The quality of fullbacks in the NRL has never been higher.
Right now we are in a special age as fullbacks are routinely worth every cent of their million dollar a year contracts.
Post finals is always a time to look back on the year that was. Each year we present our positional rankings.
Here are the top 10 NRL fullbacks from season 2026:
4. Sualauvi Fa'alogo
I legitimately mean this when I say, in other teams, Sua Fa'alogo could have been crowned fullback of the year, both at the Dally M's and here. He was brilliant.
24 games at fullback for the Storm saw him score 18 tries, lay on 15 try assists, make 23 line-breaks, break an eye watering 133 tackles and run for over 190 metres per game.
He was the undoubted star of the show in Melbourne in 2026 and kicked off his involvement in the World Cup with a lazy four tries, six line-breaks and 253 run metre effort for Samoa ... from the bench.
If the competition was 4 rounds longer, could have been some real upswings for Ponga and Fa’alongo. But very fair assessment overall