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2026 NRL Five-Eighth Metres per Run leaders

Run metres divided by carries. The efficiency stat for running the ball: nine metres a carry is elite, and the leaders here are the players who do the most damage with every touch instead of just taking the most carries. This page ranks Five-Eighth players for the 2026 season. Current leaders include Jake Averillo, Jayden Campbell, Stephen Crichton.

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Showing players 1 to 23 of 23 with at least 5 games listed as Five-Eighth.

RankPlayerTeamMetres per Run
1Jake AverilloDolphins10.84
2Jayden CampbellTitans10.84
3Stephen CrichtonBulldogs10.26
4Fletcher SharpeKnights10.10
5Clayton FaulaloSea Eagles9.86
6Ezra MamBroncos9.36
7Chanel Harris-TavitaWarriors9.12
8Ronald VolkmanEels9.04
9Ethan StrangeRaiders8.67
10Luke BrooksSea Eagles8.44
11Liam SuttonCowboys8.43
12Jake CliffordCowboys8.41
13Jack ColePanthers8.34
14Joey WalshSea Eagles8.10
15Jack CoggerPanthers7.70
16Cameron MunsterStorm7.54
17Braydon TrindallSharks7.26
18Luke HansonWarriors7.19
19Daly Cherry-EvansRoosters7.06
20Jarome LuaiWests Tigers7.06
21Kodi NikorimaDolphins6.87
22Lyhkan King-TogiaDragons6.77
23Reece FoleyRoosters4.25

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Season totals

Run MetresMetres GainedPost-Contact MetresKick MetresRunsHit-Up RunsHit-Up MetresNormal RunsNormal Run MetresDummy-Half RunsDummy-Half MetresKick ReturnsKick Return MetresTimes Tackled

Per-game averages

Run Metres per GameMetres Gained per GamePost-Contact Metres per GameKick Metres per GameRuns per GameHit-Ups per GameHit-Up Metres per GameNormal Runs per GameNormal Run Metres per GameDummy-Half Runs per GameDummy-Half Metres per GameKick Returns per GameKick Return Metres per GameTimes Tackled per Game

Ratios and efficiency

Metres per Hit-UpMetres per Normal RunMetres per Kick ReturnPost-Contact Metres per RunPost-Contact Share of Run MetresHit-Up Share of Runs