Records and Statistics
See also: List of NSWRL/ARL/SL/NRL recordsOfficial NRL statistics encompass all first grade competitions, namely the New South Wales Rugby League, Australian Rugby League, Super League, and the present day NRL.
Souths have won the most titles, 20. St. George have 15, with the Sydney Roosters on 12.
Greatest winning margin in a game is 85 points, when St. George defeated Canterbury 91–6 in 1935. St. George's score of 91 is also the highest team score.
Sydney Roosters won 19 successive games in 1975, and went undefeated for 35 games from 1935–1938. University lost 42 games in a row during 1934–36.
Darren Lockyer holds the record for most games played at 355, with Terry Lamb having played 350 and Steve Menzies at 349.
Leading pointscorer is Hazem El Masri, who scored 2,418 points (159 tries, 891 goals) for Canterbury 1996–2009. Leading tryscorer is Ken Irvine with 212 tries for Norths and Manly.
El Masri also has scored the most points in a season, 342 (16 tries, 139 goals in 2004. Most tries in a season is 38, by Dave Brown for Easts in 1935.
Most points scored in a single game is 45, by Dave Brown for Easts versus Canterbury in 1935. Most tries in a game is by Frank Burge, who scored eight for Glebe vs University in 1920.
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