| 1900–01 Northern Rugby Football Union season | |
| Structure: | Separate county championships |
| Season: | 1900-01 Season |
| Top Scorer: | Williams 141 |
| Top Try Scorer: | Williams 47 |
| Season2: | Lancashire Senior Competition |
| Season Champs2: | Oldham |
| Season Champ Name2: | Champions |
| Season3: | Yorkshire Senior Competition |
| Season Champs3: | Bradford |
| Season Champ Name3: | Champions |
| Prevseason Link: | 1899–1900 Northern Rugby Football Union season |
| Prevseason Year: | 1899–1900 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1901–02 Northern Rugby Football Union season |
| Nextseason Year: | 1901–02 |
The 1900–01 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the sixth season of rugby league football.
The Lancashire Senior Competition was won by Oldham and the Yorkshire Senior Competition by Bradford.
In 1901 Bramley's James Lomas became rugby league's first £100 transfer, moving to Salford.[1]
Barrow replaced Tyldesley. Although participating in the Lancashire Senior Competition, Runcorn and Stockport were from Cheshire, and Millom were from Cumberland.
| width=20 abbr="Position" | width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=20 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oldham | 26 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 301 | 67 | 45 | |||||||||
| 2 | Swinton | 26 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 283 | 66 | 44 | |||||||||
| 3 | Runcorn | 26 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 240 | 100 | 40 | |||||||||
| 4 | Broughton Rangers | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 211 | 84 | 36 | |||||||||
| 5 | Salford | 26 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 229 | 149 | 30 | |||||||||
| 6 | Warrington | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 149 | 126 | 27 | |||||||||
| 7 | Leigh | 26 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 157 | 143 | 26 | |||||||||
| 8 | Barrow | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 140 | 169 | 22 | |||||||||
| 9 | Wigan | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 98 | 227 | 19 | |||||||||
| 10 | Rochdale Hornets | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 103 | 257 | 18 | |||||||||
| 11 | Millom | 26 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 85 | 194 | 16 | |||||||||
| 12 | Stockport | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 102 | 184 | 15 | |||||||||
| 13 | St. Helens | 26 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 82 | 228 | 12* | |||||||||
| 14 | Widnes | 26 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 85 | 271 | 12 | |||||||||
| width=20 abbr="Position" | width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=20 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bradford | 30 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 387 | 100 | 51* | |||||||||
| 2 | Halifax | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 309 | 147 | 47 | |||||||||
| 3 | Hunslet | 30 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 252 | 142 | 40 | |||||||||
| 4 | Batley | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 166 | 131 | 39 | |||||||||
| 5 | Hull | 30 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 291 | 141 | 37* | |||||||||
| 6 | Huddersfield | 30 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 241 | 130 | 35 | |||||||||
| 7 | Brighouse Rangers | 30 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 194 | 162 | 32 | |||||||||
| 8 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 30 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 195 | 169 | 32 | |||||||||
| 9 | Wakefield Trinity | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 242 | 148 | 31 | |||||||||
| 10 | Leeds Parish Church | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 115 | 108 | 30 | |||||||||
| 11 | Bramley | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 138 | 163 | 29 | |||||||||
| 12 | Manningham | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 115 | 258 | 19 | |||||||||
| 13 | Leeds | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 144 | 255 | 17 | |||||||||
| 14 | Holbeck | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 110 | 263 | 15* | |||||||||
| 15 | Castleford | 30 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 92 | 331 | 14 | |||||||||
| 16 | Liversedge | 30 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 43 | 386 | 6 | |||||||||
See main article: 1901 Challenge Cup.
The 1901 Challenge Cup was the 5th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.[2] The final was played between Batley and Warrington at Headingley Stadium in Leeds.[3]