| Tournament Format: | League system |
| Champions: | Lancashire |
| Count: | 3 |
| Participants: | 17 |
| Previous Year: | 1925 |
| Previous Tournament: | 1925 County Championship |
| Next Year: | 1927 |
| Next Tournament: | 1927 County Championship |
The 1926 County Championship was the 33rd officially organised running of the County Championship. Lancashire County Cricket Club won the championship title for the third time.[1]
Final placings were still decided by calculating the percentage of points gained against possible points available. The matches Yorks vs Notts, Derbys vs Leics, Northants vs Sussex were abandoned without a ball being bowled.[2]
| width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | DWF | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | DLF | width=20 abbr="Tie" | T | width=20 abbr="No Result" | NR | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts | width=40 abbr="Percentage of possible points" | %PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 106 | 75.71 | |||||||||||
| 31 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 104 | 74.28 | |||||||||||
| 28 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 65.71 | |||||||||||
| 29 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 56.55 | |||||||||||
| 26 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 62 | 56.36 | |||||||||||
| 24 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 51 | 53.68 | |||||||||||
| 28 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 51.85 | |||||||||||
| 24 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 50.52 | |||||||||||
| 30 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 62.5 | 44.64 | |||||||||||
| 27 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 39.25 | |||||||||||
| 23 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 39.09 | |||||||||||
| 28 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 32.50 | |||||||||||
| 27 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 31.66 | |||||||||||
| 26 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 32.5 | 29.54 | |||||||||||
| 30 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 26.20 | |||||||||||
| 25 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 25.60 | |||||||||||
| 28 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 24.34 |