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2026 NRL Five-Eighth Kick Return Metres per Game leaders

Kick return metres divided by games played. The rate stat for the return game: the leaders flip the most field position off opposition kicks, every single week. This page ranks Five-Eighth players for the 2026 season. Current leaders include Clayton Faulalo, Fletcher Sharpe, Ezra Mam.

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

RankPlayerTeamKick Return Metres per Game
1Clayton FaulaloSea Eagles33.6
2Fletcher SharpeKnights13.3
3Ezra MamBroncos4.0
4Chanel Harris-TavitaWarriors1.9
5Stephen CrichtonBulldogs1.7
6Luke BrooksSea Eagles1.5
7Jayden CampbellTitans1.3
8Jack CoggerPanthers1.2
9Jarome LuaiWests Tigers1.1
10Cameron MunsterStorm0.8
11Joey WalshSea Eagles0.8
12Daly Cherry-EvansRoosters0.7
13Jake CliffordCowboys0.6
14Ronald VolkmanEels0.5
15Luke HansonWarriors0.4
16Braydon TrindallSharks0.0
17Ethan StrangeRaiders0.0
18Jack ColePanthers0.0
19Jake AverilloDolphins0.0
20Kodi NikorimaDolphins0.0
21Liam SuttonCowboys0.0
22Lyhkan King-TogiaDragons0.0
23Reece FoleyRoosters0.0

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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 GameTimes Tackled per Game

Ratios and efficiency

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