THE 2025 Super League Grand Final will take place on Saturday evening as Wigan Warriors and Hull KR do battle to be crowned the northern hemisphere’s best rugby league side.
A crowd of over 65,000 is expected following strong ticket sales from both the Warriors and Rovers fans, which could make it the best attended Grand Final since 2017 when almost 73,000 flocked to Manchester to watch Leeds Rhinos and Castleford Tigers do battle.
Only 58,137 people made it to the ‘Theatre of Dreams’ in 2024 to watch Wigan overcome Catalans Dragons – a crowd that ranked 21st out of 26 finals so far.
With that in mind, just how does each Grand Final attendance fare from the first one 1998 to the present day?
1. 2015 – 73,512 – Leeds Rhinos 22–20 Wigan Warriors
2. 2017 – 72,827 – Leeds Rhinos 24-6 Castleford Tigers
3. 2006 – 72,575 – St Helens 26-4 Hull FC
4. 2010 – 71,526 – Wigan Warriors 22-10 St Helens
5. 2007 – 71,352 – Leeds Rhinos 33-6 St Helens
6. 2012 – 70,676 – Leeds Rhinos 26-18 Warrington Wolves
7. 2016 – 70,202 – Wigan Warriors 12-6 Warrington Wolves
8. 2014 – 70,102 – St Helens 14-6 Wigan Warriors
9. 2011 – 69,107 – Leeds Rhinos 32-16 St Helens
10. 2008 – 68,810 – Leeds Rhinos 24-16 St Helens
11. 2013 – 66,281 – Wigan Warriors 30-16 Warrington Wolves
12. 2005 – 65,728 – Bradford Bulls 15-6 Leeds Rhinos
13. 2004 – 65,547 – Leeds Rhinos 16-8 Bradford Bulls
14. 2003 – 65,537 – Bradford Bulls 25-12 Wigan Warriors
15. 2018 – 64,892 – Wigan Warriors 12-4 Warrington Wolves
16. 2019 – 64,102 – St Helens 23-6 Salford Red Devils
17. 2009 – 63,259 – Leeds Rhinos 18-10 St Helens
18. 2002 – 61,138 – St Helens 19-18 Bradford Bulls
19. 2022 – 60,783 – St Helens 24-12 Leeds Rhinos
20. 2001 – 60,164 – Bradford Bulls 37-6 Wigan Warriors
21. 2023 – 58,137 – Wigan Warriors 10-2 Catalans Dragons
22. 2000 – 58,132 – St Helens 29-16 Wigan Warriors
23. 1999 – 50,717 – St Helens 8-6 Bradford Bulls
24. 2021 – 45,177 – St Helens 12-10 Catalans Dragons
25. 1998 – 43,533 – Wigan Warriors 10-4 Leeds Rhinos
26. 2020 – N/A – St Helens 8-4 Wigan Warriors
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