Sunderland have played Wolverhampton Wanderers 124 times in competitive football, winning 50, drawing 33 and losing 41, first meeting on 15 Sep 1890 and most recently on 2 May 2026. Every meeting is listed below.
| Date | Season | Competition | Venue | Opponent | Score | Scorers | Att |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Sep 1890 | 1890–91 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–4 | James Gillespie, Johnny Campbell, John Scott | 5,000 |
| 27 Dec 1890 | 1890–91 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–0 | Johnny Campbell, John Scott | 8,000 |
| 5 Sep 1891 | 1891–92 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 5–2 | Johnny Campbell, Jimmy Millar | 10,000 |
| 26 Dec 1891 | 1891–92 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–1 | David Hannah, Jimmy Hannah, Hughie Wilson | 20,000 |
| 26 Dec 1892 | 1892–93 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–2 | 15,000 | |
| 2 Jan 1893 | 1892–93 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 5–2 | Jimmy Hannah, David Hannah, Jimmy Millar | 4,000 |
| 4 Nov 1893 | 1893–94 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6–0 | ||
| 6 Jan 1894 | 1893–94 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–2 | ||
| 3 Nov 1894 | 1894–95 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–0 | ||
| 12 Jan 1895 | 1894–95 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4–1 | ||
| 21 Sep 1895 | 1895–96 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–2 | ||
| 27 Dec 1895 | 1895–96 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–1 | ||
| 3 Oct 1896 | 1896–97 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–3 | ||
| 24 Oct 1896 | 1896–97 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–0 | ||
| 11 Sep 1897 | 1897–98 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–2 | ||
| 13 Nov 1897 | 1897–98 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–4 | ||
| 5 Nov 1898 | 1898–99 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–2 | ||
| 4 Mar 1899 | 1898–99 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–0 | ||
| 26 Dec 1899 | 1899–00 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–1 | ||
| 1 Jan 1900 | 1899–00 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–2 | Jim Leslie 22 | |
| 15 Sep 1900 | 1900–01 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–2 | Geordie Livingstone, Billy Hogg 85 | |
| 12 Jan 1901 | 1900–01 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 7–2 | Geordie Livingstone 10, Jimmy Millar 44, Colin McLatchie 65, Jimmy Millar 70, Billy Hogg 80, Geordie Livingstone 85, Jimmy Millar 90 | |
| 14 Sep 1901 | 1901–02 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–4 | Jimmy Millar 15, Bobby Hogg 80 | |
| 11 Jan 1902 | 1901–02 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–0 | Billy Hogg 65, Billy Hogg 69 | |
| 6 Sep 1902 | 1902–03 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–3 | Jimmy Gemmell 20, Willie Maxwell 27, Willie Maxwell 60 | |
| 3 Jan 1903 | 1902–03 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–0 | Jimmy Millar 35, Willie Maxwell 51, Andrew McCombie 80 | |
| 24 Oct 1903 | 1903–04 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–2 | Billy Hogg 65 | |
| 1 Apr 1904 | 1903–04 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–1 | Harold Buckle 11, Harry Wardle 80 | |
| 17 Sep 1904 | 1904–05 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–1 | ||
| 14 Jan 1905 | 1904–05 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–0 | George Holley 15, Billy Farquhar 17, Arthur Bridgett 65 | |
| 4 Feb 1905 | 1904–05 | FA Cup | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–1 | Alf Common 44 | |
| 8 Feb 1905 | 1904–05 | FA Cup | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–1 | ||
| 4 Nov 1905 | 1905–06 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–5 | Arthur Bridgett 55, Dusty Rhodes | |
| 10 Mar 1906 | 1905–06 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 7–2 | Dennis O'Donnell 25, Arthur Bridgett 37, Arthur Bridgett 38, Billy Hogg 40, David Willis 65, Billy Hogg 74, Jimmy Gemmell 75 | |
| 19 Nov 1932 | 1932–33 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–0 | Bobby Gurney 12, Bobby Gurney 30 | |
| 1 Apr 1933 | 1932–33 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–1 | ||
| 9 Sep 1933 | 1933–34 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6–1 | Patsy Gallacher 4, Bert Davis 7, Jimmy Connor 31, Bobby Gurney 60, Bobby Gurney 64, Patsy Gallacher 73 | |
| 20 Jan 1934 | 1933–34 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–3 | Bobby Gurney 52, Raich Carter 54, Jimmy Connor 67 | |
| 1 Sep 1934 | 1934–35 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–1 | Patsy Gallacher 30, Raich Carter 52 | |
| 5 Jan 1935 | 1934–35 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–0 | ||
| 19 Oct 1935 | 1935–36 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4–3 | Raich Carter 6, Bert Davis 22, Raich Carter 37, Jimmy Connor 58 | |
| 22 Feb 1936 | 1935–36 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–1 | Raich Carter 18, Bert Davis 37, Raich Carter 49 | |
| 6 Mar 1937 | 1936–37 | FA Cup | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–1 | Len Duns 70 | |
| 10 Mar 1937 | 1936–37 | FA Cup | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–2 | Bobby Gurney 90, Len Duns 95 | |
| 15 Mar 1937 | 1936–37 | FA Cup | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4–0 | Bobby Gurney 10, Raich Carter 40, Patsy Gallacher 44, Charlie Thomson 84 | |
| 26 Mar 1937 | 1936–37 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6–2 | Patsy Gallacher 2, Patsy Gallacher 4, Eddie Burbanks 10, Raich Carter 11, Patsy Gallacher 22, Bobby Gurney 41 | |
| 29 Mar 1937 | 1936–37 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–1 | Percy Saunders 46 | |
| 15 Sep 1937 | 1937–38 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–4 | ||
| 7 May 1938 | 1937–38 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–0 | Raich Carter 7 | |
| 7 Sep 1938 | 1938–39 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–1 | Bill Robinson 78 | |
| 6 May 1939 | 1938–39 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–0 | ||
| 25 Dec 1946 | 1946–47 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–1 | ||
| 26 Dec 1946 | 1946–47 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–2 | Cliff Whitelum 25 | |
| 26 Mar 1948 | 1947–48 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–1 | Len Duns 4, Dickie Davis 39 | |
| 29 Mar 1948 | 1947–48 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–2 | Len Shackleton 24 | |
| 25 Aug 1948 | 1948–49 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–0 | Dickie Davis 5 | |
| 1 Sep 1948 | 1948–49 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–3 | ||
| 19 Nov 1949 | 1949–50 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–1 | Tommy Wright 29, Ivor Broadis 34, Tommy Reynolds 83 | |
| 11 Mar 1950 | 1949–50 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–1 | Dickie Davis 16, Dickie Davis 46, Dickie Davis 89 | |
| 6 Sep 1950 | 1950–51 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–2 | Tommy Wright 31 | |
| 24 Feb 1951 | 1950–51 | FA Cup | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–1 | Dickie Davis 10 | |
| 28 Feb 1951 | 1950–51 | FA Cup | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–3 | Trevor Ford 89 | |
| 5 May 1951 | 1950–51 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–0 | ||
| 1 Jan 1952 | 1951–52 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–1 | Len Shackleton 85 | |
| 23 Feb 1952 | 1951–52 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–0 | Trevor Ford 8, Trevor Ford 70, Billy Bingham 83 | |
| 26 Dec 1952 | 1952–53 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–1 | Billy Bingham 14 | |
| 27 Dec 1952 | 1952–53 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 5–2 | Dickie Davis 7, Dickie Davis 32, Billy Bingham 43, Harry Kirtley 58, Billy Bingham 60 | |
| 26 Aug 1953 | 1953–54 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–2 | Tommy Wright 18, Len Shackleton 26, Trevor Ford 52 | |
| 31 Aug 1953 | 1953–54 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–3 | Tommy Wright 2 | |
| 8 Sep 1954 | 1954–55 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–2 | ||
| 15 Sep 1954 | 1954–55 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–0 | ||
| 12 Mar 1955 | 1954–55 | FA Cup | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–0 | Ted Purdon 60, Ted Purdon 87 | |
| 2 Jan 1956 | 1955–56 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–1 | Charlie Fleming 85 | |
| 28 Apr 1956 | 1955–56 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–3 | Charlie Fleming 1 | |
| 12 Sep 1956 | 1956–57 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–2 | Charlie Fleming 44, Charlie Fleming 73 | |
| 1 Jan 1957 | 1956–57 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–3 | Stan Anderson 71, Johnny Hannigan 74 | |
| 31 Aug 1957 | 1957–58 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–5 | ||
| 28 Dec 1957 | 1957–58 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–2 | ||
| 16 Apr 1965 | 1964–65 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–2 | Mike Hellawell 2 | |
| 20 Apr 1965 | 1964–65 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–3 | ||
| 9 Mar 1968 | 1967–68 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–2 | George Herd 88 | |
| 15 Apr 1968 | 1967–68 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–0 | Colin Todd 27, George Herd 80 | |
| 14 Sep 1968 | 1968–69 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–1 | Billy Hughes 42 | |
| 19 Apr 1969 | 1968–69 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–0 | Dennis Tueart 30, Bobby Kerr 89 | |
| 29 Nov 1969 | 1969–70 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–1 | ||
| 14 Mar 1970 | 1969–70 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–1 | Mick McGiven 5, Gordon Harris 21 | |
| 1 Nov 1980 | 1980–81 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–2 | Sam Allardyce 16 | |
| 4 Apr 1981 | 1980–81 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–1 | ||
| 19 Sep 1981 | 1981–82 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–0 | ||
| 30 Jan 1982 | 1981–82 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–0 | John Cooke 56 | |
| 5 Oct 1982 | 1982–83 | League Cup | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–1 | Gary Rowell 6 | |
| 27 Oct 1982 | 1982–83 | League Cup | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 5–0 | Gordon Chisholm 1, Gordon Chisholm 10, Rob Hindmarch 9, Gary Rowell 16, Ally McCoist 55 | |
| 7 Sep 1983 | 1983–84 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–2 | Gary Rowell 18, Peter Daniel 57, Paul Atkinson 75 | |
| 17 Mar 1984 | 1983–84 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–0 | ||
| 11 Nov 1989 | 1989–90 | Second Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–1 | Paul Hardyman | 20,660 |
| 28 Apr 1990 | 1989–90 | Second Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–0 | Paul Hardyman | 19,463 |
| 7 Dec 1991 | 1991–92 | Second Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–1 | 11,922 | |
| 29 Feb 1992 | 1991–92 | Second Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–0 | John Byrne | 20,106 |
| 3 Nov 1992 | 1992–93 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–0 | Shaun Cunnington, Don Goodman | 15,144 |
| 27 Mar 1993 | 1992–93 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–2 | Mick Harford | 12,731 |
| 18 Sep 1993 | 1993–94 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–2 | 18,292 | |
| 3 May 1994 | 1993–94 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–1 | Don Goodman | 25,079 |
| 3 Sep 1994 | 1994–95 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–1 | Phil Gray | 15,111 |
| 8 Mar 1995 | 1994–95 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–1 | 25,826 | |
| 26 Aug 1995 | 1995–96 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–0 | Andy Melville, Phil Gray | 16,816 |
| 3 Feb 1996 | 1995–96 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–3 | 26,537 | |
| 20 Sep 1997 | 1997–98 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–1 | Martin Smith | 30,682 |
| 7 Feb 1998 | 1997–98 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–0 | Kevin Ball | 27,502 |
| 12 Sep 1998 | 1998–99 | First Division | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–1 | Kevin Phillips | 26,816 |
| 20 Feb 1999 | 1998–99 | First Division | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–1 | Allan Johnston, Niall Quinn | 41,268 |
| 2 Nov 2004 | 2004–05 | Championship | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–1 | Liam Lawrence, Liam Lawrence, Stephen Elliott | 23,925 |
| 4 Feb 2005 | 2004–05 | Championship | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–1 | Stephen Elliott | 26,968 |
| 24 Nov 2006 | 2006–07 | Championship | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–1 | Stephen Elliott | 27,203 |
| 7 Apr 2007 | 2006–07 | Championship | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–1 | Daryl Murphy, Ross Wallace | 40,748 |
| 27 Sep 2009 | 2009–10 | Premier League | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 5–2 | Darren Bent 8, Kenwyne Jones 47, Kenwyne Jones 69, Michael Turner 73, Michael Mancienne 90 | 37,566 |
| 9 May 2010 | 2009–10 | Premier League | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–2 | Kenwyne Jones 7 | 28,971 |
| 27 Nov 2010 | 2010–11 | Premier League | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–3 | Darren Bent 67, Danny Welbeck 77 | 25,112 |
| 14 May 2011 | 2010–11 | Premier League | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–3 | Stéphane Sessègnon 33 | 41,273 |
| 4 Dec 2011 | 2011–12 | Premier League | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–2 | Kieran Richardson 52 | 25,145 |
| 14 Apr 2012 | 2011–12 | Premier League | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–0 | 37,476 | |
| 9 Dec 2017 | 2017–18 | Championship | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–0 | 28,488 | |
| 6 May 2018 | 2017–18 | Championship | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–0 | Ovie Ejaria 19, Ashley Fletcher 45, Paddy McNair 66 | 28,452 |
| 18 Oct 2025 | 2025–26 | Premier League | H | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–0 | Nordi Mukiele 16, Ladislav Krejčí 90+2 | 46,578 |
| 2 May 2026 | 2025–26 | Premier League | A | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–1 | Nordi Mukiele 17 | 29,632 |
See also: the Wolverhampton Wanderers archive and Wolverhampton Wanderers v Sunderland.
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