List of St Helens R.F.C. statistics and records

The following is a list of St Helens R.F.C.'s honours and records, both personal of individuals and of the team as a whole, that have been set over the 137-year history of the club.

Team honours

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Titles

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Title Times Won Year
Championship (Including Super League) 17 times 1931–1932, 1952–1953, 1958–1959, 1965–1966, 1969–1970, 1970–1971, 1974–1975, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Minor Premiers (Super League) 8 times 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014 2018, 2019
Grand Finalists 11 times 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014,

2019

Challenge Cup 13 times 1955–1956, 1960–1961, 1965–1966, 1971–1972, 1975–1976, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2021
World Club Challenge 3 times 2001, 2007, 2023
Premiership 4 times 1975–1976, 1976–1977, 1984–1985, 1992–1993
Lancashire County Cup 11 times 1926–1927, 1953–1954, 1960–1961, 1961–1962, 1962–1963, 1963–1964, 1964–1965, 1967–1968, 1968–1969, 1984–1985, 1991–1992
Lancashire League 9 times 1929–30, 1931–32, 1952–53, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1968–69
John Player Trophy 1 time 1987–88

Biggest win

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Team Score Date
Carlisle 112–0 14 September 1986

Heaviest defeat

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Team Score Date
Warrington 6–78 12 April 1909

Largest Attendance

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Team Attendance Date
Wigan 35,695 26 December 1949

Record attendance in Super League era

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Team Attendance Date
Warrington Wolves 18,098 26 August 1996

Player honours

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Century of tries

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Below is a list of players who have scored 100 or more tries for St Helens:

Name Tries
  Tom van Vollenhoven 392
  Leslie Jones 283
  Alf Ellaby 280
  Stewart Llewellyn 239
  Paul Wellens 231
  Roy Mathias 218
  Anthony Sullivan 213
  Alan Hunte 189
  Doug Greenall 188
  Frank Wilson 175
  Keiron Cunningham 175
  Alex Murphy 175
  Roy Hardgrave 173
  Adrian Gardner 173
  Sean Long 156
  William Benyon 154
  Neil Holding 145
 
 
Francis Meli 145
  Tommy Makinson 135
  Paul Newlove 134
  Frank Carlton 129
  Tommy Martyn 127
  Jimmy Flanagan 125
  Chris Joynt 121
  Peter Glynn 118
  Len Killeen 115
  Roy Haggerty 115
  Paul Sculthorpe 113
  Barry Ledger 112
  Jonny Lomax 110
  William Briers 109
  James Roby 107

All-Time Records

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Below are the all-time scoring and in-game records achieved by St Helens

Tries in a game

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Record & Player Against Date
6 by:   Steve Llewellyn (twice)

  Alf Ellaby

  Tom van Vollenhoven (twice)

  Frank Myler

  Shane Cooper
Bramley 13 October 1906

Goals in a game

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Record & Player Against Date
16 by   Paul Loughlin Carlisle 14 September 1986

Most points in a game

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Record & Player Against Date
40 by   Paul Loughlin Carlisle 14 September 1986

Most tries in a season

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Player Tries Year
  Tom van Vollenhoven 62 1958–1959

Most goals in a season

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Player Goals Year
  Kel Coslett 214 1971–1972

Most points in a season

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Player Points Year
  Kel Coslett 452 1971–1972

Most career tries

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Player Tries Years
  Tom van Vollenhoven 392 1957–1968

Most career goals

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Player Goals Years
  Kel Coslett 1,639 1961–1976

Most career points

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Player Tries Years
  Kel Coslett 3,413 1961–1976

Most career appearances

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Player Appearances Years
  Kel Coslett 531 (519 starts, 12 as a substitute) 1961–1976

List of coaches

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Name Contract Started Contract Ended Notes
  Alf Frodsham 1945 1949 Sacked
  Peter Lyons 1949 1952 Sacked
  Jim Sullivan 1952 1959 Sacked
  Alan Prescott 1961 1962 Sacked
  Stan McCormick 1962 1963 Sacked
  Joe Coan 1963 1963 Sacked
  Cliff Evans 1964 1971 Sacked
  John Challinor 1971 1972 Sacked
  Eric Ashton 1973 1975 Sacked
  Kel Coslett 1975 1977 Resigned due to ill health
  William "Billy" Benyon 1977 1985 Contract expired
  Alex Murphy 1985 1989 Resigned
  Mike McClennan 1989 1989 Caretaker Role
  Eric Hughes 1989 1990 Sacked
  Shaun McRae 1996 1998 Contract expired, moved to Gateshead Thunder
  Ellery Hanley 1998 2000 Sacked
  Ian Millward 2000 2005 Sacked
  Daniel Anderson 2005 2008 Contract expired, moved to Parramatta Eels
  Mick Potter 2009 2010 Contract expired, moved to Bradford Bulls
  Royce Simmons 2011 2012 Sacked
  Nathan Brown 2013 2014 Contract expired
  Keiron Cunningham 2015 2017 Sacked
  Jamahl Lolesi 2017 2017 Caretaker
  Justin Holbrook 2017 2019 Contract expired
  Kristian Woolf 2019 2022 Contract expired, moved to Dolphins
  Paul Wellens 2022 present