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.
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 | Apisai Koroisau | 88.29% | 1,976.5 |
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| 2 | Harry Grant | 91.69% | 1,966.9 |
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| 3 | Blayke Brailey | 83.42% | 1,935.7 |
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| 4 | Reece Robson | 79.70% | 1,786.8 |
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| 5 | Wayde Egan | 78.51% | 1,783.9 |
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| 6 | Reed Mahoney | 70.77% | 1,777.9 |
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| 7 | Jeremy Marshall-King | 72.91% | 1,763.5 |
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| 8 | Damien Cook | 71.13% | 1,750.2 |
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| 9 | Tom Starling | 66.52% | 1,711.6 |
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| 10 | Connor Watson | 72.65% | 1,707.3 |
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| 11 | Phoenix Crossland | 64.89% | 1,699.8 |
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| 12 | Mitch Kenny | 77.44% | 1,678.0 |
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| 13 | Brandon Smith | 60.07% | 1,584.5 |
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| 14 | Billy Walters | 61.46% | 1,532.2 |
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| 15 | Cory Paix | 55.81% | 1,527.5 |
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| 16 | Jacob Liddle | 59.26% | 1,519.4 |
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| 17 | Freddy Lussick | 43.67% | 1,514.1 |
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| 18 | Ryley Smith | 48.01% | 1,484.7 |
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| 19 | Jake Simpkin | 44.01% | 1,482.0 |
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| 20 | Peter Mamouzelos | 44.08% | 1,476.6 |
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| 21 | Sam Verrills | 51.05% | 1,459.4 |
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| 22 | Bronson Garlick | 39.57% | 1,456.2 |
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| 23 | Tallyn Da Silva | 47.45% | 1,451.6 |
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| 24 | Soni Luke | 45.72% | 1,451.2 |
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| 25 | Jayden Brailey | 52.57% | 1,444.1 |
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| 26 | Bailey Hayward | 42.98% | 1,407.6 |
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| 27 | Oliver Pascoe | 25.57% | 1,402.8 |
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| 28 | Blake Mozer | 34.64% | 1,389.3 |
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| 29 | Samuel Healey | 42.97% | 1,378.6 |
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| 30 | Owen Pattie | 43.55% | 1,365.8 |
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| 31 | Zach Dockar-Clay | 30.27% | 1,319.4 |
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| 32 | Luke Sommerton | 27.20% | 1,315.0 |
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| 33 | Jayden Berrell | 20.81% | 1,267.8 |
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| 34 | Tristan Hope | 21.73% | 1,263.5 |
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| 35 | Billy Scott | 18.64% | 1,201.8 |
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| 36 | Jake Turpin | 28.74% | 1,195.9 |
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| 37 | Matt Arthur | 18.47% | 1,176.8 |
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| 38 | Benaiah Ioelu | 33.48% | 1,161.9 |
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| 39 | Patrick Young | 13.28% | 1,123.1 |
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| 40 | Zaidas Muagututia | 10.35% | 1,050.4 |
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May 2026 Ratings
May 2026 Rankings
| Player | Win % | Rating | ||
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| 1 | Apisai Koroisau | 87.34% | 1,970.2 | 🔼 2 |
| 2 | Harry Grant | 90.00% | 1,959.5 | 🔽 1 |
| 3 | Blayke Brailey | 82.72% | 1,931.2 | 🔽 1 |
| 4 | Reece Robson | 83.44% | 1,785.4 | 🔼 3 |
| 5 | Wayde Egan | 80.40% | 1,782.5 | 🔼 3 |
| 6 | Reed Mahoney | 75.39% | 1,777.9 | 🔼 6 |
| 7 | Jeremy Marshall-King | 74.78% | 1,762.7 | 🔽 1 |
| 8 | Damien Cook | 73.66% | 1,750.6 | 🔼 5 |
| 9 | Tom Starling | 66.37% | 1,711.6 | 🔼 1 |
| 10 | Connor Watson | 75.33% | 1,707.2 | 🔽 5 |
| 11 | Phoenix Crossland | 67.12% | 1,700.0 | 🔼 3 |
| 12 | Mitch Kenny | 77.70% | 1,677.5 | 🔽 8 |
| 13 | Brandon Smith | 59.87% | 1,586.0 | 🔽 4 |
| 14 | Billy Walters | 63.70% | 1,534.0 | 🔽 3 |
| 15 | Cory Paix | 55.46% | 1,529.2 | 🔼 2 |
| 16 | Jacob Liddle | 58.09% | 1,521.3 | 🔽 1 |
| 17 | Freddy Lussick | 46.31% | 1,516.1 | 🔼 8 |
| 18 | Ryley Smith | 47.42% | 1,486.5 | 🔼 6 |
| 19 | Jake Simpkin | 43.94% | 1,484.1 | 🔼 11 |
| 20 | Peter Mamouzelos | 43.28% | 1,478.3 | 🔽 2 |
| 21 | Sam Verrills | 46.50% | 1,461.6 | 🔽 2 |
| 22 | Bronson Garlick | 40.44% | 1,458.6 | — |
| 23 | Tallyn Da Silva | 45.29% | 1,453.4 | 🔽 7 |
| 24 | Soni Luke | 44.70% | 1,453.3 | 🔽 3 |
| 25 | Jayden Brailey | 52.90% | 1,446.7 | 🔽 5 |
| 26 | Bailey Hayward | 39.91% | 1,409.7 | — |
| 27 | Oliver Pascoe | 28.60% | 1,405.4 | 🔼 6 |
| 28 | Blake Mozer | 30.86% | 1,391.6 | 🔽 1 |
| 29 | Samuel Healey | 42.92% | 1,381.3 | 🔽 6 |
| 30 | Owen Pattie | 43.50% | 1,367.9 | 🔽 2 |
| 31 | Zach Dockar-Clay | 28.41% | 1,322.1 | 🔼 1 |
| 32 | Luke Sommerton | 23.79% | 1,318.6 | 🔽 1 |
| 33 | Jayden Berrell | 21.14% | 1,271.0 | 🔼 4 |
| 34 | Tristan Hope | 22.72% | 1,267.0 | — |
| 35 | Billy Scott | 20.09% | 1,205.5 | 🔼 3 |
| 36 | Jake Turpin | 29.95% | 1,199.1 | 🔽 1 |
| 37 | Matt Arthur | 18.96% | 1,180.5 | 🔽 1 |
| 38 | Benaiah Ioelu | 30.21% | 1,165.1 | 🔽 9 |
| 39 | Patrick Young | 13.59% | 1,129.3 | — |
| 40 | Zaidas Muagututia | 9.91% | 1,058.2 | — |
April 2026 Ratings
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.
