| 1925–26 Rugby Football League season | |
| League: | Championship |
| No Of Teams: | 27 |
| Season Champs: | Wigan (3rd title) |
| Season Champ Name: | Champions |
| League Leaders: | Wigan |
| League Leaders Name: | League Leaders |
| Second Place: | Warrington |
| Top Scorer: | Jim Sullivan (Wigan) (274) |
| Top Try Scorer: | Johnny Ring (Wigan) (63) |
| Prevseason Link: | 1924–25 Northern Rugby Football League season |
| Prevseason Year: | 1924–25 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1926–27 Northern Rugby Football League season |
| Nextseason Year: | 1926–27 |
The 1925–26 Rugby Football League season was the 31st season of rugby league football.
Having ended the regular season as the league leaders, Wigan went on to claim their third Championship by beating Warrington 22-10 in the play-off final.
Swinton beat Oldham 9-3 in the Challenge Cup Final.[1]
Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Hull Kingston Rovers won the Yorkshire League. Swinton beat Wigan 15–11 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Dewsbury beat Huddersfield 2–0 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
| 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 | width=20 abbr=”Win Percentage” | Pct | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wigan | 38 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 641 | 310 | 61 | 80.26 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Warrington | 36 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 472 | 279 | 55 | 76.38 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Swinton | 36 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 442 | 223 | 54 | 75 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Hull | 38 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 547 | 329 | 51 | 67.1 | ||||||||||
| 5 | St. Helens Recs | 36 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 437 | 278 | 48 | 66.66 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 34 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 416 | 320 | 43 | 63.23 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Oldham | 34 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 431 | 251 | 41 | 60.29 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Wakefield Trinity | 36 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 445 | 317 | 43 | 59.72 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Leeds | 36 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 526 | 311 | 42 | 58.33 | ||||||||||
| 10 | St. Helens | 34 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 410 | 282 | 38 | 55.88 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Batley | 38 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 325 | 296 | 42 | 55.26 | ||||||||||
| 12 | York | 36 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 359 | 350 | 38 | 52.77 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Halifax | 38 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 364 | 323 | 40 | 52.63 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Barrow | 36 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 313 | 303 | 37 | 51.38 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Featherstone Rovers | 32 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 362 | 362 | 32 | 50 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Dewsbury | 36 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 310 | 402 | 36 | 50 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Widnes | 34 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 339 | 397 | 30 | 44.11 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Huddersfield | 36 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 365 | 474 | 30 | 41.66 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Wigan Highfield | 32 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 280 | 323 | 25 | 39.06 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Hunslet | 36 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 389 | 435 | 28 | 38.88 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Salford | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 246 | 393 | 26 | 38.23 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Rochdale Hornets | 36 | 13 | 1 | 22 | 320 | 414 | 27 | 37.5 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Bradford Northern | 38 | 14 | 0 | 24 | 306 | 580 | 28 | 36.84 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Leigh | 32 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 270 | 435 | 18 | 28.12 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Broughton Rangers | 34 | 9 | 0 | 25 | 316 | 510 | 18 | 26.47 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Keighley | 36 | 9 | 1 | 26 | 290 | 577 | 19 | 26.38 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Bramley | 34 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 152 | 588 | 6 | 8.82 | ||||||||||
See main article: 1925–26 Challenge Cup. Swinton beat Oldham 9-3 in the final played at Rochdale before a crowd of 27,000.
This was Swinton’s second appearance in the Final and their second Cup Final win. Their previous victory was in 1900. [2]