| Tournament Format: | League system |
| Champions: | Yorkshire |
| Count: | 20 |
| Previous Year: | 1937 |
| Previous Tournament: | 1937 County Championship |
| Next Year: | 1939 |
| Next Tournament: | 1939 County Championship |
The 1938 County Championship was the 45th officially organised running of the County Championship. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won their 20th title.[1] The points system for the Championship was altered as follows[2] -
| width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | 1st Inns Loss | width=20 abbr="No Result" | 1st Inns Draw | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts | width=40 abbr="Average" | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 256 | 9.14 | ||||||||||
| 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 184 | 8.36 | ||||||||||
| 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 172 | 6.88 | ||||||||||
| 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 192 | 6.85 | ||||||||||
| 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 160 | 6.40 | ||||||||||
| 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 164 | 6.30 | ||||||||||
| 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 144 | 5.76 | ||||||||||
| 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 156 | 5.37 | ||||||||||
| 27 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 120 | 4.44 | ||||||||||
| 28 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 122* | 4.35 | ||||||||||
| 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 128 | 4.26 | ||||||||||
| 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 106* | 4.24 | ||||||||||
| 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 4.18 | ||||||||||
| 30 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 124 | 4.13 | ||||||||||
| 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 80 | 3.63 | ||||||||||
| 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 76 | 3.45 | ||||||||||
| 24 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 0.66 |