| Name
|
Duration of reign
|
Defences
|
| Johnny Summers
|
1 October 1906 – 17 December 1906
|
0
|
| Spike Robson
|
17 December 1906r
|
0
|
| Jim Driscoll
|
3 June 1907 – February 1913r
|
4
|
| Ted "Kid" Lewis
|
6 October 1913r
|
0
|
| Llew Edwards
|
31 May 1915r
|
0
|
| Charlie Hardcastle
|
4 June 1917 – 5 November 1917
|
1
|
| Tancy Lee
|
5 November 1917 – 24 February 1919r
|
2
|
| Mike Honeyman
|
26 January 1920 – 31 October 1921
|
2
|
| Joe Fox
|
31 October 1921r
|
0
|
| George McKenzie
|
2 June 1924 – 30 March 1925
|
2
|
| Johnny Curley
|
30 March 1925 – 24 January 1927
|
3
|
| Johnny Cuthbert
|
24 January 1927 – 12 March 1928
|
1
|
| Harry Corbett
|
12 March 1928 – 18 March 1929
|
1
|
| Johnny Cuthbert
|
18 March 1929 – 1 October 1931
|
4
|
| Nel Tarleton
|
1 October 1931 – 10 November 1932
|
1
|
| Tommy Watson
|
10 November 1932 – 26 July 1934
|
2
|
| Nel Tarleton
|
26 July 1934 – 24 September 1936
|
3
|
| Johnny McGrory
|
24 September 1936r
|
0
|
| Jim "Spider" Kelly
|
23 November 1938 – 28 June 1939
|
1
|
| Nipper Johnny Cusick
|
28 June 1939 – 1 February 1940
|
1
|
| Nel Tarleton
|
1 February 1940 – 23 February 1945r
|
1
|
| Al Phillips
|
18 March 1947 – 11 September 1947
|
2
|
| Ronnie Clayton
|
11 September 1947 – 1 June 1954
|
6
|
| Sammy McCarthy
|
1 June 1954 – 22 January 1955
|
1
|
| Billy Kelly
|
22 January 1955 – 24 February 1956
|
1
|
| Charlie Hill
|
24 February 1956 – 13 April 1959
|
3
|
| Bobby Neill
|
13 April 1959 – 27 September 1960
|
1
|
| Terry Spinks
|
27 September 1960 – 2 May 1961
|
2
|
| Howard Winstone
|
2 May 1961 – 7 December 1966r
|
6
|
| Jimmy Revie
|
24 March 1969 – 5 July 1971
|
2
|
| Evan Armstrong
|
5 July 1971 – 25 September 1972
|
2
|
| Tommy Glencross
|
25 September 1972 – 17 September 1973
|
1
|
| Evan Armstrong
|
17 September 1973 – February 1975r
|
1
|
| Vernon Sollas
|
25 March 1975 – 15 March 1977
|
1
|
| Alan Richardson
|
15 March 1977 – 20 April 1978
|
2
|
| Dave Needham
|
20 April 1978 – 6 November 1979
|
2
|
| Pat Cowdell
|
6 November 1979 – April 1982r
|
2
|
| Steve Sims
|
20 September 1982 – January 1983r
|
0
|
| Barry McGuigan
|
12 April 1983 – 19 December 1984r
|
1
|
| Robert Dickie
|
9 April 1986 – 29 October 1986r
|
2
|
| Peter Harris
|
24 February 1988 – 18 May 1988r
|
1
|
| Paul Hodkinson
|
18 May 1988 – 6 September 1989r
|
2
|
| Sean Murphy
|
22 May 1990 – 5 March 1991r
|
2
|
| Gary De Roux
|
5 March 1991 – 22 May 1991
|
1
|
| Colin McMillan
|
22 May 1991 – 29 October 1991r
|
2
|
| John Davison
|
10 September 1992r
|
0
|
| Sean Murphy
|
27 June 1993r
|
0
|
| Duke McKenzie
|
18 December 1993r
|
0
|
| Billy Hardy
|
24 May 1994r
|
0
|
| Mike Deveney
|
23 January 1995 – 20 September 1995
|
1
|
| Jon Jo Irwin
|
20 September 1995 – 14 May 1996
|
2
|
| Colin McMillan
|
14 May 1996 – 11 January 1997
|
1
|
| Paul Ingle
|
11 January 1997 – 11 October 1997r
|
2
|
| Jon Jo Irwin
|
9 May 1998 – 13 February 1999
|
1
|
| Scott Harrison
|
24 March 2001 – 17 November 2001r
|
2
|
| Jamie McKeever
|
8 February 2003 – 17 May 2003
|
1
|
| Roy Rutherford
|
17 May 2003 – 22 November 2003
|
1
|
| Dazzo Williams
|
22 November 2003 – 16 June 2005
|
4
|
| Nicky Cook
|
16 June 2005r
|
0
|
| Andy Morris
|
5 November 2005 – 9 December 2006
|
2
|
| John Simpson
|
9 December 2006 – 6 June 2008
|
2
|
| Paul Appleby
|
6 June 2008 – 25 April 2009
|
2
|
| Martin Lindsay
|
25 April 2009 – 15 December 2010
|
1
|
| John Simpson
|
15 December 2010 – 27 April 2011
|
1
|
| Stephen Smith
|
27 April 2011 – 17 September 2011
|
1
|
| Lee Selby
|
17 September 2011 – 1 February 2014r
|
4
|
| Josh Warrington
|
21 May 2014r
|
0
|
| Ryan Walsh
|
26 September 2015 – September 2020s
|
6
|
| Leigh Wood
|
13 February 2021 – 31 July 2021s
|
0
|
| Nathaniel Collins
|
10 March 2023 – present
|
0
|
