St Helens and Wigan have met 367 times in completed first-team matches since the Northern Union’s first season, 1895/96. This page sets out the all-time head-to-head record, the record in Super League, the record in each competition and on Good Friday, the derby’s traditional date, and shows how the balance of power has shifted decade by decade.

Figures are complete to the most recent derby: Wigan 38–16 St Helens at the Brick Community Stadium on 24 July 2026.

All-time record: all competitions

Wigan lead the all-time series by 71 wins: 210 to 139, with 18 draws. Wigan have scored 6,126 points in derbies to St Helens’ 4,989. Wigan’s lead was once wider still: it peaked at 82 wins in March 2005, and St Helens have clawed back 11 since. St Helens last led the series in March 1907.

Super League record

Almost all of Wigan’s overall lead was built before Super League began in 1996. In the 99 Super League derbies since, St Helens lead 49 to 46, with 4 draws, and the points are almost dead level: St Helens 2,040, Wigan 2,037. These figures cover regular rounds, Magic Weekend, play-offs and Grand Finals. Wigan shade the regular rounds 42 to 40, while St Helens have won 9 of the 13 play-off meetings, including three of the four Grand Finals between the clubs (2000, 2014 and 2020; Wigan won in 2010).

Record by competition

Competition	Played	St Helens wins	Drawn	Wigan wins	St Helens points	Wigan points
League, top flight (1895–1996)	178	64	7	107	1,910	2,713
Super League, regular season (1996–)	86	40	4	42	1,749	1,807
Wartime leagues (1939–45)	11	0	1	10	50	146
Challenge Cup	30	9	3	18	406	455
Lancashire Cup	21	7	0	14	215	307
Premiership Trophy	11	6	1	4	176	214
BBC2 Floodlit Trophy	6	1	2	3	60	79
John Player / Regal Trophy	3	0	0	3	43	58
Yorkshire Cup (wartime, 1942–43)	4	1	0	3	51	74
Championship play-offs (1960, 1971 final)	2	1	0	1	25	31
Super League play-offs and Grand Finals	13	9	0	4	291	230
South West Lancashire competitions (1900, 1903)	2	1	0	1	13	12
Total	367	139	18	210	4,989	6,126

Good Friday

Good Friday is the derby’s traditional date. The clubs have met 103 times on Good Friday, the first on 13 April 1906 (Wigan 37–6 St Helens at Central Park). Wigan lead 61 to 38, with 4 draws. Points: St Helens 1,481, Wigan 1,743.

Wigan won 12 Good Friday derbies in a row between 1910 and 1926. St Helens’ best run is six, from 1963 to 1968. In the Super League era the fixture has been almost even: Wigan 13 wins, St Helens 12, with 2 draws. Since 1996 the clubs have missed Good Friday in only four years: 2002 (they met on Easter Monday instead), 2009 (on the Thursday before), 2020 and 2021. The most recent Good Friday derby, on 3 April 2026, was a 34–24 St Helens win at the Brewdog Stadium.

Period	Played	St Helens wins	Drawn	Wigan wins	St Helens points	Wigan points
Before Super League (1906–1995)	76	26	2	48	884	1,222
Super League era (1996–)	27	12	2	13	597	521
Total	103	38	4	61	1,481	1,743

Wins by decade

Wigan dominated the first half of the 20th century: St Helens won only 3 of the 35 derbies played in the 1910s and 1920s. St Helens had the better of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Wigan took back control in the 1980s and above all the 1990s, winning 30 of 40. Since 2000 the derby has been close to even.

Decade	Played	St Helens wins	Drawn	Wigan wins
1890s	11	8	1	2
1900s	20	5	1	14
1910s	13	1	0	12
1920s	22	2	1	19
1930s	23	6	1	16
1940s	29	5	1	23
1950s	22	11	1	10
1960s	31	18	1	12
1970s	31	16	5	10
1980s	28	10	0	18
1990s	40	8	2	30
2000s	43	23	3	17
2010s	34	17	1	16
2020s	20	9	0	11

About these figures

Results, dates and venues come from Rugby League Project, and the totals match its own summary pages, points included. Rugby League Project lists the first meeting as a Northern Union match at Knowsley Road on 16 November 1895, a 0–0 draw. Two matches abandoned on Boxing Day (1944 and 1968) are not counted. The Wikipedia rivalry page gives a slightly different total because it also counts friendlies and dates from May 2026. Good Friday dates are worked out from each year’s Easter. Clubs are listed alphabetically throughout.