1 Oldham 34 25 1 8 - 291 158 51
2 Bradford 34 23 2 9 - 294 156 48
3 Broughton Rangers 34 22 2 10 - 295 175 46
4 Leeds 34 20 4 10 - 232 150 44
5 Warrington 34 20 2 12 - 220 150 42
6 Salford 34 19 2 13 - 276 204 40
7 Wigan 34 18 1 15 - 230 195 37
8 Hull 34 15 4 15 - 224 214 34
9 Hunslet 34 16 1 17 - 240 216 33
10 Halifax 34 15 2 17 - 204 155 32
11 Leigh 34 14 3 17 - 165 209 31
12 Hull Kingston Rovers 34 15 0 19 - 200 220 30
13 Swinton 34 13 2 19 - 155 196 28
14 Wakefield Trinity 34 13 2 19 - 154 211 28
15 Batley 34 12 3 19 - 160 228 27
16 Widnes 34 13 1 20 - 128 280 27
17 St Helens 34 9 1 24 - 168 351 19
18 Runcorn 34 7 1 26 - 133 301 15
(R.L.Yearbook 1995-96)
Holbeck and South Shields dropped out, reducing the competition to 15 teams. Birkenhead resigned after 4 games, the results of which were struck out of the table. They lost all four games, conceeding 93 points and scoring none.
1 Dewsbury 26 22 2 2 - 247 48 46
2 Barrow 26 22 0 4 - 286 68 44
3 York 26 18 3 5 - 205 76 39
4 Keighley 26 15 2 9 - 259 94 32
5 Huddersfield 26 14 2 10 - 231 143 30
6 Rochdale Hornets 26 11 4 11 - 154 145 26
7 Millom 26 12 0 14 - 139 173 24
8 Pontefract 26 10 1 15 - 156 175 21
9 Castleford 26 9 3 14 - 104 199 21
10 Normanton 26 9 1 16 - 105 228 19
11 Brighouse Rovers 26 8 1 17 - 111 169 17
12 Lancaster 26 8 1 17 - 106 257 17
13 Morecambe 26 7 2 17 - 88 272 16
14 Bramley 26 5 2 19 - 95 239 12
(R.L.Yearbook 1995-96)