 160 -Dec PATTON Odsal * 3,027
Championship 2023 Bradford Bulls 3rd Semi Final 16 10 1 677 572 109.71% 92.70% Mark DUNNING, Lee GREENWOOD 18 - Kieran GILL 152 -Dec PATTON Odsal 3,497
Championship 2024 Bradford Bulls 3rd Semi Final 16 8 2 682 387 118.23% 67.09% Lee GREENWOOD, Eamon O'CARROLL 15 - Kieran GILL 245 -Jordan LILLEY Bartercard Odsal * 3,137
Championship 2025 Bradford Bulls 3rd Semi Final 18 6 0 678 366 127.31% 68.73% Brian NOBLE 21 - Jayden OKUNBOR 140 -Luke HOOLEY Bartercard Odsal * 3,355
Super League 2026 Bradford Bulls 8th 3 5 0 166 199 92.72% 111.15% Kurt HAGGERTY 5 - Connor WYNNE, Waqa BLAKE 28 -Luke HOOLEY Bartercard Odsal 10,823