List of Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs seasons

This is a list of seasons for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs rugby league club.

Seasons

First grade

Table key

⁑	Competition conducted by New South Wales Rugby League
#	Competition conducted by Australian Rugby League
~	Competition conducted by Super League
‡	Club finished regular season in first position to win the minor premiership (and the J. J. Giltinan Shield since 1998)
†	Club finished regular season in last position (wooden spoon)
DNQ	Club did not qualify for finals

Table of yearly win–loss records, with finals results, and key personnel

Season	Club	WCC	Cup	Regular season				Finals results			Coach	Captain(s) [a]	Ref
				Pos.	W	L	D	Final position	W	L
1935⁑	1935	—	—	8th	2	14	0	DNQ			Tedda Courtney	Jack Morrison
1936⁑	1936	—	—	3rd	9	3	2	Lost semi final	0	1	Frank Burge	Alan Brady
1937⁑	1937	—	—	5th	4	4	0	—			George Mason
1938⁑	1938	—	—	1st‡	11	1	2	Premiers	2	0	Jim Craig
1939⁑	1939	—	—	2nd	10	4	0	Lost semi final	0	1	Jerry Brien
1940⁑	1940	—	—	3rd	8	6	0	Runners-up	1	1	Alan Brady	Alan Brady → Jack Bonnyman
1941⁑	1941	—	—	3rd	9	5	0	Lost semi final	0	1	Ron Bailey	Ron Bailey
1942⁑	1942	—	—	1st‡	10	4	0	Premiers	2	1	Jerry Brien
1943⁑	1943	—	—	8th†	3	11	0	DNQ			Roy Kirkaldy	Roy Kirkaldy
1944⁑	1944	—	—	8th†	3	10	1	DNQ			Ron Bailey → Cec Fifield	Ron Bailey
1945⁑	1945	—	—	6th	4	9	1	DNQ			Bill Kelly	George Kilham
1946⁑	1946	—	—	4th	8	5	1	Lost preliminary final	1	1	Ross McKinnon	Ron Bailey
1947⁑	1947	—	—	1st‡	13	4	1	Runners-up	1	2		Henry Porter
1948⁑	1948	—	—	5th	7	9	2	DNQ			Arthur Halloway
1949⁑	1949	—	—	7th	6	10	2	DNQ			Henry Porter	Bruce Hopkins
1950⁑	1950	—	—	6th	9	9	0	DNQ			Alby Why	Eddie Burns
1951⁑	1951	—	—	7th	7	11	0	DNQ			Vic Bulgin → Alby Why	Vic Bulgin
1952⁑	1952	—	—	9th	5	12	1	DNQ			Alby Why	Ken Charlton
1953⁑	1953	—	—	6th	9	7	2	DNQ			Jack Hampstead	Cec Cooper
1954⁑	1954	—	—	8th	4	14	0	DNQ				Leo Trevena
1955⁑	1955	—	—	9th	4	14	0	DNQ			Vic Hey	Ray Gartner
1956⁑	1956	—	—	7th	6	12	0	DNQ				Col Geelan
1957⁑	1957	—	—	9th	3	14	1	DNQ			Col Geelan
1958⁑	1958	—	—	9th	4	13	1	DNQ			Cec Cooper	Ray Gartner
1959⁑	1959	—	—	9th	5	12	1	DNQ				Brian Davies
1960⁑	1960	—	—	5th	11	7	0	Lost semi final	1	2	Eddie Burns
1961⁑	1961	—	—	8th	6	11	1	DNQ				Ray Gartner
1962⁑	1962	—	—	6th	7	9	2	DNQ				Ray Beavan & Brian Davies
1963⁑	1963	—	—	8th	6	11	1	DNQ			Clive Churchill	Ray Gartner
1964⁑	1964	—	—	10th†	1	16	1	DNQ				Les Johns
1965⁑	1965	—	—	9th	5	13	0	DNQ			Eddie Burns	Leo Toohey
1966⁑	1966	—	—	8th	8	10	0	DNQ			Roger Pearman → George Taylforth	Roger Pearman → George Taylforth
1967⁑	1967	—	—	3rd	14	7	1	Runners-up	2	1	Kevin Ryan	Kevin Ryan
1968⁑	1968	—	—	9th	9	12	1	DNQ
1969⁑	1969	—	—	8th	10	12	0	DNQ
1970⁑	1970	—	—	4th	14	8	0	Lost semi final	0	1		Ron Raper
1971⁑	1971	—	—	6th	11	11	0	DNQ			Bob Hagan	Johnny Greaves
1972⁑	1972	—	—	6th	12	10	0	DNQ
1973⁑	1973	—	—	5th	12	10	0	Lost qualifying final	0	1	Malcolm Clift	Geoff Connell
1974⁑	1974	—	QF	3rd	13	9	0	Runners-up	2	1		John McDonell
1975⁑	1975	—	Rd	4th	11	9	0	Lost semi final	0	1		Tim Pickup
1976⁑	1976	—	SF	5th	12	7	3	Lost preliminary final	2	1		Bob McCarthy
1977⁑	1977	—	SF	7th	10	11	1	DNQ
1978⁑	1978	—	Rd	5th	13	7	2	Lost qualifying final	0	1	Ted Glossop	George Peponis
1979⁑	1979	—	Grp	5th	13	9	0	Runners-up	3	1
1980⁑	1980	—	QF	2nd	15	7	0	Premiers	3	0
1981⁑	1981	—	QF	10th	8	14	0	DNQ
1982⁑	1982	—	Rd	9th	12	11	3	DNQ
1983⁑	1983	—	QF	3rd	18	8	0	Lost preliminary final	1	2		Chris Anderson
1984⁑	1984	—	QF	1st‡	19	5	0	Premiers	2	0	Warren Ryan	Steve Mortimer
1985⁑	1985	—	QF	3rd	16	6	2	Premiers	3	1
1986⁑	1986	—	QF	3rd	15	8	1	Runners-up	2	2
1987⁑	1987	—	QF	6th	13	11	0	DNQ
1988⁑	1988	—	Rd	2nd	16	6	0	Premiers	3	0	Phil Gould	Peter Tunks
1989⁑	1989	—	QF	9th	10	10	2	DNQ
1990⁑	1990	—	Rd	7th	12	9	1	DNQ			Chris Anderson	Terry Lamb
1991⁑	1991	—	Semi	5th	13	8	1	Lost playoff	0	1
1992⁑	1992	—	Rd	7th	10	10	2	DNQ
1993⁑	1993	—	QF	1st‡	17	5	0	Lost preliminary final	0	2
1994⁑	1994	—	Rd	1st‡	18	4	0	Runners-up	1	1
1995#	1995	—	Semi	6th	14	8	0	Premiers	4	0
1996#	1996	—	—	10th	11	10	0	DNQ				Simon Gillies
1997~	1997	Pool	—	4th	10	8	0	Lost preliminary semi final	0	1
1998	1998	—	—	10th	13	11	0	Runners-up	4	1	Steve Folkes	Darren Britt	[1] [2]
1999	1999	—	—	5th	15	8	1	Lost semi final	1	1			[3] [4]
2000	2000	—	—	11th	10	15	1	DNQ					[5] [6]
2001	2001	—	—	2nd	17	6	3	Lost semi final	0	2		[7] [8]
2002	2002	—	—	15th† [b]	20	3	1	DNQ				Steven Price	[9] [10]
2003	2003	—	—	3rd	16	8	0	Lost preliminary final	1	2			[11] [12]
2004	2004	—	—	2nd	19	5	0	Premiers	3	1			[13] [14]
2005	2005	Lost	—	12th	9	14	1	DNQ				Andrew Ryan	[15] [16]
2006	2006	—	—	2nd	16	8	0	Lost preliminary final	1	1			[17]
2007	2007	—	—	6th	12	12	0	Lost semi final	0	2			[18]
2008	2008	—	—	16th†	5	19	0	DNQ			[19]
2009	2009	—	—	2nd	18	6	0	Lost preliminary final	1	1	Kevin Moore		[20]
2010	2010	—	—	13th	9	15	0	DNQ					[21]
2011	2011	—	—	9th	12	12	0	DNQ			Kevin Moore → Jim Dymock		[22]
2012	2012	—	—	1st‡	18	6	0	Runners-up	2	1	Des Hasler	Michael Ennis	[23]
2013	2013	—	—	6th	13	11	0	Lost qualifying final	0	1			[24]
2014	2014	—	—	7th	13	11	0	Runners-up	3	1		Michael Ennis & Frank Pritchard	[25]
2015	2015	—	—	5th	14	10	0	Lost semi final	1	1		James Graham	[26]
2016	2016	—	—	7th	14	10	0	Lost qualifying final	0	1			[27]
2017	2017	—	—	11th	10	14	0	DNQ					[28]
2018	2018	—	—	12th	8	16	0	DNQ			Dean Pay	Josh Jackson	[29]
2019	2019	—	—	12th	10	14	0	DNQ					[30]
2020	2020	—	—	15th	3	17	0	DNQ			Dean Pay → Steve Georgallis		[31]
2021	2021	—	—	16th†	3	21	0	DNQ			Trent Barrett		[32]
2022	2022	—	—	12th	7	17	0	DNQ			Trent Barrett → Michael Potter		[33]
2023	2023	—	13th	15th	7	17	0	DNQ			Cameron Ciraldo	Matt Burton & Reed Mahoney	[34]
2024	2024	—	9th	6th	14	10	0	Lost elimination final	0	1		Stephen Crichton	[35]
2025	2025	—	TBC	Current season

NRL under-20s

Table key

‡	Club finished regular season in first position
†	Club finished regular season in last position (wooden spoon)
DNQ	Club did not qualify for finals

Table of yearly win–loss records, with finals results, and key personnel

Season	Club	Regular season				Finals results			Coach	Ref
		Pos.	W	L	D	Final position	W	L
2008	2008	7th	12	9	3	Lost qualifying final	0	1	Andy Patmore
2009	2009	11th	9	14	1	DNQ
2010	2010	3rd	15	7	2	Lost preliminary final	2	1
2011	2011	6th	14	10	0	Lost qualifying final	0	1
2012	2012	1st‡	17	6	1	Lost semi final	0	2
2013	2013	4th	16	7	1	Lost preliminary final	1	1
2014	2014	16th†	3	21	0	DNQ			Andy Patmore → Scott Murray
2015	2015	10th	9	13	2	DNQ			Scott Murray
2016	2016	11th	9	14	1	DNQ			Ben Anderson
2017	2017	14th	6	15	3	DNQ			Brad Henderson

NRL women's

Table of yearly win–loss records, with finals results, and key personnel

Season	Club	Regular season				Finals results			Coach	Captain(s)	Ref
		Pos.	W	L	D	Final position	W	L
2025	2025	Current season							Blake Cavallaro [c] → Brayden Wiliame	Tayla Preston & Angelina Teakaraanga-Katoa [38]	[39]

Notes

1. Official club captains.
2. The Bulldogs were deducted 37 premiership points due to gross salary cap breaches
3. After being appointed in May 2024, Blake Cavallaro resigned as coach before the start of the 2025 season. ^{[36] [37]}

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