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{{short description|Top division of the English rugby union system}}
{{About|Professional rugby union league|the similarly named women's competition|Premiership Women's Rugby}}
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{{Infobox sports league
| title                = PREM Rugby
| upcoming_season      = 2025–26 Premiership Rugby
| logo                 = PREM Rugby logo 2025.png
| pixels               = 225px
| sport                = Rugby union
| founded              = {{Start date and age|1987}}
| inaugural            = 
| administrator        = [[Rugby Football Union|RFU]]
| teams                = 10
| country              = [[England]]
| champions            = [[Bath Rugby|Bath]] (7th title)
| champ_season         = [[2024–25 Premiership Rugby|2024–25]]
| most_champs          = 
| most successful club = [[Leicester Tigers]] (11 titles)
| tv                   = [[TNT Sports (United Kingdom)|TNT Sports]]<br />[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
| levels               = [[English rugby union system|Level 1]]
| relegation           = [[RFU Championship]]
| domestic_cup         = [[Premiership Rugby Cup]]
| confed_cup           = {{nowrap|[[European Rugby Champions Cup]]}}<br />{{nowrap|[[European Rugby Challenge Cup]]}}
| website              = {{URL|https://premiershiprugby.com/|premiershiprugby.com}}
| ceo                  = Simon Massie-Taylor
}}
'''PREM Rugby''' – officially known as '''Gallagher PREM Rugby''', or the '''Gallagher PREM''' for sponsorship reasons and formerly known as '''Premiership Rugby'''<ref name="PREM">{{cite press release |title=PREM Rugby {{!}} Gallagher PREM 2025/26: Fixtures released as new era begins |url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/content/gallagher-prem-2025-26-fixtures-released |website=PREM Rugby |access-date=23 July 2025 |date=23 July 2025}}</ref> – is an English professional [[rugby union]] competition, consisting of 10 clubs, and is the top division of the [[English rugby union system]]. From 2000 to 2025, the competition title was 'Premiership'. Before then, it was known as 'Premiership 1' and 'National Division One'.

Premiership clubs qualify for Europe's two main club competitions, the [[European Rugby Champions Cup]] and the [[European Rugby Challenge Cup]]. The winner of the second division, the [[RFU Championship]], is promoted to the Premiership and until 2020, the team finishing at the bottom of the Premiership each season was relegated to the Championship. The competition is regarded as one of the three top-level professional leagues in the [[Northern Hemisphere|Northern]] and [[Western Hemisphere]]s, along with the [[Top 14]] in France, and the cross-border [[United Rugby Championship]] for teams from Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Italy and South Africa.

The competition has been played since 1987, and has evolved into the current Premiership system. The current champions are [[Bath Rugby|Bath]], who won the league in 2025.

==History==
{{See also|History of the English rugby union system}}
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===Beginnings: English domestic rugby union until 1972===
The governing body of rugby union in England, the [[Rugby Football Union]] (RFU), long resisted leagues as it was believed that the introduction of leagues would increase 'dirty' play and put pressure on clubs to pay their players (thereby contravening the amateur ethos).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Malcolm |first1=Dominic |last2=Sheard |first2=Ken |last3=White |first3=Andy |title=The changing structure and culture of english rugby union football |journal=Culture, Sport, Society |date=September 2000 |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=63–87 |doi=10.1080/14610980008721879 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/14610980008721879?needAccess=true |access-date=24 October 2023|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Instead, clubs arranged their own fixtures and had traditional games. The only organised tournaments were the County Cups and County Championship – the former played by clubs and the latter by County representative teams e.g.[[1980–81 Rugby Union County Championship|1980- 81 Rugby Union County Championship]]. ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' and a few local newspapers – such as the ''[[Yorkshire Post]]'' – compiled 'pennants' based on teams' performances, but as the strength of fixture lists varied, it was at best an estimate of a team's performance throughout a season.

===1972–1995: Leagues and cups===
In 1972 the RFU sanctioned a national knock-out cup – the RFU Club Competition, the predecessor to the [[Anglo-Welsh Cup]] – followed first by regional merit tables and then, in the mid-1980s, by national merit tables. One of the casualties of the move to competitive leagues was the loss of some traditional games as the new fixture lists didn't allow time for all of them.

The league system has evolved since its start in 1987 when the Courage Leagues were formed – a league pyramid with roughly 1,000 clubs playing in 108 leagues, each with promotion and relegation.

In the [[1987–88 Courage League|first season]], clubs were expected to arrange the fixtures on mutually convenient dates. The clubs involved were [[Bath Rugby|Bath]], [[Bristol Bears|Bristol]], [[Coventry R.F.C.|Coventry]], [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]], [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]], [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]], [[Moseley Rugby Football Club|Moseley]], [[Nottingham R.F.C.|Nottingham]], [[Orrell R.U.F.C.|Orrell]], [[Sale Sharks|Sale]], [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]] and [[Waterloo R.F.C.|Waterloo]]. That first season was an unqualified success, with clubs in the upper echelons of the national leagues reporting increased crowds, interest from both local backers and national companies, and higher skill levels among players exposed to regular competition. The fears that leagues would lead to greater violence on the field proved largely unfounded.

By the [[1988–89 Courage League|next season]], the RFU allocated fixed Saturdays to the league season, removing the clubs' responsibility for scheduling matches. There was no home and away structure to the leagues in those early seasons, as sides played one another only once.

Initially two teams, [[Bath Rugby|Bath]] and [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]], proved to be head and shoulders above the rest in the Courage League, and between them dominated the top of the table.

In 1994, the league structure expanded to include a full rota of home and away matches for the first time. The [[1994–95 English Premiership (rugby union)|1994–95 season]] was the first to be shown live on [[Sky Sports]], a relationship which continued until the 2013–14 season when [[BT Sport]] acquired the exclusive rights in a deal which is currently scheduled to end after the 2023–24 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.premiershiprugby.com/premiership/partners/sky_sports.php#.UVFqgRyeOSo|title=Partners &#124; Sky Sports|publisher=Premiership Rugby|date=28 June 2012|access-date=31 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427165823/http://www.premiershiprugby.com/premiership/partners/sky_sports.php#.UVFqgRyeOSo|archive-date=27 April 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

===1996: The dawn of professional rugby union===
The league turned professional for the 1996–97 season when the first winners were [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]], joining Bath and Leicester as the only champions in the league's first decade. Clubs like [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]], [[Newcastle Red Bulls|Newcastle]] and [[Northampton Saints|Northampton]] were able to attract wealthy benefactors, but the professional era also had its casualties, as clubs like [[West Hartlepool R.F.C.|West Hartlepool]], [[Richmond F.C.|Richmond]] and [[London Scottish F.C.|London Scottish]] were forced into administration when their backers pulled out.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.londonscottish.com/oneclub/history.php|title=Club History|publisher=London Scottish FC|date=13 April 2013|access-date=19 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401101336/http://londonscottish.com/oneclub/history.php|archive-date=1 April 2016}}</ref>

===2000–2002: Premiership, Championship and playoffs===
The start of the 2000–01 season brought with it a re-vamping of the season structure. In 2000–2001 an 8-team playoff (the Championship) was introduced. However, the team finishing top of the table at the end of the regular season was still considered English champions ("Premiership title").

Halfway through the 2001–02 season, with Leicester odds-on to win their fourth title in succession, it was controversially decided that the winners of the 8-team playoff would be crowned English champions.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/leicester-livid-as-seasons-spoils-are-left-up-for-grabs-691178.html|title=Leicester livid as seasons spoils are left up for grabs|date=10 February 2001|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=28 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123072024/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/leicester-livid-as-seasons-spoils-are-left-up-for-grabs-691178.html|archive-date=23 January 2012}}</ref> There was an outcry from fans and this proposal was dropped.

===2003–2014: The ascendancy of the playoffs===
From the beginning of the 2002–03 season, a new playoff format was introduced to replace the 8-team Championship. The format required the first-placed team in the league to play the winner of a match between the second- and third-placed teams. Critically, the winner of this game (the Premiership Final) would be recognised as English champions. Although Gloucester won the league by a clear margin, they then faced a three-week wait until the final. Having lost their momentum, they were beaten by second-placed Wasps (who had defeated third-placed Northampton) in the play-offs. The playoff structure was reformatted in the 2005–06 season in which the first-placed team would play the fourth placed team in a semi-final (a [[Shaughnessy playoff system|Shaughnessy playoff]]).

Since the implementation of the playoff system, seven teams have won both the regular season and playoffs in the same year: Leicester twice in 2000–01 (the first year of the playoffs), 2008–09, 2009–10 and 2021–22 [[Sale Sharks]] in 2005–06, [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]] in 2011–12, [[Saracens FC|Saracens]] in 2015–16, [[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]] in 2019–20, [[Northampton Saints]] in 2023–24 and [[Bath Rugby|Bath]] in 2024–25.

Of all the Premiership teams, [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]] have made a reputation for playing the competition format to perfection, peaking at the right time to be crowned English Champions in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2008. Wasps did not lead the league standings at the end of the season in any of these years. Conversely, [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]] have garnered an unfortunate reputation for leading the table at the end of the regular season, only to fall short of winning the Premiership title, losing finals in 2003, 2007, and 2008. Gloucester's single victory in the playoffs, in 2002, occurred when league leaders Leicester were still considered English champions, meaning Gloucester's Championship victory was considered secondary.

The 2011–12 season saw [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]] add their name to the trophy on their first attempt, winning 30–23 against the nine-times champions Leicester. Leicester would have to wait until 2012–13 for their 10th championship, where they defeated [[Northampton Saints|Northampton]] in the final.

The [[2013–14 English Premiership (rugby union)|2013–14 Aviva Premiership]] season saw [[Northampton Saints|Northampton]] become the 8th different team to win the trophy. This was achieved when they defeated [[Leicester Tigers]] in the semi-final 21–20, thus denying Leicester a 10th Consecutive Final.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/27406882|title=Premiership semi-final: Northampton 21–20 Leicester|work=BBC Sport |department=[[BBC Sport]]|date=16 May 2014|access-date=4 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519153938/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/27406882|archive-date=19 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In the final, they defeated Saracens 20–24 with a try in the last minute of extra time to win the [[2013–14 English Premiership (rugby union)#Final|2013–14 Aviva Premiership]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/27590375|title=Premiership final: Saracens 20–24 Northampton Saints|work=BBC Sport |department=BBC Sport|date=31 May 2014|access-date=2 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602010250/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/27590375|archive-date=2 June 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.premiershiprugby.com/matchcentre/fixtures/31890.php |title=Aviva Premiership Final: Saracens 20 Northampton Saints 24 |publisher=Premiership Rugby |date=31 May 2014 |access-date=2 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140603080306/http://www.premiershiprugby.com/matchcentre/fixtures/31890.php |archive-date=3 June 2014  }}</ref>

===2014–2018: US initiatives===
With the future of the [[Heineken Cup]] uncertain beyond 2013–14, due to a row between England's Premiership Rugby Limited and France's [[National Rugby League (France)|LNR]] on one side and the sport's governing bodies on the other, Premiership Rugby Limited explored several moves toward expanding its brand into the [[United States]]. In May 2013, Premiership Rugby Limited and U.S.-based RugbyLaw entered into a plan by which the two organisations were to help back a proposed U.S. professional league that could have begun play as early as 2014.<ref name="Dart 2013-05-11">{{cite news|title=NFL joins plan aiming to create professional rugby union league in US|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/may/11/nfl-rugby-union-rugbylaw-barbarians-irish|first=Tom|last=Dart|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=11 May 2013|access-date=4 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203134618/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/may/11/nfl-rugby-union-rugbylaw-barbarians-irish|archive-date=3 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> The first phase of the plan was to involve two preseason exhibitions featuring an "American Barbarians" side that would combine international veterans and young American talent. The "Barbarians" were intended to play matches in August 2013 in the U.S. and London, but those plans fell through, and the matches were indefinitely delayed.<ref>{{cite news|title=US professional rugby union project delayed to 2014|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/jun/05/us-professional-rugby-union-london-irish|first=Tom|last=Dart|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=5 June 2013|access-date=4 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816234555/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/jun/05/us-professional-rugby-union-london-irish|archive-date=16 August 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2013, Peter Tom, the chairman of Leicester Tigers, confirmed that discussions had taken place within Premiership Rugby Limited about the possibility of hosting selected Premiership matches in the US.<ref name="Dart 2013-05-11"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/premiership-2013-14/rugby/story/192919.html|title=America to host Aviva Premiership matches?|work=ESPN Scrum|date=4 August 2013|access-date=4 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807231016/http://www.espnscrum.com/premiership-2013-14/rugby/story/192919.html|archive-date=7 August 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> The first match played in the USA was on 12 March 2016 when [[London Irish]] were defeated by [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] at the [[Red Bull Arena (New Jersey)|Red Bull Arena]] in the [[New York Metropolitan Area]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/34647359|title=London Irish to play Saracens in New York Premiership match|department=BBC Sport|date=27 October 2015|access-date=27 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151028020131/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/34647359|archive-date=28 October 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> This match was intended to be the first of a three-year deal which would have seen London Irish play one home match each season in the US, but their relegation from the Premiership at the end of the 2015–16 season scuttled that plan.<ref name=Pengelly>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/may/17/saracens-newcastle-philadelphia-premiership-rugby |title=Saracens to face Newcastle in Philadelphia under four-year US deal |first=Martin |last=Pengelly |work=[[Theguardian.com]] |date=17 May 2017 |access-date=22 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521083151/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/may/17/saracens-newcastle-philadelphia-premiership-rugby |archive-date=21 May 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> A new deal was reached with American sports marketing company [[Anschutz Entertainment Group|AEG]] in 2017 which was intended to see at least one Premiership match taken to the US for four seasons starting in 2017–18. The first match under the new deal was held on 16 September 2017, with [[Newcastle Red Bulls|Newcastle Falcons]] taking their home fixture against Saracens to the [[Talen Energy Stadium]] in the [[Philadelphia]] suburb of [[Chester, Pennsylvania]].<ref name=Pengelly/> In 2018–19, although no match was scheduled to take place in the US, the round 6 match between Saracens and Harlequins was the first broadcast on [[television in the United States#Major broadcast networks|network television in the US]] of a Premiership Rugby game. The game was shown live on [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]]. In 2019–20, and 2020–21 once again no matches were scheduled to take place in the US.

2018 also saw a revamp of the league's secondary competition with the launch of the '''[[Premiership Rugby Shield]]'''.

===2018–19: CVC Capital Partners investment===
In December 2018, it was announced that the [[Luxembourg City|Luxembourg]] based investment advisory firm [[CVC Capital Partners]] had bought a 27% stake in Premiership Rugby in a deal worth £200m.<ref>{{Cite news|date=19 December 2018|title=Premiership Rugby: Minority shareholding sold to CVC Capital Partners for £200m|language=en-gb|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/46626471|access-date=16 February 2021}}</ref> A previous offer to purchase a 51% majority share was rejected.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Premiership clubs against majority deal|language=en-GB|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/45490184|access-date=16 February 2021}}</ref> The money from the investment was planned to be used to improve facilities at clubs and grow the game globally.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Premiership Rugby confirm new partnership with CVC Capital Partners|url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/2018/12/20/premiership-rugby-confirm-new-partnership-with-cvc-capital-partners/|access-date=16 February 2021|website=Premiership Rugby|language=en-US}}</ref>

===2019–20: Salary cap investigation into Saracens===
In March 2019, allegations emerged that [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] may have broken the league's [[#Salary cap|salary cap]]. In June, Premiership Rugby announced that they would investigate the allegations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.therugbypaper.co.uk/domestic-club-rugby-union/34171/the-business-links-how-saracens-salary-cap-breach-became-the-biggest-story-since-bloodgate/|work=The Rugby Paper|access-date=19 November 2019|date=12 November 2019|title=The Business Links – How Saracens' salary cap breach became the biggest story since Bloodgate}}</ref>  In November 2019, [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] were found to have been in breach of the salary cap regulations due to failure to disclose player payments in the 2016–17, 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons, which would have taken them over the senior player cap.<ref name="Cap 1">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/50457698|date=18 November 2019|access-date=18 November 2019|work=BBC Sport|title=Saracens salary cap breach: Premiership champions will not contest sanctions}}</ref> They were handed a 35-point deduction for the [[2019–20 Premiership Rugby|2019–20 season]] and fined £5.3 million.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ruck.co.uk/breaking-saracens-docked-points-and-fined-for-breaching-salary-cap-regulations/|title=Saracens docked points and fined for breaching salary cap regulations |date=5 November 2019 |website=Ruck |access-date=5 November 2019 }}</ref><ref name="Cap 1"/> The judgement found that [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] had been reckless in entering into the arrangements with players without disclosing them to Premiership Rugby.<ref name="TimesSalary">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/rugby-union/article/saracens-to-accept-5m-fine-for-breach-of-salary-cap-b2fmss266 |first=Stephen |last=Jones |date=17 November 2019 |access-date=19 November 2019 |work=[[The Times]] |title=Saracens to accept £5m fine for breach of salary cap }}</ref>

On 18 January 2020, Premiership Rugby announced that [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] would be relegated to the [[RFU Championship]] for the [[2020–21 RFU Championship|2020–21 season]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/51143657 |date= 18 January 2020 |access-date= 18 January 2020 |work= BBC Sport |title= Saracens facing relegation from Premiership over salary cap breaches }}</ref>  Premiership Rugby CEO Darren Childs said this punishment was due to [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] lack of cooperation in a mid-season audit to prove compliance in the 2019–20 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/51198054|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=21 January 2020|access-date=22 January 2020|title=Saracens: Premiership Rugby urge club to be more transparent}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rugbypass.com/news/premiership-rugby-why-relegating-saracens-the-only-option|work=Rugby Pass|date=22 January 2020|access-date=22 January 2020|title=Relegating Saracens the 'only option'}}</ref>

On 23 January 2020, [[Lord Dyson]]'s full report into Saracens' spending was published, it revealed that [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] had overspent the salary cap by £1.1m in 2016–17, £98,000 in 2017-18 and £906,000 in 2018–19.  These included £923,947.63 of property investments between Nigel Wray and three unnamed [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] players. It also included Saracens claim that the Salary Cap was unenforceable under competition law, this defence was rejected.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/51222415|publisher=BBC|work=BBC Sport|title=Saracens salary cap breaches: What we have learned from Premiership Rugby report?}}</ref>  On 28 January 2020, Premiership Rugby applied a further 70 point deduction for the 2019–20 season to ensure [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] would finish bottom of the league table.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/51283088|publisher=BBC|work=BBC Sport|title=Saracens: Edward Griffiths resigns as interim CEO as club docked further 70 points|date=28 January 2020|access-date=29 January 2020}}</ref>

=== 2020–2025: COVID-19, clubs going bust and six winners in six years===
[[File:Premiership rugby logo 2018.svg|thumb|left|150px|Logo until 2025]]
The [[COVID-19 pandemic]] disrupted all elite sports in England in spring 2020. The RFU initially suspended both the Premiership and Championship before eventually cancelling the Championship season.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Greene King IPA Championship season Cancelled|url=https://www.championshiprugby.co.uk/news/article/greene-king-ipa-championship-season-cancelled|access-date=16 February 2021|website=www.championshiprugby.co.uk}}</ref> Newcastle Falcons, who topped the Championship table at the time of the season's premature end were promoted based on their playing record and would replace Saracens in the Premiership the following season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newcastlefalcons.co.uk/news/story/newcastle-falcons-promoted-into-gallagher-premiership|title=Newcastle Falcons promoted into Gallagher Premiership|website=www.newcastlefalcons.co.uk|language=en|access-date=16 February 2021}}</ref>

The 2019–20 Premiership Rugby season recommenced on 14 August and the final was held 24 October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Update on the 2019-20 season|url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/news/update-on-the-2019-20-season|access-date=16 February 2021|website=Premiership Rugby|language=en-US}}</ref>

The disruption of the 2019–20 season meant the 2020–21 season commenced 10 weeks late on 20 November 2020 and ran over a reduced timeframe of 32 weeks (down from 42).<ref>{{Cite web|date=6 August 2020|title=Gallagher Premiership release full fixture list for rescheduled season|url=https://www.rugbypass.com/news/gallagher-premiership-release-full-fixture-list-for-rugby-restart/|access-date=16 February 2021|website=RugbyPass|language=en}}</ref>

The financial impact of the pandemic also caused the salary cap to be temporarily reduced for a maximum of 3 seasons from the 2021–22 season.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Premiership Rugby clubs unanimously vote to temporarily reduce the salary cap|url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/news/premiership-rugby-clubs-unanimously-vote-to-temporarily-reduce-the-salary-cap|access-date=11 June 2020|website=Premiership Rugby|language=en-US}}</ref>

A [[Moratorium (law)|moratorium]] on relegation was also approved in February 2021, meaning no teams would be relegated as a potential consequence of another team receiving more points due to games cancelled because of COVID-19. With this news it was also confirmed that the league's minimum standards criteria for promotion would be reviewed as would league structure from the 2021–22 season.<ref name=":0" /> The new structure extended the moratorium on relegation for a further two-years. A playoff between the top team in the Championship and the bottom team in the Premiership is also introduced in the 2023–24 season.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=RFU Council Votes in Favour of COVID Recovery Plan|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/news/article/rfu-council-vote-in-favour-of-covid-recovery-plan|access-date=29 June 2021|website=www.englandrugby.com}}</ref>

On 26 September 2022, Worcester Warriors went into administration and were suspended from the league.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 September 2022 |title=Administrators begin task of finding a buyer for Worcester Warriors |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-football-union-gloucester-begbies-traynor-worcester-warriors-twickenham-b2176657.html |access-date=27 September 2022 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>
Their upcoming fixture against [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]] on 1 October, was also cancelled.
On 6 October, Worcester Warriors were suspended for the rest of the season, relegated from the premiership, and all past and future fixtures for that season expunged.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Skippers |first=David |date=6 October 2022 |title=Premiership: Worcester suspended for rest of the season and relegated |url=https://www.planetrugby.com/news/premiership-worcester-warriors-suspended-for-rest-of-the-season-and-relegated |access-date=8 October 2022 |website=PlanetRugby |language=en}}</ref>

On 17 October 2022, Wasps went into administration and were suspended from the league.
Their upcoming fixture against [[Sale Sharks]] on 18 October, was also cancelled.
On 28 October, Wasps were suspended for the rest of the season, relegated from the premiership, and all past and future fixtures for that season expunged.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Wasps suspended from the premiership, and relegated |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/63429086|access-date=28 October 2022|work=BBC Sport|language=en}}</ref>

On 6 June 2023, London Irish were suspended from the Premiership after missing a deadline to pay players and staff.<ref>{{Cite news |title=London Irish suspended from Premiership after failing to provide financial assurances |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/65819546|access-date=6 June 2023|work=BBC Sport|language=en}}</ref> Irish subsequently went into administration on 7 June.<ref>{{Cite news |title=London Irish file for administration after suspension from all club competitions |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/65834979|date=7 June 2023|access-date=14 June 2023|work=BBC Sport|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607145409/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/65834979|archive-date=7 June 2023}}</ref>

Despite ongoing financial concerns the league remained very competitive during these years. Northampton Saints defeated Bath in the [[2023–24 Premiership Rugby|2023–24 final]]. This meant the league had produced five different winners of the competition in five years stretching back to the [[2019–20 Premiership Rugby|2019-20 season]] with Exeter Chiefs, Harlequins, Leicester Tigers, Saracens and Northampton Saints all winning the competition.<ref>{{cite web |title=Northampton Saints 25 FT 21 HT: 15 - 10 W W L Bath Rugby |url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/match-centre/277017/live-commentary |publisher=Premiership Rugby |access-date=9 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/about/history |publisher=Premiership Rugby |access-date=9 December 2024}}</ref>

In June 2025, Bath returned to the Premiership final for a second consecutive year defeating Leicester Tigers 23–21 to secure their first title in 29 years and to make it six different winners of the tournament in as many seasons.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kitson |first1=Robert |title=Russell inspires Bath to Premiership title despite late Leicester fightback |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jun/14/premiership-rugby-bath-leicester-match-report |work=The Guardian |date=14 June 2025 |access-date=14 June 2025}}</ref> Despite financial concerns arising for last place Newcastle Falcons, no team was promoted or relegated from the league this season.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Latham-Coyle |first1=Harry |title=Premiership set to remain without promotion and relegation as Newcastle play down financial fears |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/premiership-rugby-promotion-relegation-ealing-newcastle-b2717324.html |publisher=The Independent |access-date=28 July 2025}}</ref>

===2025–Present: PREM Rugby Era===
In July 2025, following the conclusion of the [[2024–25 Premiership Rugby|2024–25 season]], the league officially re-branded from Premiership Rugby to PREM Rugby with the aim of moving away from a corporate image and attracting younger fans. The announcement came alongside the news that the opening fixture of the [[2025–26 Premiership Rugby|2025–26 season]] between Gloucester and Sale Sharks will take place on a Thursday night, a first for the league. The change was made as there will be no Saturday match, to avoid a clash with the [[2025 Women's Rugby World Cup]] third-place play-off and final held at Twickenham on 27 September.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prem season to open with first Thursday night game |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/c3r959e1d5no |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=23 July 2025}}</ref> In August 2025, Newcastle Falcons were renamed [[Newcastle Red Bulls]] following a takeover by Austrian energy drink company [[Red Bull GmbH|Red Bull]].<ref>{{cite web |title=A new era… Newcastle Red Bulls |url=https://www.newcastlefalcons.co.uk/newcastle-red-bulls/ |publisher=Newcastle Red Bulls |access-date=23 August 2025}}</ref>

== Clubs ==
=== Current clubs ===
The Premiership began the [[2022–23 Premiership Rugby|2022–23 season]] with 13 clubs, but both [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]] and [[Worcester Warriors]] were removed from the league, and automatically relegated, after going into [[Administration (law)|administration]].<ref name="Wasps and Worcester relegation">{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/63874448 | title=Worcester Warriors and Wasps: RFU rejects clubs' appeals over Premiership relegation | work=BBC Sport | date=6 December 2022 | access-date=11 December 2022 | language=en-UK}}</ref> Ahead of the [[2023–24 Premiership Rugby|2023–24 season]], [[London Irish]] also dropped out of the league, as a result of financial insolvency.<ref name="London Irish relegation">{{Cite web |title=London Irish suspended from Gallagher Premiership and all leagues by RFU due to financial issues |url=https://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/12550/12897294/london-irish-suspended-from-gallagher-premiership-and-all-leagues-by-rfu-due-to-financial-issues |access-date=6 June 2023 |website=Sky Sports |language=en}}</ref>

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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- 
! Club
! Established
! City
! Stadium
! Capacity
! Titles (Last)
|- 
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]]
| 1865
| [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]]
| [[Recreation Ground, Bath|The Recreation Ground]]
| 14,509
| 7 ([[2024-25 Premiership Rugby|2025]])
|- 
| [[Bristol Bears]]
| 1888
| [[Bristol]]
| [[Ashton Gate Stadium|Ashton Gate]]
| 27,000
| – (N/A)
|- 
| [[Exeter Chiefs]]
| 1871
| [[Exeter]]
| [[Sandy Park]]
| 16,000
| 2 ([[2019–20 Premiership Rugby|2020]])
|- 
| [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]]
| 1873
| [[Gloucester]]
| [[Kingsholm Stadium|Kingsholm]]
| 16,200
| – (N/A)
|- 
| [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]]
| 1866
| [[London]] ([[Twickenham]])
| [[Twickenham Stoop]]
| 14,800
| 2 ([[2020–21 Premiership Rugby|2021]])
|- 
| [[Leicester Tigers]]
| 1880
| [[Leicester]]
| [[Welford Road Stadium|Welford Road]]
| 26,000
| 11 ([[2021–22 Premiership Rugby|2022]])
|- 
| [[Newcastle Red Bulls]]
| 1877
| [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]
| [[Kingston Park (stadium)|Kingston Park]]
| 11,000
| 1 ([[1997–98 Premiership Rugby|1998]])
|- 
| [[Northampton Saints]]
| 1880
| [[Northampton]]
| [[Franklin's Gardens]]
| 15,249
| 2 ([[2023–24 Premiership Rugby|2024]])
|- 
| [[Sale Sharks]] 
| 1861
| [[Manchester]] ([[Salford]])
| [[Salford Community Stadium]]
| 12,000
| 1 ([[2005–06 Premiership Rugby|2006]])
|- 
| [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] 
| 1876
| [[London]] ([[Hendon]])
| [[Barnet Copthall|StoneX Stadium]]
| 10,500
| 6 ([[2022–23 Premiership Rugby|2023]])
|- 
|}
* Note: Capacity listed for rugby union games may differ from official stadium capacity

{{reflist|group=f}}

=== All time ===
A total of 28 clubs have been involved in the top-flight since the league's inception in the 1987–88 season. The most recent club to make its debut in the Premiership was [[London Welsh RFC|London Welsh]], which made their top flight debut in 2012–13.

Three clubs — [[Bath Rugby|Bath]], [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]] and [[Leicester Tigers]] — have appeared in every season to date. [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]] have only missed the [[2005–06 Premiership Rugby|2005–06 season]] due to relegation.  Six other clubs have appeared in at least 20 seasons — [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]], [[Northampton Saints]], [[Sale Sharks]], [[London Irish]], [[Bristol Bears]] and [[Newcastle Red Bulls]]. The financial insolvency, expulsion and automatic relegation of [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]] during the [[2022–23 Premiership Rugby|2022–23 season]] means their record of being ever-present effectively ended at the end of the [[2021–22 Premiership Rugby|2021–22 season]].

[[Coventry R.F.C.|Coventry]], [[Liverpool St Helens F.C.|Liverpool St Helens]], [[Moseley Rugby Football Club|Moseley]], [[Nottingham R.F.C.|Nottingham]], [[Rosslyn Park F.C.|Rosslyn Park]], [[Rugby Lions|Rugby]] and [[Waterloo R.F.C.|Waterloo]] only appeared during the amateur era, whereas [[Exeter Chiefs]], [[Leeds Tykes]], [[London Welsh RFC|London Welsh]], [[Richmond F.C.|Richmond]], [[Rotherham Titans]] and [[Worcester Warriors]] have only appeared during the professional era.

Below, the [[2024–25 Premiership Rugby|2024–25]] clubs are listed in '''bold'''; ever-present clubs are listed in '''''bold italics'''''. Years listed are the calendar years in which the seasons ended. All current teams will remain in the league until at least 2024.

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Seasons !! Team !!class="unsortable"| Dates 
|- 
| '''''36''''' || '''''[[Bath Rugby|Bath]]''''' || 1988–
|- 
| 3 || [[Bedford Blues]] || 1990, 1999–2000
|- 
| '''25''' || '''[[Bristol Bears]]''' || 1988–1998, 2000–2003, 2006–2009, 2017, 2019–
|- 
| 1 || [[Coventry R.F.C.|Coventry]] || 1988
|- 
| '''13''' || '''[[Exeter Chiefs]]''' || 2011–
|- 
| '''''36''''' || '''''[[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]]''''' || 1988–
|- 
| '''35''' || '''[[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]]''' || 1988–2005, 2007–
|- 
| 8 || [[Leeds Tykes]] || 2002–2006, 2008, 2010–2011
|- 
| '''''36''''' || '''''[[Leicester Tigers]]''''' || 1988–
|- 
| 2 || [[Liverpool St Helens F.C.|Liverpool St Helens]] || 1989, 1991
|- 
| 28 || [[London Irish]] || 1992–1994, 1997–2016, 2018, 2020–2023
|- 
| 2 || [[London Scottish F.C.|London Scottish]] || 1993, 1999
|- 
| 2 || [[London Welsh RFC|London Welsh]] || 2013, 2015
|- 
| 4 || [[Moseley Rugby Football Club|Moseley]] || 1988–1992
|- 
| '''24''' || '''[[Newcastle Red Bulls]]''' || 1994, 1998–2012, 2014–2019, 2021–
|- 
| '''31''' || '''[[Northampton Saints]]''' || 1991–1995, 1997–2007, 2009–
|- 
| 5 || [[Nottingham R.F.C.|Nottingham]] || 1988–1992
|- 
| 10 || [[Orrell R.U.F.C.|Orrell]] || 1988–1997
|- 
| 2 || [[Richmond F.C.|Richmond]] || 1998–1999
|- 
| 4 || [[Rosslyn Park F.C.|Rosslyn Park]] || 1989–1992
|- 
| 2 || [[Rotherham Titans]] || 2001, 2004
|- 
| 2 || [[Rugby Lions]] || 1992–1993
|- 
| '''30''' || '''[[Sale Sharks]]''' || 1988, 1995–
|- 
| '''31''' || '''[[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]''' || 1990–1993, 1996–2020, 2022–
|- 
| 35 || [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]] || 1988–2022
|- 
| 2 || [[Waterloo R.F.C.|Waterloo]] || 1988–1989
|- 
| 5 || [[West Hartlepool R.F.C.|West Hartlepool]] || 1993, 1995–1997, 1999
|- 
| 16 ||[[Worcester Warriors]] || 2005–2010, 2012–2014, 2016–2022
|- 
|}

== Sponsorship ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Period
! class="unsortable" | Sponsor
! class="unsortable" | Name
! class="unsortable" | League Title
|- 
| 1987–1997 || {{flagicon|Great Britain}} [[Courage Brewery]] || Courage League National Division One || National Division One
|- 
| 1997–2000 || {{flagicon|Great Britain}} [[Allied Dunbar]] || Allied Dunbar Premiership || Premiership 1
|- 
| 2000–2005 || {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Zurich Insurance Group]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/story/_/id/15345956/zurich-announce-sponsorship-english-premiership | title=Zurich announce sponsorship for English premiership | website=[[ESPN]] | date=26 July 2000 | access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref> || Zurich Premiership || rowspan="4"| Premiership
|- 
| 2005–2010 || {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} [[Guinness Brewery]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/story/_/id/15378989/guinness-sponsor-english-premiership | title=Guinness to sponsor English Premiership | website=5 April 2005 | access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref> || Guinness Premiership
|- 
| 2010–2018 || {{flagicon|Great Britain}} [[Aviva]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/jul/07/premiership-rugby-sponsorship-aviva | title=Premiership Rugby agrees £20m sponsorship deal with Aviva | website=[[The Guardian]] | date=7 July 2010 | access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref> || Aviva Premiership
|- 
| 2018–2025 || rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/12321/11327196/gallagher-confirmed-as-new-title-sponsors-of-premiership-rugby | title=Gallagher confirmed as new title sponsors of Premiership Rugby | website=[[Sky Sports]] | date=12 April 2018 | access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref> || Gallagher Premiership
|-
| 2025–''current'' || Gallagher PREM<ref name="PREM"/> || PREM
|}

== Structure ==
=== Referees ===
{{update|section|reason=Some of these are no longer current referees, the reference given is over 4 years old|date=November 2023}}
Referees in the PREM are selected from the RFU's Professional Referee Unit. The Professional Referee Unit consists of 15 referees with match appointments decided by PRU management team of ex-international referees [[Ed Morrison (rugby union)|Ed Morrison]], Brian Campsall and [[Tony Spreadbury]].<ref name="Prem Refs">{{cite web|url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/about-us/who-we-work-with/premiership-rugby-match-officials/|publisher=Premiership Rugby|access-date=22 August 2018|title=Premiership Rugby Match Officials|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323225841/https://www.premiershiprugby.com/about-us/who-we-work-with/premiership-rugby-match-officials/|archive-date=23 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

'''List of PREM Referees'''

Source:<ref name="Prem Refs"/>
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* [[Wayne Barnes]]
* [[Matthew Carley]]
* [[Sara Cox (rugby union referee)|Sara Cox]] 
* [[Karl Dickson]]
* Tom Foley
* Simon Harding
* Andrew Jackson
* Greg MacDonald
* Craig Maxwell-Keys
* John Meredith
* [[Luke Pearce]]
* Dean Richards
* [[Christophe Ridley]]
* Ian Tempest 
* Tim Wigglesworth
{{div col end}}
They are supported by a large team of assistant referees.

=== League season ===
The PREM Rugby league season typically runs from September to June and comprises 18 rounds of matches, with each club playing each other home and away. The results of the matches contribute points to the league [[Rugby union bonus points system|as follows]]: 
* 4 points are awarded for a win
* 2 points are awarded for a draw
* 0 points are awarded for a loss, however
** 1 losing (bonus) point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer
** 1 additional (bonus) point is awarded to a team scoring 4 [[Try (rugby)|tries]] or more in a match
Since the restart of the [[2019–20 Premiership Rugby|2019–20]] season, scheduled fixtures which are cancelled because of a [[COVID-19]] outbreak in one of the competing teams will have their outcome and points allocation decided by a PREM Rugby panel. As of the start of the [[2021–22 Premiership Rugby|2021–22]] season, if the fixture cannot be rescheduled, it is recorded as a 0–0 draw. In this situation, if one team would have been able to fulfil the fixture, they will be awarded 4 points, while the team unable to field a matchday squad due to a COVID-19 outbreak will be given 2 points – otherwise, if both teams are impacted by COVID-19, they will each receive 2 points for the affected fixture.

=== Play-offs ===
Following the completion of the regular season, the top 4 teams enter the [[playoffs|play-offs]], which are held in June. The top two teams receive home advantage, the league leaders hosting the 4th ranked team, and the 2nd place team hosting the 3rd place team. The winners of these semi-finals progress to the final, held at [[Twickenham Stadium]], with the winner of the final being crowned champions.

=== Promotion and relegation ===
Admittance to the Premiership, which is Level 1 of the men's 106-league [[English rugby union system]], is achieved through a system of [[promotion and relegation]] between the Premiership and the RFU Championship. Originally this meant a season-winning Championship club was promoted, replacing the lowest placed Premiership club which was relegated (between 2021 and 2023 promotion continued but no Level 1 club has been relegated).<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.premiershiprugby.com/news/play-off-system-removed-from-greene-king-ipa-championship-from-next-season/ |title=Play-off system removed from Greene King IPA Championship from next season |publisher=Premiership Rugby Limited |date=3 March 2017 |access-date=4 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309171650/http://www.premiershiprugby.com/news/play-off-system-removed-from-greene-king-ipa-championship-from-next-season |archive-date=9 March 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Promotion from the Championship is subject to the Minimum Standards Criteria. If a promotion-winning team does not meet these standards then there is no promotion. In the [[2011–12 RFU Championship|2011–12]] season, [[London Welsh RFC|London Welsh]] won promotion from the Championship, but were initially denied promotion under the criteria, reprieving [[Newcastle Red Bulls|Newcastle Falcons]] from relegation. However, London Welsh were found eligible on appeal and Newcastle were relegated.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mairs|first=Gavin|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/club/9365484/London-Welsh-to-join-Aviva-Premiership-after-winning-appeal-against-decision-to-deny-them-promotion.html|title=London Welsh to join Aviva Premiership after winning appeal against decision to deny them promotion|work=The Telegraph|date=29 June 2012|access-date=31 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820091743/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/club/9365484/London-Welsh-to-join-Aviva-Premiership-after-winning-appeal-against-decision-to-deny-them-promotion.html|archive-date=20 August 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

;Relegation change and new regulations
As a result of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], a [[Moratorium (law)|moratorium]] was approved in February 2021 for a halt on top-flight clubs being relegated from the Premiership beginning [[2020–21 Premiership Rugby|that season]]. As promotion from the Championship would not be stopped, this meant the Premiership would expand to 13 teams in [[2021–22 Premiership Rugby|the following year]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 June 2021 |title=Premiership to expand to 14 teams from 2022-23 season |url=https://www.espn.com/rugby/story/_/id/31730620/premiership-rugby-expand-14-teams-2022-23-season-no-promotion-relegation-2023-24 |access-date=22 February 2023 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=RFU Council Votes in Favour of No Premiership Relegation|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/news/article/rfu-council-votes-in-favour-of-no-premiership-relegation|access-date=14 February 2021|website=www.englandrugby.com}}</ref>

The moratorium was extended by an additional two seasons in June 2021. New regulations would also include a moratorium on promotion from the Championship in the same season had the Premiership expanded to 14 teams and introduce a play-off between the bottom placed Premiership Club and top placed Championship club in 2023–24.<ref name=":1" /> New minimum standards criteria were announced in September 2022, confirming that promotion from the championship was still due to take place in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Minimum Standards Criteria for Promotion Update |url=https://www.championshiprugby.co.uk/news/article/minimum-standards-criteria-for-promotion-update |access-date=25 September 2022 |website=www.championshiprugby.co.uk}}</ref>

The Premiership could have expanded again to 14 teams from the 2023–23 season but the league returned to 12 teams on 6 October 2022 when [[Worcester Warriors]] were expelled from the league for the season after entering administration due to financial problems.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Worcester Warriors: Premiership club suspended for season and relegated|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/63165973|date=6 October 2022|access-date=6 October 2022|website=BBC Sport}}</ref> Despite trying to find a buyer, the club was wound up in February 2023.<ref name="Guardian">{{Cite web |last1=Kitson |first1=Robert |title=Worcester player and staff contracts terminated after high court ruling {{!}} Worcester {{!}} The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/oct/05/worcester-player-and-staff-contracts-terminated-after-high-court-ruling-rugby-union |access-date=5 October 2022 |website=amp.theguardian.com |date=5 October 2022 }}</ref>
On 17 October 2022, [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]] became the second Premiership club to enter administration that season. The club was also automatically relegated from the Premiership, with their remaining games cancelled and all results expunged.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rucker |first=Rugby |date=17 October 2022 |title=BREAKING: Wasps are now officially in administration |url=https://www.ruck.co.uk/breaking-wasps-are-now-officially-in-administration/ |access-date=18 January 2023 |website=Ruck |language=en-GB}}</ref> London Irish finished the season but were suspended for the following season during the off season meaning the Premiership contracted to just ten teams from the 2023–24 season.<ref name="London Irish relegation"/>

=== European competition qualification ===
The top seven teams qualify for the following season's European Rugby Champions Cup. The eighth champions cup place is awarded to either the winner of the [[European Rugby Challenge Cup|Challenge Cup]] or the team placed eighth. Teams placed 8 & 9th that do not qualify for the Champions Cup play in the Challenge Cup. The final Challenge Cup place is offered to either the 10th team in the Premiership or the team promoted from the Championship.

== Champions ==
Between 1987 and 2002, the team at the top of the league was crowned English champions. Since [[2002–03 Premiership Rugby|2002–03]], the winner of the league has been determined by a Premiership Final, which takes place at [[Twickenham Stadium|Twickenham]] and consists of two rounds of knock-out play amongst the top four teams.

This change was originally considered controversial, particularly when [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]] won four of the first six play-off finals without ever topping the regular season table, with Sale the only team to both top the table and win the Premiership final in that period.

As of the end of the 2023–24 season, nine table-topping teams have won the Premiership in twenty-two seasons, including four times in the last five seasons. These teams’ names are italicised under the "Top of Table" column below.

In most seasons, at least one team has been relegated at the end of the season, although in [[1995–96 English Premiership (rugby union)|1995–96]], there was no relegation to allow division expansion, and in [[2001–02 Premiership Rugby|2001–02]], [[Yorkshire Carnegie|Leeds]] were given a reprieve because the [[2001–02 National Division One|Division One]] champions did not have a suitable ground to allow promotion. Relegation was also suspended between [[2020–21 Premiership Rugby|2020–21]] and [[2022–23 Premiership Rugby|2022–23]] to allow further expansion – although [[Worcester Warriors|Worcester]] and [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]] were both relegated for going into administration during the [[2022–23 Premiership Rugby|2022–23 season]], as was [[London Irish]] ahead of the [[2023–24 Premiership Rugby|2023–24 season]].

{|class="wikitable"
|+Key
|-
|style="background:#fbceb1;width:40px;text-align:center"|{{dagger}}
|Match was won during [[Overtime (sports)|extra time]]
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- 
! Season
! Champions
! Final
! Runners-up
! Top of Table
! Relegated
|- 
| [[1987–88 Courage League National Division One|1987–88]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]'''
| rowspan="15" |N/A
| [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
| [[Sale Sharks|Sale]], [[Coventry R.F.C.|Coventry]]
|- 
| [[1988–89 Courage League National Division One|1988–89]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Bath Rugby|Bath]]'''
| [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]]
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]]
| [[Liverpool St Helens F.C.|Liverpool St Helens]], [[Waterloo F.C.|Waterloo]]
|- 
| [[1989–90 Courage League National Division One|1989–90]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]'''
| [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]]
| [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]
| [[Bedford Blues|Bedford]]
|- 
| [[1990–91 Courage League National Division One|1990–91]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Bath Rugby|Bath]]'''
| [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]]
| [[Liverpool St Helens F.C.|Liverpool St Helens]], [[Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club|Moseley]]
|- 
| [[1991–92 Courage League National Division One|1991–92]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Bath Rugby|Bath]]'''
| [[Orrell R.U.F.C.|Orrell]]
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]]
| [[Rosslyn Park F.C.|Rosslyn Park]], [[Nottingham R.F.C.|Nottingham]]
|- 
| [[1992–93 Courage League National Division One|1992–93]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Bath Rugby|Bath]]'''
| [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]]
| [[Rugby Lions]], [[West Hartlepool R.F.C.|West Hartlepool]],<br />[[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]], [[London Scottish F.C.|London Scottish]]
|- 
| [[1993–94 Courage League National Division One|1993–94]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Bath Rugby|Bath]]'''
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]]
| [[Newcastle Red Bulls|Newcastle]], [[London Irish]]
|- 
| [[1994–95 Courage League National Division One|1994–95]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]'''
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]]
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
| [[Northampton Saints|Northampton]]
|- 
| [[1995–96 Courage League National Division One|1995–96]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Bath Rugby|Bath]]'''
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]]
| ''No relegation''
|- 
| [[1996–97 Courage League National Division One|1996–97]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]'''
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]]
| [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]
| [[Orrell R.U.F.C.|Orrell]], [[West Hartlepool R.F.C.|West Hartlepool]]
|- 
| [[1997–98 Premiership Rugby|1997–98]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Newcastle Red Bulls|Newcastle]]'''
| [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]
| [[Newcastle Red Bulls|Newcastle]]
| [[Bristol Bears|Bristol]]
|- 
| [[1998–99 Premiership Rugby|1998–99]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]'''
| [[Northampton Saints|Northampton]]
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
| [[West Hartlepool R.F.C.|West Hartlepool]]
|- 
| [[1999–2000 Premiership Rugby|1999–00]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]'''
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]]
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
| [[Bedford Blues|Bedford]]
|- 
| [[2000–01 Premiership Rugby|2000–01]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]'''
| [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
| [[Rotherham Titans|Rotherham]]
|- 
| [[2001–02 Premiership Rugby|2001–02]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]'''
| [[Sale Sharks|Sale]]
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
| ''No relegation''
|- 
| [[2002–03 Premiership Rugby|2002–03]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]'''
| '''39 – 3'''
| [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]]
| [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]]
| [[Bristol Bears|Bristol]]
|- 
| [[2003–04 Premiership Rugby|2003–04]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]'''
| '''10 – 6'''
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]]
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]]
| [[Rotherham Titans|Rotherham]]
|- 
| [[2004–05 Premiership Rugby|2004–05]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]'''
| '''39 – 14'''
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
| [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]]
|- 
| [[2005–06 Premiership Rugby|2005–06]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Sale Sharks|Sale]]'''
| '''45 – 20'''
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
| [[Sale Sharks|''Sale'']]
| [[Yorkshire Carnegie|Leeds]]
|- 
| [[2006–07 Premiership Rugby|2006–07]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]'''
| '''44 – 16'''
| [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]]
| [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]]
| [[Northampton Saints|Northampton]]
|- 
| [[2007–08 Premiership Rugby|2007–08]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]'''
| '''26 – 16'''
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
| [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]]
| [[Yorkshire Carnegie|Leeds]]
|- 
| [[2008–09 Premiership Rugby|2008–09]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]'''
| '''10 – 9'''
| [[London Irish]]
| [[Leicester Tigers|''Leicester'']]
| [[Bristol Bears|Bristol]]
|- 
| [[2009–10 Premiership Rugby|2009–10]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]'''
| '''33 – 27'''
| [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]
| [[Leicester Tigers|''Leicester'']]
| [[Worcester Warriors|Worcester]]
|- 
| [[2010–11 Premiership Rugby|2010–11]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]'''
| '''22 – 18'''
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
| [[Yorkshire Carnegie|Leeds]]
|- 
| [[2011–12 Premiership Rugby|2011–12]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]]'''
| '''30 – 23'''
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
| [[Harlequin F.C.|''Harlequins'']]
| [[Newcastle Red Bulls|Newcastle]]
|- 
| [[2012–13 Premiership Rugby|2012–13]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]'''
| '''37 – 17'''
| [[Northampton Saints|Northampton]]
| [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]
| [[London Welsh RFC|London Welsh]]
|- 
| [[2013–14 Premiership Rugby|2013–14]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Northampton Saints|Northampton]]'''
|style="background:#fbceb1| '''24 – 20'''{{dagger}}
| [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]
| [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]
| [[Worcester Warriors|Worcester]]
|- 
| [[2014–15 Premiership Rugby|2014–15]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]'''
| '''28 – 16'''
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]]
| [[Northampton Saints|Northampton]]
| [[London Welsh RFC|London Welsh]]
|- 
| [[2015–16 Premiership Rugby|2015–16]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]'''
| '''28 – 20'''
| [[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]]
| [[Saracens F.C.|''Saracens'']]
| [[London Irish]]
|- 
| [[2016–17 Premiership Rugby|2016–17]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]]'''
|style="background:#fbceb1| '''23 – 20'''{{dagger}}
| [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]
| [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]
| [[Bristol Bears|Bristol]]
|- 
| [[2017–18 Premiership Rugby|2017–18]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]'''
| '''27 – 10'''
| [[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]]
| [[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]]
| [[London Irish]]
|- 
| [[2018–19 Premiership Rugby|2018–19]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]'''
| '''37 – 34'''
| [[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]]
| [[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]]
| [[Newcastle Red Bulls|Newcastle]]
|- 
| [[2019–20 Premiership Rugby|2019–20]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]]'''
| '''19 – 13'''
| [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]
| [[Exeter Chiefs|''Exeter'']]
| [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]
|- 
| [[2020–21 Premiership Rugby|2020–21]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]]'''
| '''40 – 38'''
| [[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]]
| [[Bristol Bears|Bristol]]
| rowspan="2" | ''No relegation''
|- 
| [[2021–22 Premiership Rugby|2021–22]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]'''
|  '''15 – 12'''
| [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]
| [[Leicester Tigers|''Leicester'']]
|- 
| [[2022–23 Premiership Rugby|2022–23]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]'''
| '''35 – 25'''
| [[Sale Sharks|Sale]]
| [[Saracens F.C.|''Saracens'']]
| [[Worcester Warriors|Worcester]], [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]{{efn|name=Wasps and Worcester|[[Worcester Warriors|Worcester]] and [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]] were each relegated partway through the [[2022–23 Premiership Rugby|2022–23 season]], as a consequence of both clubs experiencing financial insolvency.<ref name="Wasps and Worcester relegation"/>}}
|- 
| [[2023–24 Premiership Rugby|2023–24]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Northampton Saints|Northampton]]'''
| '''25 – 21'''
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]]
| ''[[Northampton Saints|Northampton]]''
| [[London Irish]]{{efn|name=London Irish|[[London Irish]] was relegated ahead of the start of the [[2023–24 Premiership Rugby|2023–24 season]], because of insufficient funds to continue operating.<ref name="London Irish relegation"/>}}
|- 
| [[2024–25 Premiership Rugby|2024–25]]
| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Bath Rugby|Bath]]'''
| '''23 – 21'''
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
| ''[[Bath Rugby|Bath]]''
| ''No relegation''<!--
|- 
| [[2025–26 Premiership Rugby|2025–26]]
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
| -->
|- 
|}

=== Summary of winners ===
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left; text-align: left;"
|- 
! style="text-align:center; width:5%;"| #
! style="text-align:center; width:15%;"| [[List of English rugby union teams|Team]]
! style="text-align:center; width:8%;"| Champions
! style="text-align:center; width:25%;"| Years as champions
! style="text-align:center; width:8%;"| Runners-up
! style="text-align:center; width:25%;"| Years as runners-up
! style="text-align:center; width:8%;"| Top of league table
|- 
| align="center" | 1
| [[Leicester Tigers]]
| align="center" | 11
| align="center" |[[1987–88 National Division One|1987–88]], [[1994–95 National Division One|1994–95]], [[1998–99 Premiership Rugby|1998–99]], [[1999–2000 Premiership Rugby|1999–00]], [[2000–01 Premiership Rugby|2000–01]], [[2001–02 Premiership Rugby|2001–02]], [[2006–07 Premiership Rugby|2006–07]], [[2008–09 Premiership Rugby|2008–09]], [[2009–10 Premiership Rugby|2009–10]], [[2012–13 Premiership Rugby|2012–13]], [[2021–22 Premiership Rugby|2021–22]]
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" |[[1993–94 National Division One|1993–94]], [[1995–96 National Division One|1995–96]], [[2004–05 Premiership Rugby|2004–05]], [[2005–06 Premiership Rugby|2005–06]], [[2007–08 Premiership Rugby|2007–08]], [[2010–11 Premiership Rugby|2010–11]], [[2011–12 Premiership Rugby|2011–12]], [[2024–25 Premiership Rugby|2024–25]]
| align="center" | 11
|- 
| align="center" | 2
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]]
| align="center" | 7
| align="center" |[[1988–89 National Division One|1988–89]], [[1990–91 National Division One|1990–91]], [[1991–92 National Division One|1991–92]], [[1992–93 National Division One|1992–93]], [[1993–94 National Division One|1993–94]], [[1995–96 National Division One|1995–96]], [[2024–25 Premiership Rugby|2024–25]]
| align="center" | 6
| align="center" |[[1994–95 National Division One|1994–95]], [[1996–97 National Division One|1996–97]], [[1999–2000 Premiership Rugby|1999–00]], [[2003–04 Premiership Rugby|2003–04]], [[2014–15 Premiership Rugby|2014–15]], [[2023–24 Premiership Rugby|2023–24]]
| align="center" | 8
|- 
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 3
| [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]
| rowspan="2"; align="center" | 6
| align="center" |[[1989–90 National Division One|1989–90]], [[1996–97 National Division One|1996–97]], [[2002–03 Premiership Rugby|2002–03]], [[2003–04 Premiership Rugby|2003–04]], [[2004–05 Premiership Rugby|2004–05]], [[2007–08 Premiership Rugby|2007–08]]
| align="center" | 5
| align="center" |[[1987–88 National Division One|1987–88]], [[1990–91 National Division One|1990–91]], [[2000–01 Premiership Rugby|2000–01]], [[2016–17 Premiership Rugby|2016–17]], [[2019–20 Premiership Rugby|2019–20]]
| align="center" | 3
|- 
| [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]
| align="center" |[[2010–11 Premiership Rugby|2010–11]], [[2014–15 Premiership Rugby|2014–15]], [[2015–16 Premiership Rugby|2015–16]], [[2017–18 Premiership Rugby|2017–18]], [[2018–19 Premiership Rugby|2018–19]], [[2022–23 Premiership Rugby|2022–23]]
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 4
| align="center" |[[1997–98 Premiership Rugby|1997–98]], [[2009–10 Premiership Rugby|2009–10]], [[2013–14 Premiership Rugby|2013–14]], [[2021–22 Premiership Rugby|2021–22]]
| align="center" | 4
|- 
| rowspan="3" align="center" | 5
| [[Exeter Chiefs]]
| rowspan="3" align="center" | 2
| align="center" |[[2016–17 Premiership Rugby|2016–17]], [[2019–20 Premiership Rugby|2019–20]]
| align="center" |[[2015–16 Premiership Rugby|2015–16]], [[2017–18 Premiership Rugby|2017–18]], [[2018–19 Premiership Rugby|2018–19]], [[2020–21 Premiership Rugby|2020–21]]
| align="center" | 3
|- 
| [[Northampton Saints]]
| align="center" |[[2013–14 Premiership Rugby|2013–14]], [[2023–24 Premiership Rugby|2023–24]]
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" |[[1998–99 Premiership Rugby|1998–99]], [[2012–13 Premiership Rugby|2012–13]]
| align="center" | 2
|- 
| [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]]
| align="center" |[[2011–12 Premiership Rugby|2011–12]], [[2020–21 Premiership Rugby|2020–21]]
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | N/A
| rowspan="3"; align="center" | 1
|- 
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 8
| [[Sale Sharks]]
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 1
| align="center" |[[2005–06 Premiership Rugby|2005–06]]
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" |[[2001–02 Premiership Rugby|2001–02]], [[2022–23 Premiership Rugby|2022–23]]
|- 
| [[Newcastle Red Bulls]]
| align="center" |[[1997–98 Premiership Rugby|1997–98]]
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | N/A
|- 
|}

== Player records ==
{{for|a list of top try and points scorers by seasons|Premiership Rugby top scorers}}
All records relate to the 1997–98 season onward when National League One was re-launched as the Premiership.

Source:<ref>{{cite news|url=https://media-cdn.incrowdsports.com/18ecb8e9-4c57-4e8d-987d-5924baae714a.pdf|title=All-Time Player Stats
|work=Stuart Farmer Media Servies|access-date=28 August 2024}}</ref> {{updated|31 May 2025}}. '''''Bold italics''''' denote players active in the [[2025–26 Premiership Rugby|2025–26 Premiership]].

=== Appearances ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- 
!width="60"| Rank
!width="120"| Nationality
!width="160"| Player
!width="400"| [[List of English rugby union teams|Club(s)]]
!width="90"| Years
!width="60"| {{tooltip|Apps|Appearances}}
|- 
! 1
| align="left" | {{ru|England}}
| align="left" | [[Richard Wigglesworth (rugby union)|Richard Wigglesworth]]
| align="left" | [[Sale Sharks|Sale]], [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]], [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
| 2002–2022
| '''322'''
|- 
! 2
| align="left" | {{ru|England}}
| align="left" | [[Danny Care]]
| align="left" | [[Leeds Tykes|Leeds]], [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]]
| 2005–2025
| '''294'''
|- 
! 3
| align="left" | {{ru|England}}
| align="left" | [[Alex Goode]]
| align="left" | [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]
| 2008–2025
| '''282'''
|- 
! 4
| align="left" | {{ru|England}}
| align="left" | [[Mike Brown (rugby union)|Mike Brown]]
| align="left" | [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]], [[Newcastle Red Bulls|Newcastle]], [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
| 2005–2025
| '''281'''
|- 
! 5
| align="left" | {{ru|England}}
| align="left" | [[Alex Waller]]
| align="left" | [[Northampton Saints|Northampton]]
| 2009–2024
| '''273'''
|- 
! 6
| align="left" | {{ru|England}}
| align="left" | [[Steve Borthwick]]
| align="left" | [[Bath Rugby|Bath]], [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]
| {{nowrap|1998–2014}}
| '''265'''
|- 
! rowspan=2| 7
| align="left" | {{ru|England}}
| align="left" | [[George Chuter]]
| align="left" | [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]], [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
| 1997–2014
| rowspan=2| '''262'''
|- 
| align="left" | {{ru|England}}
| align="left" | [[Phil Dowson]]
| align="left" | [[Newcastle Red Bulls|Newcastle]], [[Northampton Saints|Northampton]], [[Worcester Warriors|Worcester]]
| 2001–2017
|- 
! rowspan=2|9
| align="left" | {{ru|England}}
| align="left" | [[Charlie Hodgson]]
| align="left" | [[Sale Sharks|Sale]], [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]
| 2000–2016
| rowspan=2|'''254'''
|- 
| align="left" | {{ru|England}}
| align="left" | [[Dan Cole (rugby union)|Dan Cole]]
| align="left" | [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
| 2008–2025
|- 
|}

=== Points ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- 
!width=60| Rank
!width=120| Nationality
!width=160| Player
!width=400| [[List of English rugby union teams|Club(s)]]
!width=90| Years
!width=60| Points
|- 
! 1
| align="left" | {{ru|England}}
| align="left" | [[Charlie Hodgson]]
| align="left" | [[Sale Sharks|Sale]], [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]
| {{nowrap|2000–2016}}
| '''2,625'''
|- 
! 2
| align="left" | {{ru|England}}
| align="left" | [[Andy Goode]]
| align="left" | [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]], [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]], [[Worcester Warriors|Worcester]], [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]], [[Newcastle Red Bulls|Newcastle]]
| 1998–2016
| '''2,285'''
|- 
! 3
| align="left" | {{ru|England}}
| align="left" | '''''[[George Ford (rugby union)|George Ford]]'''''
| align="left" | [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]], [[Bath Rugby|Bath]], [[Sale Sharks|Sale]]
| 2009–
| '''1,911'''
|- 
! 4
| align="left" | {{ru|England}}
| align="left" | [[Stephen Myler]]
| align="left" | [[Northampton Saints|Northampton]], [[London Irish]]
| 2006–2020
| '''1,778'''
|- 
! 5
| align="left" | {{ru|England}}
| align="left" | '''''[[Owen Farrell]]'''''
| align="left" | [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]
| 2009–
| '''1,750'''
|- 
! 6
| align="left" | {{ru|New Zealand}}
| align="left" | {{nowrap|[[Jimmy Gopperth]]}}
| align="left" | [[Newcastle Red Bulls|Newcastle]], [[Wasps R.F.C.|Wasps]], [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
| 2009–2023
| '''1,737'''
|- 
! 7
| align="left" | {{ru|New Zealand}}
| align="left" | [[Nick Evans (rugby union)|Nick Evans]]
| align="left" | [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]]
| 2008–2017
| '''1,656'''
|- 
! 8
| align="left" | {{ru|Ireland}}
| align="left" | [[Gareth Steenson]]
| align="left" | [[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]]
| 2010–2020
| '''1,651'''
|- 
! 9
| align="left" | {{ru|England}}
| align="left" | [[Olly Barkley]]
| align="left" | [[Bath Rugby|Bath]], [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]], [[London Welsh RFC|London Welsh]]
| 2001–2015
| '''1,605'''
|- 
! 10
| align="left" | {{ru|England}}
| align="left" | [[Freddie Burns]]
| align="left" | [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]], [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]], [[Bath Rugby|Bath]]
| 2008–2023
| '''1,532'''
|- 
|}

=== Tries ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- 
!width=60| Rank
!width=120| Nationality
!width=160| Player
!width=400| [[List of English rugby union teams|Club(s)]]
!width=90| Years
!width=60| [[Try (rugby)|Tries]]
|- 
! 1
| align="left" | {{ru|England}}
| align="left" | [[Chris Ashton]]
| align="left" | [[Northampton Saints|Northampton]], [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]], [[Sale Sharks|Sale]], [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]], [[Worcester Warriors|Worcester]], [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
| 2008–2023
| '''101'''
|- 
! 2
| align="left" | {{ru|England}}
| align="left" | '''''[[Christian Wade]]'''''
| align="left" | [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]], [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]], [[Newcastle Red Bulls|Newcastle]]
| 2011–
| '''93'''
|- 
! 3
| align="left" | {{ru|England}}
| align="left" | [[Tom Varndell]]
| align="left" | [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]], [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]], [[Bristol Bears|Bristol]]
| 2004–2017
| '''92'''
|- 
! 4
| align="left" | {{ru|England}}
| align="left" | [[Mark Cueto]]
| align="left" | [[Sale Sharks|Sale]]
| 2001–2015
| '''90'''
|- 
! 5
| align="left" | {{ru|England}}
| align="left" | [[Danny Care]]
| align="left" | [[Leeds Tykes|Leeds]], [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]]
| 2005–2025
| '''85'''
|- 
! 6
| align="left" | {{ru|England}}
| align="left" | [[Jonny May]]
| align="left" | [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]], [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
| 2010–2024
| '''78'''
|- 
! 7
| align="left" | {{ru|England}}
| align="left" | [[Steve Hanley (rugby union)|Steve Hanley]]
| align="left" | [[Sale Sharks|Sale]]
| 1998–2007
| '''75'''
|- 
! 8
| align="left" | {{ru|England}}
| align="left" | [[Mike Brown (rugby union)|Mike Brown]]
| align="left" | [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]], [[Newcastle Red Bulls|Newcastle]], [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
| 2005–2025
| '''72'''
|-
! 9
| align="left" | {{ru|England}}
| align="left" | [[Matt Banahan]]
| align="left" | [[Bath Rugby|Bath]], [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]]
| 2007–2021
| '''71'''
|- 
! 10
| align="left" | {{ru|England}}
| align="left" | [[Paul Sackey]]
| align="left" | [[Bedford Blues|Bedford]], [[London Irish]], [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]], [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]]
| 1999–2014
| '''69'''
|}

=== Awards ===
:<small>''<span style="background:#ADFF2D">Green background with §</span> denotes the award-winning player also won the Premiership title during the same season''</small>
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Premiership Player of the Year
|- 
!width="100"| Year
!width="120"| Nationality
!width="170"| Player
!width="110"| [[List of English rugby union teams|Team]]
|- 
| align="center" | [[1996–97 National Division One|1996–1997]]<ref name="Awards 97&98">{{cite book|last1=Farmer|first1=Stuart|last2=Hands|first2=David|title=Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club|publisher=The Rugby Development Foundation|isbn=978-0-9930213-0-5|year = 2014|page=445 }}</ref>
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Martin Johnson (rugby union)|Martin Johnson]]
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
|- 
| align="center" | [[1997–98 Premiership Rugby|1997–1998]]<ref name="Awards 97&98"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Neil Back]]
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]] (2)
|- 
| align="center" | [[1998–99 Premiership Rugby|1998–1999]]<ref name="99 Awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-union-leicesters-johnson-is-player-of-season-1094790.html|title=Rugby Union: Leicester's Johnson is player of season|website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |date=19 May 1999|access-date=17 May 2017}}</ref>
| {{ru|England}}
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| [[Martin Johnson (rugby union)|Martin Johnson]]<sup>§</sup> (2)
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]] (3)
|- 
| align="center" | [[1999–2000 Premiership Rugby|1999–2000]]<ref name="Healey grabs Allied Dunbar award">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/rugby_union/762277.stm|title=Healey grabs Allied Dunbar award|publisher=BBC|date=24 May 2000|access-date=17 May 2017}}</ref>
| {{ru|England}}
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| [[Austin Healey]]<sup>§</sup>
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]] (4)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2000–01 Premiership Rugby|2000–2001]]<ref name="2001 awards">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/1332453.stm|title=Howard claims top prize|publisher=BBC|date=15 May 2001|access-date=17 May 2017}}</ref>
| {{ru|Australia}}
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| [[Pat Howard]]<sup>§</sup>
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]] (5)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2001–02 Premiership Rugby|2001–2002]]<ref name="ESPN">{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/story/_/id/15361912/robinson-moody-scoop-zurich-accolades|work=ESPN|date=21 May 2002|access-date=26 March 2002|title=Robinson and Moody scoop Zurich accolades}}</ref>
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Jason Robinson (rugby)|Jason Robinson]]
| [[Sale Sharks|Sale]]
|- 
| align="center" | [[2002–03 Premiership Rugby|2002–2003]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/english/3049589.stm|work=BBC Sport|title=Boer voted player of the year| date=22 May 2002|access-date=26 March 2023}}</ref>
| {{ru|South Africa}}
| [[Jake Boer]]
| [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]]
|- 
| align="center" | [[2003–04 Premiership Rugby|2003–2004]]<ref name="Shaw handed top award">{{cite news|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/rugby/arid-30149105.html|work=Irish Examiner|date=24 May 2004|access-date=26 March 2023|title=Shaw handed top award}}</ref>
| {{ru|England}}
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| [[Simon Shaw]]<sup>§</sup>
| [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]
|- 
| align="center" | [[2004–05 Premiership Rugby|2004–2005]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/2014/05/15/aviva-premiership-rugby-award-winners/|title=AVIVA PREMIERSHIP RUGBY AWARD WINNERS|work=Premiership Rugby|date=15 May 2014|access-date=25 June 2022}}</ref>
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Martin Corry (rugby union)|Martin Corry]]
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]] (6)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2005–06 Premiership Rugby|2005–2006]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Mike Catt]]
| [[London Irish]]
|- 
| align="center" | [[2006–07 Premiership Rugby|2006–2007]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards"/>
| {{ru|Italy}}
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| [[Martín Castrogiovanni]]<sup>§</sup>
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]] (7)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2007–08 Premiership Rugby|2007–2008]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| [[James Simpson-Daniel]]
| [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]] (2)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2008–09 Premiership Rugby|2008–2009]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Chris Robshaw]]
| [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]]
|- 
| align="center" | [[2009–10 Premiership Rugby|2009–2010]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Chris Ashton]]
| [[Northampton Saints|Northampton]]
|- 
| align="center" | [[2010–11 Premiership Rugby|2010–2011]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Tom Wood (rugby union)|Tom Wood]]
| [[Northampton Saints|Northampton]] (2)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2011–12 Premiership Rugby|2011–2012]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards"/>
| {{ru|England}}
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| [[Chris Robshaw]]<sup>§</sup> (2)
| [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]] (2)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2012–13 Premiership Rugby|2012–2013]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards"/>
| {{ru|England}}
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| [[Tom Youngs]]<sup>§</sup>
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]] (8)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2013–14 Premiership Rugby|2013–2014]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Mike Brown (rugby union)|Mike Brown]]
| [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]] (3)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2014–15 Premiership Rugby|2014–2015]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards 2">{{cite web|url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/2016/05/18/aviva-premiership-rugby-awards-2016-the-winners/|title=AVIVA PREMIERSHIP RUGBY AWARDS 2016 – THE WINNERS|work=Premiership Rugby|date=18 May 2016|access-date=25 June 2022}}</ref>
| {{ru|England}}
| '''''[[George Ford (rugby union)|George Ford]]'''''
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]]
|- 
| align="center" | [[2015–16 Premiership Rugby|2015–2016]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards 2"/>
| {{ru|England}}
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| [[Alex Goode]]<sup>§</sup>
| [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]
|- 
| align="center" | [[2016–17 Premiership Rugby|2016–2017]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards 3">{{cite web|url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/2017/05/17/wasps-jimmy-gopperth-named-aviva-premiership-rugby-player-of-the-season/|title=WASPS' JIMMY GOPPERTH NAMED AVIVA PREMIERSHIP RUGBY PLAYER OF THE SEASON|work=Premiership Rugby|date=17 May 2017|access-date=25 June 2022}}</ref>
| {{ru|New Zealand}}
| [[Jimmy Gopperth]]
| [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]] (2)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2017–18 Premiership Rugby|2017–2018]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards 4">{{cite web|url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/2018/05/16/newcastle-falcons-high-flying-campaign-sees-vereniki-goneva-and-dean-richards-win-top-prizes-at-premiership-rugby-awards/|title=NEWCASTLE FALCONS' HIGH-FLYING CAMPAIGN SEES VERENIKI GONEVA AND DEAN RICHARDS WIN TOP PRIZES AT PREMIERSHIP RUGBY AWARDS|work=Premiership Rugby|date=16 May 2018|access-date=25 June 2022}}</ref>
| {{ru|Fiji}}
| [[Vereniki Goneva]]
| [[Newcastle Red Bulls|Newcastle]]
|- 
| align="center" | [[2018–19 Premiership Rugby|2018–2019]]<ref name="Gallagher Premiership awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/2019/05/22/danny-cipriani-crowned-gallagher-premiership-rugby-player-of-the-season/|title=DANNY CIPRIANI CROWNED GALLAGHER PREMIERSHIP RUGBY PLAYER OF THE SEASON|work=Premiership Rugby|date=22 May 2019|access-date=25 June 2022}}</ref>
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Danny Cipriani]]
| [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]] (3)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2019–20 Premiership Rugby|2019–2020]]<ref name="Gallagher Premiership awards 2">{{cite web|url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/news/premiership-rugby-awards-2020|title=PREMIERSHIP RUGBY AWARDS 2020 - CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE WINNERS|work=Premiership Rugby|date=2 November 2020|access-date=25 June 2022}}</ref>
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Jack Willis (rugby union)|Jack Willis]]
| [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]] (3)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2020–21 Premiership Rugby|2020–2021]]<ref name="Gallagher Premiership awards 3">{{cite web|url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/premiershiprugbyawards2021/|title=PREMIERSHIP RUGBY AWARDS 2021|work=Premiership Rugby|access-date=25 June 2022}}</ref>
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Sam Simmonds (rugby union)|Sam Simmonds]]
| [[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]]
|- 
| align="center" | [[2021–22 Premiership Rugby|2021–2022]]<ref name="Gallagher Premiership awards 4">{{cite web|url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/news/premiership-rugby-awards-2021-22-winners-announced-in-london|title=PREMIERSHIP RUGBY AWARDS 2021-22 WINNERS ANNOUNCED IN LONDON|work=Premiership Rugby|date=12 June 2022|access-date=25 June 2022}}</ref>
| {{ru|England}}
| '''''[[Ben Earl]]'''''
| [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] (2)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2022–23 Premiership Rugby|2022–2023]]<ref name="Gallagher Premiership awards 5">{{cite web|url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/news/premiership-rugby-awards-2023-winners-announced|title=PREMIERSHIP RUGBY AWARDS: 2023 WINNERS ANNOUNCED|work=Premiership Rugby|date=10 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref>
| {{ru|England}}
| '''''[[Ollie Lawrence]]'''''
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]] (2)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2023–24 Premiership Rugby|2023–2024]]<ref name="Gallagher Premiership awards 6">{{cite web|url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/content/live-premiership-rugby-awards|title=AS IT HAPPENED: Premiership Rugby Awards|work=Premiership Rugby|date=22 May 2024|access-date=23 May 2024}}</ref>
| {{ru|England}}
| '''''[[Henry Slade (rugby union)|Henry Slade]]'''''
| [[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]] (2)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2024–25 Premiership Rugby|2024–2025]]<ref name="Gallagher Premiership awards 7">{{cite web|url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/content/live-the-rugby-awards|title=The Rugby Awards 2025|work=Premiership Rugby|date=4 June 2025|access-date=14 June 2025}}</ref>
| {{ru|Wales}}
| '''''[[Tomos Williams]]'''''
| [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]] (4)
|- 
|}
{{Col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Young Player of the Year
|- 
!width=100| Year
!width=120| Nationality
!width=170| Player
!width=110| [[List of English rugby union teams|Team]]
|- 
| align="center" | [[1996–97 National Division One|1996–1997]]<ref name="Awards 97&98"/>
| rowspan="2" colspan="3" align="center" | ''Not awarded''
|- 
| align="center" | [[1997–98 Premiership Rugby|1997–1998]]<ref name="Awards 97&98"/>
|- 
| align="center" | [[1998–99 Premiership Rugby|1998–1999]]<ref name="99 Awards"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Jonny Wilkinson]]
| [[Newcastle Red Bulls|Newcastle]]
|- 
| align="center" | [[1999–2000 Premiership Rugby|1999–2000]]<ref name="Healey grabs Allied Dunbar award"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Iain Balshaw]]
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]]
|- 
| align="center" | [[2000–01 Premiership Rugby|2000–2001]]<ref name="2001 awards"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Iain Balshaw]] (2)
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]] (2)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2001–02 Premiership Rugby|2001–2002]]<ref name="ESPN"/>
| {{ru|England}}
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| [[Lewis Moody]]<sup>§</sup>
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
|- 
| align="center" | [[2002–03 Premiership Rugby|2002–2003]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/story/_/id/15368738/awards-leonard-gatland|work=ESPN |date=17 September 2003|access-date=26 March 2023|title=Awards for Leonard and Gatland}}</ref>
| {{ru|England}}
| [[James Forrester (rugby union)|James Forrester]]
| [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]]
|- 
| align="center" | [[2003–04 Premiership Rugby|2003–2004]]<ref name="Shaw handed top award"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Olly Barkley]]
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]] (3)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2004–05 Premiership Rugby|2004–2005]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Ollie Smith (rugby union, born 1982)|Ollie Smith]]
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]] (2)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2005–06 Premiership Rugby|2005–2006]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Tom Varndell]]
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]] (3)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2006–07 Premiership Rugby|2006–2007]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Tom Rees (rugby union, born 1984)|Tom Rees]]
| [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]
|- 
| align="center" | [[2007–08 Premiership Rugby|2007–2008]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards"/>
| {{ru|England}}
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| [[Danny Cipriani]]<sup>§</sup>
| [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]] (2)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2008–09 Premiership Rugby|2008–2009]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Jordan Turner-Hall]]
| [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]]
|- 
| align="center" | [[2009–10 Premiership Rugby|2009–2010]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards"/>
| {{ru|England}}
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| [[Ben Youngs]]<sup>§</sup>
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]] (4)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2010–11 Premiership Rugby|2010–2011]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Manu Tuilagi]]
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]] (5)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2011–12 Premiership Rugby|2011–2012]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Owen Farrell]]
| [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]
|- 
| align="center" | [[2012–13 Premiership Rugby|2012–2013]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| '''''[[Joe Launchbury]]'''''
| [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]] (3)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2013–14 Premiership Rugby|2013–2014]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Billy Vunipola]]
| [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] (2)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2014–15 Premiership Rugby|2014–2015]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards 2"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| '''''[[Henry Slade (rugby union)|Henry Slade]]'''''
| [[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]]
|- 
| align="center" | [[2015–16 Premiership Rugby|2015–2016]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards 2"/>
| {{ru|England}}
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| '''''[[Maro Itoje]]'''''<sup>§</sup>
| [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] (3)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2016–17 Premiership Rugby|2016–2017]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards 3"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| '''''[[Ellis Genge]]'''''
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]] (6)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2017–18 Premiership Rugby|2017–2018]]<ref name="Aviva Premiership awards 4"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Sam Simmonds (rugby union)|Sam Simmonds]]
| [[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]] (2)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2018–19 Premiership Rugby|2018–2019]]<ref name="Gallagher Premiership awards"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| '''''[[Tom Curry (rugby union)|Tom Curry]]'''''
| [[Sale Sharks|Sale]]
|- 
| align="center" | [[2019–20 Premiership Rugby|2019–2020]]<ref name="Gallagher Premiership awards 2"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Jack Willis (rugby union)|Jack Willis]]
| [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]] (4)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2020–21 Premiership Rugby|2020–2021]]<ref name="Gallagher Premiership awards 3"/>
| {{ru|Wales}}
| [[Ioan Lloyd]]
| [[Bristol Bears|Bristol]]
|- 
| align="center" | [[2021–22 Premiership Rugby|2021–2022]]<ref name="Gallagher Premiership awards 4"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| '''''[[Henry Arundell]]'''''
| [[London Irish]]
|- 
| align="center" | [[2022–23 Premiership Rugby|2022–2023]]<ref name="Gallagher Premiership awards 5"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| '''''[[Tom Pearson (rugby union, born 1999)|Tom Pearson]]'''''
| [[London Irish]] (2)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2023–24 Premiership Rugby|2023–2024]]<ref name="Gallagher Premiership awards 6"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| '''''[[Immanuel Feyi-Waboso]]'''''
| [[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]] (3)
|- 
| align="center" | [[2024–25 Premiership Rugby|2024–2025]]<ref name="Gallagher Premiership awards 7"/>
| {{ru|England}}
| '''''[[Henry Pollock (rugby union)|Henry Pollock]]'''''
| [[Northampton Saints|Northampton]]
|- 
|}
{{Col-end}}

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size:85%;width:100%"
|+ Premiership Team of the Year – Forwards
|- 
! Season
!align="center"| 1. ([[Rugby union positions#Prop|Prop]])
!align="center"| 2. ([[Rugby union positions#Hooker|Hooker]])
!align="center"| 3. ([[Rugby union positions#Prop|Prop]])
!align="center"| 4. ([[Rugby union positions#Locks|Lock]])
!align="center"| 5. ([[Rugby union positions#Locks|Lock]])
!align="center"| 6. ([[Rugby union positions#Flanker|Flanker]])
!align="center"| 7. ([[Rugby union positions#Flanker|Flanker]])
!align="center"| 8. ([[Rugby union positions#Number eight|Number 8]])
|- 
| [[2011–12 Premiership Rugby|2011–12]]
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} [[Joe Marler]]<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]])''
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Schalk Brits]]<br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Dan Cole (rugby union)|Dan Cole]]<br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[Samu Manoa]]<br />''([[Northampton Saints|Northampton]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Geoff Parling]]<br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} [[Chris Robshaw]]<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[James Scaysbrook]]<br />''([[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} [[Nick Easter]]<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]])''
|- 
| [[2012–13 Premiership Rugby|2012–13]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Mako Vunipola]]<br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} [[Tom Youngs]]<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} [[Dan Cole (rugby union)|Dan Cole]]<sup>§</sup> (2)<br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} [[Ed Slater]]<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} [[Geoff Parling]]<sup>§</sup> (2)<br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Tom Wood (rugby union)|Tom Wood]]<br />''([[Northampton Saints|Northampton]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Julian Salvi]]<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Richard Baxter (rugby union)|Richard Baxter]]<br />''([[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]])''
|- 
| [[2013–14 Premiership Rugby|2013–14]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Joe Marler]] (2)<br />''([[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Dave Ward (rugby union)|Dave Ward]]<br />''([[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]])''
| {{flagicon|Samoa}} [[Logovi'i Mulipola]]<br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|United States}} [[Samu Manoa]]<sup>§</sup> (2)<br />''([[Northampton Saints|Northampton]])''
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Michael Paterson]]<br />''([[Sale Sharks|Sale]])''
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Daniel Braid]]<br />''([[Sale Sharks|Sale]])''
| {{flagicon|Namibia}} [[Jacques Burger]]<br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Billy Vunipola]]<br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]])''
|- 
| [[2014–15 Premiership Rugby|2014–15]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Matt Mullan]]<br />''([[Wasps RFC|Wasps]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Jamie George]]'''''<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]])''
| {{flagicon|Wales}} [[Tomas Francis]]<br />''([[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Graham Kitchener]]<br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Dean Mumm]]<br />''([[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]])''
| {{flagicon|Zimbabwe}} [[Dave Ewers]]<br />''([[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]])''
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Francois Louw]]<br />''([[Bath Rugby|Bath]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Nathan Hughes]]<br />''([[Wasps RFC|Wasps]])''
|- 
| [[2015–16 Premiership Rugby|2015–16]]
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} [[Mako Vunipola]]<sup>§</sup> (2)<br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Mike Haywood (rugby union)|Mike Haywood]]<br />''([[Northampton Saints|Northampton]])''
| {{flagicon|Moldova}} [[Vadim Cobîlaș]]<br />''([[Sale Sharks|Sale]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Maro Itoje]]'''''<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} [[George Kruis]]<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Teimana Harrison]]<br />''([[Northampton Saints|Northampton]])''
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[George Smith (rugby union)|George Smith]]<br />''([[Wasps RFC|Wasps]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} [[Billy Vunipola]]<sup>§</sup> (2)<br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]])''
|- 
| [[2016–17 Premiership Rugby|2016–17]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Mako Vunipola]] (3)<br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Jamie George]]''''' (2)<br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Kyle Sinckler]]<br />''([[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Joe Launchbury]]'''''<br />''([[Wasps RFC|Wasps]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Courtney Lawes]]<br />''([[Northampton Saints|Northampton]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} [[Don Armand]]<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Jackson Wray]]<br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]])''
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Louis Picamoles]]<br />''([[Northampton Saints|Northampton]])''
|- 
| [[2017–18 Premiership Rugby|2017–18]]
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Ellis Genge]]'''''<br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Luke Cowan-Dickie]]'''''<br />''([[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]])''
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[John Afoa]]<br />''([[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Calum Green]]<br />''([[Newcastle Red Bulls|Newcastle]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Ed Slater]] (2)<br />''([[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Jamie Gibson]]<br />''([[Northampton Saints|Northampton]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Don Armand]] (2)<br />''([[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Sam Simmonds (rugby union)|Sam Simmonds]]<br />''([[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]])''
|- 
| [[2018–19 Premiership Rugby|2018–19]]
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} [[Mako Vunipola]]<sup>§</sup> (4)<br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Jamie George]]'''''<sup>§</sup> (3)<br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]])''
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[John Afoa]] (2)<br />''([[Bristol Bears|Bristol]])''
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Franco Mostert]]<br />''([[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Will Skelton]]<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Alex Dombrandt]]'''''<br />''([[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Tom Curry (rugby union)|Tom Curry]]'''''<br />''([[Sale Sharks|Sale]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Matt Kvesic]]<br />''([[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]])''
|- 
| [[2019–20 Premiership Rugby|2019–20]]
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Beno Obano]]'''''<br />''([[Bath Rugby|Bath]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Luke Cowan-Dickie]]'''''<sup>§</sup> (2)<br />''([[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Will Stuart]]'''''<br />''([[Bath Rugby|Bath]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} [[Jonny Hill (rugby union)|Jonny Hill]]<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Maro Itoje]]''''' (2)<br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Jack Willis (rugby union)|Jack Willis]]<br />''([[Wasps RFC|Wasps]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Ben Earl]]'''''<br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] & [[Bristol Bears|Bristol]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} [[Sam Simmonds (rugby union)|Sam Simmonds]]<sup>§</sup> (2)<br />''([[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]])''
|- 
| [[2020–21 Premiership Rugby|2020–21]]
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Ellis Genge]]''''' (2)<br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Akker van der Merwe]]<br />''([[Sale Sharks|Sale]])''
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[John Afoa]] (3)<br />''([[Bristol Bears|Bristol]])''
| {{flagicon|Samoa}} [[Chris Vui]]<br />''([[Bristol Bears|Bristol]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[David Ribbans]]<br />''([[Northampton Saints|Northampton]])''
| {{flagicon|Zimbabwe}} [[Dave Ewers]] (2)<br />''([[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Will Evans (rugby union)|Will Evans]]'''''<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Sam Simmonds (rugby union)|Sam Simmonds]] (3)<br />''([[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]])''
|- 
| [[2021–22 Premiership Rugby|2021–22]]
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Ellis Genge]]'''''<sup>§</sup> (3)<br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[George McGuigan]]<br />''([[Newcastle Red Bulls|Newcastle]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Will Collier]]<br />''([[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]])''
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Jean-Luc du Preez]]<br />''([[Sale Sharks|Sale]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Freddie Clarke]]'''''<br />''([[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|South Africa}} '''''[[Hanro Liebenberg]]'''''<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Ben Earl]]''''' (2)<br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Brad Shields]]<br />''([[Wasps RFC|Wasps]])''
|- 
| [[2022–23 Premiership Rugby|2022–23]]
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Val Rapava-Ruskin]]'''''<br />''([[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]])''
| {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Julián Montoya]]<br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|Italy}} '''''[[Marco Riccioni]]'''''<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[George Martin (rugby union)|George Martin]]'''''<br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[David Ribbans]] (2)<br />''([[Northampton Saints|Northampton]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Ben Earl]]'''''<sup>§</sup> (3)<br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Tom Pearson (rugby union, born 1999)|Tom Pearson]]'''''<br />''([[London Irish]])''
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Jasper Wiese]]<br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
|- 
| [[2023–24 Premiership Rugby|2023–24]]
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Fin Baxter]]'''''<br />''([[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Curtis Langdon]]'''''<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Northampton Saints|Northampton]])''
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} '''''[[Thomas du Toit]]'''''<br />''([[Bath Rugby|Bath]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Rus Tuima]]'''''<br />''([[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Alex Coles (rugby union)|Alex Coles]]'''''<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Northampton Saints|Northampton]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} [[Courtney Lawes]]<sup>§</sup> (2)<br />''([[Northampton Saints|Northampton]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Ben Earl]]''''' (4)<br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]])''
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Jasper Wiese]] (2)<br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
|- 
| [[2024–25 Premiership Rugby|2024–25]]
| {{flagicon|Wales}} '''''[[Nicky Smith (rugby union)|Nicky Smith]]'''''<br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Tom Dunn (rugby union)|Tom Dunn]]'''''<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Bath Rugby|Bath]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|South Africa}} '''''[[Thomas du Toit]]'''''<sup>§</sup> (2)<br />''([[Bath Rugby|Bath]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Maro Itoje]]''''' (3)<br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Joe Batley]]'''''<br />''([[Bristol Bears|Bristol]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Ted Hill (rugby union)|Ted Hill]]'''''<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Bath Rugby|Bath]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Ben Curry]]'''''<br />''([[Sale Sharks|Sale]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Tom Willis (rugby union, born 1999)|Tom Willis]]'''''<br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]])''<!--
|- 
| [[2025–26 Premiership Rugby|2025–26]]
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|}
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size:85%;width:100%"
|+ Premiership Team of the Year – Backs
|- 
! Season
!align="center"| 9. ([[Rugby union positions#Scrum-half|Scrum-Half]])
!align="center"| 10. ([[Rugby union positions#Fly-half|Fly-Half]])
!align="center"| 11. ([[Rugby union positions#Wing|Wing]])
!align="center"| 12. ([[Rugby union positions#Centre|Centre]])
!align="center"| 13. ([[Rugby union positions#Centre|Centre]])
!align="center"| 14. ([[Rugby union positions#Wing|Wing]])
!align="center"| 15. ([[Rugby union positions#Full-back|Full-Back]])
|- 
| [[2011–12 Premiership Rugby|2011–12]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Haydn Thomas]]<br />''([[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Toby Flood]]<br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
| {{flagicon|Samoa}} [[Alesana Tuilagi]]<br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} [[George Lowe (rugby union)|George Lowe]]<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]])''
| {{flagicon|Samoa}} [[George Pisi]]<br />''([[Northampton Saints|Northampton]])''
| {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Horacio Agulla]]<br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} [[Mike Brown (rugby union)|Mike Brown]]<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]])''
|- 
| [[2012–13 Premiership Rugby|2012–13]]
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} [[Ben Youngs]]<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} [[Toby Flood]]<sup>§</sup> (2)<br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Tom Varndell]]<br />''([[Wasps RFC|Wasps]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Billy Twelvetrees]]<br />''([[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} [[Manu Tuilagi]]<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Christian Wade]]'''''<br />''([[Wasps RFC|Wasps]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Luke Arscott]]<br />''([[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]])''
|- 
| [[2013–14 Premiership Rugby|2013–14]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Danny Care]]<br />''([[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} [[Stephen Myler]]<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Northampton Saints|Northampton]])''
| {{flagicon|Fiji}} [[Vereniki Goneva]]<br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Kyle Eastmond]]<br />''([[Bath Rugby|Bath]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} [[Luther Burrell]]<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Northampton Saints|Northampton]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Semesa Rokoduguni]]<br />''([[Bath Rugby|Bath]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Mike Brown (rugby union)|Mike Brown]] (2)<br />''([[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]])''
|- 
| [[2014–15 Premiership Rugby|2014–15]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Joe Simpson (rugby union, born 1988)|Joe Simpson]]<br />''([[Wasps RFC|Wasps]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[George Ford (rugby union)|George Ford]]'''''<br />''([[Bath Rugby|Bath]])''
| {{flagicon|Samoa}} [[Sinoti Sinoti]]<br />''([[Newcastle Red Bulls|Newcastle]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Henry Slade (rugby union)|Henry Slade]]'''''<br />''([[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Jonathan Joseph (rugby union)|Jonathan Joseph]]<br />''([[Bath Rugby|Bath]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Christian Wade]]''''' (2)<br />''([[Wasps RFC|Wasps]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Anthony Watson (rugby union)|Anthony Watson]]<br />''([[Bath Rugby|Bath]])''
|- 
| [[2015–16 Premiership Rugby|2015–16]]
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Francois Hougaard]]<br />''([[Worcester Warriors|Worcester]])''
| {{flagicon|Ireland|rugby union}} [[Gareth Steenson]]<br />''([[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]])''
| {{flagicon|Tonga}} [[Telusa Veainu]]<br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Charles Piutau]]<br />''([[Wasps RFC|Wasps]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Elliot Daly]]'''''<br />''([[Wasps RFC|Wasps]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Jack Nowell]]<br />''([[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} [[Alex Goode]]<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]])''
|- 
| [[2016–17 Premiership Rugby|2016–17]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Richard Wigglesworth (rugby union)|Richard Wigglesworth]]<br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]])''
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Jimmy Gopperth]]<br />''([[Wasps RFC|Wasps]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Olly Woodburn]]'''''<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Brad Barritt]]<br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Elliot Daly]]''''' (2)<br />''([[Wasps RFC|Wasps]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Christian Wade]]''''' (3)<br />''([[Wasps RFC|Wasps]])''
| {{flagicon|Tonga}} [[Telusa Veainu]] (2)<br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
|- 
| [[2017–18 Premiership Rugby|2017–18]]
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Faf de Klerk]]<br />''([[Sale Sharks|Sale]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Danny Cipriani]]<br />''([[Wasps RFC|Wasps]])''
| {{flagicon|Wales}} [[Josh Adams (rugby union)|Josh Adams]]<br />''([[Worcester Warriors|Worcester]])''
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Matt To'omua]]<br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Rob Horne]]<br />''([[Northampton Saints|Northampton]])''
| {{flagicon|Fiji}} [[Vereniki Goneva]] (2)<br />''([[Newcastle Red Bulls|Newcastle]])''
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Willie le Roux]]<br />''([[Wasps RFC|Wasps]])''
|- 
| [[2018–19 Premiership Rugby|2018–19]]
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Cobus Reinach]]<br />''([[Northampton Saints|Northampton]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Danny Cipriani]] (2)<br />''([[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Ollie Thorley]]'''''<br />''([[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Mark Atkinson (rugby union)|Mark Atkinson]]<br />''([[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Henry Slade (rugby union)|Henry Slade]]''''' (2)<br />''([[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]])''
| {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Santiago Cordero]]<br />''([[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} [[Alex Goode]]<sup>§</sup> (2)<br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]])''
|- 
| [[2019–20 Premiership Rugby|2019–20]]
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Ben Spencer (rugby union)|Ben Spencer]]'''''<br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] & [[Bath Rugby|Bath]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Jacob Umaga]]<br />''([[Wasps RFC|Wasps]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Ollie Thorley]]''''' (2)<br />''([[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Sam James (rugby union)|Sam James]]<br />''([[Sale Sharks|Sale]])''
| {{flagicon|Fiji}} [[Semi Radradra]]<br />''([[Bristol Bears|Bristol]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Zach Kibirige]]<br />''([[Wasps RFC|Wasps]])''
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Charles Piutau]] (2)<br />''([[Bristol Bears|Bristol]])''
|- 
| [[2020–21 Premiership Rugby|2020–21]]
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} [[Danny Care]]<sup>§</sup> (2)<br />''([[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Marcus Smith (rugby union)|Marcus Smith]]'''''<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Josh Bassett]]<br />''([[Wasps RFC|Wasps]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Piers O'Conor]]<br />''([[Bristol Bears|Bristol]])''
| {{flagicon|Fiji}} [[Semi Radradra]] (2)<br />''([[Bristol Bears|Bristol]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Tom O'Flaherty (rugby union)|Tom O'Flaherty]]'''''<br />''([[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]])''
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Charles Piutau]] (3)<br />''([[Bristol Bears|Bristol]])''
|- 
| [[2021–22 Premiership Rugby|2021–22]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Danny Care]] (3)<br />''([[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[George Ford (rugby union)|George Ford]]'''''<sup>§</sup> (2)<br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Cadan Murley]]'''''<br />''([[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]])''
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[André Esterhuizen]]<br />''([[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]])''
| {{flagicon|Scotland}} '''''[[Chris Harris (rugby union)|Chris Harris]]'''''<br />''([[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Max Malins]]'''''<br />''([[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Freddie Steward]]'''''<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]])''
|- 
| [[2022–23 Premiership Rugby|2022–23]]
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Alex Mitchell (rugby union)|Alex Mitchell]]'''''<br />''([[Northampton Saints|Northampton]])''
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} '''''[[Robert du Preez (rugby union, born 1993)|Robert du Preez]]'''''<br />''([[Sale Sharks|Sale]])''
| {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Mateo Carreras]]<br />''([[Newcastle Red Bulls|Newcastle]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Fraser Dingwall]]'''''<br />''([[Northampton Saints|Northampton]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Ollie Lawrence]]'''''<br />''([[Bath Rugby|Bath]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Cadan Murley]]''''' (2)<br />''([[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Joe Carpenter (rugby union)|Joe Carpenter]]'''''<br />''([[Sale Sharks|Sale]])''
|- 
| [[2023–24 Premiership Rugby|2023–24]]
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Ben Spencer (rugby union)|Ben Spencer]]''''' (2)<br />''([[Bath Rugby|Bath]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Fin Smith]]'''''<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Northampton Saints|Northampton]])''
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Ollie Sleightholme]]'''''<sup>§</sup><br />''([[Northampton Saints|Northampton]])''
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} '''''[[Benhard Janse van Rensburg]]'''''<br />''([[Bristol Bears|Bristol]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Henry Slade (rugby union)|Henry Slade]]''''' (3)<br />''([[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Immanuel Feyi-Waboso]]'''''<br />''([[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]])''
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} '''''[[Tyrone Green]]'''''<br />''([[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]])''
|- 
| [[2024–25 Premiership Rugby|2024–25]]
| {{flagicon|Wales}} '''''[[Tomos Williams]]'''''<br />''([[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[George Ford (rugby union)|George Ford]]''''' (3)<br />''([[Sale Sharks|Sale]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Gabriel Ibitoye]]'''''<br />''([[Bristol Bears|Bristol]])''
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} '''''[[Benhard Janse van Rensburg]]''''' (2)<br />''([[Bristol Bears|Bristol]])''
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} '''''[[Robert du Preez (rugby union, born 1993)|Robert du Preez]]''''' (2)<br />''([[Sale Sharks|Sale]])''
| {{flagicon|England}} '''''[[Tom Roebuck]]'''''<br />''([[Sale Sharks|Sale]])''
| {{flagicon|Argentina}} '''''[[Santiago Carreras]]'''''<br />''([[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]])''<!--
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== Coaches ==
=== Current coaches ===
The following table outlines the current senior coaches at each PREM club, as of the [[2025–26 Premiership Rugby|2025–26 season]]:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/content/directors-of-rugby-season-previews | title=Directors of Rugby: Season Previews | website=Premiership Rugby | access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref>

<small>'''Note:''' The designation of the senior coaching staff member as either Director of Rugby or Head Coach, and the responsibilities they hold, varies between individual clubs.</small>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders style=width:50%"
|- 
! [[Head coach#Rugby union|Coach]]
! Nationality
! [[List of English rugby union teams|Club]]
! Appointed
! Time in role
! Titles won
! {{abbr|Ref|Reference}}
|- 
! [[Rob Baxter]]
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Exeter Chiefs]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2009|5|7}}
| {{ayd|2009|5|7}}
|align="center"| 2
| <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.exeterchiefs.co.uk/directors/rob-baxter | title=Rob Baxter – Exeter Chiefs | website=[[Exeter Chiefs]] | access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref>
|- 
! [[Mark McCall]] 
| {{ru|Ireland}}
| [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2011|1|9}}
| {{ayd|2011|1|9}}
|align="center"| 6
| <ref>{{cite web | url=https://saracens.com/squads/mark-mccall/ | title=Mark McCall – Saracens | website=[[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] | access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref>
|- 
! [[Pat Lam]]
| {{ru|Samoa}}
| [[Bristol Bears]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2017|6|1}}
| {{ayd|2017|6|1}}
|align="center"| 0
| <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bristolbearsrugby.com/teams/men-coaching-and-technical-team/ | title=Men's Team Staff – Bristol Bears | website=[[Bristol Bears]] | access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref>
|- 
! [[George Skivington]]
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2020|7|3}}
| {{ayd|2020|7|3}}
|align="center"| 0
| <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gloucesterrugby.co.uk/content/gloucester-rugby-announce-the-appointment-of-george-skivington-as-head-coach-31808 | title=Gloucester Rugby announce the appointment of George Skivington as head coach | website=[[Gloucester Rugby]] | date=27 June 2020 | access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref>
|- 
! [[Alex Sanderson]]
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Sale Sharks]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2021|1|15}}
| {{ayd|2021|1|15}}
|align="center"| 0
| <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.salesharks.com/2021/01/15/sale-sharks-appoint-alex-sanderson-as-director-of-rugby | title=Sale Sharks appoint Alex Sanderson as Director of Rugby | website=[[Sale Sharks]] | date=15 January 2021 | access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref>
|- 
! [[Phil Dowson]]
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Northampton Saints]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2022|6|1}}
| {{ayd|2022|6|1}}
|align="center"| 1
| <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.northamptonsaints.co.uk/news/dowson-and-vesty-to-step-up-at-saints-as-boyd-moves-to-advisory-role | title=Dowson and Vesty to step up at Saints as Boyd moves to advisory role | website=[[Northampton Saints]] | date=12 January 2022 | access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref>
|- 
! [[Johann van Graan]]
| {{ru|South Africa}}
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2022|7|11}}
| {{ayd|2022|7|11}}
|align="center"| 1
| <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bathrugby.com/content/bath-rugby-appoint-van-graan-as-head-coach-for-the-2022-23-season | title=Bath Rugby appoint van Graan as Head Coach for the 2022-23 season | website=[[Bath Rugby]] | date=15 December 2021 | access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref>
|- 
! [[Geoff Parling]]
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Leicester Tigers]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2025|8|3}}
| {{ayd|2025|8|3}}
|align="center"| 0
| <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.leicestertigers.com/news/250512-cn | title=Geoff Parling appointed Head Coach | website=[[Leicester Tigers]] | date=12 May 2025 | access-date=8 August 2025}}</ref>
|- 
! [[Jason Gilmore]]
| {{ru|Australia}}
| [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2025|9|18}}
| {{ayd|2025|9|18}}
|align="center"| 0
| <ref>{{cite web | title=Coaching structure update | url=https://www.quins.co.uk/article/coaching-structure-update | website=[[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]] | date=18 September 2025 | access-date=18 September 2025}}</ref>
|- 
! [[Alan Dickens (rugby union)|Alan Dickens]]
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Newcastle Red Bulls]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2025|10|1}}
| {{ayd|2025|10|1}}
|align="center"| 0
| <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newcastlefalcons.co.uk/changes-to-newcastle-red-bulls-management-structure/ | title=Changes to Newcastle Red Bulls' Management Structure | website=[[Newcastle Red Bulls|Newcastle Falcons]] | last1=Grisedale | first1=Tom | date=1 October 2025 | access-date=1 October 2025}}</ref>
|- 
|}

=== Award winners ===
The following senior coaches have won the PREM Director of Rugby of the Season Award since 2000:<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.ricoh.co.uk/news-events/news/ricoh-director-of-rugby-of-the-season-shortlist-announced/ | title=Ricoh Director of Rugby of the Season shortlist announced | publisher=Ricoh | date=15 May 2017 | access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://premiershiprugby.com/content/dai-young-to-depart-wasps | title=Dai Young to depart Wasps | publisher=Premiership Rugby | access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://premiershiprugby.com/content/dean-richards-to-step-down-as-newcastle-falcons-head-coach | title=Dean Richards to step down as Newcastle Falcons Head Coach | publisher=Premiership Rugby | access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://premiershiprugby.com/content/pat-lam-wins-global-reach-director-of-rugby-of-the-season-award | title=Pat Lam wins Global Reach Director of Rugby of the Season Award | publisher=Premiership Rugby | access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://premiershiprugby.com/content/borthwick-dedicates-london-pride-director-of-rugby-of-the-season-award-to-his-team | title=Borthwick dedicates London Pride Director of Rugby of the Season Award to his team | publisher=Premiership Rugby | access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://premiershiprugby.com/content/mark-mccall-named-director-of-rugby-of-the-season | title=Mark McCall named Director of Rugby of the Season | publisher=Premiership Rugby | access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/content/premiership-rugby-awards-phil-dowson-named-director-of-rugby-of-the-season | title=Premiership Rugby Awards: Phil Dowson named Director of Rugby of the Season | publisher=Premiership Rugby | date=22 May 2024 | access-date=23 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/content/van-graan-is-director-of-rugby-of-the-season | title=Van Graan is Director of Rugby of the Season | publisher=Premiership Rugby | date=4 June 2025 | access-date=8 August 2025}}</ref>
:<small>''<span style="background:#ADFF2D">Green background with §</span> denotes the award-winning Director of Rugby also won the Premiership title during the same season''</small>
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders
|+ Director of Rugby of the Season (2000–2012)
|- 
!width="70"| Season
!width="120"| Nationality
!width="160"| Winner
!width="110"| [[List of English rugby union teams|Club]]
|- 
|align="center"| [[1999–2000 Premiership Rugby|1999–00]]
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Andy Robinson]]
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]]
|- 
|align="center"| [[2000–01 Premiership Rugby|2000–01]]
| {{ru|England}}
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| [[Dean Richards (rugby union)|Dean Richards]]<sup>§</sup>
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
|- 
|rowspan="2" align="center"| [[2001–02 Premiership Rugby|2001–02]]
| {{ru|Ireland}}
| [[Conor O'Shea]]
|rowspan="2"| [[London Irish]]
|- 
| {{ru|South Africa}}
| [[Brendan Venter]]
|- 
|align="center"| [[2002–03 Premiership Rugby|2002–03]]
| {{ru|New Zealand}}
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| [[Warren Gatland]]<sup>§</sup>
| [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]
|- 
|align="center"| [[2003–04 Premiership Rugby|2003–04]]
| {{ru|Australia}}
| [[John Connolly (rugby union coach)|John Connolly]]
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]] (2)
|- 
|align="center"| [[2004–05 Premiership Rugby|2004–05]]
| {{ru|England}}
| [[John Wells (rugby union)|John Wells]]
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]] (2)
|- 
|align="center"| [[2005–06 Premiership Rugby|2005–06]]
| {{ru|France}}
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| [[Philippe Saint-André]]<sup>§</sup>
| [[Sale Sharks|Sale]]
|- 
|align="center"| [[2006–07 Premiership Rugby|2006–07]]
| {{ru|Australia}}
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| [[Pat Howard]]<sup>§</sup>
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]] (3)
|- 
|align="center"| [[2007–08 Premiership Rugby|2007–08]]
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Dean Ryan]]
| [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]]
|- 
|align="center"| [[2008–09 Premiership Rugby|2008–09]]
| {{ru|England}}
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| [[Richard Cockerill]]<sup>§</sup>
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]] (4)
|- 
|align="center"| [[2009–10 Premiership Rugby|2009–10]]
| {{ru|England}}
| Andy Key
| [[Leeds Tykes|Leeds]]
|- 
|align="center"| [[2010–11 Premiership Rugby|2010–11]]
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Jim Mallinder]]
| [[Northampton Saints|Northampton]]
|- 
|align="center"| [[2011–12 Premiership Rugby|2011–12]]
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Rob Baxter]]
| [[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]]
|- 
|}
{{col-break}}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders
|+ Director of Rugby of the Season (2013–)
|- 
!width="70"| Season
!width="120"| Nationality
!width="160"| Winner
!width="110"| [[List of English rugby union teams|Club]]
|- 
|align="center"| [[2012–13 Premiership Rugby|2012–13]]
| {{ru|Ireland}}
| [[Mark McCall]]
| [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]
|- 
|align="center"| [[2013–14 Premiership Rugby|2013–14]]
| {{ru|Ireland}}
| [[Mark McCall]] (2)
| [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] (2)
|- 
|align="center"| [[2014–15 Premiership Rugby|2014–15]]
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Mike Ford (rugby)|Mike Ford]]
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]] (3)
|- 
|align="center"| [[2015–16 Premiership Rugby|2015–16]]
| {{ru|Ireland}}
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| [[Mark McCall]]<sup>§</sup> (3)
| [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] (3)
|- 
|align="center"| [[2016–17 Premiership Rugby|2016–17]]
| {{ru|Wales}}
| [[Dai Young]]
| [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]] (2)
|- 
|align="center"| [[2017–18 Premiership Rugby|2017–18]]
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Dean Richards (rugby union)|Dean Richards]] (2)
| [[Newcastle Red Bulls|Newcastle]]
|- 
|align="center"| [[2018–19 Premiership Rugby|2018–19]]
| {{ru|Ireland}}
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| [[Mark McCall]]<sup>§</sup> (4)
| [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] (4)
|- 
|align="center"| [[2019–20 Premiership Rugby|2019–20]]
| {{ru|England}}
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| [[Rob Baxter]]<sup>§</sup> (2)
| [[Exeter Chiefs|Exeter]] (2)
|- 
|align="center"| [[2020–21 Premiership Rugby|2020–21]]
| {{ru|Samoa}}
| [[Pat Lam]]
| [[Bristol Bears|Bristol]]
|- 
|align="center"| [[2021–22 Premiership Rugby|2021–22]]
| {{ru|England}}
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| [[Steve Borthwick]]<sup>§</sup>
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]] (5)
|- 
|align="center"| [[2022–23 Premiership Rugby|2022–23]]
| {{ru|Ireland}}
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| [[Mark McCall]]<sup>§</sup> (5)
| [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] (5)
|- 
|align="center"| [[2023–24 Premiership Rugby|2023–24]]
| {{ru|England}}
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| [[Phil Dowson]]<sup>§</sup>
| [[Northampton Saints|Northampton]] (2)
|- 
|align="center"| [[2024–25 Premiership Rugby|2024–25]]
| {{ru|South Africa}}
|style="background:#ADFF2D"| [[Johann van Graan]]<sup>§</sup>
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]] (4)
|- 
|}
{{col-end}}

== Hall of Fame ==
The following former players and officials have been inducted into the Premiership Rugby Hall of Fame since 2013:<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/about/premiership-rugby-hall-of-fame | title=Premiership Rugby Hall of Fame | publisher=Premiership Rugby | access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/content/four-new-legends-inducted-into-the-premiership-rugby-hall-of-fame | title=Four new legends inducted into the Premiership Rugby Hall of Fame | publisher=Premiership Rugby | access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/content/four-legends-inducted-into-the-premiership-rugby-hall-of-fame | title=Legends inducted into the Premiership Rugby Hall of Fame | publisher=Premiership Rugby | access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/content/premiership-rugby-hall-of-fame-2023-inductees-announced | title=Premiership Rugby Hall of Fame - 2023 inductees honoured at the final | publisher=Premiership Rugby | access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/content/premiership-rugby-hall-of-fame-paul-sackey-first-inductee-of-2024 | title=Premiership Rugby Hall of Fame: Paul Sackey - first inductee of 2024 | publisher=Premiership Rugby | date=14 May 2024 | access-date=14 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/content/premiership-rugby-hall-of-fame-danny-grewcock-inductee-of-2024 | title=Premiership Rugby Hall of Fame: Danny Grewcock - second inductee of 2024 | publisher=Premiership Rugby | date=21 May 2024 | access-date=21 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/content/hall-of-fame-richard-wigglesworth-the-final-inductee-of-2024 | title=Premiership Rugby Hall of Fame: Richard Wigglesworth the final inductee of 2024 | publisher=Premiership Rugby | date=5 June 2024 | access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref>

<small>'''Note:''' Between 1997 and 2012, the winners of the Premiership Player of the Season and Director of Rugby of the Season awards (as detailed above) were also included in the Hall of Fame.</small>
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
!width="60"| Year
!width="120"| Nationality
!width="160"| Inductee
!width="120"| Position
!width="420"| [[List of English rugby union teams|Club(s)]]
|- 
|align="center" rowspan="3"| 2013
| {{ru|England}}
| [[George Chuter]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]], [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
|- 
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Charlie Hodgson]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Sale Sharks|Sale]], [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]
|- 
| {{ru|Ireland}}
| [[Geordan Murphy]]
|align="center"| Player/Coach
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
|- 
|align="center" rowspan="4"| 2014
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Martin Johnson (rugby union)|Martin Johnson]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
|- 
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Lewis Moody]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]], [[Bath Rugby|Bath]]
|- 
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Ed Morrison (rugby union)|Ed Morrison]]
|align="center"| Referee
| ''Not applicable''
|- 
| {{ru|Scotland}}
| [[Tom Walkinshaw]]
|align="center"| Owner
| [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]]
|- 
|align="center" rowspan=7| 2015
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Lawrence Dallaglio]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]
|- 
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Josh Lewsey]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Bristol Bears|Bristol]], [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]
|- 
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Simon Shaw]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Bristol Bears|Bristol]], [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]
|- 
| {{ru|England}}
| [[James Simpson-Daniel]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]]
|- 
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Phil Vickery (rugby union)|Phil Vickery]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]], [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]
|- 
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Peter Wheeler (rugby union)|Peter Wheeler]]
|align="center"| Chief Executive
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
|- 
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Jonny Wilkinson]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Newcastle Red Bulls|Newcastle]]
|- 
|align="center" rowspan="5"| 2016
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Neil Back]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
|- 
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Mark Cueto]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Sale Sharks|Sale]]
|- 
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Richard Hill (rugby union, born 1973)|Richard Hill]]
|align="center"| Player/Coach
| [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]
|- 
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Mike Tindall]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]], [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]]
|- 
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Hugh Vyvyan]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Newcastle Red Bulls|Newcastle]], [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]
|- 
|align="center" rowspan="5"| 2017
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Steve Borthwick]]
|align="center"| Player/Coach
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]] ''(as player)'', [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] ''(as player/coach)'', [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]] ''(as coach)''
|- 
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Kyran Bracken]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Bristol Bears|Bristol]], [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]
|- 
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Nick Easter]]
|align="center"| Player/Coach
| [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]] ''(as player/coach)'', [[Newcastle Red Bulls|Newcastle]], [[Worcester Warriors|Worcester]] ''(as coach)''
|- 
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Ben Kay]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
|- 
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Jason Robinson (rugby)|Jason Robinson]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Sale Sharks|Sale]]
|- 
|align="center" rowspan="3"| 2019
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Matt Dawson]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Northampton Saints|Northampton]], [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]
|- 
| {{ru|New Zealand}}
| [[Nick Evans (rugby union)|Nick Evans]]
|align="center"| Player/Coach
| [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]]
|- 
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Jason Leonard]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]], [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]]
|- 
|align="center" rowspan="4"| 2021
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Christian Day]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Sale Sharks|Sale]], [[Northampton Saints|Northampton]]
|- 
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Andy Goode]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]], [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]], [[Worcester Warriors|Worcester]], [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]], [[Newcastle Red Bulls|Newcastle]]
|- 
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Paul Grayson (rugby union)|Paul Grayson]]
|align="center"| Player/Coach
| [[Northampton Saints|Northampton]]
|- 
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Steve Thompson (rugby union)|Steve Thompson]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Northampton Saints|Northampton]], [[Leeds Carnegie|Leeds]], [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]
|- 
|align="center" rowspan="3"| 2022
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Will Greenwood]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]], [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
|- 
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Tom Varndell]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]], [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]], [[Bristol Bears|Bristol]]
|- 
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Trevor Woodman]]
|align="center"| Player/Coach
| [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]]
|- 
|align="center" rowspan="3"| 2023
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Matt Banahan]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Bath Rugby|Bath]], [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]]
|- 
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Brad Barritt]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]]
|- 
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Tom Youngs]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]]
|- 
|align="center" rowspan="3"| 2024
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Danny Grewcock]]
|align="center"| Player/Coach
| [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] ''(as player)'', [[Bath Rugby|Bath]] ''(as player/coach)'', [[Bristol Bears|Bristol]] ''(as coach)''
|- 
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Paul Sackey]]
|align="center"| Player
| [[Bedford Blues|Bedford]], [[London Irish]], [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]], [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]]
|- 
| {{ru|England}}
| [[Richard Wigglesworth (rugby union)|Richard Wigglesworth]]
|align="center"| Player/Coach
| [[Sale Sharks|Sale]], [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] ''(as player)'', [[Leicester Tigers|Leicester]] ''(as player/coach)''
|- 
|}

== Attendances ==
{{unreferenced section|date=April 2024}}
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Total
!width| Average
|- 
| [[2002–03 Premiership Rugby|2002–03]]
| 1,183,972
|style="text-align: center;"| 8,518
|- 
| [[2003–04 Premiership Rugby|2003–04]]
| 1,241,557
|style="text-align: center;"| 9,062
|- 
| [[2004–05 Premiership Rugby|2004–05]]
| 1,481,355
|style="text-align: center;"| 10,813
|- 
| [[2005–06 Premiership Rugby|2005–06]]
| 1,483,920
|style="text-align: center;"| 10,922
|- 
| [[2006–07 Premiership Rugby|2006–07]]
| 1,598,734
|style="text-align: center;"| 11,842
|- 
| [[2007–08 Premiership Rugby|2007–08]]
| 1,517,863
|style="text-align: center;"| 11,243
|- 
| [[2008–09 Premiership Rugby|2008–09]]
| 1,671,781
|style="text-align: center;"| 12,384
|- 
| [[2009–10 Premiership Rugby|2009–10]]
| 1,900,177
|style="text-align: center;"| 14,075
|- 
|}
{{col-break}}
{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Total
!width| Average
|- 
| [[2010–11 Premiership Rugby|2010–11]]
| 1,740,751
|style="text-align: center;"| 12,894
|- 
| [[2011–12 Premiership Rugby|2011–12]]
| 1,755,073
|style="text-align: center;"| 13,001
|- 
| [[2012–13 Premiership Rugby|2012–13]]
| 1,684,804
|style="text-align: center;"| 12,480
|- 
| [[2013–14 Premiership Rugby|2013–14]]
| 1,721,729
|style="text-align: center;"| 12,754
|- 
| [[2014–15 Premiership Rugby|2014–15]]
| 1,804,914
|style="text-align: center;"| 13,370
|- 
| [[2015–16 Premiership Rugby|2015–16]]
| 1,837,427
|style="text-align: center;"| 13,611
|- 
| [[2016–17 Premiership Rugby|2016–17]]
| 2,033,805
|style="text-align: center;"| 15,065
|- 
| [[2017–18 Premiership Rugby|2017–18]]
| 1,912,301
|style="text-align: center;"| 14,165
|- 
|}
{{col-break}}
{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Total
!width| Average
|- 
| [[2018–19 Premiership Rugby|2018–19]]
| 1,958,402 
|style="text-align: center;"| 14,507
|- 
| [[2019–20 Premiership Rugby|2019–20]]
| 1,032,509{{ref label|rounding|a|a}}
|style="text-align: center;"| 13,237{{ref label|rounding|a|a}}
|- 
| [[2020–21 Premiership Rugby|2020–21]]
| 16,866{{ref label|rounding|b|b}}
|style="text-align: center;"| 135{{ref label|rounding|b|b}}
|- 
| [[2021–22 Premiership Rugby|2021–22]]
| 1,947,439
|style="text-align: center;"| 12,564
|-
| [[2022–23 Premiership Rugby|2022–23]]
| 1,457,485
|style="text-align: center;"| 13,250
|- 
| [[2023–24 Premiership Rugby|2023–24]]
| 1,428,276
|style="text-align: center;"| 15,358
|}
{{col-end}}
{| style="margin: 1em auto;"
|- 
|{{note label|limited|a|a}} Attendances only include matches up to the suspension of fixtures in March 2020. After this matches were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, or as part of the trialled return of spectators with attendance limited to 3,500 or 1,000.
|- 
|{{note label|covid|b|b}} Most matches were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
|}

== Finance and governance aspects==

===Men’s Professional Game Partnership===
In 2024 the [[Rugby Football Union|RFU]], Premiership Rugby and the [[Rugby Players' Association|RPA]] agreed an 8-year Men's Professional Game Partnership (MPGP).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/content/historic-professional-game-partnership-signed|title=Premiership Rugby &#124; Historic Professional Game Partnership signed|website=premiershiprugby.com}}</ref>

===Salary cap ===
The English Premiership operates a salary cap,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.premiershiprugby.com/premiership/structure/salary_cap.php#.UQk3_mc4f1M|title=Salary Cap|last=client|date=11 May 2016|access-date=30 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122155943/http://www.premiershiprugby.com/premiership/structure/salary_cap.php#.UQk3_mc4f1M|archive-date=22 January 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> set by the Premiership Rugby Board, specifying the money a club can spend on the player salaries of its squad per season. Until the 2024–25 season, the base cap is £5 million, with an "academy credit" of up to £600,000 (£100,000 per player for up to six players).

A club may use the academy credit on a player that: (i) joined the club before his 18th birthday; (ii) is under age 24 at the start of the season; and (iii) earns a salary of more than £50,000. Under the credit scheme, the first £100,000 of a qualifying player's salary is not counted against the cap.

==== Exclusions ====
Since the [[2022–23 Premiership Rugby|2022–23 season]], each club has been allowed to exclude one player from the cap calculations, a decrease from two in prior seasons. An exception is made for any team which had two excluded players currently under contract. Both players remain excluded until the first of their contracts expire.

The "excluded player" slot can be filled by any player on a team's current roster who meets any of the following criteria:
* Played with his Premiership club for at least two full seasons before he was nominated as an excluded player.
* Played with his Premiership club for the full season before being nominated as an excluded player, after having played outside the Premiership.
* Played outside the Premiership in the season before he was nominated.
<!--The second slot can only be filled by a player who had been outside the Premiership for at least one full season before signing his initial contract with his current Premiership club. For purposes of the exclusion rule, "initial contract" means the first contract signed for the 2015–16 season or later, meaning that a player who returned to a prior Premiership club after spending at least one full season outside the Premiership can qualify for the second slot. -->

===P shares===
P shares were awarded in 2005 to the 13 clubs then in the Premiership. They are believed to entitle shareholders to a percentage of the central income of Premiership Rugby and voting rights on key issues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyworld.com/tournaments/gallagher-premiership/what-are-p-shares-in-premiership-rugby-146492|title=What are P shares in Premiership rugby?|first=Rugby|last=World|date=11 October 2022|website=Rugby World}}</ref>

== Media coverage ==
In the United Kingdom, Premiership Rugby is broadcast on [[TNT Sports (United Kingdom)|TNT Sports]] (previously BT Sport) and streaming on [[Discovery+]], under a contract most recently renewed in March 2024. The broadcaster carries all Premiership Rugby fixtures (an increase from 80 to 93 regular season fixtures), as well as selected [[Premiership Rugby Cup]] fixtures.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/12/bt-tv-rights-live-rugby|title=BT lands exclusive UK television rights to show live rugby union|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=12 September 2012|first=Josh|last=Halliday|access-date=12 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025150141/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/12/bt-tv-rights-live-rugby|archive-date=25 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-03-21 |title=Premiership Rugby agrees new TV deal with TNT Sports for 2024-25 season |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/68625302 |access-date=2024-09-25 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-03-21 |title=TNT Sports renews Premiership Rugby deal |url=https://advanced-television.com/2024/03/21/tnt-sports-renews-premiership-rugby-deal/ |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=Advanced Television |language=en-GB}}</ref>

[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] holds rights to carry a free-to-air highlights show, aired on [[ITV4]] and [[ITV1]]. For the [[2024–25 Premiership Rugby|2024–25 season]], the highlight show—previously hosted by [[Craig Doyle]] and a panel of players—was rebooted as ''Gallagher Premiership Unleashed''; in addition to highlights, the new format includes feature segments hosted by popular rugby-oriented social media personalities. Doyle—who produces the programme—stated that the programme was intended to help reach a wider audience, amid a collapse in viewership for the more traditional format.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelleher |first=Will |date=2024-09-22 |title=George Ford kicks Sale Sharks to gritty win over Harlequins |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/rugby-union/article/sale-sharks-harlequins-premiership-result-t7dktw92k |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=[[The Times]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Mairs |first=Gavin |date=2024-09-25 |title=Why Ruckstar Lizzie, Squidge and Rugby Nause are the future of ITV highlights |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2024/09/25/ruckstar-lizzie-squidge-rugby-nause-highlights/ |access-date=2024-09-25 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>

[[Talksport]] and [[BBC Radio 5 Live]], along with various [[BBC Local Radio]] stations, broadcast commentary and magazine programming.

In Australia, the Premiership is available on [[Stan (streaming service)|Stan Sport]], while in New Zealand, it is on [[Sky Sport (New Zealand)|Sky Sports]] and, in Oceanic islands, on [[TVWan Sport]]. In the United States, the Premiership is available on [[The Rugby Network]] since 2023. In Canada, it is broadcast on [[Sportsnet]] and, in Southern Africa, it is on [[SuperSport (South African broadcaster)|SuperSport]]. In Malta, it is aired on [[Total Sports Network|TSN]], in Italy on [[Mola TV (Italy)|Mola]], in France on [[RMC Sport]], and in [[DACH]] on [[MoreThanSports TV|MTS]] and [[DAZN]]. In Czech Republic and Slovakia, it is on [[Nova Sport (Czech)|Nova Sport]] and, in Scandinavian states, it is on [[Viaplay]]. In MENA region and Asia, it is on [[Premier Sports (Asia)|Premier Sports]]. It has also been broadcast in [[China]] since 2017 and, in Japan, on [[DAZN]].

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== See also ==
* [[Top 14]], French equivalent of the Premiership, second of the three major northern hemisphere leagues.
* [[United Rugby Championship]], cross-border equivalent of the Premiership, third of the three major northern hemisphere leagues.
* [[English rugby union system]]
* [[List of English rugby union teams]]
* [[Premiership Rugby Cup]]
* [[Anglo-Welsh Cup]] (superseded by the Premiership Rugby Cup)
* [[Premiership Rugby Shield]]
* [[RFU Championship]], second tier of English club rugby, from which teams are promoted from, and into which teams are relegated from, the Premiership.
* [[European Professional Club Rugby]]
* [[European Rugby Champions Cup]]
* [[European Rugby Challenge Cup]]
* [[Premiership Rugby Sevens Series]]
* [[List of attendance figures at domestic professional sports leagues]]
* [[List of English rugby union stadiums by capacity]]
* [[List of professional sports teams in the United Kingdom]]

== External links ==
* {{Official website}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100112040413/http://www.rugbyweek.com/GuinnessPremiership/ Guinness Premiership] Rugby Week
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/english English rugby union news] BBC Sport
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090307235527/http://www.statbunker.com/rugby/ktg/index.php?PL=ktgalltime&Code=8217249&statType=tries All Time Premiership Records]

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