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2026 NRL Hooker Possessions leaders

The number of times a player takes the ball into contact or distributes it in a set. Possessions measure involvement: how often a player touches the ball in attack, and the leaders are the players the team structures its attack around. This page ranks Hooker players for the 2026 season. Current leaders include Bailey Hayward, Blayke Brailey, Harry Grant.

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Showing players 1 to 27 of 27 with at least 1 game listed as Hooker.

RankPlayerTeamPossessions
1Bailey HaywardBulldogs2,544
2Blayke BraileySharks2,474
3Harry GrantStorm2,452
4Wayde EganWarriors2,270
5Apisai KoroisauWests Tigers2,265
6Damien CookDragons2,007
7Tallyn Da SilvaEels2,000
8Reece RobsonRoosters1,942
9Oliver PascoeTitans1,791
10Reed MahoneyCowboys1,732
11Phoenix CrosslandKnights1,703
12Jeremy Marshall-KingDolphins1,519
13Cory PaixBroncos1,355
14Owen PattieRaiders988
15Brandon SmithRabbitohs938
16Brandon WakehamSea Eagles921
17Jacob LiddleDragons844
18Mitch KennyPanthers780
19Harrison GrahamKnights728
20Samuel HealeyWarriors719
21Ryley SmithEels629
22Hohepa PuruSharks528
23Billy WaltersBroncos447
24Benaiah IoeluRoosters301
25Luke SommertonTitans219
26Josese LanyonWests Tigers159
27Zach Dockar-ClaySea Eagles38

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Season totals

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Per-game averages

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Ratios and efficiency

Passes per PossessionTry Assists per TryOffloads per Possession