RECORD SUPER LEAGUE GRAND FINAL APPEARANCES
Jamie Peacock and James Roby share the record for most Grand Final appearances, having each played in the Super League title decider on eleven occasions.
Peacock also holds the record for most Grand Final wins, with nine. He won with Bradford in 2001, 2003 and 2005 (as captain) and was undefeated for Leeds in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2015. He was on the losing side for Bradford in 2002 and 2004.
Roby won with St Helens in 2006, 2014 (Harry Sunderland Trophy winner), 2019 (as captain), 2020 (captain, Harry Sunderland Trophy winner), 2021 (captain) and 2022 (captain). He was on the losing side for Saints in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Seven players share the unwanted record of five defeats in Grand Finals – Lee Gilmour, James Graham, Francis Meli, Leon Pryce, James Roby, Paul Wellens and Jon Wilkin.
Graham, Meli, Roby, Wellens and Wilkin all lost with St Helens in successive years from 2007 to 2011. Gilmour lost with Saints in 2007, 2008 and 2009, with Bradford in 2002 and with Wigan in 2000. Pryce lost with St Helens in 2007, 2008 and 2009 and with Bradford in 1999 and 2002.
Kevin Sinfield holds the records for most appearances and wins as captain in a Super League Grand Final – having skippered Leeds on eight occasions in 2004(W), 2005(L), 2007(W), 2008(W), 2009(W), 2011(W), 2012(W) and 2015(W).
Sinfield also won the Harry Sunderland Trophy in the 2009 and 2012 victories.
Youngest finalist
Leon Pryce – Bradford v St Helens, 1999 – 18 years (played in the game on his 18th birthday)
– The youngest player to win a Grand Final is Jack Walker (18 years, 60 days), who was on the winning side for Leeds against Castleford in 2017
– The youngest player to score in a Grand Final is David Hodgson (19 years, 67 days), who touched down in defeat for Wigan against St Helens in 2000
Oldest finalist
Sean O’Loughlin – Wigan v St Helens, 2020 (38 years, 3 days)
– The oldest player to win a Grand Final is Jamie Peacock (37 years, 300 days), who was on the winning side for Leeds against Wigan in 2015
– The oldest player to score in a Grand Final is James Maloney (35 years, 116 days), who kicked three goals in defeat for Catalans Dragons against St Helens in 2021
ROB BURROW AWARD
(Awarded to the man of the match in the Super League Grand Final from 2024)
2024 Bevan French (Wigan Warriors v Hull KR)
HARRY SUNDERLAND TROPHY
(Awarded to the man of the match in the Championship Final from 1965 to 1973; Club Merit Final 1974; Premiership Final 1975-1997; Super League Grand Final 1998-2023)
Seven players twice won the Harry Sunderland Trophy with the same club: Alan Tait (Widnes – 1989, 1990 Premiership Finals), Chris Joynt (St Helens – 1993 Premiership Final, 2000 Super League Grand Final), Andrew Farrell (Wigan – 1996, 1997 Premiership Finals), Rob Burrow (Leeds – 2007, 2011 Super League Grand Finals), Kevin Sinfield (Leeds – 2009, 2012 Super League Grand Finals), James Roby (St Helens – 2014, 2020 Super League Grand Finals) and Danny McGuire (Leeds – 2015, 2017 Super League Grand Finals).
Burrow, winning the award in 2011, became the first player to win the Trophy twice in the Grand Final.
Sinfield was one of just 11 players to lift both the Harry Sunderland Trophy and the Lance Todd Trophy (as man of the match in the Challenge Cup Final).
Four players from the losing side won the Harry Sunderland Trophy: Bill Ashurst (Wigan v St Helens, 1971), Henry Paul (Bradford Bulls v St Helens, 1999), Paul Deacon (Bradford Bulls v St Helens, 2002) and Stefan Ratchford (Warrington Wolves v Wigan Warriors, 2018).
The youngest player to win the trophy was Wigan centre Kris Radlinski (19 years, 42 days) against Leeds in 1995.
The oldest player to win the trophy was St Helens hooker James Roby (35 years, 5 days) against Wigan in 2020.
GRAND FINAL RESULTS
(all played at Old Trafford unless stated)
1998 Wigan Warriors (1st) 10, Leeds Rhinos (2nd) 4 (Attendance: 43,553)
1999 St Helens (2nd) 8, Bradford Bulls (1st) 6 (Attendance: 50,717)
2000 St Helens (2nd) 29, Wigan Warriors (1st) 16 (Attendance: 58,132)
2001 Bradford Bulls (1st) 37, Wigan Warriors (2nd) 6 (Attendance: 60,164)
2002 St Helens (1st) 19, Bradford Bulls (2nd) 18 (Attendance: 61,138)
2003 Bradford Bulls (1st) 25, Wigan Warriors (3rd) 12 (Attendance: 65,537)
2004 Leeds Rhinos (1st) 16, Bradford Bulls (2nd) 8 (Attendance: 65,537)
2005 Bradford Bulls (3rd) 15, Leeds Rhinos (2nd) 6 (Attendance: 65,537)
2006 St Helens (1st) 26, Hull FC (2nd) 4 (Attendance: 72,582)
2007 Leeds Rhinos (2nd) 33, St Helens (1st) 6 (Attendance: 71,352)
2008 Leeds Rhinos (2nd) 24, St Helens (1st) 16 (Attendance: 68,810)
2009 Leeds Rhinos (1st) 18, St Helens (2nd) 10 (Attendance: 63,259)
2010 Wigan Warriors (1st) 22, St Helens (2nd) 10 (Attendance: 71,526)
2011 Leeds Rhinos (5th) 32, St Helens (3rd) 16 (Attendance: 69,107)
2012 Leeds Rhinos (5th) 26, Warrington Wolves (2nd) 18 (Attendance: 70,676)
2013 Wigan Warriors (4th) 30, Warrington Wolves (2nd) 16 (Attendance: 66,281)
2014 St Helens (1st) 14, Wigan Warriors (2nd) 6 (Attendance: 70,102)
2015 Leeds Rhinos (1st) 22, Wigan Warriors (2nd) 20 (Attendance: 73,512)
2016 Wigan Warriors (2nd) 12, Warrington Wolves (1st) 6 (Attendance: 70,202)
2017 Leeds Rhinos (2nd) 24, Castleford Tigers (1st) 6 (Attendance: 72,827)
2018 Wigan Warriors (2nd) 12, Warrington Wolves (4th) 4 (Attendance: 64,892)
2019 St Helens (1st) 23, Salford Red Devils (3rd) 6 (Attendance: 64,102)
2020 St Helens (2nd) 8, Wigan Warriors (1st) 4 (Attendance: N/A – behind closed doors)
(at KCOM Stadium, Hull)
2021 St Helens (2nd) 12, Catalans Dragons (1st) 10 (Attendance: 45,177)
2022 St Helens (1st) 24, Leeds Rhinos (5th) 12 (Attendance: 60,783)
2023 Wigan Warriors (1st) 10, Catalans Dragons (2nd) 2 (Attendance: 58,137)
2024 Wigan Warriors (1st) 9, Hull KR (2nd) 2 (Attendance: 68,173)
DISMISSALS
Wigan’s Ben Flower is the only player to be sent off in a Super League Grand Final – shown the red card by referee Phil Bentham in the second minute of the Warriors’ 2014 defeat to St Helens. Flower was dismissed for punching Saints’ Lance Hohaia.
GRAND FINAL RECORDS
Most finals
14 Wigan Warriors (1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025)
14 St Helens (1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
Most wins
9 St Helens (1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
Most losses
6 Wigan Warriors (2000, 2001, 2003, 2014, 2015, 2020)
Highest score
Bradford Bulls 37 Wigan Warriors 6 (2001)
(also widest margin)
Highest aggregate score
Leeds Rhinos 32 St Helens 16 (2011)
Most tries by a team
6 Bradford Bulls (v Wigan Warriors, 2001)
Most points by a losing team
Wigan Warriors 20 Leeds Rhinos 22 (2015)
Biggest attendance
73,512 Leeds Rhinos v Wigan Warriors (2015)
Fastest try
Matty Lees (St Helens) v Leeds Rhinos, 2022 – 2 minutes, 22 seconds
Most tries by a player
3 Michael Withers (Bradford Bulls) v Wigan Warriors, 2001
Most goals by a player
7 (including 1 fg) Paul Deacon (Bradford Bulls) v Wigan Warriors, 2003
Most points by a player
14 (1 try, 5 goals) Kevin Sinfield (Leeds Rhinos) v Warrington Wolves, 2012
14 (1 try, 5 goals) Pat Richards (Wigan Warriors) v Warrington Wolves, 2013