NRL Player Ratings - Halfback

See how fans rate the best current NRL halfbacks, based on live votes from our NRL Player Rater. These real-time rankings highlight the top halfbacks in the NRL right now, based on performance, consistency and fan opinion.

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Season Ratings

Season 2026 Rankings

  Player Team Win % Rating  
1 Nathan Cleary Penrith PanthersPanthers 88.05% 2,161.7
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2 Jahrome Hughes Melbourne StormStorm 74.41% 1,885.8
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3 Tom Dearden North Queensland CowboysCowboys 78.56% 1,856.6
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4 Sam Walker Sydney RoostersRoosters 71.39% 1,820.8
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5 Adam Doueihi Wests TigersWests Tigers 72.11% 1,797.1
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6 Isaiya Katoa DolphinsDolphins 77.16% 1,792.6
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7 Mitchell Moses Parramatta EelsEels 79.60% 1,778.2
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8 Tanah Boyd New Zealand WarriorsWarriors 69.73% 1,775.6
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9 Jayden Campbell Gold Coast TitansTitans 72.33% 1,724.9
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10 Jamal Fogarty Manly Sea EaglesSea Eagles 70.21% 1,708.1
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11 Nicho Hynes Cronulla SharksSharks 67.05% 1,688.7
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12 Adam Reynolds Brisbane BroncosBroncos 76.85% 1,680.5
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13 Jake Clifford North Queensland CowboysCowboys 59.40% 1,674.9
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14 Ethan Sanders Canberra RaidersRaiders 52.02% 1,638.8
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15 Jock Madden Wests TigersWests Tigers 53.82% 1,561.9
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16 Ben Hunt Brisbane BroncosBroncos 65.47% 1,534.1
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17 Tyran Wishart Melbourne StormStorm 55.43% 1,497.0
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18 Joey Walsh Manly Sea EaglesSea Eagles 32.49% 1,492.3
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19 Hugo Savala Sydney RoostersRoosters 52.53% 1,460.0
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20 Tom Duffy Brisbane BroncosBroncos 41.13% 1,414.7
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21 Jonah Pezet Parramatta EelsEels 45.38% 1,411.2
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22 Lachlan Galvin Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBulldogs 50.77% 1,407.8
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23 Jamie Humphreys South Sydney RabbitohsRabbitohs 50.34% 1,396.0
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24 Jack Cogger Penrith PanthersPanthers 39.30% 1,372.0
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25 Brad Schneider DolphinsDolphins 35.56% 1,360.4
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26 Ronald Volkman Parramatta EelsEels 33.82% 1,343.7
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27 Lachlan Ilias Gold Coast TitansTitans 37.54% 1,282.7
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28 Sean O'Sullivan Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBulldogs 32.04% 1,258.8
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29 Kyle Flanagan St George Illawarra DragonsDragons 25.28% 1,235.5
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30 Coby Black Canberra RaidersRaiders 24.33% 1,234.4
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31 Zane Harrison Gold Coast TitansTitans 17.47% 1,218.6
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32 Niwhai Puru Cronulla SharksSharks 19.84% 1,211.1
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33 Toby Rodwell Sydney RoostersRoosters 15.29% 1,203.0
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34 Mitchell Woods Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBulldogs 25.51% 1,177.1
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35 Kade Reed St George Illawarra DragonsDragons 25.89% 1,090.8
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36 Jonah Glover South Sydney RabbitohsRabbitohs 20.02% 1,070.3
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37 Onitoni Large Manly Sea EaglesSea Eagles 15.14% 1,041.1
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June 2026 Ratings

June 2026 Rankings

  Player Team Win % Rating  
1 Nathan Cleary Penrith PanthersPanthers 79.69% 1,880.9 🔼  2
2 Tanah Boyd New Zealand WarriorsWarriors 65.33% 1,687.2 🔼  11
3 Sam Walker Sydney RoostersRoosters 63.51% 1,668.3 🔼  5
4 Jayden Campbell Gold Coast TitansTitans 60.81% 1,636.8 🔼  6
5 Nicho Hynes Cronulla SharksSharks 57.33% 1,629.0 🔼  6
6 Tom Dearden North Queensland CowboysCowboys 45.12% 1,617.1 🔽  2
7 Jahrome Hughes Melbourne StormStorm 35.04% 1,611.5 🔽  5
8 Jake Clifford North Queensland CowboysCowboys 58.11% 1,607.1 🔼  1
9 Jamal Fogarty Manly Sea EaglesSea Eagles 63.38% 1,606.0 🔼  3
10 Adam Reynolds Brisbane BroncosBroncos 58.11% 1,599.3 🔽  3
11 Ben Hunt Brisbane BroncosBroncos 63.64% 1,595.9 🔼  3
12 Ethan Sanders Canberra RaidersRaiders 56.76% 1,582.9 🔼  5
13 Tyran Wishart Melbourne StormStorm 66.25% 1,575.8 🔼  5
14 Hugo Savala Sydney RoostersRoosters 70.27% 1,574.4 🔼  8
15 Jock Madden Wests TigersWests Tigers 50.67% 1,541.5 🔼  1
16 Jonah Pezet Parramatta EelsEels 63.16% 1,536.6 🔼  8
17 Lachlan Galvin Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBulldogs 60.27% 1,516.9 🔼  4
18 Isaiya Katoa DolphinsDolphins 44.44% 1,513.3 🔽  13
19 Tom Duffy Brisbane BroncosBroncos 50.00% 1,511.4 🔼  4
20 Mitchell Moses Parramatta EelsEels 49.37% 1,509.5 🔽  14
21 Brad Schneider DolphinsDolphins 56.00% 1,499.7 🔼  6
22 Joey Walsh Manly Sea EaglesSea Eagles 43.84% 1,483.4 🔽  2
23 Ronald Volkman Parramatta EelsEels 52.00% 1,475.2 🔼  2
24 Jack Cogger Penrith PanthersPanthers 49.35% 1,466.4 🔽  5
25 Jamie Humphreys South Sydney RabbitohsRabbitohs 47.95% 1,455.1 🔽  10
26 Adam Doueihi Wests TigersWests Tigers 38.27% 1,439.5 🔽  25
27 Lachlan Ilias Gold Coast TitansTitans 44.59% 1,434.5 🔼  1
28 Kyle Flanagan St George Illawarra DragonsDragons 48.00% 1,394.0 🔼  2
29 Sean O'Sullivan Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBulldogs 36.23% 1,387.5 🔽  3
30 Coby Black Canberra RaidersRaiders 37.50% 1,383.5 🔼  6
31 Toby Rodwell Sydney RoostersRoosters 35.94% 1,364.5 🔼  6
32 Niwhai Puru Cronulla SharksSharks 36.49% 1,354.1 🔼  3
33 Zane Harrison Gold Coast TitansTitans 29.58% 1,347.4 🔽  4
34 Mitchell Woods Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBulldogs 28.77% 1,337.7 —
35 Kade Reed St George Illawarra DragonsDragons 22.22% 1,249.1 🔽  4
36 Jonah Glover South Sydney RabbitohsRabbitohs 17.81% 1,229.9 🔽  3
37 Onitoni Large Manly Sea EaglesSea Eagles 18.57% 1,197.1 🔽  5

May 2026 Ratings

May 2026 Rankings

  Player Team Win % Rating  
1 Adam Doueihi Wests TigersWests Tigers 77.35% 1,992.5 🔼  8
2 Jahrome Hughes Melbourne StormStorm 83.33% 1,861.4 🔼  2
3 Nathan Cleary Penrith PanthersPanthers 89.02% 1,851.6 🔽  2
4 Tom Dearden North Queensland CowboysCowboys 81.50% 1,831.7 🔼  3
5 Isaiya Katoa DolphinsDolphins 81.36% 1,791.7 🔽  3
6 Mitchell Moses Parramatta EelsEels 83.05% 1,776.4 🔽  3
7 Adam Reynolds Brisbane BroncosBroncos 79.49% 1,768.3 🔽  2
8 Sam Walker Sydney RoostersRoosters 74.26% 1,755.3 —
9 Jake Clifford North Queensland CowboysCowboys 59.45% 1,721.2 🔼  8
10 Jayden Campbell Gold Coast TitansTitans 75.58% 1,700.2 🔼  1
11 Nicho Hynes Cronulla SharksSharks 71.55% 1,693.6 🔼  1
12 Jamal Fogarty Manly Sea EaglesSea Eagles 72.28% 1,670.2 🔽  6
13 Tanah Boyd New Zealand WarriorsWarriors 71.73% 1,658.6 🔽  3
14 Ben Hunt Brisbane BroncosBroncos 65.61% 1,625.7 🔽  1
15 Jamie Humphreys South Sydney RabbitohsRabbitohs 49.57% 1,595.4 🔼  6
16 Jock Madden Wests TigersWests Tigers 55.37% 1,571.5 —
17 Ethan Sanders Canberra RaidersRaiders 51.80% 1,532.9 🔽  3
18 Tyran Wishart Melbourne StormStorm 57.05% 1,507.6 —
19 Jack Cogger Penrith PanthersPanthers 39.66% 1,462.8 🔼  7
20 Joey Walsh Manly Sea EaglesSea Eagles 35.43% 1,440.0 🔼  10
21 Lachlan Galvin Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBulldogs 46.70% 1,432.4 🔽  2
22 Hugo Savala Sydney RoostersRoosters 49.47% 1,430.6 🔽  7
23 Tom Duffy Brisbane BroncosBroncos 42.07% 1,390.0 🔽  1
24 Jonah Pezet Parramatta EelsEels 42.89% 1,365.6 🔽  4
25 Ronald Volkman Parramatta EelsEels 34.96% 1,311.3 🔼  4
26 Sean O'Sullivan Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBulldogs 30.17% 1,277.4 🔽  1
27 Brad Schneider DolphinsDolphins 33.75% 1,267.6 🔽  4
28 Lachlan Ilias Gold Coast TitansTitans 34.73% 1,265.2 🔽  4
29 Zane Harrison Gold Coast TitansTitans 17.71% 1,264.3 🔼  7
30 Kyle Flanagan St George Illawarra DragonsDragons 25.16% 1,262.9 🔼  2
31 Kade Reed St George Illawarra DragonsDragons 25.37% 1,252.6 🔽  3
32 Onitoni Large Manly Sea EaglesSea Eagles 15.55% 1,242.7 🔼  5
33 Jonah Glover South Sydney RabbitohsRabbitohs 18.30% 1,230.3 🔼  1
34 Mitchell Woods Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBulldogs 22.15% 1,214.3 🔽  7
35 Niwhai Puru Cronulla SharksSharks 16.52% 1,205.7 🔽  2
36 Coby Black Canberra RaidersRaiders 19.70% 1,146.9 🔽  5
37 Toby Rodwell Sydney RoostersRoosters 13.68% 1,133.1 🔽  2

April 2026 Ratings

April 2026 Rankings

  Player Team Win % Rating  
1 Nathan Cleary Penrith PanthersPanthers 91.39% 2,081.3
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2 Isaiya Katoa DolphinsDolphins 78.47% 1,966.5
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3 Mitchell Moses Parramatta EelsEels 81.12% 1,923.3
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4 Jahrome Hughes Melbourne StormStorm 85.89% 1,901.7
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5 Adam Reynolds Brisbane BroncosBroncos 77.05% 1,856.3
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6 Jamal Fogarty Manly Sea EaglesSea Eagles 69.23% 1,826.5
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7 Tom Dearden North Queensland CowboysCowboys 81.16% 1,824.4
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8 Sam Walker Sydney RoostersRoosters 69.92% 1,807.9
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9 Adam Doueihi Wests TigersWests Tigers 72.37% 1,804.4
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10 Tanah Boyd New Zealand WarriorsWarriors 68.55% 1,771.7
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11 Jayden Campbell Gold Coast TitansTitans 70.97% 1,769.4
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12 Nicho Hynes Cronulla SharksSharks 64.13% 1,665.0
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13 Ben Hunt Brisbane BroncosBroncos 65.61% 1,642.1
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14 Ethan Sanders Canberra RaidersRaiders 51.52% 1,544.6
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15 Hugo Savala Sydney RoostersRoosters 52.79% 1,541.0
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16 Jock Madden Wests TigersWests Tigers 52.63% 1,516.1
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17 Jake Clifford North Queensland CowboysCowboys 59.63% 1,493.7
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18 Tyran Wishart Melbourne StormStorm 52.30% 1,491.1
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19 Lachlan Galvin Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBulldogs 53.25% 1,473.1
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20 Jonah Pezet Parramatta EelsEels 45.27% 1,461.4
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21 Jamie Humphreys South Sydney RabbitohsRabbitohs 51.80% 1,461.3
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22 Tom Duffy Brisbane BroncosBroncos 38.81% 1,368.3
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23 Brad Schneider DolphinsDolphins 34.38% 1,362.2
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24 Lachlan Ilias Gold Coast TitansTitans 39.16% 1,352.1
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25 Sean O'Sullivan Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBulldogs 33.47% 1,303.8
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26 Jack Cogger Penrith PanthersPanthers 37.16% 1,297.4
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27 Mitchell Woods Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBulldogs 28.34% 1,256.6
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28 Kade Reed St George Illawarra DragonsDragons 26.92% 1,255.6
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29 Ronald Volkman Parramatta EelsEels 29.92% 1,243.1
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30 Joey Walsh Manly Sea EaglesSea Eagles 27.67% 1,209.9
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31 Coby Black Canberra RaidersRaiders 26.78% 1,200.3
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32 Kyle Flanagan St George Illawarra DragonsDragons 21.96% 1,182.3
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33 Niwhai Puru Cronulla SharksSharks 20.46% 1,127.0
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34 Jonah Glover South Sydney RabbitohsRabbitohs 22.01% 1,094.8
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35 Toby Rodwell Sydney RoostersRoosters 13.99% 1,075.8
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36 Zane Harrison Gold Coast TitansTitans 15.56% 1,055.6
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37 Onitoni Large Manly Sea EaglesSea Eagles 14.23% 1,004.3
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How The NRL Halfback Ratings Work

The NRL Player Ratings for halfbacks rank the best players in the NRL based on fan votes from the NRL Player Rater. Every player is matched head-to-head against other halfbacks, allowing fans to directly compare and decide who is better in each matchup.

Because all comparisons are position-specific, these rankings provide a true reflection of the best NRL halfback, rather than mixing players across different roles. So if you're looking for the best halfback, this list is built only on fair, like-for-like matchups.

Our system uses an Elo-style rating algorithm, where every player starts on the same rating and gains or loses points after each vote. Beating a higher-ranked opponent results in a bigger increase, while losing to a lower-ranked player leads to a larger drop.

These ratings are live and constantly updating, meaning they reflect current form and momentum across the NRL season. Players can climb quickly with standout performances, but staying at the top requires consistently outperforming other elite halfbacks.

If you're searching for the best NRL halfback, these fan-driven rankings provide a clear and up-to-date view of who is leading the way right now.

Have your say! Head to the NRL Player Rater and start voting today.