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Ranking every Super League club by number of departing players

A close-up as Hull FC captain Danny Houghton grimaces Super League Injuries

In total, 116 players have left Super League clubs after the 2024 season and we’ve ranked each team by the number of players they’ve lost.

That’s an average of just shy of ten players exiting each team so it’s no surprise that seven of the twelve Super League clubs have seen 10 or more players leave.

What is notable is that one side have seen just two players leave with one of those being a player who retired on medical advice.

We’re still only at Christmas Eve so there could be plenty more exits to come but for now, the figure already stands at well over 100 players.

For clarity, players who have seen loan deals become permanent moves i.e. Ed Chamberlain from Leigh Leopards to Hull FC – still register as an exit ahead of the 2025 season, meaning they are counted on this list.

Ranking from the fewest players who departed to the most, all 12 Super League sides are ranked below.

Every Super League player to leave their club before the 2025 season

12th: Wigan Warriors – 2

Mike Cooper (Retired), Ryan Hampshire (Free agent)

T11th: Salford Red Devils – 7

Amir Bourouh and Cade Cust (both Hull FC), Andrew Dixon (Retired), Gil Dudson (End of loan), Ollie Partington (Catalans Dragons), Adam Sidlow (Swinton Lion), King Vuniyayawa (Featherstone Rovers)

T11th: St Helens – 7

Waqa Blake (Bradford Bulls), McKenzie Buckley (Widnes Vikings before taking time out of sport), Lewis Dodd (South Sydney Rabbitohs), Ben Lane (Free agent), Tommy Makinson (Catalans Dragons), Sione Mata’utia (Retired), Sam Royle (Free agent)

T11th: Warrington Wolves – 7

John Bateman (End of loan), Wesley Bruines (Free agent), Joe Bullock (Salford Red Devils), Josh Drinkwater and Gil Dudson (both Oldham), Matty Nicholson (Canberra Raiders), Matty Russell (Wakefield Trinity)

8th: Catalans Dragons – 9

Jordan Abdull (End of loan), Tom Davies and Micky McIlorum (both Hull KR), Matt Ikuvalu (Free agent), Ben Lam (Free agent), Manu Ma’u (Souths Sharks), Mike McMeeken and Tom Johnstone (both Wakefield Trinity), Jarrod Wallace (Retired)

T7th: Huddersfield Giants – 10

Jake Connor (Leeds Rhinos), Chris Hill and Esan Marsters (both Salford Red Devils), Seb Ikahihifo (Free agent), Adam Milner (Oldham), Kevin Naiqama (Western Suburbs Rosellas), Olly Russell (Wakefield Trinity), Hugo Salabio (Hull FC), Andre Savelio (Taking time out of the sport), Innes Senior (Castleford Tigers)

T7th: Hull KR – 10

Jordan Abdull (Hull FC), Reiss Butterworth (Sheffield Eagles), Corey Hall and Matty Storton (both Wakefield Trinity), Ryan Hall (Leeds Rhinos), George King (Huddersfield Giants), Harvey Moore (Free agent), Matt Parcell (Retired), Tom Opacic (Redcliffe Dolphins), Louis Senior (Castleford Tigers)

T7th – Leeds Rhinos – 10

James Donaldson (Bradford Bulls), David Fusitu’a (Free agent), Mickael Goudemand (Albi Tigers), Kieran Hudson (Castleford Tigers then York Knights), Corey Johnson (Sheffield Eagles), Rhyse Martin and Leon Ruan (Hull KR), Paul Momirovski (Lezignan), Luis Roberts (Free agent), Justin Sangare (Salford Red Devils)

4th: Castleford Tigers – 11

Elie El-Zakhem (Mackay Cutters), Corey Hall (End of loan), Daniel Hindmarsh (Free agent), Kieran Hudson and Paul McShane (York Knights), Luis Johnson (Free agent), Samy Kibula (Batley Bulldogs), Brad Martin (Leigh Leopards), Jacob Miller (Free agent), Nixon Putt (Central Queensland Capras), Danny Richardson (Hull KR)

3rd: Wakefield Trinity – 12

Matty Ashurst and Iain Thornley (both Oldham), Toby Boothroyd and Derrell Olpherts (Featherstone Rovers), Josh Bowden (Doncaster), Will Brough (Leigh Leopards), Romain Franco (Albi Tigers), Luke Gale, Liam Kay and Jermaine McGillvary (all Retired), Joe Law (York Knights), Ethan Wood (Hunslet)

2nd: Leigh Leopards – 13

Tom Amone (Canterbury Bulldogs), John Asiata, Ed Chamberlain, Zak Hardaker and Oliver Holmes (all Hull FC), Lewis Baxter (Oldham), Jacob Gannon (York Knights), Jacob Jones (Doncaster), Ricky Leutele (Souths Logan Magpies), Matt Moylan (Retired), Tom Nisbet (Townsville Blackhawks), Dan Norman (Retired), Kai O’Donnell (North Queensland Cowboys)

1st: Hull FC – 18

Lennon Bursell, Macca Harman and Jeylan Hodgson (all Goole Vikings), Tiaki Chan (End of loan), Sam Eseh (End of loan), Danny Houghton (Retired), Sully Medforth (Midlands Hurricanes), Leon Ruan (End of loan), Cam Scott and Jake Trueman (Wakefield Trinity), Charlie Severs (Free agent), Morgan Smith (Sheffield Eagles), Liam Sutcliffe (Huddersfield Giants), Liam Tindall (Free agent), Carlos Tuimavave (Featherstone Rovers), Mitieli Vulikijapani (Free agent), King Vuniyayawa (End of loan), Jack Walker (Free agent)

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