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 84.23% 2,112.3
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2 Isaiya Katoa DolphinsDolphins 64.30% 2,034.7
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3 Mitchell Moses Parramatta EelsEels 63.63% 1,916.9
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4 Tom Dearden North Queensland CowboysCowboys 63.54% 1,865.1
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5 Tanah Boyd New Zealand WarriorsWarriors 62.65% 1,864.9
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6 Jahrome Hughes Melbourne StormStorm 63.92% 1,835.5
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7 Sam Walker Sydney RoostersRoosters 60.21% 1,806.8
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8 Adam Reynolds Brisbane BroncosBroncos 64.56% 1,794.3
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9 Jamal Fogarty Manly Sea EaglesSea Eagles 62.12% 1,748.2
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10 Adam Doueihi Wests TigersWests Tigers 62.86% 1,741.9
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11 Nicho Hynes Cronulla SharksSharks 64.09% 1,722.9
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12 Jayden Campbell Gold Coast TitansTitans 64.58% 1,648.6
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13 Jake Clifford North Queensland CowboysCowboys 59.81% 1,645.0
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14 Ethan Sanders Canberra RaidersRaiders 56.10% 1,622.0
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15 Tyran Wishart Melbourne StormStorm 59.14% 1,516.3
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16 Joey Walsh Manly Sea EaglesSea Eagles 47.72% 1,511.9
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17 Ronald Volkman Parramatta EelsEels 42.95% 1,506.9
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18 Jamie Humphreys South Sydney RabbitohsRabbitohs 51.89% 1,494.3
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19 Ben Hunt Brisbane BroncosBroncos 64.34% 1,473.7
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20 Lachlan Galvin Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBulldogs 51.98% 1,469.9
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21 Sean O'Sullivan Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBulldogs 37.00% 1,407.1
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22 Jock Madden Wests TigersWests Tigers 56.79% 1,376.0
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23 Hugo Savala Sydney RoostersRoosters 58.05% 1,374.6
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24 Tom Duffy Brisbane BroncosBroncos 46.73% 1,374.5
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25 Jonah Pezet Parramatta EelsEels 48.14% 1,358.1
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26 Jack Cogger Penrith PanthersPanthers 46.04% 1,351.7
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27 Zane Harrison Gold Coast TitansTitans 31.43% 1,301.5
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28 Lachlan Ilias Gold Coast TitansTitans 37.73% 1,295.0
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29 Ashton Ward South Sydney RabbitohsRabbitohs 49.05% 1,285.6
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30 Brad Schneider DolphinsDolphins 43.28% 1,279.7
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31 Kyle Flanagan St George Illawarra DragonsDragons 28.92% 1,254.0
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32 Kade Reed St George Illawarra DragonsDragons 27.55% 1,153.4
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33 Niwhai Puru Cronulla SharksSharks 27.23% 1,153.1
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34 Mitchell Woods Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBulldogs 27.74% 1,131.1
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35 Onitoni Large Manly Sea EaglesSea Eagles 20.47% 1,113.9
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36 Coby Black Canberra RaidersRaiders 28.66% 1,105.5
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37 Toby Rodwell Sydney RoostersRoosters 21.85% 1,086.6
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38 Jonah Glover South Sydney RabbitohsRabbitohs 22.39% 1,018.6
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July 2026

July 2026 Rankings

  Player Team Win % Rating  
1 Nathan Cleary Penrith PanthersPanthers 80.03% 2,098.8 —
2 Isaiya Katoa DolphinsDolphins 58.02% 2,024.2 🔼  2
3 Mitchell Moses Parramatta EelsEels 60.10% 1,910.5 🔼  6
4 Tanah Boyd New Zealand WarriorsWarriors 53.43% 1,862.7 🔼  6
5 Tom Dearden North Queensland CowboysCowboys 61.32% 1,860.2 🔽  2
6 Jahrome Hughes Melbourne StormStorm 59.22% 1,830.2 🔽  4
7 Sam Walker Sydney RoostersRoosters 61.59% 1,803.7 🔽  2
8 Adam Reynolds Brisbane BroncosBroncos 58.67% 1,793.6 🔽  1
9 Jamal Fogarty Manly Sea EaglesSea Eagles 52.86% 1,746.1 🔽  1
10 Adam Doueihi Wests TigersWests Tigers 56.54% 1,740.3 🔽  4
11 Nicho Hynes Cronulla SharksSharks 54.68% 1,718.4 🔼  8
12 Jayden Campbell Gold Coast TitansTitans 54.61% 1,652.8 —
13 Jake Clifford North Queensland CowboysCowboys 50.92% 1,647.0 🔽  2
14 Ethan Sanders Canberra RaidersRaiders 52.46% 1,624.0 —
15 Tyran Wishart Melbourne StormStorm 57.60% 1,524.3 —
16 Joey Walsh Manly Sea EaglesSea Eagles 62.07% 1,523.4 🔼  2
17 Ronald Volkman Parramatta EelsEels 54.11% 1,516.7 🔼  13
18 Jamie Humphreys South Sydney RabbitohsRabbitohs 51.79% 1,500.1 🔼  3
19 Ben Hunt Brisbane BroncosBroncos 62.82% 1,485.7 🔽  2
20 Lachlan Galvin Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBulldogs 54.79% 1,479.6 —
21 Sean O'Sullivan Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBulldogs 41.44% 1,419.8 🔼  8
22 Jock Madden Wests TigersWests Tigers 55.97% 1,388.1 🔽  6
23 Hugo Savala Sydney RoostersRoosters 61.42% 1,387.9 🔽  10
24 Tom Duffy Brisbane BroncosBroncos 49.91% 1,387.6 🔽  1
25 Jonah Pezet Parramatta EelsEels 54.00% 1,371.4 🔽  1
26 Jack Cogger Penrith PanthersPanthers 51.12% 1,363.2 —
27 Zane Harrison Gold Coast TitansTitans 48.35% 1,314.8 🔽  5
28 Lachlan Ilias Gold Coast TitansTitans 39.24% 1,308.7 🔽  1
29 Ashton Ward South Sydney RabbitohsRabbitohs 49.05% 1,297.7 NEW
30 Brad Schneider DolphinsDolphins 47.77% 1,293.6 🔽  5
31 Kyle Flanagan St George Illawarra DragonsDragons 34.77% 1,268.0 🔼  2
32 Kade Reed St George Illawarra DragonsDragons 27.87% 1,167.9 🔼  2
33 Niwhai Puru Cronulla SharksSharks 33.04% 1,166.8 🔼  4
34 Mitchell Woods Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBulldogs 29.51% 1,145.9 🔼  1
35 Onitoni Large Manly Sea EaglesSea Eagles 23.38% 1,129.8 🔼  1
36 Coby Black Canberra RaidersRaiders 32.53% 1,119.8 🔽  8
37 Toby Rodwell Sydney RoostersRoosters 28.10% 1,101.6 🔽  5
38 Jonah Glover South Sydney RabbitohsRabbitohs 24.65% 1,033.4 🔽  7

June 2026

June 2026 Rankings

  Player Team Win % Rating  
1 Nathan Cleary Penrith PanthersPanthers 81.51% 2,070.3 🔼  2
2 Jahrome Hughes Melbourne StormStorm 50.79% 2,068.2 —
3 Tom Dearden North Queensland CowboysCowboys 49.70% 1,962.8 🔼  1
4 Isaiya Katoa DolphinsDolphins 54.14% 1,907.9 🔼  1
5 Sam Walker Sydney RoostersRoosters 48.07% 1,873.5 🔼  3
6 Adam Doueihi Wests TigersWests Tigers 53.62% 1,828.0 🔽  5
7 Adam Reynolds Brisbane BroncosBroncos 53.67% 1,812.8 —
8 Jamal Fogarty Manly Sea EaglesSea Eagles 58.86% 1,701.5 🔼  4
9 Mitchell Moses Parramatta EelsEels 46.93% 1,694.8 🔽  3
10 Tanah Boyd New Zealand WarriorsWarriors 60.76% 1,688.3 🔼  3
11 Jake Clifford North Queensland CowboysCowboys 66.36% 1,686.8 🔽  2
12 Jayden Campbell Gold Coast TitansTitans 61.79% 1,651.7 🔽  2
13 Hugo Savala Sydney RoostersRoosters 63.54% 1,544.0 🔼  9
14 Ethan Sanders Canberra RaidersRaiders 63.60% 1,530.4 🔼  3
15 Tyran Wishart Melbourne StormStorm 65.36% 1,489.8 🔼  3
16 Jock Madden Wests TigersWests Tigers 60.49% 1,486.4 —
17 Ben Hunt Brisbane BroncosBroncos 63.94% 1,476.9 🔽  3
18 Joey Walsh Manly Sea EaglesSea Eagles 55.72% 1,476.6 🔼  2
19 Nicho Hynes Cronulla SharksSharks 66.29% 1,471.9 🔽  8
20 Lachlan Galvin Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBulldogs 52.21% 1,447.3 🔼  1
21 Jamie Humphreys South Sydney RabbitohsRabbitohs 53.51% 1,417.2 🔽  6
22 Zane Harrison Gold Coast TitansTitans 36.58% 1,392.7 🔼  7
23 Tom Duffy Brisbane BroncosBroncos 51.64% 1,382.8 —
24 Jonah Pezet Parramatta EelsEels 48.83% 1,377.8 —
25 Brad Schneider DolphinsDolphins 50.94% 1,349.9 🔼  2
26 Jack Cogger Penrith PanthersPanthers 51.00% 1,333.3 🔽  7
27 Lachlan Ilias Gold Coast TitansTitans 37.53% 1,318.2 🔼  1
28 Coby Black Canberra RaidersRaiders 31.98% 1,286.2 🔼  8
29 Sean O'Sullivan Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBulldogs 39.88% 1,272.7 🔽  3
30 Ronald Volkman Parramatta EelsEels 47.18% 1,272.2 🔽  5
31 Jonah Glover South Sydney RabbitohsRabbitohs 23.38% 1,218.3 🔼  2
32 Toby Rodwell Sydney RoostersRoosters 26.95% 1,188.0 🔼  5
33 Kyle Flanagan St George Illawarra DragonsDragons 31.13% 1,181.1 🔽  3
34 Kade Reed St George Illawarra DragonsDragons 28.91% 1,178.3 🔽  3
35 Mitchell Woods Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBulldogs 29.38% 1,176.4 🔽  1
36 Onitoni Large Manly Sea EaglesSea Eagles 25.12% 1,150.5 🔽  4
37 Niwhai Puru Cronulla SharksSharks 33.02% 1,134.3 🔽  2

May 2026

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

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.