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, first across every competition, then for regular league matches only and for 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.

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

Before and since Super League

Period	Played	St Helens wins	Drawn	Wigan wins	St Helens points	Wigan points
Before Super League (1895 – January 1996)	256	86	14	156	2,704	3,845
Super League era (March 1996 –)	111	53	4	54	2,285	2,281

Almost all of Wigan’s overall lead was built before 1996. In the Super League era the derby has been close to level: Wigan 54 wins, St Helens 53, with 4 draws, and only four points between the sides across 111 matches.

All-time record: regular league matches

In regular league matches Wigan lead 159 to 104, with 12 draws, from 275 meetings. Points: St Helens 3,709, Wigan 4,666. The Super League regular season is far closer: Wigan have won 42 of the 86 meetings since 1996, St Helens 40, with 4 draws.

This count includes every regular-season league derby, including the War Emergency Leagues of 1939–45, the Lancashire Senior Competition of 1896–1902 (the league the Lancashire clubs played in at the time), and Super League Magic Weekend fixtures, which are regular-season rounds. It leaves out play-offs and finals (the 1960 Championship play-off, the 1971 Championship final and 13 Super League play-offs and Grand Finals) and two South West Lancashire county fixtures from 1900 and 1903. The clubs have never met in a second-tier league.

Other ways to count it

Matches counted	Played	St Helens wins	Drawn	Wigan wins
All regular league (headline)	275	104	12	159
Leaving out wartime leagues	264	104	11	149
Before Super League (1895–1996)	189	64	8	117
Super League regular season (1996–)	86	40	4	42
Super League, without Magic Weekend	78	37	3	38
Adding play-offs and finals	290	114	12	164

Home and away

Venue	Played	St Helens wins	Drawn	Wigan wins
St Helens home matches	133	58	6	69
Wigan home matches	132	42	5	85
Neutral venues (Magic Weekend, Swansea 1998, Salford 2020)	10	4	1	5

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.