List of Super Rugby champions

Every season, each team played every other team once, in a round-robin. The venues for regular season matches alternated each year, therefore teams would not play one another at the same venue in consecutive seasons unless they met in the play-offs. The tournament used the rugby union bonus points system; teams were awarded four points for a win, two for a draw, and none for a loss. They received bonus points for scoring four or more tries in a match, and for a loss by seven or fewer points.^[4]

After each team had completed their regular season matches, the top 4 teams qualified for the semi-finals. Semi-finals were held under a Shaughnessy playoff system; the first-placed team in the table hosted the fourth-placed, and second hosted third. The winner of each semi-final advanced to the final, held at the home ground of whichever team amassed more points in the round-robin table.^[5]

In 2011, Melbourne Rebels joined the Super Rugby competition, meaning that Australia, New Zealand and South Africa would each be represented by five teams. The tournament format was also changed. Teams are divided into three conferences; one per country.^[6] Each team plays other teams in the same conference home and away, and plays eight further matches against teams from other conferences, for a total of sixteen games.^[7] Each team receives two byes throughout a season; from 2014 no points are added to the team's total on the day a bye is allocated.^[8] The highest placed team in each conference qualifies for the finals stage, along with three highest scoring teams which were not conference winners. The two highest scoring teams advance straight to the semi-finals, while the 3rd to 6th placed teams play-off to decide which two teams advance to the semis. The format of the semi-finals and final is the same as that previously used in the Super 14.^[9] The bonus points system has also been retained, with the single addition that a team receives four points for each bye.^[10]

2016 saw the tournament expand to 18 teams with the inclusion of an Argentine team and Japanese team. The South African conference was split in two with the Sunwolves in South African conference 1 and Jaguares in South African conference 2. South African conference 1 teams will play Australian and New Zealand teams in alternative years with South African conference 2 teams. Every team plays 16 games in the regular season with the top 8 teams qualifying for the quarter-finals 1 v 8 etc. with each conference winner being seeded 1–4.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2020 Super Rugby season was suspended, and then ultimately cancelled. Regional tournaments were set up to complete the 2020 season, with Super Rugby AU played in Australia, Super Rugby Aotearoa played in New Zealand and Super Rugby Unlocked played in South Africa. The Jaguares and Sunwolves didn't compete in these regional tournaments, while the Western Force competed in Super Rugby AU and the Cheetahs, Griquas and Pumas competed in Super Rugby Unlocked. Only Super Rugby AU had a final as such for 2020, with a qualifying final and then final. Following the 2020 season, the South African sides withdrew from Super Rugby, while the Jaguares and Sunwolves also left the competition. Therefore, in 2021 only 10 teams competed in Super Rugby, again in regional tournaments with the addition of Super Rugby Trans-Tasman played between both Australian and New Zealand sides. A final was added to the Super Rugby Aotearoa competition in 2021, while a qualifying final and then final was again played in Super Rugby AU. Super Rugby Trans-Tasman will also have a final.

Teams mentioned are those that qualified for the play-off rounds. Results are written so that the score of the team in each row is mentioned first. The highlighted team won that season's Super Rugby final.^[11][12]

Note. For 1996 and 1997, it was the policy of the South African Rugby Union to send the top four teams of the previous year's Currie Cup to the Super 12. This resulted in the Sharks, Transvaal, Northern Transvaal and Western Province playing in 1996 and the Sharks, the Gauteng Lions, Free State Cheetahs and Northern Transvaal playing in 1997. In 1998, South Africa set up four (and later five, then six) Super Rugby regions, similar to the policy adopted by the New Zealand Rugby Union. For these areas, please see Super Rugby franchise areas.^[11]

Super 12 annual playoff teams and Champion (1996–2005)

Year	Duration	Table position	Team	Games				Points			BP	TP	Semi score	Final score	Refs
				played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff
1996	28 February – 31 May	1	Reds	11	9	0	2	320	247	+73	5	41	25–43	—	[13]
		2	Blues †	11	8	0	3	408	354	+54	9	41	48–11	45–21
		3	Northern Transvaal	11	8	0	3	329	208	+121	6	38	11–48	—
		4	Sharks	11	6	0	5	389	277	+112	9	33	43–25	21–45
1997	1 March – 25 May
		1	Blues †	11	10	1	0	435	283	+152	8	50	55–36	23–7	[14]
		2	Brumbies	11	8	0	3	406	291	+115	9	41	33–20	7–23
		3	Hurricanes	11	6	0	5	416	314	+102	10	34	20–33	—
		4	Sharks	11	5	2	4	321	350	–29	6	30	36–55	—
1998	27 February – 30 May	1	Blues	11	9	0	2	388	296	+92	7	43	37–31	13–20	[15]
		2	Crusaders †	11	8	0	3	340	260	+80	9	41	36–32	20–13
		3	Coastal Sharks	11	7	0	4	329	263	+66	8	36	32–36	—
		4	Highlanders	11	7	0	4	343	279	+64	6	34	31–37	—
1999	26 February – 30 May	1	Reds	11	8	1	2	233	170	+63	2	36	22–28	—	[16]
		2	Stormers	11	8	0	3	290	244	+46	4	36	18–33	—
		3	Highlanders	11	8	0	3	280	203	+77	3	35	33–18	19–24
		4	Crusaders †	11	7	1	3	322	262	+60	3	33	28–22	24–19
2000	25 February – 27 May	1	Brumbies	11	9	0	2	393	196	+197	9	45	28–5	19–20	[17]
		2	Crusaders †	11	8	0	3	369	293	+76	7	39	37–15	20–19
		3	Highlanders	11	6	0	5	310	280	+30	8	32	15–37	—
		4	Cats	11	7	0	4	320	334	–14	4	32	5–28	—
2001	23 February – 26 May
		1	Brumbies †	11	8	0	3	348	204	+144	8	40	36–6	36–6	[18]
		2	Sharks	11	8	0	3	322	246	+76	6	38	30–12	6–36
		3	Cats	11	7	0	4	285	244	+41	6	34	12–30	—
		4	Reds	11	6	0	5	300	277	+23	8	32	6–36	—
2002	22 February – 25 May
		1	Crusaders †	11	11	0	0	469	264	+205	7	51	34–23	31–13	[19]
		2	Waratahs	11	8	0	3	337	284	+53	7	39	10–51	—
		3	Brumbies	11	7	0	4	374	230	+144	10	38	51–10	13–31
		4	Highlanders	11	8	0	3	329	207	+122	6	38	23–34	—
2003	21 February – 24 May
		1	Blues †	11	10	0	1	393	185	+208	9	49	42–21	21–17	[20]
		2	Crusaders	11	8	0	3	358	263	+95	8	40	39–16	17–21
		3	Hurricanes	11	7	0	4	324	284	+40	7	35	16–39	—
		4	Brumbies	11	6	0	5	358	313	+45	7	31	21–42	—
2004	20 February – 22 May
		1	Brumbies †	11	8	0	3	408	269	+139	8	40	32–17	47–38	[21]
		2	Crusaders	11	7	0	4	345	303	+42	6	34	27–16	38–47
		3	Stormers	11	7	0	4	286	260	+26	5	33	16–27	—
		4	Chiefs	11	7	0	4	274	251	+23	5	33	17–32	—
2005	25 February – 28 May
		1	Crusaders †	11	9	0	2	459	281	+178	9	45	47–7	35–25	[22]
		2	Waratahs	11	9	0	2	322	174	+148	8	44	23–13	25–35
		3	Bulls	11	7	0	4	301	229	+72	6	34	13–23	—
		4	Hurricanes	11	8	0	3	281	248	+33	2	34	7–47	—

Super 14 annual playoff teams and Champion (2006–2010)

Year	Duration	Table position	Team	Games				Points			BP	TP	Semi score	Final score	Refs
				played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff
2006	February 10 – May 27
		1	Crusaders †	13	11	1	1	412	210	+202	5	51	35–15	19–12	[23]
		2	Hurricanes	13	10	0	3	328	226	+102	7	47	16–14	12–19
		3	Waratahs	13	9	0	4	362	192	+170	9	45	14–16	—
		4	Bulls	13	7	1	5	355	290	+65	7	38	15–35	—
2007	February 2 – May 19
		1	Sharks	13	10	0	3	355	214	+141	5	45	34–18	19–20	[24]
		2	Bulls †	13	9	0	4	388	223	+165	6	42	27–12	20-19
		3	Crusaders	13	8	0	5	382	235	+147	10	42	12–27	—
		4	Blues	13	9	0	4	355	235	+120	6	42	18–34	—
2008	February 15 – May 31
		1	Crusaders †	13	11	0	2	369	176	+193	8	52	33–22	20-12	[25]
		2	Waratahs	13	9	1	3	255	186	+69	5	43	28–13	12–20
		3	Sharks	13	9	1	3	271	209	+62	4	42	13–28	—
		4	Hurricanes	13	8	1	4	310	204	+106	7	41	22–33	—
2009	February 13 – May 30
		1	Bulls †	13	10	0	3	338	271	+67	6	46	36–23	61-17	[26]
		2	Chiefs	13	9	0	4	338	236	+102	9	45	14–10	17–61
		3	Hurricanes	13	9	0	4	380	279	+101	8	44	10–14	—
		4	Crusaders	13	8	1	4	231	198	+33	7	41	23–36	—
2010	February 12 – May 29
		1	Bulls †	13	10	0	3	436	345	+91	7	47	39–24	25–17	[27]
		2	Stormers	13	9	0	4	365	171	+194	8	44	25–6	17–25
		3	Waratahs	13	9	0	4	385	288	+97	7	43	6–25	—
		4	Crusaders	13	8	1	4	388	295	+93	7	41	24–39	—

Six team playoff tournament (2011–2015)

Super Rugby annual playoff teams and Champion (2011– 2015)

Year	Duration	Table position	Team	Conference position	Games				Points			BP	TP	Qualifier score	Semi score	Final score	Refs
					played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff
2011	February 18 – July 9
		1	Reds †	1	16	13	0	3	429	309	+120	6	66	—	30-13	18–13	[28]
		2	Stormers	1	16	12	0	4	400	257	+143	7	63	—	10-29	—
		3	Crusaders	1	16	11	1	4	436	273	+163	7	61	36-8	29-10	13-18
		4	Blues	2	16	10	1	5	405	335	+70	10	60	26-13	13-30	—
		5	Waratahs	2	16	10	0	6	398	252	+146	9	57	13–26	—	—
		6	Sharks	2	16	10	1	5	407	339	+68	7	57	8–36	—	—
2012	February 24 – August 4
		1	Stormers	1	16	14	0	2	350	254	+96	2	66	—	19-26	—	[29][30]
		2	Chiefs †	1	16	12	0	4	444	358	+86	8	64	—	20-17	37-6
		3	Reds	1	16	11	0	5	359	347	+12	6	58	17-30	—	—
		4	Crusaders	2	16	11	0	5	485	343	+142	9	61	28-13	17-20	—
		5	Bulls	2	16	10	0	6	472	369	+103	11	59	13-28	—
		6	Sharks	3	16	10	0	6	436	348	+88	11	59	30-17	26-19	6-37
2013	February 16 – August 4
		1	Chiefs †	1	16	12	0	4	458	364	+94	10	66	—	20-19	27-22	[31][32]
		2	Bulls	1	16	12	0	4	448	330	+118	7	63	—	23-26	—
		3	Crusaders	2	16	11	0	5	446	307	+139	8	60	38-9	19-20	—
		4	Brumbies	1	16	10	2	4	430	295	+135	8	60	15-13	26-23	22-27
		5	Reds	2	16	10	2	4	321	296	+25	6	58	9-38	—	—
		6	Cheetahs	2	16	10	0	6	382	258	+24	6	54	13-15	—	—
2014	February 16 – August 2
		1	Waratahs †	1	16	12	0	4	481	272	+209	10	58	—	26-8	33-32	[33]
		2	Crusaders	1	16	11	0	5	445	322	+123	7	51	—	38-6	32-33
		3	Sharks	1	16	11	0	5	406	203	+113	6	50	31-27	6-38	—
		4	Brumbies	2	16	10	0	6	412	378	+34	5	45	32-30	8-26	—
		5	Chiefs	2	16	8	2	6	384	378	+6	8	44	30-32	—	—
		6	Highlanders	3	16	8	0	8	401	442	-41	10	42	27-31	—	—
2015	February 13 – July 4
		1	Hurricanes	1	16	14	0	2	458	288	+170	10	66	—	29-9	14-21	[34]
		2	Waratahs	1	16	11	0	5	409	313	+96	8	52	17-35	17-35	—
		3	Stormers	1	16	10	1	5	373	323	+50	3	45	19-39	—	—
		4	Highlanders †	2	16	11	0	5	450	333	+117	9	53	24-14	35-17	21-14
		5	Chiefs	3	16	10	0	6	372	299	+73	8	48	14-24	—	—
		6	Brumbies	2	16	9	0	7	369	261	+108	11	47	39-19	9-29	—

Eight team playoff tournament (2016–)

Super Rugby annual playoff teams and Champion (2016– )

Year	Duration	Table position	Team	Conference position	Qualifying path	Games				Points			BP	TP	QF score	Semi score	Final score	Refs
						played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff
2016	February 26 – August 6
		1	Hurricanes †	1	1st NZ Conf	15	11	0	4	458	314	+144	9	53	41–0	25–9	20–3	[35]
		2	Lions	1	1st AF2 Conf	15	11	0	4	535	349	+186	8	52	42–25	42–30	3–20
		3	Highlanders	2	NZ/AU wc	15	11	0	4	422	273	+149	8	52	15–9	30–42	—
		4	Chiefs	3	NZ/AU wc	15	11	0	4	491	341	150	+7	51	60–21	9–25	—
		5	Stormers	1	1st AF1 Conf	15	10	1	4	440	274	+166	9	51	21–60	—	—
		6	Crusaders	4	NZ/AU wc	15	11	0	4	487	317	+170	6	50	25–42	—	—
		7	Brumbies	1	1st AU Conf	15	10	0	5	425	326	+99	3	43	9–15	—	—
		8	Sharks	2	AF wc	15	9	1	5	360	269	+91	5	43	0–41	—	—
2017	February 23 – August 5
		1	Lions	1	1st AF2 Conf	15	14	0	1	590	268	322	9	65	23–21	44–29	17–25	[36]
		2	Crusaders †	1	1st NZ Conf	15	14	0	1	544	303	+241	7	63	17–0	27–13	25–17
		3	Stormers	1	1st AF1 Conf	15	10	0	5	490	436	+54	3	43	11–17	—	—
		4	Brumbies	1	1st AU Conf	15	6	0	9	315	295	+20	10	34	16–35	—	—
		5	Hurricanes	2	NZ/AU wc	15	12	0	3	596	272	+324	10	58	35–16	44–29	—
		6	Chiefs	3	NZ/AU wc	15	12	1	2	433	292	+141	7	57	17–11	13–27	—
		7	Highlanders	4	NZ/AU wc	15	11	0	4	488	308	+180	7	51	0–17	—	—
		8	Sharks	2	AF wc	15	9	1	5	408	354	+54	4	46	21–23	—	—
2018	February 17 – August 4
		1	Crusaders †	1	1st NZ Conf	16	14	0	2	542	295	+247	7	63	40–10	30–12	27–18	[37]
		2	Lions	1	1st SA Conf	16	9	0	7	519	435	+84	10	46	40–23	44–26	18–27
		3	Waratahs	1	1st AU Conf	16	9	1	6	557	445	+112	6	44	30–23	26–44	—
		4	Hurricanes	2	NZ wc	16	11	0	5	474	343	+131	7	43	32–11	12–30	—
		5	Chiefs	3	NZ wc	16	11	0	5	463	368	+95	5	49	31–32	—	—
		6	Highlanders	4	NZ wc	16	10	0	6	437	445	-8	4	44	23–30	—	—
		7	Jaguares	2	SA wc	16	9	0	7	409	418	−9	2	38	23–40	—	—
		8	Sharks	3	SA wc	16	7	1	8	437	442	−5	6	36	10–40	—	—
2019	February 15 – July 6
		1	Crusaders †	1	1st NZ Conf	16	11	3	2	497	257	+240	8	58	38–14	30–26	19–3	[38]
		2	Jaguares	1	1st SA Conf	16	11	0	5	461	352	+109	7	51	21–16	39–7	3–19
		3	Brumbies	1	1st AU Conf	16	10	0	6	430	366	+64	8	48	38–13	7–39	—
		4	Hurricanes	2	NZ wc	16	12	1	3	449	362	+87	3	53	35–28	26–30	—
		5	Bulls	2	SA wc	16	8	2	6	410	369	+41	5	41	28–35	—	—
		6	Sharks	3	SA wc	16	7	1	8	343	335	+8	7	37	13–38	—	—
		7	Chiefs	3	NZ wc	16	7	2	7	451	465	−14	4	36	16–21	—	—
		8	Highlanders	4	NZ wc	16	6	3	7	441	392	+49	6	36	14–38	—	—
2020	January 31 – March 14
		season cancelled
2021	February 19 – June 19
		regional competitions played, no official champions
2022	February 18 – June 18
		1	Blues	N/A	N/A	14	13	0	1	472	284	+188	6	58	35–6	20–19	7–21	[39]
		2	Crusaders †	N/A	N/A	14	11	0	3	470	268	+202	8	52	37–15	20–7	21–7
		3	Chiefs	N/A	N/A	14	10	0	4	453	348	+105	5	45	39–15	7–20	—
		4	Brumbies	N/A	N/A	14	10	0	4	404	306	+98	4	44	35–25	19–20	—
		5	Hurricanes	N/A	N/A	14	8	0	6	441	330	+111	7	39	25–35	—	—
		6	Waratahs	N/A	N/A	14	8	0	6	365	317	+48	6	38	15–39	—	—
		7	Reds	N/A	N/A	14	8	0	6	342	327	+15	3	35	15–37	—	—
		8	Highlanders	N/A	N/A	14	4	0	10	348	345	+3	7	23	6–35	—	—
2023	February 24 – June 24
		1	Chiefs	N/A	N/A	14	13	0	1	487	261	+226	7	59	29–20	19–6	20–25	[40]
		2	Crusaders †	N/A	N/A	14	10	0	4	457	278	+179	8	48	49–8	52–15	25–20
		3	Blues	N/A	N/A	14	10	0	4	446	292	+154	6	46	41–12	15–52	—
		4	Brumbies	N/A	N/A	14	10	0	4	474	393	+81	6	46	37–33	6–19	—
		5	Hurricanes	N/A	N/A	14	9	0	5	480	338	+142	5	41	33–37	—	—
		6	Waratahs	N/A	N/A	14	6	0	8	387	408	−21	7	31	12–41	—	—
		7	Drua	N/A	N/A	14	6	0	8	370	492	−122	2	26	8–49	—	—
		8	Reds	N/A	N/A	14	5	0	9	391	451	−60	4	24	20–29	—	—
2024	February 23 – June 22
		1	Hurricanes	N/A	N/A	14	12	0	2	480	281	+199	8	56	47–20	19–30	—	[41]
		2	Blues †	N/A	N/A	14	12	0	2	488	233	+255	7	55	36–5	34–20	41–10
		3	Brumbies	N/A	N/A	14	12	0	2	410	311	+99	4	52	32–16	20–34	—
		4	Chiefs	N/A	N/A	14	9	0	5	486	311	+175	7	43	43–23	30–19	10–41
		5	Reds	N/A	N/A	14	8	0	6	444	340	+104	8	40	21–43	—	—
		6	Highlanders	N/A	N/A	14	6	0	8	305	402	−97	4	28	16–32	—	—
		7	Drua	N/A	N/A	14	6	0	8	325	427	−102	2	26	5–36	—	—
		8	Rebels	N/A	N/A	14	5	0	9	341	488	−147	6	26	20–47	—	—

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, regionalised tournaments were played for the remainder of the 2020 Super Rugby season and the 2021 Super Rugby season. Those competitions were: Super Rugby AU (Australia), Super Rugby Aotearoa (New Zealand), Super Rugby Unlocked (South Africa) and Super Rugby Trans-Tasman (Australia & New Zealand).

* South Africa withdrew from all Super Rugby competitions at the end of the 2020 Super Rugby season.