| Year: | 1976 |
| League: | NSWRFL |
| League Rank: | 8th |
| Cup: | Challenge Cup |
| League Wins: | 9 |
| League Draws: | 1 |
| League Losses: | 12 |
| Points For: | 378 (80 tries, 69 goals) |
| Points Against: | 393 (77 tries, 81 goals) |
| Ceo Title: | CEO |
| Coach: | Johnny Raper |
| Captain: | Greg Pierce Roger Millward |
| Stadium: | Endeavour Field |
| Avg Attendance: | 8,116 |
| Top Tries: | Martin Raftery (14) |
| Top Goals: | Barry Andrews (27) |
| Top Points: | Steve Rogers (74) |
| Prev Season: | 1975 |
| Next Season: | 1977 |
The 1976 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season was the 10th in the club's history. They competed in the NSWRFL's 1976 Premiership as well as the 1976 Amco Cup.
| width=20 abbr="Position×" | width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=20 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=20 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manly-Warringah | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 499 | 252 | +247 | 32 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Parramatta | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 347 | 238 | +109 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 3 | St. George | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 328 | 298 | +30 | 28 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Eastern Suburbs | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 399 | 250 | +149 | 27 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Canterbury-Bankstown | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 361 | 337 | +24 | 27 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Balmain | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 318 | 287 | +31 | 25 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Western Suburbs | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 379 | 313 | +66 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Cronulla-Sutherland | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 378 | 393 | -15 | 19 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Penrith | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 352 | 333 | +19 | 17 | ||||||||||
| 10 | South Sydney | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 297 | 421 | -124 | 16 | ||||||||||
| 11 | North Sydney | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 272 | 526 | -254 | 13 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Newtown Jets | 22 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 264 | 546 | -282 | 6 | ||||||||||