NRL Player Ratings - Hooker
See how fans rate the best current NRL hookers, based on live votes from our NRL Player Rater. These real-time rankings highlight the top hookers 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
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 | Harry Grant | 84.87% | 2,081.3 |
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| 2 | Blayke Brailey | 63.81% | 2,013.2 |
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| 3 | Apisai Koroisau | 62.55% | 1,914.5 |
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| 4 | Wayde Egan | 64.19% | 1,855.5 |
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| 5 | Reece Robson | 66.12% | 1,779.3 |
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| 6 | Jeremy Marshall-King | 65.32% | 1,732.5 |
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| 7 | Damien Cook | 63.84% | 1,684.9 |
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| 8 | Phoenix Crossland | 61.11% | 1,682.1 |
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| 9 | Reed Mahoney | 64.84% | 1,670.7 |
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| 10 | Connor Watson | 64.38% | 1,655.8 |
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| 11 | Brandon Smith | 58.40% | 1,644.3 |
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| 12 | Mitch Kenny | 66.65% | 1,643.3 |
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| 13 | Tom Starling | 63.27% | 1,642.7 |
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| 14 | Billy Walters | 60.52% | 1,561.7 |
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| 15 | Freddy Lussick | 52.98% | 1,557.9 |
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| 16 | Tallyn Da Silva | 51.84% | 1,556.8 |
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| 17 | Jayden Brailey | 54.79% | 1,545.7 |
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| 18 | Owen Pattie | 49.53% | 1,533.8 |
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| 19 | Soni Luke | 51.20% | 1,508.9 |
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| 20 | Cory Paix | 55.79% | 1,486.6 |
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| 21 | Samuel Healey | 51.00% | 1,472.9 |
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| 22 | Jacob Liddle | 58.71% | 1,451.5 |
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| 23 | Ryley Smith | 46.76% | 1,422.7 |
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| 24 | Bailey Hayward | 45.85% | 1,417.2 |
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| 25 | Oliver Pascoe | 40.63% | 1,415.7 |
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| 26 | Sam Verrills | 50.78% | 1,395.2 |
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| 27 | Jake Simpkin | 45.34% | 1,372.0 |
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| 28 | Blake Mozer | 37.97% | 1,344.7 |
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| 29 | Benaiah Ioelu | 36.80% | 1,327.0 |
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| 30 | Jake Turpin | 33.35% | 1,298.4 |
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| 31 | Bronson Garlick | 40.46% | 1,295.2 |
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| 32 | Luke Sommerton | 28.77% | 1,274.0 |
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| 33 | Peter Mamouzelos | 43.59% | 1,273.4 |
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| 34 | Billy Scott | 28.24% | 1,270.5 |
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| 35 | Zach Dockar-Clay | 33.96% | 1,264.1 |
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| 36 | Zaidas Muagututia | 17.45% | 1,239.9 |
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| 37 | Matt Arthur | 23.15% | 1,221.4 |
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| 38 | Jayden Berrell | 29.51% | 1,181.9 |
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| 39 | Patrick Young | 18.37% | 1,155.1 |
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| 40 | Tristan Hope | 23.90% | 1,099.9 |
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August
August 2026 Rankings
| Player | Win % | Rating | ||
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| 1 | Harry Grant | 79.89% | 2,039.9 | — |
| 2 | Blayke Brailey | 69.35% | 1,977.8 | 🔼 1 |
| 3 | Apisai Koroisau | 64.14% | 1,896.3 | 🔼 1 |
| 4 | Wayde Egan | 65.45% | 1,829.8 | 🔽 2 |
| 5 | Reece Robson | 58.51% | 1,746.1 | 🔼 5 |
| 6 | Jeremy Marshall-King | 60.70% | 1,717.0 | — |
| 7 | Damien Cook | 55.79% | 1,666.8 | 🔼 10 |
| 8 | Phoenix Crossland | 52.56% | 1,666.4 | 🔼 4 |
| 9 | Reed Mahoney | 56.28% | 1,654.3 | 🔽 2 |
| 10 | Connor Watson | 53.42% | 1,643.2 | 🔼 3 |
| 11 | Brandon Smith | 52.86% | 1,631.0 | 🔼 3 |
| 12 | Tom Starling | 53.68% | 1,630.6 | 🔽 1 |
| 13 | Mitch Kenny | 58.65% | 1,629.8 | 🔽 8 |
| 14 | Billy Walters | 58.16% | 1,563.2 | 🔽 6 |
| 15 | Freddy Lussick | 56.36% | 1,559.8 | — |
| 16 | Tallyn Da Silva | 58.97% | 1,558.6 | 🔼 2 |
| 17 | Jayden Brailey | 56.22% | 1,555.2 | 🔽 1 |
| 18 | Owen Pattie | 53.88% | 1,536.7 | 🔽 9 |
| 19 | Soni Luke | 51.52% | 1,505.6 | — |
| 20 | Cory Paix | 62.88% | 1,501.5 | 🔼 2 |
| 21 | Samuel Healey | 57.02% | 1,479.8 | 🔼 3 |
| 22 | Jacob Liddle | 55.65% | 1,454.1 | 🔼 3 |
| 23 | Oliver Pascoe | 55.70% | 1,434.5 | 🔽 3 |
| 24 | Ryley Smith | 42.15% | 1,431.1 | 🔼 4 |
| 25 | Bailey Hayward | 56.52% | 1,430.3 | 🔽 4 |
| 26 | Sam Verrills | 51.10% | 1,406.7 | — |
| 27 | Jake Simpkin | 44.25% | 1,377.0 | 🔽 4 |
| 28 | Blake Mozer | 38.67% | 1,358.2 | 🔼 1 |
| 29 | Benaiah Ioelu | 36.28% | 1,345.0 | 🔼 5 |
| 30 | Jake Turpin | 37.89% | 1,308.5 | 🔼 6 |
| 31 | Bronson Garlick | 39.04% | 1,308.3 | 🔼 4 |
| 32 | Luke Sommerton | 29.22% | 1,293.4 | 🔽 2 |
| 33 | Peter Mamouzelos | 37.28% | 1,292.0 | 🔽 6 |
| 34 | Billy Scott | 32.46% | 1,288.7 | 🔽 3 |
| 35 | Zach Dockar-Clay | 32.13% | 1,280.1 | 🔽 2 |
| 36 | Zaidas Muagututia | 22.38% | 1,259.3 | 🔼 4 |
| 37 | Matt Arthur | 28.17% | 1,241.3 | 🔼 2 |
| 38 | Jayden Berrell | 31.84% | 1,200.0 | 🔽 6 |
| 39 | Patrick Young | 18.91% | 1,176.7 | 🔽 1 |
| 40 | Tristan Hope | 19.34% | 1,125.5 | 🔽 3 |
July
July 2026 Rankings
| Player | Win % | Rating | ||
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| 1 | Harry Grant | 87.87% | 2,200.8 | — |
| 2 | Wayde Egan | 69.87% | 1,843.8 | 🔼 2 |
| 3 | Blayke Brailey | 65.88% | 1,799.5 | — |
| 4 | Apisai Koroisau | 62.02% | 1,793.1 | 🔽 2 |
| 5 | Mitch Kenny | 64.49% | 1,783.2 | 🔼 4 |
| 6 | Jeremy Marshall-King | 67.92% | 1,745.1 | 🔼 1 |
| 7 | Reed Mahoney | 62.37% | 1,743.0 | 🔼 1 |
| 8 | Billy Walters | 55.61% | 1,733.3 | 🔼 2 |
| 9 | Owen Pattie | 52.18% | 1,686.9 | 🔼 16 |
| 10 | Reece Robson | 69.06% | 1,658.5 | 🔽 4 |
| 11 | Tom Starling | 59.02% | 1,643.9 | 🔼 1 |
| 12 | Phoenix Crossland | 56.84% | 1,638.7 | 🔼 2 |
| 13 | Connor Watson | 61.19% | 1,635.3 | 🔽 8 |
| 14 | Brandon Smith | 54.06% | 1,618.1 | 🔽 3 |
| 15 | Freddy Lussick | 53.00% | 1,599.9 | — |
| 16 | Jayden Brailey | 52.94% | 1,581.8 | 🔼 3 |
| 17 | Damien Cook | 56.36% | 1,557.5 | 🔽 4 |
| 18 | Tallyn Da Silva | 52.33% | 1,526.4 | 🔼 4 |
| 19 | Soni Luke | 52.49% | 1,513.0 | 🔼 2 |
| 20 | Oliver Pascoe | 48.00% | 1,505.9 | 🔼 14 |
| 21 | Bailey Hayward | 50.12% | 1,462.7 | 🔼 5 |
| 22 | Cory Paix | 52.18% | 1,448.5 | 🔽 4 |
| 23 | Jake Simpkin | 46.47% | 1,427.9 | 🔼 1 |
| 24 | Samuel Healey | 52.22% | 1,423.5 | 🔽 4 |
| 25 | Jacob Liddle | 55.37% | 1,414.0 | 🔽 9 |
| 26 | Sam Verrills | 51.70% | 1,411.0 | 🔽 9 |
| 27 | Peter Mamouzelos | 43.13% | 1,396.8 | 🔽 4 |
| 28 | Ryley Smith | 45.42% | 1,382.8 | 🔼 1 |
| 29 | Blake Mozer | 39.93% | 1,365.5 | 🔼 2 |
| 30 | Luke Sommerton | 31.51% | 1,327.6 | 🔼 2 |
| 31 | Billy Scott | 31.86% | 1,303.6 | 🔼 5 |
| 32 | Jayden Berrell | 36.89% | 1,277.3 | 🔼 3 |
| 33 | Zach Dockar-Clay | 38.69% | 1,267.5 | 🔽 3 |
| 34 | Benaiah Ioelu | 41.13% | 1,264.0 | 🔽 7 |
| 35 | Bronson Garlick | 40.50% | 1,243.4 | 🔽 7 |
| 36 | Jake Turpin | 36.12% | 1,215.7 | 🔼 1 |
| 37 | Tristan Hope | 24.34% | 1,175.5 | 🔽 4 |
| 38 | Patrick Young | 21.74% | 1,156.3 | 🔼 2 |
| 39 | Matt Arthur | 25.39% | 1,143.0 | — |
| 40 | Zaidas Muagututia | 20.05% | 1,085.9 | 🔽 2 |
June
June 2026 Rankings
| Player | Win % | Rating | ||
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| 1 | Harry Grant | 80.78% | 2,326.1 | 🔼 1 |
| 2 | Apisai Koroisau | 49.40% | 1,971.4 | 🔽 1 |
| 3 | Blayke Brailey | 51.61% | 1,918.4 | — |
| 4 | Wayde Egan | 46.20% | 1,785.3 | 🔼 2 |
| 5 | Connor Watson | 61.74% | 1,738.7 | 🔼 7 |
| 6 | Reece Robson | 50.77% | 1,699.5 | 🔼 1 |
| 7 | Jeremy Marshall-King | 55.49% | 1,695.2 | 🔽 3 |
| 8 | Reed Mahoney | 63.23% | 1,687.5 | 🔽 3 |
| 9 | Mitch Kenny | 59.01% | 1,673.8 | 🔼 1 |
| 10 | Billy Walters | 65.81% | 1,656.9 | 🔼 9 |
| 11 | Brandon Smith | 63.11% | 1,642.0 | 🔼 4 |
| 12 | Tom Starling | 66.88% | 1,629.8 | 🔽 3 |
| 13 | Damien Cook | 66.12% | 1,627.6 | 🔽 5 |
| 14 | Phoenix Crossland | 64.08% | 1,593.0 | 🔽 3 |
| 15 | Freddy Lussick | 63.59% | 1,529.1 | 🔼 12 |
| 16 | Jacob Liddle | 62.85% | 1,523.4 | 🔼 5 |
| 17 | Sam Verrills | 49.40% | 1,504.5 | 🔼 9 |
| 18 | Cory Paix | 57.52% | 1,498.3 | 🔽 2 |
| 19 | Jayden Brailey | 59.33% | 1,463.7 | 🔼 9 |
| 20 | Samuel Healey | 57.43% | 1,454.6 | 🔼 9 |
| 21 | Soni Luke | 55.82% | 1,431.5 | 🔽 7 |
| 22 | Tallyn Da Silva | 54.39% | 1,419.0 | — |
| 23 | Peter Mamouzelos | 45.23% | 1,405.5 | 🔽 10 |
| 24 | Jake Simpkin | 46.05% | 1,398.9 | 🔽 6 |
| 25 | Owen Pattie | 52.53% | 1,395.6 | 🔼 7 |
| 26 | Bailey Hayward | 41.18% | 1,393.4 | 🔽 2 |
| 27 | Benaiah Ioelu | 35.25% | 1,383.3 | 🔼 3 |
| 28 | Bronson Garlick | 41.99% | 1,366.7 | 🔽 3 |
| 29 | Ryley Smith | 48.19% | 1,354.8 | 🔽 12 |
| 30 | Zach Dockar-Clay | 33.65% | 1,334.6 | 🔼 4 |
| 31 | Blake Mozer | 39.33% | 1,325.0 | 🔽 11 |
| 32 | Luke Sommerton | 27.40% | 1,318.1 | 🔽 1 |
| 33 | Tristan Hope | 26.94% | 1,302.9 | — |
| 34 | Oliver Pascoe | 45.14% | 1,296.2 | 🔽 11 |
| 35 | Jayden Berrell | 31.07% | 1,292.8 | 🔼 1 |
| 36 | Billy Scott | 34.09% | 1,253.6 | 🔽 1 |
| 37 | Jake Turpin | 34.28% | 1,225.0 | — |
| 38 | Zaidas Muagututia | 21.72% | 1,201.6 | 🔼 2 |
| 39 | Matt Arthur | 24.56% | 1,162.7 | 🔽 1 |
| 40 | Patrick Young | 20.25% | 1,123.8 | 🔽 1 |
May
May 2026 Rankings
| Player | Win % | Rating | ||
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| 1 | Apisai Koroisau | 86.48% | 2,069.2 | 🔼 2 |
| 2 | Harry Grant | 88.32% | 1,925.9 | 🔽 1 |
| 3 | Blayke Brailey | 79.92% | 1,865.8 | 🔽 1 |
| 4 | Jeremy Marshall-King | 74.83% | 1,767.2 | 🔼 2 |
| 5 | Reed Mahoney | 75.28% | 1,764.5 | 🔼 7 |
| 6 | Wayde Egan | 80.13% | 1,748.7 | 🔼 2 |
| 7 | Reece Robson | 82.93% | 1,729.7 | — |
| 8 | Damien Cook | 73.45% | 1,724.3 | 🔼 5 |
| 9 | Tom Starling | 66.23% | 1,683.3 | 🔼 1 |
| 10 | Mitch Kenny | 77.63% | 1,668.6 | 🔽 6 |
| 11 | Phoenix Crossland | 66.74% | 1,648.6 | 🔼 3 |
| 12 | Connor Watson | 74.62% | 1,622.2 | 🔽 7 |
| 13 | Peter Mamouzelos | 43.65% | 1,568.4 | 🔼 5 |
| 14 | Soni Luke | 45.33% | 1,553.2 | 🔼 7 |
| 15 | Brandon Smith | 59.74% | 1,551.4 | 🔽 6 |
| 16 | Cory Paix | 55.73% | 1,544.1 | 🔼 1 |
| 17 | Ryley Smith | 47.33% | 1,495.6 | 🔼 7 |
| 18 | Jake Simpkin | 43.92% | 1,490.2 | 🔼 12 |
| 19 | Billy Walters | 63.30% | 1,483.3 | 🔽 8 |
| 20 | Blake Mozer | 31.43% | 1,467.3 | 🔼 7 |
| 21 | Jacob Liddle | 57.77% | 1,457.6 | 🔽 6 |
| 22 | Tallyn Da Silva | 45.43% | 1,452.4 | 🔽 6 |
| 23 | Oliver Pascoe | 29.02% | 1,446.6 | 🔼 10 |
| 24 | Bailey Hayward | 39.96% | 1,433.3 | 🔼 2 |
| 25 | Bronson Garlick | 40.40% | 1,431.9 | 🔽 3 |
| 26 | Sam Verrills | 46.43% | 1,418.4 | 🔽 7 |
| 27 | Freddy Lussick | 45.70% | 1,415.0 | 🔽 2 |
| 28 | Jayden Brailey | 52.63% | 1,375.3 | 🔽 8 |
| 29 | Samuel Healey | 42.95% | 1,370.5 | 🔽 6 |
| 30 | Benaiah Ioelu | 31.63% | 1,332.6 | 🔽 1 |
| 31 | Luke Sommerton | 23.97% | 1,330.9 | — |
| 32 | Owen Pattie | 43.33% | 1,320.9 | 🔽 4 |
| 33 | Tristan Hope | 23.35% | 1,320.4 | 🔼 1 |
| 34 | Zach Dockar-Clay | 28.44% | 1,318.0 | 🔽 2 |
| 35 | Billy Scott | 20.45% | 1,244.3 | 🔼 3 |
| 36 | Jayden Berrell | 20.99% | 1,237.3 | 🔼 1 |
| 37 | Jake Turpin | 30.27% | 1,235.8 | 🔽 2 |
| 38 | Matt Arthur | 19.46% | 1,233.3 | 🔽 2 |
| 39 | Patrick Young | 14.19% | 1,187.9 | — |
| 40 | Zaidas Muagututia | 10.05% | 1,064.4 | — |
April
April 2026 Rankings
| Player | Win % | Rating | ||
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| 1 | Harry Grant | 93.35% | 2,036.1 |
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| 2 | Blayke Brailey | 84.11% | 1,980.1 |
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| 3 | Apisai Koroisau | 89.21% | 1,946.3 |
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| 4 | Mitch Kenny | 77.20% | 1,812.5 |
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| 5 | Connor Watson | 70.16% | 1,796.4 |
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| 6 | Jeremy Marshall-King | 71.13% | 1,771.4 |
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| 7 | Reece Robson | 76.15% | 1,770.3 |
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| 8 | Wayde Egan | 76.69% | 1,767.9 |
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| 9 | Brandon Smith | 60.26% | 1,655.9 |
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| 10 | Tom Starling | 66.67% | 1,654.3 |
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| 11 | Billy Walters | 59.38% | 1,649.9 |
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| 12 | Reed Mahoney | 66.31% | 1,639.6 |
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| 13 | Damien Cook | 68.72% | 1,625.5 |
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| 14 | Phoenix Crossland | 62.82% | 1,596.8 |
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| 15 | Jacob Liddle | 60.38% | 1,592.4 |
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| 16 | Tallyn Da Silva | 49.47% | 1,556.9 |
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| 17 | Cory Paix | 56.14% | 1,543.5 |
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| 18 | Peter Mamouzelos | 44.87% | 1,507.3 |
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| 19 | Sam Verrills | 55.39% | 1,503.4 |
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| 20 | Jayden Brailey | 52.26% | 1,501.0 |
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| 21 | Soni Luke | 46.71% | 1,487.2 |
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| 22 | Bronson Garlick | 38.72% | 1,451.8 |
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| 23 | Samuel Healey | 43.01% | 1,435.1 |
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| 24 | Ryley Smith | 48.58% | 1,421.4 |
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| 25 | Freddy Lussick | 41.15% | 1,405.9 |
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| 26 | Bailey Hayward | 46.02% | 1,401.3 |
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| 27 | Blake Mozer | 38.36% | 1,394.1 |
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| 28 | Owen Pattie | 43.60% | 1,389.9 |
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| 29 | Benaiah Ioelu | 36.64% | 1,386.5 |
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| 30 | Jake Simpkin | 44.09% | 1,384.2 |
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| 31 | Luke Sommerton | 30.46% | 1,299.7 |
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| 32 | Zach Dockar-Clay | 32.03% | 1,256.6 |
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| 33 | Oliver Pascoe | 22.57% | 1,246.2 |
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| 34 | Tristan Hope | 20.75% | 1,230.4 |
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| 35 | Jake Turpin | 27.59% | 1,204.5 |
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| 36 | Matt Arthur | 17.98% | 1,200.4 |
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| 37 | Jayden Berrell | 20.49% | 1,187.2 |
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| 38 | Billy Scott | 17.23% | 1,160.9 |
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| 39 | Patrick Young | 12.98% | 1,087.0 |
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| 40 | Zaidas Muagututia | 10.79% | 1,017.9 |
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How The NRL Hooker Ratings Work
The NRL Player Ratings for hookers 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 hookers, 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 hooker, rather than mixing players across different roles. So if you're looking for the best hooker, 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 hookers.
If you're searching for the best NRL hooker, 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.
