# Australian rugby league premiers

The Australian rugby league premiers are the winners of the top grade competition in Australian rugby league, which is currently the National Rugby League. From 1908 until 1995, when the ARL Premiership was formed, there were two premiers, one each from Sydney and Brisbane. This occurred again in 1997 during the Super League war.

## History

From 1905, the states of Queensland and New South Wales were beginning to create Rugby League competitions, using the rules created in Northern England as a break-away game from Rugby Union. The New South Wales Rugby Football League was formally founded in 1907 with the first club competition starting in 1908; whilst the Queensland Rugby League was founded in 1908 with its first competition running in 1909.
The first season of rugby league in Australia commenced in New South Wales and was held in 1908 and was run by the New South Wales Rugby Football League. Queensland Rugby League was established in 1908 also; they ran their inaugural senior season in 1909. Both states ran parallel state competitions from that time. The game was adopted in both states in order to break away from the amateur rugby union competitions that existed at the time. The players had fallen out of heart with the administration of that game due to increased revenue from the game not being reflected in player allotments. At the end of the 1908 NSW season, South Sydney became the first team to win the New South Wales premiership. The Fortitude Valley Diehards, then known as Valleys, won the inaugural senior Queensland Rugby league season in 1909.
The New South Wales Rugby League and Brisbane Rugby League competitions ran parallel to each other for nearly the entire 20th century, with interstate competitions held annually. However, due to these competitions being mainly between state representative sides, apart from a few NSWRL premier v BRL premier competitions held in the 1920s, there was often no way to determine a national premier.
After 19 years of interstate-era dominance by New South Wales, the advent of State of Origin football in 1980 led to increased nationalisation of rugby league in Australia. After a failed proposal to play the first ever "National Championship" game in 1984 between the highly fancied BRL premier Wynnum-Manly Seagulls and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs of the NSWRL, it was decided that the Queensland Rugby League should form a team in 1986 to enter the NSWRL premiership. While the QRL slowly looked to create their own team, a private bid from the Brisbane Broncos consortium won the licence and the team entered the NSWRL in 1988. As a result, the standard of the Brisbane Rugby League decreased, and no BRL player was picked to represent Queensland or Australia afterwards; at this point most historians agree that the NSWRL became the premier competition nationwide.
Although the BRL was also a first-class competition, similar to Australian Rules Football, where the Australian Football League which evolved from the Victorian Football League keeps VFL statistics back to 1897 as its own history but considers South Australia's SANFL and Western Australia's WAFL as separate competitions, the National Rugby League counts the history of the NSWRL Premiership as its own but considers the Brisbane Rugby League separate. Therefore, BRL champions are considered Australian Rugby League premiers but are not NRL premiers.
Starting from 1995, the New South Wales competition began to call itself the Australian Rugby League. In 1997, an actual national competition was created by News Limited known as Super League, this was formed and run alongside the New South Wales and Queensland state premierships, a number of New South Wales competition teams being promoted to it. Later that year, an agreement was made between Super League and the New South Wales competition, following massive financial loss to both parties, to merge into a new National competition, known as the National Rugby League.
South Sydney, with 20 New South Wales State titles, have been crowned New South Wales premiers more times than any other team. Fortitude Valley Diehards won the Queensland competition 23 times during its period as a first class competition, giving them the most first-class titles in Australian rugby league. They are followed by St. George with 15 premierships, including a record 11 New South Wales premierships in a row between 1956 and 1966. At the opposite end of the spectrum, the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks took nearly 50 years to win their maiden premiership in 2016 - longer than any other club in the history of the game (Parramatta's maiden premiership came in its 35th season in 1981).
There are three clubs currently playing in the National Rugby League that are yet to win a premiership; the Dolphins, New Zealand Warriors and the Gold Coast Titans.
Since 1908, counting the NRL and some of its predecessors (including the 1997 Super League Season), the following sides are among those that have never won a premiership:
* Adelaide Rams
* Annandale Dales
* Cumberland RLFC
* Glebe Dirty Reds
* Gold Coast Giants / Seagulls / Chargers
* Gold Coast Titans
* Hunter Mariners
* Illawarra Steelers
* Newcastle Rebels
* New Zealand Warriors
* Northern Eagles
* South Queensland Crushers
* University Students
* Western Reds
All BRL teams except the Ipswich Jets and Logan Scorpions won a premiership during its time as a top-level competition.

## List of Premierships
### List of NSWRL/ARL/NRL Premiers (1908-present)

| Season | Premiers | Score | Runners-up | Minor Premiers | Wooden Spoon |
| New South Wales Rugby League ||||||
| 1908 | South Sydney | 14 – 12 | Eastern Suburbs | South Sydney | Western Suburbs (Disputed) |
| 1909 | South Sydney (2) | No Grand Final | Balmain | South Sydney (2) | Western Suburbs (2) |
| 1910 | Newtown | 4 – 4 | South Sydney | Newtown | Western Suburbs (3) |
| 1911 | Eastern Suburbs | 11 – 8 | Glebe | Glebe | Balmain |
| 1912 | Eastern Suburbs (2) | No Grand Final | Glebe (2) | Eastern Suburbs | Western Suburbs (4) |
| 1913 | Eastern Suburbs (3) | No Grand Final | Newtown | Eastern Suburbs (2) | Western Suburbs (5) |
| 1914 | South Sydney (3) | No Grand Final | Newtown (2) | South Sydney (3) | Annandale |
| 1915 | Balmain | No Grand Final | Glebe (3) | Balmain | North Sydney |
| 1916 | Balmain (2) | 5 – 3 | South Sydney (2) | Balmain (2) | Western Suburbs (6) |
| 1917 | Balmain (3) | No Grand Final | South Sydney (3) | Balmain (3) | North Sydney (2) |
| 1918 | South Sydney (4) | No Grand Final | Western Suburbs | South Sydney (4) | Annandale (2) |
| 1919 | Balmain (4) | No Grand Final | Eastern Suburbs (2) | Balmain (4) | North Sydney (3) |
| 1920 | Balmain (5) | No Grand Final | South Sydney (4) | Balmain (5) | Annandale (3) |
| 1921 | North Sydney | No Grand Final | Eastern Suburbs (3) | North Sydney | Sydney University |
| 1922 | North Sydney (2) | 35 – 3 | Glebe (4) | North Sydney (2) | St George |
| 1923 | Eastern Suburbs (4) | 15 – 12 | South Sydney (5) | Eastern Suburbs (3) | Sydney University (2) |
| 1924 | Balmain (6) | 3 – 0 | South Sydney (6) | Balmain (6) | Newtown |
| 1925 | South Sydney (5) | No Grand Final | Western Suburbs (2) | South Sydney (5) | Newtown (2) |
| 1926 | South Sydney (6) | 11 – 5 | Sydney University | South Sydney (6) | St George (2) |
| 1927 | South Sydney (7) | 20 – 11 | St. George | South Sydney (7) | Sydney University (3) |
| 1928 | South Sydney (8) | 26 – 5 | Eastern Suburbs (4) | St. George | Newtown (3) |
| 1929 | South Sydney (9) | 30 – 10 | Newtown (3) | South Sydney (8) | Sydney University (4) |
| 1930 | Western Suburbs Magpies | 27 – 2 | St. George (2) | Western Suburbs Magpies | Sydney University (5) |
| 1931 | South Sydney (10) | 12 – 7 | Eastern Suburbs (5) | Eastern Suburbs (4) | Sydney University (6) |
| 1932 | South Sydney (11) | 19 – 12 | Western Suburbs Magpies (3) | South Sydney (9) | North Sydney (4) |
| 1933 | Newtown (2) | 18 – 5 | St. George (3) | Newtown (2) | Western Suburbs Magpies (7) |
| 1934 | Western Suburbs Magpies (2) | 15 – 12 | Eastern Suburbs (6) | Eastern Suburbs (5) | Sydney University (7) |
| 1935 | Eastern Suburbs (5) | 19 – 3 | South Sydney (7) | Eastern Suburbs (6) | Sydney University (8) |
| 1936 | Eastern Suburbs (6) | 32 – 12 | Balmain (2) | Eastern Suburbs (7) | Sydney University (9) |
| 1937 | Eastern Suburbs (7) | No Grand Final | South Sydney (8) | Eastern Suburbs (8) | Sydney University (10) |
| 1938 | Canterbury-Bankstown | 19 – 6 | Eastern Suburbs (7) | Canterbury-Bankstown | St George (3) |
| 1939 | Balmain (7) | 33 – 4 | South Sydney (9) | Balmain (7) | Newtown (4) |
| 1940 | Eastern Suburbs (8) | 24 – 14 | Canterbury-Bankstown | Eastern Suburbs (9) | Western Suburbs Magpies (8) |
| 1941 | St. George | 31 – 14 | Eastern Suburbs (8) | Eastern Suburbs (10) | North Sydney (5) |
| 1942 | Canterbury-Bankstown (2) | 11 – 9 | St. George (4) | Canterbury-Bankstown (2) | Western Suburbs Magpies (9) |
| 1943 | Newtown (3) | 34 – 7 | North Sydney | Newtown (3) | Canterbury-Bankstown |
| 1944 | Balmain (8) | 12 – 8 | Newtown (4) | Newtown (4) | Canterbury-Bankstown (2) |
| 1945 | Eastern Suburbs (9) | 22 – 18 | Balmain (3) | Eastern Suburbs (11) | South Sydney |
| 1946 | Balmain (9) | 13 – 12 | St. George (5) | St. George (2) | South Sydney (2) |
| 1947 | Balmain (10) | 13 – 9 | Canterbury-Bankstown (2) | Canterbury-Bankstown (3) | Parramatta |
| 1948 | Western Suburbs Magpies (3) | 8 – 5 | Balmain (4) | Western Suburbs Magpies (2) | North Sydney (6) |
| 1949 | St. George (2) | 19 – 12 | South Sydney (10) | South Sydney (10) | Eastern Suburbs |
| 1950 | South Sydney (12) | 21 – 15 | Western Suburbs Magpies (4) | South Sydney (11) | North Sydney (7) |
| 1951 | South Sydney (13) | 42 – 14 | Manly-Warringah | South Sydney (12) | North Sydney (8) |
| 1952 | Western Suburbs Magpies (4) | 22 – 12 | South Sydney (11) | Western Suburbs Magpies (3) | Parramatta (2) |
| 1953 | South Sydney (14) | 31 – 12 | St. George (6) | South Sydney (13) | Western Suburbs Magpies (10) |
| 1954 | South Sydney (15) | 23 – 15 | Newtown (5) | Newtown (5) | Parramatta (3) |
| 1955 | South Sydney Rabbitohs (16) | 12 – 11 | Newtown (6) | Newtown (6) | Western Suburbs Magpies (11) |
| 1956 | St. George (3) | 18 – 12 | Balmain (5) | St George (3) | Parramatta (4) |
| 1957 | St. George (4) | 31 – 9 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (2) | St George (4) | Parramatta (5) |
| 1958 | St. George (5) | 20 – 9 | Western Suburbs Magpies (5) | St George (5) | Parramatta (6) |
| 1959 | St. George (6) | 20 – 0 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (3) | St George (6) | Parramatta (7) |
| 1960 | St. George (7) | 31 – 6 | Eastern Suburbs (9) | St George (7) | Parramatta (8) |
| 1961 | St. George (8) | 22 – 0 | Western Suburbs Magpies (6) | Western Suburbs Magpies (4) | Parramatta (9) |
| 1962 | St. George (9) | 9 – 6 | Western Suburbs Magpies (7) | St George (8) | South Sydney Rabbitohs (3) |
| 1963 | St. George (10) | 8 – 3 | Western Suburbs Magpies (8) | St George (9) | Eastern Suburbs (2) |
| 1964 | St. George (11) | 11 – 6 | Balmain Tigers (6) | St George (10) | Canterbury-Bankstown (3) |
| 1965 | St. George (12) | 12 – 8 | South Sydney Rabbitohs (12) | St George (11) | Eastern Suburbs (3) |
| 1966 | St. George (13) | 23 – 4 | Balmain Tigers (7) | St George (12) | Eastern Suburbs (4) |
| 1967 | South Sydney Rabbitohs (17) | 12 – 10 | Canterbury-Bankstown (3) | St George (13) | Cronulla-Sutherland |
| 1968 | South Sydney Rabbitohs (18) | 13 – 9 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (4) | South Sydney Rabbitohs (14) | Newtown (5) |
| 1969 | Balmain Tigers (11) | 11 – 2 | South Sydney Rabbitohs (13) | South Sydney Rabbitohs (15) | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (2) |
| 1970 | South Sydney Rabbitohs (19) | 23 – 12 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (5) | South Sydney Rabbitohs (16) | Parramatta (10) |
| 1971 | South Sydney Rabbitohs (20) | 16 – 10 | St. George (7) | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | Western Suburbs Magpies (12) |
| 1972 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 19 – 14 | Eastern Suburbs Roosters (10) | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (2) | Parramatta (11) |
| 1973 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (2) | 10 – 7 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (3) | Penrith Panthers |
| 1974 | Eastern Suburbs Roosters (10) | 19 – 4 | Canterbury-Bankstown (4) | Eastern Suburbs Roosters (12) | Balmain Tigers (2) |
| 1975 | Eastern Suburbs Roosters (11) | 38 – 0 | St. George (8) | Eastern Suburbs Roosters (13) | South Sydney Rabbitohs (4) |
| 1976 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (3) | 13 – 10 | Parramatta | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (4) | Newtown Jets (6) |
| 1977 | St. George | 9 – 9 | Parramatta | Parramatta | Newtown Jets (7) |
| 1977 | St. George (14) | 22 – 0 | Parramatta (2) | Parramatta | Newtown Jets (7) |
| 1978 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 11 – 11 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Western Suburbs Magpies (5) | Newtown Jets (8) |
| 1978 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (4) | 16 – 0 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (2) | Western Suburbs Magpies (5) | Newtown Jets (8) |
| 1979 | St. George Dragons (15) | 17 – 13 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (5) | St George Dragons (14) | North Sydney Bears (9) |
| 1980 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (3) | 18 – 4 | Eastern Suburbs Roosters (11) | Eastern Suburbs Roosters (14) | Penrith Panthers (2) |
| 1981 | Parramatta Eels | 20 – 11 | Newtown Jets (7) | Eastern Suburbs Roosters (15) | Balmain Tigers (2) |
| 1982 | Parramatta Eels (2) | 21 – 8 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (6) | Parramatta Eels (2) | Canberra Raiders |
| 1983 | Parramatta Eels (3) | 18 – 6 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (7) | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (5) | Western Suburbs Magpies (13) |
| 1984 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (4) | 6 – 4 | Parramatta Eels (3) | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (4) | Western Suburbs Magpies (14) |
| 1985 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (5) | 7 – 6 | St. George Dragons (9) | St George Dragons (15) | Illawarra Steelers |
| 1986 | Parramatta Eels (4) | 4 – 2 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (6) | Parramatta Eels (3) | Illawarra Steelers (2) |
| 1987 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (5) | 18 – 8 | Canberra Raiders | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (6) | Western Suburbs Magpies (15) |
| 1988 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (6) | 24 – 12 | Balmain Tigers (8) | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Western Suburbs Magpies (16) |
| 1989 | Canberra Raiders | 19 – 14 | Balmain Tigers (9) | South Sydney Rabbitohs (17) | Illawarra Steelers (3) |
| 1990 | Canberra Raiders (2) | 18 – 14 | Penrith Panthers | Canberra Raiders | South Sydney Rabbitohs (5) |
| 1991 | Penrith Panthers | 19 – 12 | Canberra Raiders (2) | Penrith Panthers | Gold Coast Seagulls |
| 1992 | Brisbane Broncos | 28 – 8 | St. George Dragons (10) | Brisbane Broncos | Gold Coast Seagulls (2) |
| 1993 | Brisbane Broncos (2) | 14 – 6 | St. George Dragons (11) | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (5) | Gold Coast Seagulls (3) |
| 1994 | Canberra Raiders (3) | 36 – 12 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (7) | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (6) | Balmain Tigers (4) |
| Australian Rugby League ||||||
| 1995 | Sydney Bulldogs (7) | 17 – 4 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (8) | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (7) | North Queensland Cowboys |
| 1996 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (6) | 20 – 8 | St. George Dragons (12) | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (8) | South Queensland Crushers |
| 1997 | Newcastle Knights | 22 – 16 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (9) | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (9) | South Queensland Crushers (2) |
| Super League ||||||
| 1997 | Brisbane Broncos (3) | 26 – 8 | Cronulla Sharks (3) | Brisbane Broncos (2) | North Queensland Cowboys (2) |
| National Rugby League ||||||
| 1998 | Brisbane Broncos (4) | 38 – 12 | Canterbury Bulldogs (8) | Brisbane Broncos (3) | Western Suburbs Magpies (17) |
| 1999 | Melbourne Storm | 20 – 18 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | Sharks (2) | Western Suburbs Magpies (18) |
| 2000 | Brisbane Broncos (5) | 14 – 6 | Sydney Roosters (12) | Brisbane Broncos (4) | North Queensland Cowboys (3) |
| 2001 | Newcastle Knights (2) | 30 – 24 | Parramatta Eels (4) | Parramatta Eels (4) | Penrith Panthers (3) |
| 2002 | Sydney Roosters (12) | 30 – 8 | New Zealand Warriors | New Zealand Warriors | Bulldogs (4) |
| 2003 | Penrith Panthers (2) | 18 – 6 | Sydney Roosters (13) | Penrith Panthers (2) | South Sydney Rabbitohs (6) |
| 2004 | Bulldogs (8) | 16 – 13 | Sydney Roosters (14) | Sydney Roosters (16) | South Sydney Rabbitohs (7) |
| 2005 | Wests Tigers | 30 – 16 | North Queensland Cowboys | Parramatta Eels (5) | Newcastle Knights |
| 2006 | Brisbane Broncos (6) | 15 – 8 | Melbourne Storm | Melbourne Storm$^1$ | South Sydney Rabbitohs (8) |
| 2007 | Melbourne Storm$^1$ | 34 – 8 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (10) | Melbourne Storm$^1$ | Penrith Panthers (4) |
| 2008 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (7) | 40 – 0 | Melbourne Storm (2) | Melbourne Storm$^1$ | Bulldogs (5) |
| 2009 | Melbourne Storm$^1$ | 23 – 16 | Parramatta Eels (5) | St George Illawarra Dragons | Sydney Roosters (5) |
| 2010 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 32 – 8 | Sydney Roosters (15) | St George Illawarra Dragons (2) | Melbourne Storm$^1$ |
| 2011 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (8) | 24 – 10 | New Zealand Warriors (2) | Melbourne Storm | Gold Coast Titans |
| 2012 | Melbourne Storm (2) | 14 – 4 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (9) | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (7) | Parramatta Eels (12) |
| 2013 | Sydney Roosters (13) | 26 – 18 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (11) | Sydney Roosters (17) | Parramatta Eels (13) |
| 2014 | South Sydney Rabbitohs (21) | 30 – 6 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (10) | Sydney Roosters (18) | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (3) |
| 2015 | North Queensland Cowboys | 17 – 16 | Brisbane Broncos | Sydney Roosters (19) | Newcastle Knights (2) |
| 2016 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 14 – 12 | Melbourne Storm (3) | Melbourne Storm (2) | Newcastle Knights (3) |
| 2017 | Melbourne Storm (3) | 34 – 6 | North Queensland Cowboys (2) | Melbourne Storm (3) | Newcastle Knights (4) |
| 2018 | Sydney Roosters (14) | 21 – 6 | Melbourne Storm (4) | Sydney Roosters (20) | Parramatta Eels (14) |
| 2019 | Sydney Roosters (15) | 14 – 8 | Canberra Raiders (3) | Melbourne Storm (4) | Gold Coast Titans (2) |
| 2020 | Melbourne Storm (4) | 26 – 20 | Penrith Panthers (2) | Penrith Panthers (3) | Brisbane Broncos |
| 2021 | Penrith Panthers (3) | 14 – 12 | South Sydney Rabbitohs (14) | Melbourne Storm (5) | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (6) |
| 2022 | Penrith Panthers (4) | 28 – 12 | Parramatta Eels (6) | Penrith Panthers (4) | Wests Tigers |
| 2023 | Penrith Panthers (5) | 26 – 24 | Brisbane Broncos (2) | Penrith Panthers (5) | Wests Tigers (2) |
| 2024 | Penrith Panthers (6) | 14 – 6 | Melbourne Storm (5) | Melbourne Storm (6) | Wests Tigers (3) |
$^1$ The Melbourne Storm were stripped of these titles due to long-term salary cap breaches. They also received 0 points in 2010 due to these breaches.

### Premiership performances by team

| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | 21 | 14 | 1908, 1909, 1914, 1918, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 2014 | 1910, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1949, 1952, 1965, 1969, 2021 |
| Sydney Roosters | 15 | 15 | 1911, 1912, 1913, 1923, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1945, 1974, 1975, 2002, 2013, 2018, 2019 | 1908, 1919, 1921, 1928, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1941, 1960, 1972, 1980, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2010 |
| St George Dragons | 15 | 12 | 1941, 1949, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1977, 1979 | 1927, 1930, 1933, 1942, 1946, 1953, 1971, 1975, 1985, 1992, 1993, 1996 |
| Balmain Tigers | 11 | 9 | 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1924, 1939, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1969 | 1909, 1936, 1945, 1948, 1956, 1964, 1966, 1988, 1989 |
| Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 8 | 11 | 1972, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1987, 1996, 2008, 2011 | 1951, 1957, 1959, 1968, 1970, 1982, 1983, 1995, 1997, 2007, 2013 |
| Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 8 | 10 | 1938, 1942, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1995, 2004 | 1940, 1947, 1967, 1974, 1979, 1986, 1994, 1998, 2012, 2014 |
| Brisbane Broncos | 6 | 2 | 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2006 | 2015, 2023 |
| Penrith Panthers | 6 | 2 | 1991, 2003, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | 1990, 2020 |
| Western Suburbs Magpies | 4 | 8 | 1930, 1934, 1948, 1952 | 1918, 1925, 1932, 1950, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963 |
| Parramatta Eels | 4 | 6 | 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986 | 1976, 1977, 1984, 2001, 2009, 2022 |
| Melbourne Storm | 4 | 5 | 1999, 2012, 2017, 2020 | 2006, 2008, 2016, 2018, 2024 |
| Newtown Jets | 3 | 7 | 1910, 1933, 1943 | 1913, 1914, 1929, 1944, 1954, 1955, 1981 |
| Canberra Raiders | 3 | 3 | 1989, 1990, 1994 | 1987, 1991, 2019 |
| North Sydney Bears | 2 | 1 | 1921, 1922 | 1943 |
| Newcastle Knights | 2 | 0 | 1997, 2001 | – |
| Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 1 | 3 | 2016 | 1973, 1978, 1997 |
| North Queensland Cowboys | 1 | 2 | 2015 | 2005, 2017 |
| St George Illawarra Dragons | 1 | 1 | 2010 | 1999 |
| Wests Tigers | 1 | 0 | 2005 | – |
| Glebe Dirty Reds | 0 | 4 (2) | – | 1911, 1912, 1915, 1922 |
| New Zealand Warriors | 0 | 2 | – | 2002, 2011 |
| Sydney University | 0 | 1 | – | 1926 |

### Regular season team performance

| Team | Minor Premiers | Wooden Spoon | Years Minor Premier | Years Wooden Spoon |
| Sydney Roosters | 20 | 5 | 1912, 1913, 1923, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 2004, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018 | 1949, 1963, 1965, 1966, 2009 |
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | 17 | 8 | 1908, 1909, 1914, 1918, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1932, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1989 | 1945, 1946, 1962, 1975, 1990, 2003, 2004, 2006 |
| St George Dragons | 15 | 3 | 1928, 1946, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1979, 1985 | 1922, 1926, 1938 |
| Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 9 | 0 | 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1983, 1987, 1995, 1996, 1997 | – |
| Balmain Tigers | 7 | 4 | 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1924, 1939 | 1911, 1974, 1981, 1994 |
| Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 7 | 6 | 1938, 1942, 1947, 1984, 1993, 1994, 2012 | 1943, 1944, 1964, 2002, 2008, 2021 |
| Melbourne Storm | 6 | 1 | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024 | 2010 |
| Newtown Jets | 6 | 8 | 1910, 1933, 1943, 1944, 1954, 1955 | 1924, 1925, 1928, 1939, 1968, 1976, 1977, 1978 |
| Penrith Panthers | 5 | 4 | 1991, 2003, 2020, 2022, 2023 | 1973, 1980, 2001, 2007 |
| Parramatta Eels | 5 | 14 | 1977, 1982, 1986, 2001, 2005 | 1947, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1970, 1972, 2012, 2013, 2018 |
| Western Suburbs Magpies | 5 | 18 | 1930, 1948, 1952, 1961, 1978 | 1908,* 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1916, 1933, 1940, 1942, 1953, 1955, 1971, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1998, 1999 |
| Brisbane Broncos | 4 | 1 | 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000 | 2020 |
| St George Illawarra Dragons | 2 | 0 | 2009, 2010 | – |
| Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 2 | 3 | 1988, 1999 | 1967, 1969, 2014 |
| North Sydney Bears | 2 | 9 | 1921, 1922 | 1915, 1917, 1919, 1932, 1941, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1979 |
| New Zealand Warriors | 1 | 0 | 2002 | – |
| Glebe Dirty Reds | 1 | 0 | 1911 | – |
| Canberra Raiders | 1 | 1 | 1990 | 1982 |
| Cumberland | 0 | 1 | – | 1908* |
| South Queensland Crushers | 0 | 2 | – | 1996, 1997 |
| Gold Coast Titans | 0 | 2 | – | 2011, 2019 |
| Wests Tigers | 0 | 2 | – | 2022, 2023 |
| Annandale Dales | 0 | 3 | – | 1914, 1918, 1920 |
| Illawarra Steelers | 0 | 3 | – | 1985, 1986, 1989 |
| Gold Coast Chargers | 0 | 3 | – | 1991, 1992, 1993 |
| North Queensland Cowboys | 0 | 3 | – | 1995, 1997, 2000 |
| Newcastle Knights | 0 | 4 | – | 2005, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
| Sydney University | 0 | 10 | – | 1921, 1923, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937 |

## List of QRL/BRL premiers (1909–1994)

| Season | Premiers | Score | Runners-up | Minor Premiers | Wooden Spoon |
| Queensland Rugby League ||||||
| 1909 | Fortitude Valley | 22–4 | South Brisbane | Fortitude Valley | Toombul |
| 1910 | Ipswich | 17–2 | Toombul | Ipswich | South Brisbane |
| 1911 | Valleys-Toombul | 13–2 | Ipswich B | Valleys-Toombul | South Brisbane United |
| 1912 | Natives | 10–0 | South Brisbane | Natives | Woolloongabba |
| 1913 | West End | 5–3 | Natives | West End | Railways |
| 1914 | Fortitude Valley | 18–8 | West End | Fortitude Valley | North Brisbane |
| 1915 | Fortitude Valley | 10–9 | Western Suburbs | Woolloongabba | West End |
| 1916 | Western Suburbs | 4–2 | Fortitude Valley | Western Suburbs | Ipswich Starlights |
| 1917 | Fortitude Valley | 13–5 | Merthyr | Fortitude Valley | Coorparoo |
| 1918 | Fortitude Valley | 16–12 | Merthyr | Merthyr | Western Suburbs (Quit competition after 2-point penalty for fielding ineligible players) |
| 1919 | Fortitude Valley | 28–2 | Coorparoo | Fortitude Valley | West End |
| 1920 | Western Suburbs | 16–8 | Christian Brothers | Fortitude Valley | Railways |
| 1921 | Carltons | 12–10 | Coorparoo | Carltons | University |
| Brisbane Rugby League ||||||
| 1922 | Western Suburbs | 20–9 | Coorparoo | Western Suburbs | Christian Brothers |
| 1923 | Coorparoo | 13–2 | Fortitude Valley | Fortitude Valley | Western Suburbs |
| 1924 | Fortitude Valley | 11–8 | Christian Brothers | Fortitude Valley | University |
| 1925 | Carltons | 24–5 | Coorparoo | Coorparoo | University |
| 1926 | Christian Brothers | 6–5 | Coorparoo | Christian Brothers | Carltons |
| 1927 | Past Grammars | 13–11 | Western Suburbs | Coorparoo | University |
| 1928 | University | 10–7 | Carltons | Carltons | Coorparoo |
| 1929 | University | 12–11 | Coorparoo | University | Western Suburbs |
| 1930 | Carltons | 19–8 | Fortitude Valley | Carltons | University |
| 1931 | Fortitude Valley | 27–9 | Past Grammars | Fortitude Valley | Past Christian Brothers |
| 1932 | Western Suburbs | 8–7 | Past Grammars | Western Suburbs | Wynnum District |
| 1933 | Fortitude Valley | 9–3 | Western Suburbs | Western Suburbs | Southern Suburbs |
| 1934 | Northern Suburbs | 7–4 | Western Suburbs | Western Suburbs | Southern Suburbs |
| 1935 | Past Christian Brothers | 11–9 | Fortitude Valley | Northern Suburbs | Southern Suburbs |
| 1936 | Western Suburbs | 13–12 | Fortitude Valley | Fortitude Valley | Southern Suburbs |
| 1937 | Fortitude Valley | 9–7 | Western Suburbs | Fortitude Valley | Southern Suburbs |
| 1938 | Northern Suburbs | 16–10 | Fortitude Valley | Fortitude Valley | Eastern Suburbs |
| 1939 | Past Christian Brothers | 11–9 | Northern Suburbs | Northern Suburbs | Eastern Suburbs |
| 1940 | Northern Suburbs | 17–11 | Past Christian Brothers | Northern Suburbs | Eastern Suburbs |
| 1941 | Fortitude Valley | 13–7 | Northern Suburbs | Fortitude Valley | Southern Suburbs |
| 1942 | Past Brothers | 20–11 | Southern Suburbs | Fortitude Valley | Western Suburbs |
| 1943 | Past Brothers | 13–7 | Fortitude Valley | Fortitude Valley | Western Suburbs |
| 1944 | Fortitude Valley | 16–12 | Northern Suburbs | Fortitude Valley | Eastern Suburbs |
| 1945 | Southern Suburbs | 21–11 | Northern Suburbs | Northern Suburbs | Eastern Suburbs |
| 1946 | Fortitude Valley | 5–2 | Eastern Suburbs | Eastern Suburbs | Western Suburbs |
| 1947 | Eastern Suburbs | 15–2 | Southern Suburbs | Eastern Suburbs | Western Suburbs |
| 1948 | Western Suburbs | 14–8 | Eastern Suburbs | Western Suburbs | Fortitude Valley |
| 1949 | Southern Suburbs | 22–8 | Eastern Suburbs | Southern Suburbs | Northern Suburbs |
| 1950 | Eastern Suburbs | 14–10 | Western Suburbs | Western Suburbs | Northern Suburbs |
| 1951 | Southern Suburbs | 20–10 | Eastern Suburbs | Southern Suburbs | Fortitude Valley |
| 1952 | Western Suburbs | 15–14 | Past Brothers | Western Suburbs | South Coast |
| 1953 | Southern Suburbs | 21–4 | Eastern Suburbs | Southern Suburbs | Wynnum-Manly |
| 1954 | Western Suburbs | 35–18 | Past Brothers | Southern Suburbs | Northern Suburbs |
| 1955 | Fortitude Valley | 17–7 | Past Brothers | Fortitude Valley | Eastern Suburbs |
| 1956 | Past Brothers | 17–10 | Western Suburbs | Past Brothers | Eastern Suburbs |
| 1957 | Fortitude Valley | 18–17 | Past Brothers | Past Brothers | Wynnum-Manly |
| 1958 | Past Brothers | 22–7 | Fortitude Valley | Western Suburbs | Southern Suburbs |
| 1959 | Northern Suburbs | 24–18 | Past Brothers | Northern Suburbs | Southern Suburbs |
| 1960 | Northern Suburbs | 18–5 | Fortitude Valley | Fortitude Valley | Southern Suburbs |
| 1961 | Northern Suburbs | 29–5 | Fortitude Valley | Northern Suburbs | Eastern Suburbs |
| 1962 | Northern Suburbs | 22–0 | Fortitude Valley | Northern Suburbs | Wynnum-Manly |
| 1963 | Northern Suburbs | 18–8 | Southern Suburbs | Northern Suburbs | Past Brothers |
| 1964 | Northern Suburbs | 13–4 | Past Brothers | Fortitude Valley | Wynnum-Manly |
| 1965 | Redcliffe | 15–2 | Fortitude Valley | Fortitude Valley | Southern Suburbs |
| 1966 | Northern Suburbs | 9–6 | Past Brothers | Northern Suburbs | Wynnum-Manly |
| 1967 | Past Brothers | 6–2 | Northern Suburbs | Fortitude Valley | Wynnum-Manly |
| 1968 | Past Brothers | 21–4 | Eastern Suburbs | Past Brothers | Southern Suburbs |
| 1969 | Northern Suburbs | 14–2 | Fortitude Valley | Northern Suburbs | Southern Suburbs |
| 1970 | Fortitude Valley | 13–11 | Northern Suburbs | Past Brothers | Wynnum-Manly |
| 1971 | Fortitude Valley | 18–10 | Eastern Suburbs | Fortitude Valley | Wynnum-Manly |
| 1972 | Eastern Suburbs | 16–15 | Fortitude Valley | Western Suburbs | Wynnum-Manly |
| 1973 | Fortitude Valley | 15–7 | Redcliffe | Fortitude Valley | Wynnum-Manly |
| 1974 | Fortitude Valley | 9–2 | Past Brothers | Northern Suburbs | Western Suburbs |
| 1975 | Western Suburbs | 26–24 | Redcliffe | Western Suburbs | Fortitude Valley |
| 1976 | Western Suburbs | 16–1 | Eastern Suburbs | Eastern Suburbs | Northern Suburbs |
| 1977 | Eastern Suburbs | 17–13 | Redcliffe | Redcliffe | Southern Suburbs |
| 1978 | Eastern Suburbs | 14–10 | Fortitude Valley | Redcliffe | Northern Suburbs |
| 1979 | Fortitude Valley | 26–0 | Southern Suburbs | Fortitude Valley | Wynnum-Manly |
| 1980 | Northern Suburbs | 17–15 | Southern Suburbs | Fortitude Valley | Western Suburbs |
| 1981 | Southern Suburbs | 13–9 | Redcliffe | Southern Suburbs | Past Brothers |
| 1982 | Wynnum-Manly | 17–3 | Southern Suburbs | Fortitude Valley | Western Suburbs |
| 1983 | Eastern Suburbs | 14–6 | Redcliffe | Redcliffe | Western Suburbs |
| 1984 | Wynnum-Manly | 42–8 | Southern Suburbs | Wynnum-Manly | Northern Suburbs |
| 1985 | Southern Suburbs | 10–8 | Wynnum-Manly | Southern Suburbs | Western Suburbs |
| 1986 | Wynnum-Manly | 14–6 | Past Brothers | Wynnum-Manly | Western Suburbs |
| 1987 | Past Brothers | 26–8 | Redcliffe | Past Brothers | Eastern Suburbs |
| 1988 | Seagulls-Diehards | 17–14 | Ipswich | Southern Suburbs | Logan City |
| 1989 | Fortitude Valley | 28–4 | Ipswich | Fortitude Valley | Logan City |
| 1990 | Fortitude Valley | 17–16 | Northern Suburbs | Fortitude Valley | Wynnum-Manly |
| 1991 | Eastern Suburbs | 25–10 | Western Suburbs | Eastern Suburbs | Wynnum-Manly |
| 1992 | Western Suburbs | 40–10 | Eastern Suburbs | Eastern Suburbs | Ipswich |
| 1993 | Western Suburbs | 18–12 | Eastern Suburbs | Western Suburbs | Logan City |
| 1994 | Redcliffe | 24–18 | Western Suburbs | Redcliffe | Northern Suburbs |
Note: The BRL maintained first class status until 1994 when the NSWRL became the ARL and a national competition was formed.