Competition Vault Profile
National Rugby League
Historical competition records, participants, seasons, teams, venues and all-time statistical leaders.
- Country
- Australia
- First year
- 1908
- Last year
- 2026
- Seasons
- 120
Competition coaching records
Coaches
Top 100 ordered by games from the all-time competition record table.| Pos | Coach | Games | Tries | Goals | Points | Wins | Draws | Losses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Arthur Halloway | 229 | 927 | 738 | 4,271 | 150 | 13 | 57 |
| 2 | B Bill Kelly | 197 | 522 | 435 | 2,444 | 79 | 13 | 96 |
| 3 | C Chris McKivat | 175 | 553 | 431 | 2,529 | 94 | 5 | 67 |
| 4 | C Charlie Lynch | 169 | 590 | 480 | 2,734 | 107 | 6 | 52 |
| 5 | F Frank Burge | 168 | 442 | 435 | 2,202 | 88 | 7 | 63 |
| 6 | A Albert Johnston | 140 | 369 | 319 | 1,745 | 60 | 2 | 66 |
| 7 | A Allan Fitzgibbon | 122 | 346 | 382 | 2,098 | 56 | 2 | 64 |
| 8 | W Wayne Bennett | 113 | 422 | 309 | 2,341 | 64 | 1 | 47 |
| 9 | E Ed Courtney | 107 | 275 | 225 | 1,277 | 36 | 2 | 64 |
| 10 | B Bob Fulton | 105 | 421 | 349 | 2,300 | 72 | 4 | 29 |
| 11 | W Warren Ryan | 102 | 303 | 311 | 1,772 | 63 | 3 | 36 |
| 12 | R Ron Willey | 101 | 288 | 309 | 1,721 | 59 | 2 | 40 |
| 13 | J Jim Craig | 99 | 329 | 306 | 1,605 | 59 | 7 | 29 |
| 14 | P Phil Gould | 97 | 305 | 292 | 1,814 | 61 | 4 | 32 |
| 15 | F Frank Stanton | 97 | 254 | 269 | 1,482 | 41 | 4 | 52 |
| 16 | C Charlie Russell | 87 | 232 | 233 | 1,174 | 48 | 6 | 33 |
| 17 | T Ted Glossop | 77 | 233 | 236 | 1,334 | 40 | 3 | 34 |
| 18 | R Robert Graves | 76 | 153 | 133 | 735 | 33 | 2 | 41 |
| 19 | T Tim Sheens | 75 | 303 | 276 | 1,780 | 51 | 1 | 23 |
| 20 | T Terry Fearnley | 75 | 218 | 213 | 1,222 | 34 | 1 | 40 |
| 21 | C Charles Fraser | 70 | 182 | 171 | 888 | 37 | 5 | 22 |
| 22 | B Bob Williams | 70 | 103 | 116 | 541 | 9 | 2 | 55 |
| 23 | G George Piggins | 68 | 187 | 192 | 1,143 | 32 | 3 | 33 |
| 24 | A Arthur Hennessy | 67 | 262 | 167 | 1,136 | 48 | 4 | 15 |
| 25 | F Frank McMillan | 67 | 240 | 184 | 1,088 | 40 | 1 | 22 |
| 26 | A Allan McMahon | 67 | 148 | 149 | 899 | 29 | 3 | 35 |
| 27 | H Herb Gilbert | 67 | 125 | 123 | 621 | 17 | 3 | 39 |
| 28 | B Bob McCarthy | 66 | 110 | 123 | 694 | 15 | 3 | 48 |
| 29 | A Alf Fraser | 63 | 144 | 139 | 710 | 21 | 3 | 33 |
| 30 | D Dally Messenger | 59 | 179 | 202 | 969 | 46 | 4 | 9 |
| 31 | J Jack Gibson | 59 | 256 | 247 | 1,388 | 44 | 0 | 15 |
| 32 | H Howard Hallett | 59 | 200 | 144 | 888 | 41 | 1 | 11 |
| 33 | R Roy Masters | 55 | 190 | 182 | 1,044 | 27 | 3 | 25 |
| 34 | J John Peard | 52 | 151 | 159 | 851 | 16 | 1 | 35 |
| 35 | D Don Furner | 52 | 137 | 136 | 764 | 13 | 0 | 39 |
| 36 | J John Bailey | 50 | 106 | 106 | 639 | 15 | 2 | 33 |
| 37 | C Craig Bellamy | 47 | 222 | 163 | 1,253 | 27 | 0 | 20 |
| 38 | C Craig Fitzgibbon | 46 | 211 | 163 | 1,217 | 29 | 0 | 16 |
| 39 | I Ivan Cleary | 46 | 224 | 176 | 1,285 | 29 | 1 | 15 |
| 40 | R Ricky Stuart | 46 | 201 | 158 | 1,155 | 28 | 0 | 17 |
| 41 | R Ray Norman | 46 | 112 | 108 | 552 | 26 | 2 | 13 |
| 42 | M Michael Maguire | 46 | 192 | 146 | 1,116 | 24 | 0 | 21 |
| 43 | G George Robinson | 46 | 137 | 151 | 713 | 17 | 4 | 23 |
| 44 | C Cameron Ciraldo | 45 | 167 | 127 | 972 | 26 | 0 | 19 |
| 45 | A Andrew Webster | 44 | 188 | 132 | 1,071 | 27 | 0 | 17 |
| 46 | T Trent Robinson | 44 | 214 | 162 | 1,214 | 27 | 0 | 17 |
| 47 | T Todd Payten | 44 | 181 | 132 | 1,026 | 20 | 1 | 23 |
| 48 | J John Monie | 44 | 113 | 126 | 705 | 19 | 0 | 25 |
| 49 | C Craig Young | 44 | 120 | 107 | 701 | 18 | 0 | 26 |
| 50 | B Benji Marshall | 44 | 148 | 106 | 846 | 16 | 0 | 27 |
| 51 | R Ron Hilditch | 44 | 101 | 108 | 622 | 13 | 2 | 29 |
| 52 | K Kristian Woolf | 43 | 213 | 179 | 1,253 | 24 | 0 | 19 |
| 53 | J Jason Ryles | 43 | 156 | 103 | 867 | 16 | 0 | 26 |
| 54 | L Laurie Freier | 43 | 126 | 141 | 795 | 16 | 2 | 25 |
| 55 | R Russell Fairfax | 36 | 79 | 86 | 492 | 11 | 2 | 23 |
| 56 | D Dave Watson | 35 | 108 | 96 | 516 | 17 | 0 | 14 |
| 57 | R Reg Latta | 32 | 68 | 71 | 346 | 11 | 1 | 18 |
| 58 | S Shane Flanagan | 31 | 110 | 75 | 628 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| 59 | N Neville Smith | 30 | 116 | 98 | 544 | 17 | 2 | 11 |
| 60 | R Ray Ritchie | 29 | 111 | 122 | 584 | 19 | 0 | 10 |
| 61 | H Harry Kadwell | 29 | 59 | 73 | 323 | 12 | 1 | 16 |
| 62 | P Paddy McCue | 29 | 44 | 41 | 220 | 4 | 0 | 23 |
| 63 | A Alex Burdon | 28 | 86 | 79 | 416 | 17 | 0 | 11 |
| 64 | C Cec Fifield | 28 | 79 | 66 | 369 | 9 | 3 | 16 |
| 65 | D Denis Lutge | 28 | 39 | 37 | 191 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| 66 | G Gordon Favell | 28 | 69 | 62 | 331 | 6 | 1 | 21 |
| 67 | G George Green | 28 | 50 | 42 | 234 | 4 | 3 | 21 |
| 68 | A Anthony Seibold | 27 | 113 | 84 | 651 | 12 | 0 | 15 |
| 69 | B Bill Farnsworth | 27 | 51 | 56 | 267 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 70 | M Malcolm Reilly | 26 | 103 | 88 | 591 | 17 | 1 | 8 |
| 71 | B Bill Anderson | 26 | 71 | 86 | 395 | 14 | 1 | 11 |
| 72 | G Greg Pierce | 26 | 76 | 85 | 400 | 13 | 1 | 12 |
| 73 | J John Hayes | 26 | 77 | 62 | 435 | 13 | 1 | 12 |
| 74 | B Brian Moore | 26 | 60 | 65 | 373 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 75 | L Len Stacker | 26 | 68 | 60 | 394 | 5 | 2 | 19 |
| 76 | P Peter Louis | 25 | 96 | 98 | 586 | 14 | 1 | 10 |
| 77 | G Graham Lowe | 24 | 65 | 77 | 415 | 16 | 0 | 8 |
| 78 | B Brian Smith | 24 | 84 | 61 | 465 | 14 | 1 | 9 |
| 79 | J Jerry Brien | 24 | 75 | 61 | 347 | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 80 | P Phil Economidis | 24 | 88 | 59 | 473 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 81 | A Adam O'Brien | 24 | 66 | 46 | 364 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| 82 | D Des Hasler | 24 | 102 | 69 | 560 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| 83 | A Andrew Farrar | 23 | 81 | 56 | 437 | 10 | 3 | 10 |
| 84 | N Norm Pope | 23 | 60 | 65 | 310 | 8 | 2 | 12 |
| 85 | C Chris Anderson | 22 | 57 | 63 | 354 | 12 | 1 | 9 |
| 86 | M Michael Cronin | 22 | 62 | 66 | 387 | 12 | 1 | 9 |
| 87 | S Steve Martin | 22 | 55 | 50 | 322 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 88 | T Tom Raudonikis | 22 | 61 | 54 | 355 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 89 | W Wayne Pearce | 22 | 62 | 45 | 339 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 90 | A Alan Thompson | 22 | 56 | 55 | 334 | 9 | 1 | 12 |
| 91 | D David Waite | 22 | 59 | 47 | 331 | 9 | 1 | 12 |
| 92 | J Jim Devereux | 22 | 60 | 42 | 264 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 93 | A Arthur Beetson | 22 | 60 | 72 | 387 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 94 | K Ken Shine | 22 | 58 | 45 | 323 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| 95 | S Steve Bleakley | 22 | 58 | 43 | 321 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| 96 | A Alf Blair | 20 | 102 | 77 | 460 | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 97 | J Jack Chaseling | 20 | 46 | 34 | 206 | 11 | 0 | 7 |
| 98 | J Justin Holbrook | 20 | 92 | 67 | 511 | 11 | 0 | 8 |
| 99 | W William Gillespie | 19 | 58 | 40 | 254 | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| 100 | C Clarrie Prentice | 19 | 52 | 36 | 228 | 9 | 0 | 8 |