Super League XXI
| Super League XXI | |
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| League | Super League |
| Duration | 23 Rounds (Followed by up-to 9 rounds of relevant playoffs) |
| Teams | 12 |
| Highest attendance | 39,331 Magic Weekend: Day 1 (21 May) |
| Lowest attendance | 1,958 Salford Red Devils vs  Huddersfield Giants (18 June) |
| Average attendance | 9,134 |
| Attendance | 1,260,474 (as of round 23) |
| Broadcast partners |
 Sky Sports BBC Sport SLTV Fox Sports (Australia) beIN Sport Fox Soccer Plus Sport Klub
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| 2016 season | |
| Champions |
 Wigan Warriors4th Super League 21st English title |
| League Leaders |
 Warrington Wolves
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| Runners-up |
Warrington Wolves
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| Biggest home win |
 Wakefield Wildcats 62 – 0 Wigan Warriors (Sunday 10 April 2016) |
| Biggest away win |
 Castleford Tigers 16 – 58  Hull Kingston Rovers (Sunday 24 April 2016) |
| Man of Steel |
 Danny Houghton
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| Top try-scorer(s) |
Denny Solomona
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| Promotion and relegation | |
| Promoted from Championship |
 Leigh Centurions
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| Relegated to Championship |
Hull KR
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The 2016 Super League season, known as the First Utility Super League XXI for sponsor reasons, was the 21st season of Super League and 122nd season of rugby league in Britain. Twelve teams competed over 23 rounds, including the Magic Weekend which took place at St James' Park (Newcastle upon Tyne), after which the eight highest entered the Super League play-offs for a place in the Super League Grand Final. The four lowest teams then entered the qualifying play-offs, along with the four highest teams from the Championship, to determine which teams will play again in Super League XXII. Wigan Warriors are the current champions after successfully defeating Warrington Wolves 12–6 at Old Trafford.
Super League XXI features twelve teams, the second year in which this number has taken part. This is also the second year since promotion and relegation was reintroduced into the competition although there has been no change in teams for 2016.
Eleven teams in Super League are from the North of England: five teams, Warrington, St Helens, Salford, Wigan and Widnes, west of the Pennines in the historic county of Lancashire and six teams, Huddersfield, Wakefield, Leeds, Castleford, Hull and Hull KR, to the east in Yorkshire. Catalans Dragons, in Perpignan, France, are the only team outside the North of England. St Helens, Wigan Warriors, Warrington Wolves and Leeds Rhinos as the only teams to have played in every season of Super League since 1996.
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