UK Top Teams : 2016-2018

I've assigned points for teams in Super League, grand finalists and Challenge Cup quarter-finalists forward. Over three year we can see which teams dominate proceedings. The winners are well rewarded so teams that struggle to compete at the top of a competition get exposed.

Interestingly, Wigan is the most successful without being the top in any of the three years. Hull FC pipped Warrington in 2016, Leeds got the nod over Hull FC in 2017 and Warrington were the best over Saints and Wigan, who were tied. The Catalan team came 4th in 2018, the highest the French club has finished.

For the last few years, there have been 23 rounds, followed by eight more, at which point the league leader is crowned. To me, that was absolute nonsense. Once a competition breaks up into new divisions, surely the winner at that point is the league winner. That's how I've scored it. although in reality, it doesn't make much of a difference.

SL Ranking 2016-18
		Grd	'18				'17				'16				Summary
Rk	Team	Tot	Lge	Fnl	CC	Tot	Lge	Fnl	CC	Tot	Lge	Fnl	CC	Tot	Lge	Fnl	CC	Tot
1	Wigan	124	18	20	6	44	10	6	16	32	16	20	12	48	44	46	34	124
2	Hull FC	119	11	2	6	19	16	12	20	48	20	12	20	52	47	26	46	119
3	Warrington	110	14	16	16	46	8		6	14	18	16	16	50	40	32	38	110
4	Castleford	95	16	12		28	20	16	6	42	11	8	6	25	47	36	12	95
5	St Helens	93	20	12	12	44	11	12		23	14	12		26	45	36	12	93
6	Leeds	78	8		12	20	18	20	12	50	8			8	34	20	24	78
7	Wakefield	67	10	8		18	12	8	6	26	9	2	12	23	31	18	18	67
8	Catalan	64	9	4	20	33	7			7	12	6	6	24	28	10	26	64
9	Huddersfield	46	12	6	6	24	9	2		11	5		6	11	26	8	12	46
10	Salford	43	6			6	14	4	12	30	7			7	27	4	12	43
11	Widnes	30	5			5	5			5	10	4	6	20	20	4	6	30
12	Hull KR	13	7			7					6			6	13	0	0	13
13	Leigh	12			6	6	6			6					6	0	6	12
14	Featherston	6							6	6					0	0	6	6
	Total	900	136	80	84	300	136	80	84	300	136	80	84	300	408	240	252	900