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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Overall | Fullback | Winger | Centre | Five-eighth | Halfback | Hooker | Prop | Second-row | Lock
Season Ratings
Season 2026 Rankings
| Player | Win % | Rating | ||
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| 1 | Nathan Cleary | 83.38% | 2,234.0 |
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| 2 | Isaiya Katoa | 63.02% | 1,967.3 |
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| 3 | Tom Dearden | 63.36% | 1,885.2 |
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| 4 | Jahrome Hughes | 64.51% | 1,882.1 |
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| 5 | Sam Walker | 61.80% | 1,812.9 |
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| 6 | Mitchell Moses | 64.05% | 1,762.0 |
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| 7 | Jayden Campbell | 63.19% | 1,741.3 |
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| 8 | Adam Reynolds | 63.52% | 1,739.2 |
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| 9 | Tanah Boyd | 60.55% | 1,732.5 |
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| 10 | Jamal Fogarty | 60.14% | 1,641.6 |
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| 11 | Jake Clifford | 58.06% | 1,588.8 |
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| 12 | Tyran Wishart | 58.72% | 1,570.8 |
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| 13 | Ronald Volkman | 45.65% | 1,555.9 |
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| 14 | Hugo Savala | 57.20% | 1,550.7 |
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| 15 | Ethan Sanders | 55.86% | 1,547.1 |
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| 16 | Adam Doueihi | 63.75% | 1,535.6 |
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| 17 | Lachlan Galvin | 53.48% | 1,535.0 |
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| 18 | Ben Hunt | 61.23% | 1,511.6 |
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| 19 | Ashton Ward | 58.00% | 1,417.4 |
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| 20 | Jack Cogger | 47.78% | 1,415.5 |
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| 21 | Jock Madden | 53.63% | 1,402.8 |
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| 22 | Joey Walsh | 48.32% | 1,392.2 |
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| 23 | Brad Schneider | 43.79% | 1,385.6 |
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| 24 | Tom Duffy | 46.25% | 1,377.3 |
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| 25 | Nicho Hynes | 61.93% | 1,377.0 |
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| 26 | Jonah Pezet | 46.65% | 1,356.2 |
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| 27 | Jamie Humphreys | 51.33% | 1,353.2 |
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| 28 | Zane Harrison | 36.20% | 1,325.7 |
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| 29 | Sean O'Sullivan | 39.35% | 1,317.7 |
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| 30 | Mitchell Woods | 27.64% | 1,292.6 |
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| 31 | Coby Black | 29.57% | 1,274.1 |
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| 32 | Niwhai Puru | 27.82% | 1,239.5 |
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| 33 | Kyle Flanagan | 30.42% | 1,238.7 |
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| 34 | Kade Reed | 27.90% | 1,194.6 |
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| 35 | Onitoni Large | 21.52% | 1,169.2 |
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| 36 | Lachlan Ilias | 35.32% | 1,166.8 |
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| 37 | Toby Rodwell | 23.18% | 1,143.7 |
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| 38 | Jonah Glover | 22.93% | 1,118.6 |
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September
September 2026 Rankings
| Player | Win % | Rating | ||
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| 1 | Nathan Cleary | 85.11% | 1,787.1 | — |
| 2 | Tom Dearden | 85.19% | 1,722.4 | 🔼 5 |
| 3 | Jahrome Hughes | 80.00% | 1,714.7 | 🔼 1 |
| 4 | Sam Walker | 79.55% | 1,680.9 | 🔽 1 |
| 5 | Isaiya Katoa | 57.38% | 1,640.9 | 🔽 3 |
| 6 | Adam Doueihi | 76.47% | 1,631.3 | 🔼 15 |
| 7 | Jayden Campbell | 62.79% | 1,626.2 | 🔼 2 |
| 8 | Adam Reynolds | 66.67% | 1,623.9 | 🔽 2 |
| 9 | Mitchell Moses | 69.77% | 1,602.2 | 🔽 4 |
| 10 | Tanah Boyd | 62.79% | 1,586.2 | 🔽 2 |
| 11 | Ethan Sanders | 59.57% | 1,583.7 | 🔼 4 |
| 12 | Jake Clifford | 55.81% | 1,560.0 | 🔽 1 |
| 13 | Ashton Ward | 56.76% | 1,559.6 | 🔼 11 |
| 14 | Hugo Savala | 53.85% | 1,541.1 | 🔼 4 |
| 15 | Jamal Fogarty | 52.17% | 1,536.1 | 🔽 5 |
| 16 | Nicho Hynes | 59.62% | 1,511.1 | — |
| 17 | Tyran Wishart | 47.73% | 1,503.3 | 🔽 4 |
| 18 | Lachlan Galvin | 41.30% | 1,478.3 | 🔽 1 |
| 19 | Jack Cogger | 51.16% | 1,477.9 | — |
| 20 | Ronald Volkman | 37.50% | 1,476.8 | 🔽 8 |
| 21 | Brad Schneider | 46.51% | 1,464.2 | 🔼 1 |
| 22 | Joey Walsh | 45.45% | 1,455.3 | 🔼 6 |
| 23 | Mitchell Woods | 39.02% | 1,445.8 | 🔼 8 |
| 24 | Jock Madden | 41.86% | 1,432.1 | 🔽 1 |
| 25 | Sean O'Sullivan | 41.46% | 1,430.6 | 🔼 5 |
| 26 | Jonah Pezet | 40.91% | 1,427.3 | 🔼 1 |
| 27 | Tom Duffy | 43.18% | 1,426.6 | 🔽 1 |
| 28 | Ben Hunt | 30.00% | 1,424.4 | 🔽 14 |
| 29 | Zane Harrison | 34.88% | 1,402.5 | 🔽 4 |
| 30 | Coby Black | 34.15% | 1,399.0 | 🔽 1 |
| 31 | Kyle Flanagan | 33.33% | 1,398.0 | 🔼 2 |
| 32 | Niwhai Puru | 35.00% | 1,389.7 | — |
| 33 | Jamie Humphreys | 28.57% | 1,388.4 | 🔽 13 |
| 34 | Kade Reed | 26.83% | 1,366.8 | 🔼 2 |
| 35 | Onitoni Large | 22.86% | 1,349.0 | — |
| 36 | Toby Rodwell | 27.03% | 1,333.2 | 🔼 2 |
| 37 | Lachlan Ilias | 26.19% | 1,328.8 | 🔽 3 |
| 38 | Jonah Glover | 21.95% | 1,294.4 | 🔽 1 |
August
August 2026 Rankings
| Player | Win % | Rating | ||
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| 1 | Nathan Cleary | 79.91% | 2,288.8 | — |
| 2 | Isaiya Katoa | 60.84% | 1,933.9 | — |
| 3 | Sam Walker | 63.73% | 1,824.1 | — |
| 4 | Jahrome Hughes | 65.16% | 1,788.2 | 🔼 1 |
| 5 | Mitchell Moses | 65.52% | 1,769.1 | 🔼 1 |
| 6 | Adam Reynolds | 62.05% | 1,764.2 | 🔼 4 |
| 7 | Tom Dearden | 60.37% | 1,729.5 | 🔽 3 |
| 8 | Tanah Boyd | 58.36% | 1,703.8 | 🔼 1 |
| 9 | Jayden Campbell | 61.00% | 1,696.6 | 🔽 1 |
| 10 | Jamal Fogarty | 58.22% | 1,669.5 | 🔽 3 |
| 11 | Jake Clifford | 56.56% | 1,603.3 | — |
| 12 | Ronald Volkman | 51.82% | 1,601.4 | 🔼 9 |
| 13 | Tyran Wishart | 57.46% | 1,586.5 | 🔼 3 |
| 14 | Ben Hunt | 53.36% | 1,556.8 | 🔼 3 |
| 15 | Ethan Sanders | 57.92% | 1,528.3 | 🔽 1 |
| 16 | Nicho Hynes | 57.54% | 1,526.7 | 🔽 3 |
| 17 | Lachlan Galvin | 59.11% | 1,517.5 | 🔼 3 |
| 18 | Hugo Savala | 57.21% | 1,503.9 | 🔽 3 |
| 19 | Jack Cogger | 52.74% | 1,489.4 | 🔽 1 |
| 20 | Jamie Humphreys | 47.39% | 1,485.5 | 🔼 2 |
| 21 | Adam Doueihi | 67.69% | 1,454.4 | 🔽 9 |
| 22 | Brad Schneider | 44.08% | 1,402.2 | 🔼 2 |
| 23 | Jock Madden | 46.96% | 1,402.1 | 🔼 6 |
| 24 | Ashton Ward | 60.67% | 1,400.8 | 🔽 1 |
| 25 | Zane Harrison | 45.63% | 1,391.1 | 🔼 2 |
| 26 | Tom Duffy | 42.93% | 1,378.5 | 🔽 1 |
| 27 | Jonah Pezet | 40.95% | 1,374.4 | 🔽 1 |
| 28 | Joey Walsh | 46.93% | 1,367.5 | 🔽 9 |
| 29 | Coby Black | 32.27% | 1,313.2 | 🔼 3 |
| 30 | Sean O'Sullivan | 43.81% | 1,292.1 | 🔽 2 |
| 31 | Mitchell Woods | 27.05% | 1,250.7 | — |
| 32 | Niwhai Puru | 28.04% | 1,245.8 | 🔼 3 |
| 33 | Kyle Flanagan | 32.86% | 1,243.4 | 🔼 1 |
| 34 | Lachlan Ilias | 27.46% | 1,211.4 | 🔼 2 |
| 35 | Onitoni Large | 24.66% | 1,194.2 | 🔽 2 |
| 36 | Kade Reed | 28.91% | 1,193.3 | 🔽 6 |
| 37 | Jonah Glover | 22.37% | 1,159.9 | 🔼 1 |
| 38 | Toby Rodwell | 26.94% | 1,158.3 | 🔽 1 |
July
July 2026 Rankings
| Player | Win % | Rating | ||
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| 1 | Nathan Cleary | 80.95% | 2,231.0 | — |
| 2 | Isaiya Katoa | 58.50% | 1,958.6 | 🔼 2 |
| 3 | Sam Walker | 63.51% | 1,909.1 | 🔼 2 |
| 4 | Tom Dearden | 62.36% | 1,872.5 | 🔽 1 |
| 5 | Jahrome Hughes | 61.81% | 1,837.9 | 🔽 3 |
| 6 | Mitchell Moses | 61.44% | 1,763.0 | 🔼 3 |
| 7 | Jamal Fogarty | 52.16% | 1,728.3 | 🔼 1 |
| 8 | Jayden Campbell | 55.71% | 1,725.7 | 🔼 4 |
| 9 | Tanah Boyd | 52.09% | 1,681.1 | 🔼 1 |
| 10 | Adam Reynolds | 58.64% | 1,660.0 | 🔽 3 |
| 11 | Jake Clifford | 50.26% | 1,639.9 | — |
| 12 | Adam Doueihi | 58.26% | 1,634.8 | 🔽 6 |
| 13 | Nicho Hynes | 55.00% | 1,634.6 | 🔼 6 |
| 14 | Ethan Sanders | 51.49% | 1,634.6 | — |
| 15 | Hugo Savala | 57.86% | 1,587.8 | 🔽 2 |
| 16 | Tyran Wishart | 58.29% | 1,548.5 | 🔽 1 |
| 17 | Ben Hunt | 61.18% | 1,494.4 | — |
| 18 | Jack Cogger | 50.75% | 1,478.6 | 🔼 8 |
| 19 | Joey Walsh | 59.55% | 1,475.8 | 🔽 1 |
| 20 | Lachlan Galvin | 54.84% | 1,462.2 | — |
| 21 | Ronald Volkman | 54.12% | 1,446.4 | 🔼 9 |
| 22 | Jamie Humphreys | 53.85% | 1,428.3 | 🔽 1 |
| 23 | Ashton Ward | 55.41% | 1,415.6 | NEW |
| 24 | Brad Schneider | 47.31% | 1,411.1 | 🔼 1 |
| 25 | Tom Duffy | 49.68% | 1,409.4 | 🔽 2 |
| 26 | Jonah Pezet | 51.56% | 1,367.3 | 🔽 2 |
| 27 | Zane Harrison | 49.57% | 1,358.4 | 🔽 5 |
| 28 | Sean O'Sullivan | 43.59% | 1,322.3 | 🔼 1 |
| 29 | Jock Madden | 51.99% | 1,297.4 | 🔽 13 |
| 30 | Kade Reed | 28.13% | 1,249.2 | 🔼 4 |
| 31 | Mitchell Woods | 28.43% | 1,206.6 | 🔼 4 |
| 32 | Coby Black | 31.74% | 1,190.6 | 🔽 4 |
| 33 | Onitoni Large | 23.17% | 1,180.0 | 🔼 3 |
| 34 | Kyle Flanagan | 35.19% | 1,177.3 | 🔽 1 |
| 35 | Niwhai Puru | 32.14% | 1,164.3 | 🔼 2 |
| 36 | Lachlan Ilias | 37.28% | 1,159.0 | 🔽 9 |
| 37 | Toby Rodwell | 26.80% | 1,137.7 | 🔽 5 |
| 38 | Jonah Glover | 25.80% | 1,128.9 | 🔽 7 |
June
June 2026 Rankings
| Player | Win % | Rating | ||
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| 1 | Nathan Cleary | 81.51% | 2,070.3 | 🔼 2 |
| 2 | Jahrome Hughes | 50.79% | 2,068.2 | — |
| 3 | Tom Dearden | 49.70% | 1,962.8 | 🔼 1 |
| 4 | Isaiya Katoa | 54.14% | 1,907.9 | 🔼 1 |
| 5 | Sam Walker | 48.07% | 1,873.5 | 🔼 3 |
| 6 | Adam Doueihi | 53.62% | 1,828.0 | 🔽 5 |
| 7 | Adam Reynolds | 53.67% | 1,812.8 | — |
| 8 | Jamal Fogarty | 58.86% | 1,701.5 | 🔼 4 |
| 9 | Mitchell Moses | 46.93% | 1,694.8 | 🔽 3 |
| 10 | Tanah Boyd | 60.76% | 1,688.3 | 🔼 3 |
| 11 | Jake Clifford | 66.36% | 1,686.8 | 🔽 2 |
| 12 | Jayden Campbell | 61.79% | 1,651.7 | 🔽 2 |
| 13 | Hugo Savala | 63.54% | 1,544.0 | 🔼 9 |
| 14 | Ethan Sanders | 63.60% | 1,530.4 | 🔼 3 |
| 15 | Tyran Wishart | 65.36% | 1,489.8 | 🔼 3 |
| 16 | Jock Madden | 60.49% | 1,486.4 | — |
| 17 | Ben Hunt | 63.94% | 1,476.9 | 🔽 3 |
| 18 | Joey Walsh | 55.72% | 1,476.6 | 🔼 2 |
| 19 | Nicho Hynes | 66.29% | 1,471.9 | 🔽 8 |
| 20 | Lachlan Galvin | 52.21% | 1,447.3 | 🔼 1 |
| 21 | Jamie Humphreys | 53.51% | 1,417.2 | 🔽 6 |
| 22 | Zane Harrison | 36.58% | 1,392.7 | 🔼 7 |
| 23 | Tom Duffy | 51.64% | 1,382.8 | — |
| 24 | Jonah Pezet | 48.83% | 1,377.8 | — |
| 25 | Brad Schneider | 50.94% | 1,349.9 | 🔼 2 |
| 26 | Jack Cogger | 51.00% | 1,333.3 | 🔽 7 |
| 27 | Lachlan Ilias | 37.53% | 1,318.2 | 🔼 1 |
| 28 | Coby Black | 31.98% | 1,286.2 | 🔼 8 |
| 29 | Sean O'Sullivan | 39.88% | 1,272.7 | 🔽 3 |
| 30 | Ronald Volkman | 47.18% | 1,272.2 | 🔽 5 |
| 31 | Jonah Glover | 23.38% | 1,218.3 | 🔼 2 |
| 32 | Toby Rodwell | 26.95% | 1,188.0 | 🔼 5 |
| 33 | Kyle Flanagan | 31.13% | 1,181.1 | 🔽 3 |
| 34 | Kade Reed | 28.91% | 1,178.3 | 🔽 3 |
| 35 | Mitchell Woods | 29.38% | 1,176.4 | 🔽 1 |
| 36 | Onitoni Large | 25.12% | 1,150.5 | 🔽 4 |
| 37 | Niwhai Puru | 33.02% | 1,134.3 | 🔽 2 |
May
May 2026 Rankings
| Player | Win % | Rating | ||
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| 1 | Adam Doueihi | 77.35% | 1,992.5 | 🔼 8 |
| 2 | Jahrome Hughes | 83.33% | 1,861.4 | 🔼 2 |
| 3 | Nathan Cleary | 89.02% | 1,851.6 | 🔽 2 |
| 4 | Tom Dearden | 81.50% | 1,831.7 | 🔼 3 |
| 5 | Isaiya Katoa | 81.36% | 1,791.7 | 🔽 3 |
| 6 | Mitchell Moses | 83.05% | 1,776.4 | 🔽 3 |
| 7 | Adam Reynolds | 79.49% | 1,768.3 | 🔽 2 |
| 8 | Sam Walker | 74.26% | 1,755.3 | — |
| 9 | Jake Clifford | 59.45% | 1,721.2 | 🔼 8 |
| 10 | Jayden Campbell | 75.58% | 1,700.2 | 🔼 1 |
| 11 | Nicho Hynes | 71.55% | 1,693.6 | 🔼 1 |
| 12 | Jamal Fogarty | 72.28% | 1,670.2 | 🔽 6 |
| 13 | Tanah Boyd | 71.73% | 1,658.6 | 🔽 3 |
| 14 | Ben Hunt | 65.61% | 1,625.7 | 🔽 1 |
| 15 | Jamie Humphreys | 49.57% | 1,595.4 | 🔼 6 |
| 16 | Jock Madden | 55.37% | 1,571.5 | — |
| 17 | Ethan Sanders | 51.80% | 1,532.9 | 🔽 3 |
| 18 | Tyran Wishart | 57.05% | 1,507.6 | — |
| 19 | Jack Cogger | 39.66% | 1,462.8 | 🔼 7 |
| 20 | Joey Walsh | 35.43% | 1,440.0 | 🔼 10 |
| 21 | Lachlan Galvin | 46.70% | 1,432.4 | 🔽 2 |
| 22 | Hugo Savala | 49.47% | 1,430.6 | 🔽 7 |
| 23 | Tom Duffy | 42.07% | 1,390.0 | 🔽 1 |
| 24 | Jonah Pezet | 42.89% | 1,365.6 | 🔽 4 |
| 25 | Ronald Volkman | 34.96% | 1,311.3 | 🔼 4 |
| 26 | Sean O'Sullivan | 30.17% | 1,277.4 | 🔽 1 |
| 27 | Brad Schneider | 33.75% | 1,267.6 | 🔽 4 |
| 28 | Lachlan Ilias | 34.73% | 1,265.2 | 🔽 4 |
| 29 | Zane Harrison | 17.71% | 1,264.3 | 🔼 7 |
| 30 | Kyle Flanagan | 25.16% | 1,262.9 | 🔼 2 |
| 31 | Kade Reed | 25.37% | 1,252.6 | 🔽 3 |
| 32 | Onitoni Large | 15.55% | 1,242.7 | 🔼 5 |
| 33 | Jonah Glover | 18.30% | 1,230.3 | 🔼 1 |
| 34 | Mitchell Woods | 22.15% | 1,214.3 | 🔽 7 |
| 35 | Niwhai Puru | 16.52% | 1,205.7 | 🔽 2 |
| 36 | Coby Black | 19.70% | 1,146.9 | 🔽 5 |
| 37 | Toby Rodwell | 13.68% | 1,133.1 | 🔽 2 |
April
April 2026 Rankings
| Player | Win % | Rating | ||
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| 1 | Nathan Cleary | 91.39% | 2,081.3 |
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| 2 | Isaiya Katoa | 78.47% | 1,966.5 |
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| 3 | Mitchell Moses | 81.12% | 1,923.3 |
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| 4 | Jahrome Hughes | 85.89% | 1,901.7 |
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| 5 | Adam Reynolds | 77.05% | 1,856.3 |
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| 6 | Jamal Fogarty | 69.23% | 1,826.5 |
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| 7 | Tom Dearden | 81.16% | 1,824.4 |
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| 8 | Sam Walker | 69.92% | 1,807.9 |
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| 9 | Adam Doueihi | 72.37% | 1,804.4 |
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| 10 | Tanah Boyd | 68.55% | 1,771.7 |
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| 11 | Jayden Campbell | 70.97% | 1,769.4 |
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| 12 | Nicho Hynes | 64.13% | 1,665.0 |
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| 13 | Ben Hunt | 65.61% | 1,642.1 |
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| 14 | Ethan Sanders | 51.52% | 1,544.6 |
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| 15 | Hugo Savala | 52.79% | 1,541.0 |
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| 16 | Jock Madden | 52.63% | 1,516.1 |
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| 17 | Jake Clifford | 59.63% | 1,493.7 |
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| 18 | Tyran Wishart | 52.30% | 1,491.1 |
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| 19 | Lachlan Galvin | 53.25% | 1,473.1 |
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| 20 | Jonah Pezet | 45.27% | 1,461.4 |
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| 21 | Jamie Humphreys | 51.80% | 1,461.3 |
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| 22 | Tom Duffy | 38.81% | 1,368.3 |
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| 23 | Brad Schneider | 34.38% | 1,362.2 |
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| 24 | Lachlan Ilias | 39.16% | 1,352.1 |
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| 25 | Sean O'Sullivan | 33.47% | 1,303.8 |
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| 26 | Jack Cogger | 37.16% | 1,297.4 |
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| 27 | Mitchell Woods | 28.34% | 1,256.6 |
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| 28 | Kade Reed | 26.92% | 1,255.6 |
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| 29 | Ronald Volkman | 29.92% | 1,243.1 |
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| 30 | Joey Walsh | 27.67% | 1,209.9 |
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| 31 | Coby Black | 26.78% | 1,200.3 |
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| 32 | Kyle Flanagan | 21.96% | 1,182.3 |
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| 33 | Niwhai Puru | 20.46% | 1,127.0 |
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| 34 | Jonah Glover | 22.01% | 1,094.8 |
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| 35 | Toby Rodwell | 13.99% | 1,075.8 |
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| 36 | Zane Harrison | 15.56% | 1,055.6 |
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| 37 | Onitoni Large | 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.
