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Since joining the then ARL competition as an expansion franchise in 1995, the North Queensland Cowboys have competed in the National Rugby League competition for 30 consecutive seasons.
| # | Competition conducted by Australian Rugby League |
| ~ | Competition conducted by Super League |
| ‡ | Club finished regular season in first position (J. J. Giltinan Shield) |
| † | Club finished regular season in last position (wooden spoon) |
| DNQ | Club did not qualify for finals |
| Season | Club | WCC | Regular season | Finals results | Coach | Captain(s)[a] | Ref | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | W | L | D | Final position | W | L | ||||||
| 1995# | 1995 | — | 20th† | 2 | 20 | 0 | DNQ | Grant Bell | Laurie Spina | |||
| 1996# | 1996 | — | 17th | 6 | 15 | 0 | DNQ | Graham Lowe | Adrian Vowles | |||
| 1997~ | 1997 | Pool | 10th† | 5 | 11 | 2 | DNQ | Tim Sheens | Ian Roberts | |||
| 1998 | 1998 | — | 16th | 9 | 15 | 0 | DNQ | John Lomax | [1] | |||
| 1999 | 1999 | — | 16th | 4 | 19 | 1 | DNQ | Noel Goldthorpe | [2] | |||
| 2000 | 2000 | — | 14th | 7 | 19 | 0 | DNQ | Tim Brasher | [3] | |||
| 2001 | 2001 | — | 13th | 6 | 18 | 2 | DNQ | Tim Sheens → Murray Hurst | Paul Bowman | [4] | ||
| 2002 | 2002 | — | 11th | 8 | 16 | 0 | DNQ | Murray Hurst → Graham Murray | [5] | |||
| 2003 | 2003 | — | 11th | 10 | 14 | 0 | DNQ | Graham Murray | [6] | |||
| 2004 | 2004 | — | 7th | 12 | 11 | 1 | Lost preliminary final | 2 | 1 | Travis Norton | [7] | |
| 2005 | 2005 | — | 5th | 14 | 10 | 0 | Runners-up | 2 | 2 | [8] | ||
| 2006 | 2006 | — | 9th | 11 | 13 | 1 | DNQ | |||||
| 2007 | 2007 | — | 3rd | 15 | 9 | 0 | Lost preliminary final | 2 | 1 | |||
| 2008 | 2008 | — | 15th | 5 | 19 | 0 | DNQ | Graham Murray → Ian Millward | Jonathan Thurston | |||
| 2009 | 2009 | — | 12th | 11 | 13 | 0 | DNQ | Neil Henry | ||||
| 2010 | 2010 | — | 15th | 5 | 19 | 0 | DNQ | Jonathan Thurston & Matthew Scott | ||||
| 2011 | 2011 | — | 7th | 14 | 10 | 0 | Lost qualifying final | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2012 | 2012 | — | 5th | 15 | 9 | 0 | Lost semi final | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2013 | 2013 | — | 8th | 12 | 12 | 0 | Lost qualifying final | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2014 | 2014 | — | 5th | 14 | 10 | 0 | Lost semi final | 1 | 1 | Paul Green | ||
| 2015 | 2015 | — | 3rd | 17 | 7 | 0 | Premiers | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2016 | 2016 | Won | 4th | 15 | 9 | 0 | Lost preliminary final | 1 | 2 | |||
| 2017 | 2017 | — | 8th | 13 | 11 | 0 | Runners-up | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2018 | 2018 | — | 13th | 8 | 16 | 0 | DNQ | Michael Morgan | ||||
| 2019 | 2019 | — | 14th | 9 | 15 | 0 | DNQ | |||||
| 2020 | 2020 | — | 14th | 5 | 15 | 0 | DNQ | Paul Green → Josh Hannay | ||||
| 2021 | 2021 | — | 15th | 7 | 17 | 0 | DNQ | Todd Payten | Jason Taumalolo | |||
| 2022 | 2022 | — | 3rd | 17 | 7 | 0 | Lost preliminary final | 1 | 1 | Jason Taumalolo & Chad Townsend | ||
| 2023 | 2023 | — | 11th | 12 | 12 | 0 | DNQ | |||||
| 2024 | 2024 | — | 5th | 15 | 9 | 0 | Current season | Reuben Cotter & Tom Dearden | ||||
| ‡ | Club finished regular season in first position (minor premiers) |
| † | Club finished regular season in last position (wooden spoon) |
| DNQ | Club did not qualify for finals |
| Season | Club | Regular season | Finals results | Coach | Ref | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | W | L | D | Final position | W | L | ||||
| 2008 | 2008 | 16th† | 4 | 17 | 3 | DNQ | Grant Bell | [9] | ||
| 2009 | 2009 | 9th | 12 | 12 | 0 | DNQ | Kristian Woolf | |||
| 2010 | 2010 | 4th | 14 | 7 | 3 | Lost semi final | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2011 | 2011 | 2nd | 17 | 7 | 0 | Runners-up | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2012 | 2012 | 13th | 7 | 15 | 2 | DNQ | Todd Wilson | |||
| 2013 | 2013 | 10th | 9 | 13 | 2 | DNQ | ||||
| 2014 | 2014 | 12th | 8 | 16 | 0 | DNQ | ||||
| 2015 | 2015 | 2th | 19 | 4 | 1 | Lost preliminary final | 1 | 1 | Todd Payten | |
| 2016 | 2016 | 2nd | 16 | 7 | 1 | Lost preliminary final | 1 | 2 | Aaron Payne | |
| 2017 | 2017 | 5th | 14 | 10 | 0 | Lost elimination final | 0 | 1 | ||
| ‡ | Club finished regular season in first position (minor premiers) |
| † | Club finished regular season in last position (wooden spoon) |
| DNQ | Club did not qualify for finals |
| Season | Club | Regular season | Finals results | Coach | Captain(s)[a] | Ref | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | W | L | D | Final position | W | L | |||||
| 2023 | 2023 | 9th | 2 | 7 | 0 | DNQ | Ben Jeffries | Kirra Dibb & Tallisha Harden | [10] | ||
| 2024 | 2024 | TBC | Current season | Ricky Henry | [11] | ||||||