 1916–17 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season

The 1916–17 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the second season of Rugby league's Wartime Emergency League football.Each club played a differing number of fixtures, depending upon the closeness of neighbours, ease of travel etc., with Brighouse Rangers and Barrow playing 17 games each while Broughton Rangers played 35 and several other clubs 32.