The people’s Dally M · 2026
2026 NRL leaderboard
The 2026 season leaderboard, shaped by the fans. Explore the full player rankings, relive the season race and meet your team of the year.
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Beyond the final ranking
The season, from every angle
Community-wide results from the 2026 regular season. Each panel uses the metric shown in its heading, independent of the ranking and group filters above.
Standout performances
The largest shares of a match’s available 3–2–1 points. Minimum 10 ballots; the maximum possible share is 50%.
| Player / match | Share | Ballots |
|---|---|---|
| 47.6% | 14 | |
| 46.2% | 35 | |
| 46.2% | 74 | |
| 46.0% | 21 |
When the fans agreed
The strongest first-choice consensus: the percentage of voters who gave a player their three points. Minimum 10 ballots.
| Player / match | First-choice share | Ballots |
|---|---|---|
| 90.9% | 11 | |
| 89.2% | 74 | |
| 88.7% | 62 | |
| 88.4% | 43 |
Most consistent players
Who earned Dally M simulation points in the most different rounds?
| Player | Scoring rounds | Sim pts |
|---|---|---|
  Nathan ClearyPanthers | 15 | 77 |
  Kalyn PongaKnights | 13 | 55 |
  Sualauvi FaalogoStorm | 12 | 47 |
  Nicholas HynesSharks | 11 | 58 |
 Thomas JenkinsPanthers | 11 | 44 |
The strongest finishers
Dally M simulation points collected in the final nine regular-season rounds.
| Player | R19–27 pts | Season pts |
|---|---|---|
| Nicholas HynesSharks | 28 | 58 |
| Nathan ClearyPanthers | 26 | 77 |
| Sualauvi FaalogoStorm | 25 | 47 |
| Kalyn PongaKnights | 22 | 55 |
  Matt BurtonBulldogs | 19 | 39 |
How the season race unfolded
Follow the final top five through all 27 rounds of the Dally M simulation.
- ●Nathan ClearyPanthers77 pts
- ●Nicholas HynesSharks58 pts
- ●Kalyn PongaKnights55 pts
- ●Sualauvi FaalogoStorm47 pts
- ●
Herbie FarnworthDolphins47 pts
Lines track the final top five, not every player who led during the season. A flat line means no simulated points in that round; it does not establish whether a player appeared.
Your starting XIII
Fan team of the year
Selected by regular-season Dally M simulation points, using the site’s player positions.
Swipe across to explore the full formation.
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42 PTS77 PTS47 PTS39 PTS44 PTS55 PTS
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