Player of The Year
Related to the rating of players ever since Rugby League Week was first published during the 1970 NSWRFL season has been its Player of the Year award.
Since 1978, players have been rated out of ten for every game. To deal with absences from club rugby due to interstate and Test duty, the five lowest scores of every player are deleted from their final score. After these five lowest scores are removed, the player with the highest score wins the award.
From 1970 to 1977, the method of judging was the same except that players were awarded points out of five instead of ten.
| Year | Rugby League Week Player of the Year |
| 1970 | Tommy Bishop (Cronulla) |
| 1971 | Bob Grant (South Sydney) |
| 1972 | John Ballesty (Eastern Suburbs) |
| 1973 | Johnny Mayes (Manly) |
| 1974 | Arthur Beetson (Eastern Suburbs) |
| 1975 | Bob Fulton (Manly) |
| 1976 | Ray Higgs (Parramatta) |
| 1977 | Mick Cronin (Parramatta) |
| 1978 | Geoff Gerard (Parramatta) |
| 1979 | Ray Price (Parramatta) |
| 1980 | Kevin Hastings (Eastern Suburbs) |
| 1981 | Kevin Hastings (Eastern Suburbs) |
| 1982 | Kevin Hastings (Eastern Suburbs) |
| 1983 | Phil Sigsworth (Manly) |
| 1984 | Peter Sterling (Parramatta) |
| 1985 | Ray Price (Parramatta) |
| 1986 | Peter Sterling (Parramatta) |
| 1987 | Peter Sterling (Parramatta) |
| 1988 | Ben Elias (Balmain) |
| 1989 | Gavin Miller (Cronulla) |
| 1990 | Mal Meninga (Canberra) |
| 1991 | Ewan McGrady (Canterbury) |
| 1992 | Paul Langmack (Western Suburbs) |
| 1993 | Steve Walters (Canberra) |
| 1994 | Cliff Lyons (Manly) |
| 1995 | Laurie Daley (Canberra) |
| 1996 | Allan Langer (Brisbane) |
| 1997 | Brad Fittler (Sydney City) |
| 1998 | Andrew Johns (Newcastle) |
| 1999 | Andrew Johns (Newcastle) |
| 2000 | Andrew Johns (Newcastle) |
| 2001 | Andrew Johns (Newcastle) |
| 2002 | Andrew Johns (Newcastle) |
| 2003 | Steve Price (Canterbury) |
| 2004 | Nathan Hindmarsh (Parramatta) |
| 2005 | Nathan Hindmarsh (Parramatta) |
| 2006 | Luke Bailey (St. George Illawarra) |
| 2007 | Johnathan Thurston (North Queensland) |
| 2008 | Billy Slater (Melbourne) |
| 2009 | Jarryd Hayne (Parramatta) |
| 2010 | Paul Gallen (Cronulla) |
| 2011 | Corey Parker (Brisbane) |
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