Every Rochdale season on record, from 1908–09 to 2026–27 — league record, finishing position and leading scorer. Click a season for every match it contained.
| Season | Division | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pos | Leading scorer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908–09 | Lancashire Combination | 41 | 16 | 6 | 19 | 64 | 71 | 10 | |
| 1909–10 | Lancashire Combination | 48 | 29 | 10 | 9 | 121 | 47 | 4 | |
| 1910–11 | Lancashire Combination | 49 | 31 | 9 | 9 | 102 | 55 | 1 | |
| 1911–12 | Lancashire Combination | 42 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 100 | 31 | 1 | |
| 1912–13 | Central League | 51 | 24 | 12 | 15 | 94 | 71 | 7 | |
| 1913–14 | Central League | 44 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 69 | 66 | 10 | |
| 1914–15 | Central League | 52 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 93 | 69 | 9 | |
| 1915–16 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 49 | 77 | |||
| 1916–17 | 36 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 62 | 60 | |||
| 1917–18 | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 91 | 55 | |||
| 1918–19 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 61 | 74 | |||
| 1919–20 | Central League | 48 | 15 | 10 | 23 | 65 | 95 | 19 | |
| 1920–21 | Central League | 53 | 24 | 8 | 21 | 81 | 90 | 10 | |
| 1921–22 | Third Division North | 39 | 11 | 4 | 24 | 54 | 80 | 20 | |
| 1922–23 | Third Division North | 39 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 54 | 12 | |
| 1923–24 | Third Division North | 44 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 64 | 27 | 2 | |
| 1924–25 | Third Division North | 44 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 76 | 54 | 6 | |
| 1925–26 | Third Division North | 45 | 28 | 6 | 11 | 110 | 61 | 3 | |
| 1926–27 | Third Division North | 43 | 26 | 6 | 11 | 108 | 69 | 2 | |
| 1927–28 | Third Division North | 44 | 18 | 7 | 19 | 83 | 81 | 13 | |
| 1928–29 | Third Division North | 43 | 13 | 10 | 20 | 81 | 99 | 17 | |
| 1929–30 | Third Division North | 43 | 18 | 7 | 18 | 90 | 94 | 10 | |
| 1930–31 | Third Division North | 43 | 12 | 6 | 25 | 63 | 109 | 21 | |
| 1931–32 | Third Division North | 41 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 49 | 137 | 21 | |
| 1932–33 | Third Division North | 43 | 13 | 7 | 23 | 58 | 82 | 18 | |
| 1933–34 | Third Division North | 44 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 55 | 107 | 22 | |
| 1934–35 | Third Division North | 43 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 54 | 75 | 20 | |
| 1935–36 | Third Division North | 43 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 58 | 92 | 20 | |
| 1936–37 | Third Division North | 43 | 13 | 9 | 21 | 70 | 91 | 18 | |
| 1937–38 | Third Division North | 44 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 68 | 81 | 17 | |
| 1938–39 | Third Division North | 43 | 15 | 9 | 19 | 95 | 89 | 15 | |
| 1939–40 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 54 | 71 | |||
| 1940–41 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 67 | 96 | |||
| 1941–42 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 51 | 91 | |||
| 1942–43 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 73 | 80 | |||
| 1943–44 | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 84 | 77 | |||
| 1944–45 | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 52 | 82 | |||
| 1945–46 | 44 | 21 | 6 | 17 | 93 | 82 | |||
| 1946–47 | Third Division North | 45 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 93 | 69 | ||
| 1947–48 | Third Division North | 45 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 50 | 76 | ||
| 1948–49 | Third Division North | 44 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 56 | 56 | ||
| 1949–50 | Third Division North | 44 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 72 | 43 | ||
| 1950–51 | Third Division North | 49 | 19 | 11 | 19 | 76 | 67 | ||
| 1951–52 | Third Division North | 49 | 13 | 13 | 23 | 52 | 81 | ||
| 1952–53 | Third Division North | 47 | 14 | 5 | 28 | 63 | 85 | ||
| 1953–54 | Third Division North | 47 | 15 | 10 | 22 | 59 | 79 | ||
| 1954–55 | Third Division North | 50 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 76 | 73 | ||
| 1955–56 | Third Division North | 47 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 66 | 85 | ||
| 1956–57 | Third Division North | 47 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 65 | 66 | 0 | |
| 1957–58 | Third Division North | 47 | 19 | 8 | 20 | 79 | 69 | ||
| 1958–59 | Third Division | 49 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 42 | 85 | 24 | |
| 1959–60 | Fourth Division | 50 | 19 | 12 | 19 | 72 | 66 | 12 | |
| 1960–61 | Fourth Division | 52 | 19 | 10 | 23 | 70 | 74 | 17 | |
| 1961–62 | Fourth Division | 57 | 27 | 8 | 22 | 90 | 82 | 12 | |
| 1962–63 | Fourth Division | 50 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 69 | 63 | 7 | |
| 1963–64 | Fourth Division | 51 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 67 | 70 | 20 | |
| 1964–65 | Fourth Division | 49 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 77 | 58 | 6 | |
| 1965–66 | Fourth Division | 52 | 18 | 7 | 27 | 83 | 97 | 21 | |
| 1966–67 | Fourth Division | 48 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 54 | 80 | 21 | |
| 1967–68 | Fourth Division | 48 | 12 | 14 | 22 | 52 | 78 | 19 | |
| 1968–69 | Fourth Division | 49 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 69 | 38 | 3 | |
| 1969–70 | Third Division | 49 | 18 | 10 | 21 | 76 | 74 | 9 | |
| 1970–71 | Third Division | 54 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 75 | 83 | 16 | |
| 1971–72 | Third Division | 50 | 12 | 15 | 23 | 61 | 91 | 18 | |
| 1972–73 | Third Division | 49 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 50 | 60 | 13 | |
| 1973–74 | Third Division | 51 | 4 | 18 | 29 | 49 | 107 | 24 | |
| 1974–75 | Fourth Division | 51 | 14 | 15 | 22 | 62 | 79 | 19 | |
| 1975–76 | Fourth Division | 55 | 14 | 22 | 19 | 49 | 65 | 15 | |
| 1976–77 | Fourth Division | 51 | 13 | 14 | 24 | 53 | 67 | 18 | |
| 1977–78 | Fourth Division | 50 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 48 | 94 | 24 | |
| 1978–79 | Fourth Division | 49 | 15 | 9 | 25 | 49 | 70 | 20 | |
| 1979–80 | Fourth Division | 53 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 43 | 89 | 24 | |
| 1980–81 | Fourth Division | 49 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 62 | 76 | 15 | |
| 1981–82 | Fourth Division | 51 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 57 | 74 | 21 | |
| 1982–83 | Fourth Division | 51 | 12 | 16 | 23 | 58 | 81 | 20 | |
| 1983–84 | Fourth Division | 52 | 13 | 14 | 25 | 58 | 92 | 22 | |
| 1984–85 | Fourth Division | 52 | 14 | 15 | 23 | 61 | 79 | 17 | |
| 1985–86 | Fourth Division | 54 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 66 | 94 | 18 | |
| 1986–87 | Fourth Division | 56 | 14 | 22 | 20 | 70 | 85 | 21 | |
| 1987–88 | Fourth Division | 54 | 12 | 17 | 25 | 55 | 89 | 21 | |
| 1988–89 | Fourth Division | 52 | 13 | 16 | 23 | 64 | 96 | 18 | |
| 1989–90 | Fourth Division | 56 | 25 | 7 | 24 | 64 | 65 | 12 | |
| 1990–91 | Fourth Division | 55 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 61 | 72 | 12 | |
| 1991–92 | Fourth Division | 52 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 71 | 68 | 8 | |
| 1992–93 | Third Division | 51 | 18 | 13 | 20 | 77 | 84 | 11 | |
| 1993–94 | Third Division | 49 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 69 | 67 | 9 | |
| 1994–95 | Third Division | 52 | 17 | 15 | 20 | 57 | 83 | 15 | |
| 1995–96 | Third Division | 55 | 18 | 14 | 23 | 77 | 87 | 15 | |
| 1996–97 | Third Division | 51 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 63 | 66 | 14 | |
| 1997–98 | Third Division | 51 | 18 | 8 | 25 | 60 | 67 | 18 | |
| 1998–99 | Third Division | 55 | 15 | 17 | 23 | 48 | 67 | 19 | |
| 1999–00 | Third Division | 51 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 63 | 60 | 10 | |
| 2000–01 | Third Division | 50 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 64 | 60 | 8 | |
| 2001–02 | Third Division | 55 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 75 | 62 | 5 | |
| 2002–03 | Third Division | 53 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 75 | 80 | 19 | |
| 2003–04 | Third Division | 50 | 13 | 14 | 23 | 53 | 65 | 21 | |
| 2004–05 | League Two | 50 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 61 | 57 | 9 | |
| 2005–06 | League Two | 48 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 66 | 75 | 14 | |
| 2006–07 | League Two | 49 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 73 | 54 | 9 | |
| 2007–08 | League Two | 52 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 85 | 64 | 5 | |
| 2008–09 | League Two | 52 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 75 | 66 | 6 | |
| 2009–10 | League Two | 50 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 86 | 58 | 3 | |
| 2010–11 | League One | 50 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 69 | 63 | 9 | |
| 2011–12 | League One | 52 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 55 | 88 | 24 | |
| 2012–13 | League Two | 51 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 75 | 79 | 12 | |
| 2013–14 | League Two | 53 | 28 | 9 | 16 | 77 | 55 | 3 | |
| 2014–15 | League One | 55 | 23 | 8 | 24 | 83 | 75 | 8 | |
| 2015–16 | League One | 52 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 74 | 67 | 10 | |
| 2016–17 | League One | 57 | 25 | 14 | 18 | 87 | 75 | 9 | |
| 2017–18 | League One | 60 | 17 | 23 | 20 | 71 | 74 | 20 | |
| 2018–19 | League One | 55 | 20 | 10 | 25 | 69 | 98 | 16 | |
| 2019–20 | League One | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 55 | 71 | 18 | |
| 2020–21 | League One | 52 | 13 | 15 | 24 | 66 | 85 | 21 | |
| 2021–22 | League One | 54 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 62 | 71 | 18 | |
| 2022–23 | League One | 52 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 54 | 79 | 24 | |
| 2023–24 | National League | 48 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 70 | 70 | 11 | |
| 2024–25 | National League | 58 | 27 | 14 | 17 | 95 | 60 | 4 | |
| 2025–26 | National League | 55 | 38 | 9 | 8 | 101 | 52 | 2 | |
| 2026–27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 |