| Cricket Format: | First-class cricket (3 days) |
| Tournament Format: | League system |
| Champions: | Kent |
| Count: | 1 |
| Participants: | 16 |
| Most Runs: | (2,814 for Surrey) |
| Most Wickets: | (182 for Yorkshire) |
| Previous Year: | 1905 |
| Previous Tournament: | 1905 County Championship |
| Next Year: | 1907 |
| Next Tournament: | 1907 County Championship |
The 1906 County Championship was the 17th officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 3 May to 30 August 1906. Kent won its first championship title, while the previous season's winners, Yorkshire, finished in second place.
| width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=30 abbr="Points" | Pts | width=20 abbr="Finished matches" | Fin | width=50 abbr="Percentage of finished matches" | %Fin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 77.77 | ||||||||
| Yorkshire | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 70.00 | ||||||||
| Surrey | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 63.63 | ||||||||
| Lancashire | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 42.85 | ||||||||
| Nottinghamshire | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 38.46 | ||||||||
| Warwickshire | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 27.27 | ||||||||
| Essex | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 20.00 | ||||||||
| Hampshire | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | -2 | 16 | –12.50 | ||||||||
| Gloucestershire | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | -4 | 16 | –25.00 | ||||||||
| Sussex | 24 | 6 | 12 | 6 | -6 | 18 | –33.33 | ||||||||
| Middlesex | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | –6 | 14 | –42.85 | ||||||||
| Northamptonshire | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | –6 | 14 | –42.85 | ||||||||
| Somerset | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | –6 | 14 | –42.85 | ||||||||
| Worcestershire | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | –6 | 10 | –60.00 | ||||||||
| Leicestershire | 22 | 3 | 14 | 5 | –11 | 17 | –64.70 | ||||||||
| Derbyshire | 20 | 2 | 17 | 1 | –15 | 19 | –78.94 | ||||||||
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