Most tries in NRL history: Who is on the all-time rugby league tryscorer list?

Joshua Mayne

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After scoring against the Broncos in Round 15, Alex Johnston has now moved to outright second on the NRL's all-time top tryscorers list

The South Sydney Rabbitohs winger overtook legendary Melbourne Storm fullback Billy Slater for the position.

Johnston still has plenty of work to do if he wants to claim the top spot, though...

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Most tries in NRL history

Ken Irvine sits at the summit of the NRL's all-time top tryscorers table.

The winger – who spent most of his career with North Sydney  – is well clear at the top with 212 tries.

Johnston and Slater round out the podium with 191 and 190 tries, respectively.

Steve Menzies' 180 career tries have him sitting in fourth, with fan favourite Brett Morris just behind with 176.

RankPlayerTries
1Ken Irvine212
2Alex Johnston191
3Billy Slater190
4Steve Menzies180
5Brett Morris176
6Andrew Ettingshausen166
7Terry Lamb164
8Brett Stewart163
=9Hazem El Masri159
=9Matt Sing159

NRL top tryscorers 2024

Heading into Round 15, it's a three-way tie in the lead for the Ken Irvine Medal.

Maika Sivo, Tommy Talau and Sunia Turuva all have 11 tries to their name.

Click here for the last 2024 tryscorer standings.

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Joshua Mayne is a content producer for The Sporting News Australia based in Sydney, Australia. He has previously worked as a newsreader at 2SER and journalist at Ministry of Sport. While Joshua’s main passions are football, rugby league, basketball and F1, he will watch any sport that's on. He is still waiting for Arsenal to win the Premier League again.