Super League records

All time records

(Not including play-offs)

TRIES
Match: 6 Lesley Vainikolo (Bradford Bulls) v Hull FC ... 2 September 2005
Season: 36 Lesley Vainikolo (Bradford Bulls) ... 2004
Career: 178 Keith Senior (Leeds Rhinos, ex Sheffield Eagles) ... 1996 - 2009

GOALS
Match: 14 Henry Paul (Bradford Bulls) v Salford City Reds ... 25 June 2000
Season: 168 (3) Henry Paul (Bradford Bulls) ... 2001
(3) drop goals included in total
Career: 989 (21) Paul Deacon (Wigan Warriors, ex Bradford Bulls, Oldham) ... 1997 - 2009
(21) Drop goals included in total

POINTS
Match: 42 (4t, 13g) Iestyn Harris (Leeds Rhinos) v Huddersfield Giants ... 16 July 1999
Season: 388 (16t, 160g, 4dg) Andrew Farrell (Wigan Warriors) ... 2001
Career: 2,233 (69t, 968g, 21g) Paul Deacon (Wigan Warriors, ex Bradford Bulls, Oldham) ... 1997 - 2009

APPEARANCES
Career: 349 (Inc. 3 sub) Keith Senior (Leeds Rhinos, ex Sheffield Eagles) 1996 - 09
(From a possible 374 rounds)

HIGHEST SCORE
Bradford Bulls 96 v Salford City Reds 16 ... 25 June 2000
Also widest margin with: Leeds Rhinos 86 v Huddersfield Giants 6 ... 16 July 1999

ATTENDANCES
Record round one aggregate attendance: 77,944 in 2009 (7 matches)
Record aggregate for any round: 84,375 round 8 in 2009 (7 matches)
Record round one attendance: 21,693 Wigan Warriors v Warrington Wolves ... 2007
Record attendance for any round: 25,004 Wigan Warriors v St Helens in round 7 ... 2005

Super Senior

Keith Senior of Leeds Rhinos continues his reign as Super League's top try scorer and the player who has played in most rounds since the new era was launched in 1996. The centre has scored 178 tries in 349 rounds, including three as a substitute. He has missed only 25 rounds.

Senior played and scored a try in the first ever Super League match, for Sheffield Eagles at Paris St. Germain in 1996. Keiron Cunningham of St Helens is the only other player still playing in Super League who played in the first round.
Senior is one of only five players remaining who have played in all 14 previous Super League seasons. The others are Cunningham, Paul Johnson (Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, ex Warrington Wolves, Bradford Bulls, Wigan Warriors), Sean Long (Hull FC, ex St Helens, Wigan Warriors), Terry Newton (Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, ex Bradford Bulls, Leeds Rhinos, Wigan Warriors).

Super Saints

St Helens have retained their place as the most successful Super League club in terms of number of points gained over the 14 seasons since it was launched in 1996.  

Composite Super League Top Four table from 1996 - 2008: 

 

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

For

Against

Points

St Helens

374

273

8

93

12,177

7,371

*552

Bradford

374

258

11

105

11,737

7,301

**523

Leeds

374

254

9

111

11,226

7,581

517

Wigan

374

245

15

114

10,772

6,989

***499

 * 2 points deducted for salary cap breach ** 4 points deducted for salary cap breach *** 6 points deducted for salary cap breach

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