The Sheffield Shield winners list spans 134 seasons of Australian domestic cricket, starting with Victoria’s first title in 1892–93. New South Wales holds the all-time record with 47 titles.
6 states have won the Shield: New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania. South Australia completed back-to-back titles for the first time in their history when they beat Victoria by 56 runs in the 2025–26 final at Junction Oval, Melbourne.
This article covers every Sheffield Shield winner from 1892–93 to 2025–26.
Sheffield Shield All-Time Winners Table
The table below shows how every state compares across the full history of the competition.
| Team | Total Titles | First Title | Most Recent Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales | 47 | 1895–96 | 2019–20 |
| Victoria | 32 | 1892–93 | 2018–19 |
| Western Australia | 18 | 1947–48 | 2023–24 |
| South Australia | 15 | 1893–94 | 2025–26 |
| Queensland | 9 | 1994–95 | 2020–21 |
| Tasmania | 3 | 2006–07 | 2012–13 |
Sheffield Shield Winners — Full Season-by-Season List (1892–2026)
Every season, every winner, from the first edition to the 2025–26 champion.
No seasons were played between 1915–1919 and 1940–1946 due to the World Wars. Every other season is listed below.
| Season | Winner | Season | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1892–93 | Victoria | 1893–94 | South Australia |
| 1894–95 | Victoria | 1895–96 | New South Wales |
| 1896–97 | New South Wales | 1897–98 | Victoria |
| 1898–99 | Victoria | 1899–00 | New South Wales |
| 1900–01 | Victoria | 1901–02 | New South Wales |
| 1902–03 | New South Wales | 1903–04 | New South Wales |
| 1904–05 | New South Wales | 1905–06 | New South Wales |
| 1906–07 | New South Wales | 1907–08 | Victoria |
| 1908–09 | New South Wales | 1909–10 | South Australia |
| 1910–11 | New South Wales | 1911–12 | New South Wales |
| 1912–13 | South Australia | 1913–14 | New South Wales |
| 1914–15 | Victoria | 1919–20 | New South Wales |
| 1920–21 | New South Wales | 1921–22 | Victoria |
| 1922–23 | New South Wales | 1923–24 | Victoria |
| 1924–25 | Victoria | 1925–26 | New South Wales |
| 1926–27 | South Australia | 1927–28 | Victoria |
| 1928–29 | New South Wales | 1929–30 | Victoria |
| 1930–31 | Victoria | 1931–32 | New South Wales |
| 1932–33 | New South Wales | 1933–34 | Victoria |
| 1934–35 | Victoria | 1935–36 | South Australia |
| 1936–37 | Victoria | 1937–38 | New South Wales |
| 1938–39 | South Australia | 1939–40 | New South Wales |
| 1946–47 | Victoria | 1947–48 | Western Australia |
| 1948–49 | New South Wales | 1949–50 | New South Wales |
| 1950–51 | Victoria | 1951–52 | New South Wales |
| 1952–53 | South Australia | 1953–54 | New South Wales |
| 1954–55 | New South Wales | 1955–56 | New South Wales |
| 1956–57 | New South Wales | 1957–58 | New South Wales |
| 1958–59 | New South Wales | 1959–60 | New South Wales |
| 1960–61 | New South Wales | 1961–62 | New South Wales |
| 1962–63 | Victoria | 1963–64 | South Australia |
| 1964–65 | New South Wales | 1965–66 | New South Wales |
| 1966–67 | Victoria | 1967–68 | Western Australia |
| 1968–69 | South Australia | 1969–70 | Victoria |
| 1970–71 | South Australia | 1971–72 | Western Australia |
| 1972–73 | Western Australia | 1973–74 | Victoria |
| 1974–75 | Western Australia | 1975–76 | South Australia |
| 1976–77 | Western Australia | 1977–78 | Western Australia |
| 1978–79 | Victoria | 1979–80 | Victoria |
| 1980–81 | Western Australia | 1981–82 | South Australia |
| 1982–83 | New South Wales | 1983–84 | Western Australia |
| 1984–85 | New South Wales | 1985–86 | New South Wales |
| 1986–87 | Western Australia | 1987–88 | Western Australia |
| 1988–89 | Western Australia | 1989–90 | New South Wales |
| 1990–91 | Victoria | 1991–92 | Western Australia |
| 1992–93 | New South Wales | 1993–94 | New South Wales |
| 1994–95 | Queensland | 1995–96 | South Australia |
| 1996–97 | Queensland | 1997–98 | Western Australia |
| 1998–99 | Western Australia | 1999–00 | Queensland |
| 2000–01 | Queensland | 2001–02 | Queensland |
| 2002–03 | New South Wales | 2003–04 | Victoria |
| 2004–05 | New South Wales | 2005–06 | Queensland |
| 2006–07 | Tasmania | 2007–08 | New South Wales |
| 2008–09 | Victoria | 2009–10 | Victoria |
| 2010–11 | Tasmania | 2011–12 | Queensland |
| 2012–13 | Tasmania | 2013–14 | New South Wales |
| 2014–15 | Victoria | 2015–16 | Victoria |
| 2016–17 | Victoria | 2017–18 | Queensland |
| 2018–19 | Victoria | 2019–20 | New South Wales |
| 2020–21 | Queensland | 2021–22 | Western Australia |
| 2022–23 | Western Australia | 2023–24 | Western Australia |
| 2024–25 | South Australia | 2025–26 | South Australia |
1. South Australia (15 Sheffield Shield Titles)
The current back-to-back champions and the most in-form side in Australian domestic cricket right now.
South Australia won the 2025–26 final by 56 runs against Victoria at Junction Oval, Melbourne. Nathan McAndrew was named player of the match for his second-innings 60 and six wickets across the game. Alex Carey’s century on day four set up the win. Five Victorian wickets fell for just 27 runs on the final morning, ending their chase of 196.
Getting to the final was not straightforward. SA only sealed the second spot in the regular season in the final round of matches.
Nathan McSweeney captained the side through it all. Before this run, their previous Shield win came in 1995–96, a gap of nearly 29 years before they broke through again in 2024–25.
2. Western Australia (18 Sheffield Shield Titles)
3 titles in a row from 2021–22 to 2023–24 before South Australia took over.
Western Australia’s most recent run was one of the strongest back-to-back stretches in modern Shield cricket. Three straight titles pushed their total to 18, placing them third on the all-time list. Their first title came in 1947–48.
They were one of the dominant sides throughout the 1970s and 1980s, winning five titles each decade.
They couldn’t defend their 2024–25 run when South Australia won. Still one of the stronger squads in the competition.
3. New South Wales (47 Sheffield Shield Titles)
No other state is close to NSW on the all-time list. New South Wales has won 47 Sheffield Shield titles, more than any other team and more than a third of all seasons played since 1892. Their best decade was the 1950s, when they won eight titles in ten seasons.
That kind of run has never been matched by any other side.
Their last win was in 2019–20, a season cut short by COVID-19. Since then, they have not won the Shield. The record still stands well clear of everyone else, but NSW have not been the competition’s dominant force in recent seasons.
4. Victoria (32 Sheffield Shield Titles)
Second on the all-time list and runners-up in the 2025–26 final.
Victoria made the 2025–26 final as favourites but lost to South Australia in the final session of day five. They had dominated the regular season but could not close out the game when it mattered. Five wickets falling for 27 runs ended their chase and handed SA the back-to-back.
Their history runs through almost every era. Between 2014–15 and 2018–19, they won five titles in six seasons. They remain one of the more consistent finalists in the competition despite not winning since 2018–19.
5. Queensland (9 Sheffield Shield Titles)
9 titles since their first breakthrough in 1994–95, with nothing before that. Queensland had no Sheffield Shield title to its name until 1994–95. Once that barrier broke, they won five titles in seven seasons and became the standout team of that era.
Their most recent win came in 2020–21. They haven’t added to that tally since, but nine titles in under three decades is a strong return for a team that was winless for most of their history in the competition.
6. Tasmania (3 Sheffield Shield Titles)
Three titles since joining the competition in 1977–78. Tasmania was the last state to enter the Sheffield Shield. They joined in 1977–78 and waited almost 30 years for their first title, which came in 2006–07. What followed was a tight cluster of three titles between 2006 and 2013. Since the 2012–13 win, they haven’t won again.
Tasmania still competes well each season and continues to produce players who go on to play for Australia.
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Conclusion: South Australia Won the 2025–26 Sheffield Shield
South Australia’s back-to-back titles in 2024–25 and 2025–26 make them the current standout team in Australian domestic cricket.
Western Australia won three in a row before them. Victoria reached the 2025–26 final and remains a consistent force. New South Wales holds 47 titles but hasn’t won since the 2019–20 season.
Six states have won the Shield across the last twelve seasons alone; the competition has rarely been this open. No single side looks like pulling away for a long run anytime soon.
FAQs
New South Wales holds the record with 47 titles. Their first win came in 1895–96 and their most recent in 2019–20.
South Australia won the 2025–26 Shield, beating Victoria by 56 runs in the final at Junction Oval, Melbourne.
South Australia won consecutive titles in 2024–25 and 2025–26. Western Australia also won three straight titles between 2021–22 and 2023–24.
Queensland won their first title in 1994–95 and followed it with four more wins in the next seven seasons.
Tasmania joined the competition in 1977–78. They won their first title in 2006–07 and have three titles in total, with the last in 2012–13.
New South Wales won eight titles in the 1950s, the most any team has won in a single decade across the competition’s history.
