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2025 NRL season

The 2025 NRL season was the 118th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 28th season run by the National Rugby League (NRL). The regular season was followed by a finals series contested by the top eight teams on the competition ladder. The Canberra Raiders were the minor premiers, while the Brisbane Broncos won their seventh premiership.

Teams
The lineup of teams in the league remained unchanged for the 3rd consecutive year, with seventeen participating in the regular season: ten from New South Wales, four from Queensland and one from each of Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. ==Pre-season==
Pre-season
Trials Italics indicates a non-NRL club All Stars match {{rugbyleaguebox|event=|date=15 February 2025|time=19:30 AEDT|team1=Indigenous All Stars |score=6–10|report=Report|team2= Māori All Stars|stadium=CommBank Stadium, Sydney Pre-season Challenge The 17-game pre-season challenge was played from 7 February to 23 February 2025, being won for a second straight year by the Brisbane Broncos. ==Regular season==
Regular season
Results Bold – Home game X – Bye • – Golden point game Opponent for round listed above margin ==Ladder==
Ladder
Ladder progression • Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top eight. • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round. • Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round. • Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round. ==Finals series==
Finals series
• Match decided in golden point extra time. Bracket ==Grand final==
Grand final
==Player statistics and records==
Player statistics and records
• In Round 7, Nathan Cleary surpassed Ryan Girdler as the highest scoring Penrith Panthers player of all time. • In Round 13, Alex Johnston became the first player in the NRL era (1998–present), and second of all time, to score 200 career tries. • In Round 14, Kayal Iro became the first player in the NRL era to score a try in each of their first nine games of a season. • In Round 14, Josh Papali'i surpassed Jason Croker as the most capped Canberra Raiders player of all time. • In Round 27, James Fisher-Harris scored a try in the first 9 seconds of a match, the fastest in NRL history. • No player was sent off throughout the entire season for the first time since 2017. The following statistics are as of the conclusion of the finals series. Top 5 point scorers Top 5 try scorers Top 5 goal kickers Top 5 tacklers == Team of the Year==
Team of the Year
Dally M Team of the Year Announced on the evening of 1 October 2025. Players' Dream Team The Rugby League Players Association announced the 2025 Players' Dream team on 22 September 2025. == Weekly awards ==
Weekly awards
After each round, the NRL announces via social media two weekly awards. The player with the most fantasy points each round is announced through the NRL Fantasy social media account. ==Attendances==
Attendances
Club figures • = Magic Round home game not counted Top regular season crowds • The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Round 7 game at Accor Stadium set a new record for the highest regular season attendance (excluding double-headers) in the NRL, surpassing the record set by the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 2013. In Round 14, the Bulldogs surpassed the Rabbitohs former 2013 crowd record again, posting the two highest regular season single game crowds of all time in a single season. Magic Round (Round 9) Finals == Match officials ==
Match officials
• Includes Finals matches ==2025 transfers==
2025 transfers
Source: Mid-season transfers Loan moves Coaches ==References==
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