So another NRL season is done and dusted, and with the usual end result in the Penrith juggernaut claiming the crown, but is there more to learn for next season? Or is there just time to absorb what was another fascinating year of rugby league. Either way, here is our comprehensive 2024 NRL Season Stats by Team.
Our 2024 NRL Season Stats by Team has the key visuals of NRL stats from the 2024 NRL season, along with a bunch of barely interesting points that The Gurgler used to be popular for. Or more popular we should say.
The stats are mainly for the regular season, and there are more interest points for some teams than the others. That’s because some teams are more interesting than others. For good and bad reasons.
So if you like your stats with lots of colour and way too many, settle in for our 2024 NRL Season Stats by Team.
2024 NRL Season Stats by Team
PENRITH
Best team of the modern NRL era, and although four premierships will be hard to top in this modern Salary Cap era, you wouldn’t bet against Penrith from bettering themselves. You could argue they weren’t as good in 2024 as previous seasons, and the NRL Grand Final wasn’t the greatest game, but that means bugger all when you win premierships.
- Penrith never led the competition at the end of any round in 2024.
- Penrith had the best night record this season at 73%. Two of their losses were to Melbourne. In the regular season that is.
- Penrith and Melbourne had the best record v Qld sides this season with W5 L1. The Roosters lost only once as well from five games. North Queensland were the team to feature in all of those teams’ only losses to Qld sides.
- Penrith lost all four games in the regular season to teams outside of Qld and NSW. They won the one that mattered in the finals series.
- Penrith’s W12 L2 or 86% win rate v NSW sides this season was the best effort by any club.
- Penrith scored the fifth lowest total of points at home this season.
- Penrith ran for the most metres in the 2024 regular season, plus did that both home and away.
MELBOURNE
Melbourne are as much of a factory of talent as Penrith. Two differences though. Melbourne’s isn’t local talent, and how could it be, most of Victoria think they play rugby union. And secondly, they don’t win as often. But they did set a decent benchmark, and as ever with players either recycled or ones they’ve developed themselves. They won the minor premiership and were a consistent force all year. Beaten on Grand Final night by a team that just knew how to win. Like Penrith, you know they’ll be back among the top sides again next year. Opposition clubs and Storm assistant coaches beware.
- Using ladder position going into the game rather than end of season ladder position to determine top half/bottom half……Melbourne played more bottom half teams than anyone else – 18 games of their 24 in 2024. Their winning record was at least 15/18.
- Melbourne won the most games after Magic Round with 11 wins from 16 games with two byes. Roosters and North Queensland ended up with the same points though, courtesy of an extra bye.
- Melbourne took the competition lead in only Round 13, but never gave it back. In all, there were five competition leaders this season. North Queensland (Round 1, 3), Canberra (Round 2), Dolphins (Round 4, 5), Cronulla (Round 6-12).
- Melbourne had the best win record on a Saturday this season with 78%. Their two losses from nine Saturday games were against the Sharks and Dragons at home.
- Using 4pm as the final kick off time to qualify for a Day game….Melbourne won all four of their day games in 2024.
- Using ladder position at the time of the game, Melbourne had the best record v bottom half teams this season with 83% win record. They also played the most games v bottom half sides too. Bulldogs were next best with W9 L2.
- Melbourne scored the most points at home this season with 348. Just six in front of the Roosters, and a further three in front of Manly.
- Melbourne made the most Line Breaks in 2024 with 158.
- Melbourne made the fewest tackles this season, followed by Parramatta.
- Melbourne and the Roosters had the most half time leads this season with 17/24.
- Melbourne scored the first try in 16 games this season, which is the best record of any team. The record for wining after scoring the first try was 65.2%.
ROOSTERS
Unsurprisingly like a chicken, the Roosters were hot and cold in 2024. Blitzing teams on their good days and looking quite ordinary on others. Based on that no one ever seemed to really take them seriously for the title, and so it is how it ended up.
- The Roosters and Penrith had the best Friday record this season with 83% or W5 L1. Roosters only Friday loss was to the Bulldogs and Penrith’s was to Melbourne in Round 1. The Roosters loss saw 56 points scored, Penrith’s loss saw only eight points scored.
- Roosters scored the most points in the regular season in 2024. And the most away from home.
- The Roosters conceded the fewest points at home this season.
- Roosters were the only team in 2024 to make more than a thousand Tackle Breaks.
- Roosters were the only team this season not to win when trailing at half time.
- Roosters 30.0 average points on a Saturday was the best record in 2024.
- Roosters gave away the most penalties this season. But did concede the second fewest Ruck Infringements behind the Warriors.
CRONULLA
At least they broke their finals duck, but another season of solid top four including leading the competition for seven straight weeks ended without being a serious title threat. Sadly, Nicho Hynes wore most of the blame and looks worse for it. Perhaps he can leave and we can start disliking the Sharks again.
- Cronulla had a 100% win record on a Sunday this season from seven games.
- Cronulla’s 44-0 win over the Gold Coast was the biggest away win of the season. The Sharks were involved in the second biggest away win of the season when Penrith flogged them at Shark Park by 42-0.
- Cronulla won the most games after trailing at half time with six this season. And they also won three times when the half time score was level.
- Cronulla’s 19 second half wins in 2024 was the best record by four wins.
- Given they had a 100% win record on a Sunday, it is no surprise that Cronulla also average the most points scored on a Sunday this season.
- Cronulla’s 42-0 loss to Penrith in Round 12 was also the worst effort for Total Run Metres in a single match by any team this season. Not surprisingly, it doubled at the worst effort for Post Contact Metres in a game too.
- Cronulla’s 42-0 loss to Penrith in Round 12 was one of two times this season where a team made zero Line Breaks. The other was Gold Coast’s blank in the 44-0 loss to Cronulla.
- Cronulla scored the last try 19 times this season. The competition’s best effort.
NORTH QUEENSLAND
North Queensland were one of the hardest teams to tip this season, winning when it was thought otherwise then losing games most thought plenty winnable. The Cowboys went on a good late run to the season, but fell short in a timid finals loss to the Sharks in the second week of the finals.
- North Queensland were the best post Origin team with their W6 L1 record the best from Cronulla (W5 L2 B1) and Melbourne/Penrith (W6 L2).
- Using ladder position at the time of the game, North Queensland and Penrith had the best record against top half teams in the regular season with 70% or W7 L3. Cronulla were only just behind with W9 L4. Meaning they played three more games v upper half teams than Penrith and North Queensland.
- North Queensland in Round 24 and Melbourne in Round 27 conceded the most Ruck Infringements in a single game with seven.
- Kyle Feldt scored the first try five times this season and holds the 2024 player record for doing so. He has the last try scoring record too with five also.
MANLY
Manly flew under the radar into the top eight and got as far as week two of the finals, which was a decent end result, and not surprising given their mascot is a Sea Eagle.
- Manly had a 0% win record on a Thursday this season from their two games, along with Newcastle, Cronulla and St George Illawarra from two games.
- For the second season in a row, Manly were involved in a draw.
BULLDOGS
Most picked the Bulldogs to improve this season, but very few would have picked them to do so well. One of the best defensive sides in the competition in 2024, their attack improved in the second half of the season, and they looked like a dark horse for the title. A late run of losses killed their top four chances and some momentum. But a decent season given some of the dross of recent seasons.
- Using 4pm as the final kick off time to qualify for a Day game….Bulldogs won 100% of their day games in 2024. All seven of them.
- Bulldogs had the best home record of the regular season with W10 and L2. Those two losses were their last two home games.
- Bulldogs made the fewest Post Contact Metres in 2024, over 2,000 less than Newcastle’s best effort.
- Bulldogs and Penrith won the second most games after trailing this season with five come from behind wins.
- Despite having the third best defensive record in the regular season, the Bulldogs missed the most tackles in 2024.
NEWCASTLE
Snuck into the top eight after winning their final round game v Dolphins but were mostly anonymous throughout 2024.
- Newcastle spent just three rounds inside the top eight in 2024. Importantly one of those three was the final round.
- Newcastle scored the fewest points at home this season with 242 points. It was still good enough for a positive points difference however.
- Newcastle topped the NRL for Post Contact Metres in 2024.
- Newcastle made more tackles than any other side this season.
- Newcastle’s 28-24 Magic Round win over the Gold Coast was the best single match effort by a team for Tackle Breaks.
CANBERRA
It was an up and down ride for the team with the NRL’s most unsackable coach, as they drifted in and out of finals contention, but excited fans with a hat trick of wins to end the season. Were tipped to finish last by more than a few, so 9th place wasn’t a bad end result.
- Canberra made the fewest Line Breaks in 2024 with 94.
- Canberra were one of two sides not to lose a game when leading at half time this season. Canberra’s eight half time leads (and wins) isn’t as impressive as Melbourne’s 19 half time leads.
- Canberra’s 21-20 win over the Gold Coast in Round Six was the best single game effort by any team in 2024 for Total Run Metres.
DOLPHINS
2024 probably should have seen the Dolphins play finals football in just their second season, but they fell one win short in the end. And you could have taken that one win from the myriad of great performances that ended in a loss by a few points. Notably v Penrith and Canberra in Golden Point. Still, they need to fix the second half of the season slide, and will have to do it without Wayne Bennett in 2025, which doesn’t happen often. Or ever.
- Dolphins are the only to team to have been at the top and bottom of the ladder in 2024.
- Dolphins spent just five weeks outside the top eight.
- Dolphins had a 100% record on a Thursday this season with three wins from three. Four other teams had a 100% record on a Thursday from fewer games. North Queensland (2), Bulldogs, Gold Coast, Canberra (1).
- Dolphins made the fewest Tackle Breaks this season with nearly 300 less than the Roosters. Although the Dolphins were only one behind the Bulldogs and two behind Manly.
ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA
A lot of people tipped the Dragons to come last, except Fox League, who spent the year sucking up his arse, after spending years talking him up to get a job. In fairness, the Dragons did do way better than expected and with a roster that not many teams would be jealous of.
- St George Illawarra had the best Tackle Efficiency % in the regular season at 91.65%, just in front of Penrith’s 91.31% and Newcastle’s 91.30%.
- St George Illawarra averaged the most points scored on a Friday this season with 32.0 along with the Roosters.
- St George Illawarra scored the fewest points on average on a Sunday this season.
- St George Illawarra scored the first try on only seven occasions this season. The lowest of any team. They at least shared the last try scoring low point with the Titans on eight.
BRISBANE
Grand Finalists in 2023, outside the eight, busted arse and sacked their coach in 2024. Quite the fall from grace. Some will point to key injuries, the same that happened at every other club, but you could easily point to the Dolphins game in the second last round where victory would have almost secured a finals berth, and they got flogged.
- Brisbane sacking Kevin Walters meant the last three teams to lose a Grand Final to Penrith before this season’s decider all sacked their head coach in 2024.
- Brisbane won the fewest games of the regular season after Magic Round (three). Granted they had one extra bye. They were equal on points as Parramatta, Wests Tigers and the Dolphins for worst performed.
- Using 4pm as the final kick off time to qualify for a Day game….Broncos lost all their day games this season, all five of them.
- The Broncos ran for the lowest total of run metres at home this season. A full 3,000 metres less than Penrith did at home.
- Broncos made the most errors in 2024, followed by the Cowboys. And in a neat twist for the errors, the other two Queensland sides – Gold Coast followed by Dolphins – made the fewest errors in 2024.
- The Broncos conceded the fewest penalties in 2024, just one less than the Dragons.
NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
The ever-popular Wahs didn’t have a very good season, unable to capitalise on their top four heroics from 2023. There was just never enough consistency throughout the season, and the 66-6 loss to the Gold Coast was one of the shock results of the season.
- The Warriors also lost their only Thursday game. It was only their third ever Thursday game. They have yet to win a Thursday game in the NRL.
- The Warriors didn’t concede a penalty in Round 12 when they beat the Dolphins.
GOLD COAST
It’s still hard to believe that the Gold Coast thumped the Warriors 66-6, after going back through the 2024 stats. A decent run from Round 16 saw them threatening to make the top eight, and there appears to be green shoots under Des Hasler. But it’s still the Gold Coast, where sporting mediocrity thrives.
- Gold Coast and South Sydney were the only two teams not to end a round inside the top eight this season.
- Gold Coast had the worst Saturday record this season with 25% or W3 L9. Their 66-6 win over the Warriors broke a run of 13 straight losses on a Saturday.
- Using 5pm onwards to qualify for a Night game….Gold Coast had the worst night record in 2024 at 11% or W1 L8. A bit of a surprise that a Gold Coast team can handle things at night.
- Gold Coast had the worst record v NSW sides this season with a win rate of 14%.
- Gold Coast had the worst home record this season with W4 L8.
- Gold Coast’s 66-6 win v New Zealand was the biggest home win of the season. The best four home wins all saw the home side concede six points exactly.
- Gold Coast’s 10.0 points per game on a Friday this season was the worst effort.
PARRAMATTA
Saved from last place with a thumping win in the last round spoon bowl, and to be fair Parramatta probably didn’t deserve to come last. Although, it took them until late in the season to win an away game. After they sacked their coach. But it’s now 10th and 15th since losing the 2022 Grand Final.
- Parramatta lost their first 10 away games this season, but did relinquish their worst away record to the Wests Tigers by the end of the season.
- Using ladder position at the time of the game, Parramatta won more games against top half opposition than bottom half (4 v 3).
- Parramatta’s 327 offloads in 2024 was the best effort by over 50 to the next best. Fellow Spoon Bowl contender Wests Tigers were in the top four for offloads too.
- Parramatta’s 89.33% was the worst effort for Tackle Efficiency this season.
- Parramatta lost the most half time leads this season with seven half time leads turning into losses. Broncos were next worst with five.
SOUTH SYDNEY
It’s almost easy to forget that South Sydney ended up second last and based on large parts of their season they deserved it. The sacked coach worked for a while, but having and not having Latrell Mitchell caused problems. Probably still better off with Latrell playing. But there’s some sad stats here. If Wayne Bennett can’t save them next year then no one can. Or will.
- South Sydney had the worst post Origin form with W1 L7 from the Gold Coast and Dolphins W2 L6.
- South Sydney had the worst Sunday record this season with no wins from their two games. Just like in 2023.
- Using ladder position at the time of the game, South Sydney had the worst record v top half teams this season with a win record of 18%.
WESTS TIGERS
Another wooden spoon for the Tigers, but you could argue they were better than previous splinter filled seasons. Their 2024 season was also filled with Sin Bins as the Tigers were unproportionally punished through the year. The last round Spoon Bowl sealed the deal, but it also a great idea for the NRL going forward. All good things and improvement aside, no improvement next season can’t save the nicest man in rugby league as head coach.
- Wests Tigers biggest win and loss came against the same side in 2024. Which was the same as 2023 against the Cowboys.
- Using ladder position at time of game, Wests Tigers win % v top half teams (W4 L10) was better than their record v bottom half sides (W2 L8).
- Wests Tigers spent the most weeks on the bottom of the ladder, and ended the season there. Their last round Spoon Bowl opponents spent one week in 17th place. Six teams spent at least one end of round on the bottom of the pile, Dolphins (Round 1), Bulldogs (Round 2), South Sydney (9 in total from Round 3 to Round 13), Gold Coast (Round 4, 7 , 15) also spent some time at the end of the line.
- Wests Tigers had a 0% win record on a Friday this season from five games. The Tigers also had a 0% win record from five games last season. Their losing run on a Friday is 10 games. And counting.
- Wests Tigers 48-24 win over Canberra in Round 16 was quite the surprise. It broke a run of 10 straight losses for the Tigers at Campbelltown. They won their next game there too for good measure.
- Wests Tigers had the worst record v Qld sides this season with W1 L5.
- Wests Tigers had the most home game grounds this season with four, although one was Magic Round.
- Wests Tigers had the worst away record this season with W1 L11.
- Using ladder position at the time of the game, Wests Tigers played the most games v top half opposition in 2024 with 14 games.
- Wests Tigers scored the fewest points and conceded the most in 2024. They did so away from home too.
- Wests Tigers ran for the fewest total run metres this season, over 6,500 metres less than Penrith.
- Wests Tigers had the fewest half time leads this season with 5/24. And despite winning seven second halves this season, it was also the worst second half record too.
- Wests Tigers scored the fewest average points on a Saturday this season with 17.8. Cronulla and Canberra were the only other teams with a Saturday average less than 20.
- Wests Tigers conceded 13 penalties in Round 2 this season, which was a single game record in 2024.
