Halfback is the most important position in the NRL. I don't think anyone can dispute that statement.
We saw how drastically the Sharks' performances improved with the arrival of a class halfback. Meanwhile, those sides struggling to find a star number seven very rarely play finals footy.
Luckily for fans, there seems to be a plethora of talented number sevens in the game right now. Ranking them was very, very difficult and I'm sure will be met with nothing but positivity in the comments.
As with other lists, this is based purely on 2022. It's not necessarily the best players in this position overall.
To qualify a player must have played halfback more often than not. There will be one technical exception as we saw with the five-eights.
2. Ben Hunt
If they had awarded Ben Hunt the Dally M medal a few weeks back, no one could have really argued. He was the difference between the Dragons almost playing Finals vs finishing 15th.
No player in the competition was forced into playing a lone hand more often than the Dragons captain. He deserved more than two teammates to see him awarded the Dragons Player of the year.
Keeping in mind he played in an often very ordinary Dragons outfit his 2022 stats are eye watering.
Six tries, 17 try assists, 17 line break assists, 13 forced drop outs, 425 metres kicked per game, 87 metres run per game and what seemed like 50 try saving tackles. Bravo!
