The 2025 NRL season was filled wall to wall with outstanding games of rugby league.

From golden point thrillers, to nail-biting comebacks and one of the best finals of our generation, the 2025 season had it all.

Zero Tackle have run the rule over every game of the season to come up with the best of the best. From a long list of 42 games, we have painstakingly narrowed it down to ten.

Here are the best NRL matches of the 2025 season.

6. Round 24, Penrith Panthers 18 defeated by Melbourne Storm 22 at CommBank Stadium, Parramatta

The Panthers and Storm haven't gone a season in the last few years without playing a high quality game, and this one, which went to golden point, was the best of their duo for 2025.

It was eventually decided by the craft of Harry Grant, who snuck over for a try in the extra period, but that only came after 80 excellent minutes between two sides on the path to the finals.

The teams had traded tries through the first 50 minutes of the game, but Melbourne's second was followed quickly by another to Joe Chan which seemed to flip the momentum.

Goal-kicking was poor from Nick Meaney though, so even with a late try to Marion Seve, the four tries to three in regular time wasn't enough for Melbourne.

Penrith went close to winning the game on multiple occasions, but couldn't find a way over the tryline after Scott Sorensen's 61st-minute effort, which, at that point, put them in front.