| Name
|
Duration of reign
|
Defences
|
| William Miller
|
28 May 1883
|
0
|
| Bill Farnan
|
26 July 1884 – 20 May 1885[4]
|
2
|
| Tom Lees[5]
|
20 May 1885 – 25 September 1886
|
3
|
| Peter Jackson
|
25 September 1886r[6][7]
|
|
| Frank Slavin[8]
|
8 December 1888r
|
|
| Joe Goddard
|
24 June 1890r
|
|
| Owen Sullivan
|
25 August 1890r
|
|
| Joe Goddard
|
1 November 1890 – 20 July 1891r
|
2
|
| Harry Laing
|
1 January 1894r
|
|
| Mick Dooley
|
23 June 1894 – 10 July 1897
|
3
|
| Peter Felix
|
10 July 1897 – 8 October 1898
|
1
|
| Tut Ryan
|
8 October 1898r
|
|
| Bill Doherty
|
25 February 1899 – 2 December 1899
|
4
|
| Peter Felix
|
2 December 1899 – 16 July 1900
|
1
|
| Bill Doherty
|
16 July 1900 – 19 June 1901
|
3
|
| Tut Ryan
|
19 June 1901 – 19 June 1901
|
2
|
| Bill Doherty
|
19 June 1901 – 13 October 1902
|
3
|
| Bill Squires
|
13 October 1902 – 5 May 1903r
|
2
|
| Peter Felix
|
22 September 1903 – 27 September 1904
|
2
|
| Arthur Cripps
|
27 September 1904r
|
|
| Bill Squires
|
5 June 1905 – 9 September 1905
|
1
|
| Tim Draffin Murphy
|
9 September 1905 – 28 April 1906
|
1
|
| Bill Squires
|
28 April 1906 – 22 December 1906r
|
3
|
| Jim Griffin
|
15 April 1907r
|
|
| Bill Lang
|
3 October 1907 – 11 April 1910
|
11
|
| Tommy Burns
|
11 April 1910r
|
|
| Bill Turner
|
15 August 1910r
|
|
| Bill Lang
|
13 May 1911 – 9 September 1911
|
2
|
| Jack Lester
|
9 September 1911 – 30 September 1911
|
1
|
| Sam McVea
|
30 September 1911 – 8 April 1912
|
4
|
| Sam Langford
|
8 April 1912 – 19 June 1913r
|
4
|
| Dave Smith[9]
|
5 November 1913 – 1 August 1914[10][self-published source]
|
2
|
| Jimmy Clabby
|
1 August 1914 – 12 August 1914[10]
|
1
|
| Dave Smith
|
12 August 1914[10]–13 February 1915r
|
1
|
| Harold Hardwick
|
6 March 1915 – 19 February 1916[11]
|
1
|
| Les Darcy
|
19 February 1916[11]–16 August 1916r
|
3
|
| Dave Smith
|
26 December 1916 – 26 May 1917
|
2
|
| Jimmy Clabby[12]
|
26 May 1917 – 1 January 1918
|
4
|
| Albert Kid Lloyd
|
1 January 1918 – 22 March 1918
|
2
|
| Ern Waddy[13]
|
1918–15 February 1919r
|
2
|
| Albert Kid Lloyd[14]
|
1 March 1919 – 21 February 1920
|
6
|
| George Cook
|
21 February 1920r
|
|
| Billy Shade
|
7 May 1921r
|
|
| Ern Waddy
|
7 May 1921 – 8 September 1921
|
1
|
| Albert Kid Lloyd
|
8 September 1921r
|
|
| Colin Bell
|
17 March 1922[15]–24 February 1923[16]
|
2
|
| Jim Roland Dwyer[17]
|
24 February 1923[16]–30 April 1923
|
2
|
| Ern Waddy[18][19]
|
30 April 1923 – 8 September 1923
|
3
|
| George "Blackie" Miller[20]
|
8 September 1923 – 26 April 1924
|
1
|
| Ern Waddy
|
26 April 1924 – 12 July 1926
|
5
|
| Ern Sheppeard
|
12 July 1926 – 22 October 1926
|
1
|
| George Thompson[21]
|
22 October 1926 – 18 December 1926
|
1
|
| Tiger Jack Payne[21]
|
18 December 1926 – 27 December 1926
|
1
|
| George Cook
|
27 December 1926r
|
|
| George Thompson
|
18 June 1927 – 2 July 1927
|
1
|
| Tiger Jack Payne
|
2 July 1927 – 7 April 1928r
|
1
|
| Dom McLeod
|
31 July 1929 – 9 November 1929
|
1
|
| Fred Young
|
9 November 1929r
|
|
| George Thompson
|
16 November 1929[22]–4 July 1930r
|
3
|
| Jack O'Malley
|
7 March 1931 – 5 February 1932[23]
|
2
|
| Ambrose Palmer[24]
|
5 February 1932r[23]
|
|
| Ron Richards
|
19 August 1936 – 12 April 1938[25]
|
2
|
| Ambrose Palmer
|
12 April 1938r[25]
|
|
| Ron Richards
|
4 June 1938 – 12 September 1940r
|
2
|
| Billy "Wokko" Britt
|
5 May 1941 – 23 October 1941
|
3
|
| Ron Richards
|
23 October 1941r
|
|
| Billy "Wokko" Britt
|
7 November 1942 – 3 April 1943
|
1
|
| Herb Narvo
|
3 April 1943 – 24 November 1945
|
3
|
| Jack Johnson
|
24 November 1945 – 2 March 1946r
|
1
|
| Herb Narvo
|
2 March 1946 – 6 April 1946
|
1
|
| Jack Johnson
|
6 April 1946 – 26 June 1948r
|
4
|
| Dave Sands
|
4 September 1950 – 11 August 1952died[26]
|
1
|
| Ken Brady
|
29 May 1953 – 26 May 1955[27]
|
3
|
| Allen Williams
|
26 May 1955 – 30 November 1959
|
10
|
| Steve Raduly
|
30 November 1959 – 24 June 1960r
|
3
|
| Tony Vickers
|
18 August 1961 – 5 October 1964
|
3
|
| Ron Fritzsche
|
5 October 1964 – 14 December 1964
|
1
|
| Peter Leaney
|
14 December 1964 – 28 May 1965
|
2
|
| Fred Casey
|
28 May 1965 – 17 September 1965r
|
1
|
| Dave Cullen
|
15 April 1967r
|
|
| Fred Casey
|
25 October 1968 – 29 September 1969
|
1
|
| Bob Dunlop
|
29 September 1969r
|
|
| Foster Bibron
|
22 May 1970 – 25 February 1972
|
1
|
| Tony Mundine
|
25 February 1972r
|
|
| Steve Aczel
|
26 June 1975 – 10 November 1976
|
2
|
| Maile Haumona
|
10 November 1976 – 5 December 1977
|
2
|
| Tony Mundine
|
5 December 1977 – 24 July 1981r
|
3
|
| Steve Aczel
|
14 July 1984 – 15 February 1985
|
1
|
| Dave Russell
|
15 February 1985 – 13 March 1986
|
1
|
| Dean Waters
|
13 March 1986 – 2 December 1988r
|
1
|
| Craig Petersen
|
14 November 1991 – 14 June 1992
|
1
|
| Jimmy Thunder
|
14 June 1992 – 18 March 1994r
|
1
|
| Vince Cervi
|
26 March 1995 – 22 September 1995
|
1
|
| Joe Bugner
|
22 September 1995r
|
1
|
| Colin Wilson
|
17 February 1997 – 31 January 1998
|
1
|
| Joe Bugner
|
31 January 1998 – 20 April 1998r
|
1
|
| Bob Mirovic
|
5 September 1998 – 25 June 1999
|
2
|
| Kali Meehan
|
25 June 1999 – 7 July 2000r
|
2
|
| Nathan Briggs
|
25 May 2001 – 8 July 2001
|
1
|
| Bob Mirovic
|
8 July 2001 – 7 March 2003r
|
5
|
| Colin Wilson
|
19 September 2003 – 2 November 2007
|
5
|
| Bob Mirovic
|
2 November 2007 – 10 September 2008
|
1
|
| John Hopoate
|
10 September 2008 – 3 October 2009
|
3
|
| Colin Wilson
|
3 October 2009 – 20 August 2010[28]
|
1
|
| Justin Whitehead
|
20 August 2010r[28]
|
|
| Michael Kirby
|
7 October 2011r
|
|
| Lucas Browne
|
17 February 2012r
|
|
| Solomon Haumono[29]
|
7 September 2012r
|
|
| Hunter Sam
|
13 December 2013s[30]
|
|
| Ben Edwards
|
27 February 2015 – 11 July 2015
|
1
|
| Peter Graham
|
11 July 2015r
|
|
| Willie Nasio
|
27 February 2016 – 6 October 2017
|
2
|
| Demsey McKean[a]
|
24 March 2017r
|
1
|
| Faiga Opelu
|
November 2019 - 22 October 2020
|
1
|
| Justis Huni
|
22 October 2020 – present
|
3
|
