List of National Rugby League players with five tries in a game

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As of 3 December 2023, there have been 44 players who have scored 5 or more tries in a game in the National Rugby League and its predecessors, the NSWRL, ARL and Super League premierships. Players still currently active are listed in bold.

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1 Frank Burge 6 Second-row Glebe North Sydney Wentworth 11 1916 [1]
2 Harold Horder 5 Wing South Sydney North Sydney Royal Agricultural Society Ground 5 1917 [2]
3Harold Horder5 Wing South Sydney North Sydney Royal Agricultural Society Ground 121917 [3]
4Frank Burge8 Lock Glebe University Royal Agricultural Society Ground 7 1920 [4]
5 Gordon Wright 5 Wing Eastern Suburbs Balmain Royal Agricultural Society Ground 101920 [5]
6 Cec Blinkhorn 5 Wing North Sydney Annandale North Sydney Oval 141920 [6]
7 Sid Goodwin 5 Wing Balmain University Leichhardt Oval 2 1935 [7]
8 Rod O'Loan 7 Wing Eastern Suburbs University Sydney Sports Ground 51935 [8]
9 Dave Brown 5 Centre Eastern Suburbs Canterbury Sydney Sports Ground 61935 [9]
10Dave Brown6 Centre Eastern Suburbs Canterbury Pratten Park 151935 [10]
11Dave Brown6 Centre Eastern Suburbs Balmain SCG 181935 [11]
12 Alan Ridley 6 Wing Western Suburbs Newtown Pratten Park 9 1936 [12] Two players achieved feat on same day, 11 July 1936, in just four NSWRFL matches.
Alan Quinlivan 5 Centre South Sydney University Earl Park
14 Don Manson 5 Wing South Sydney University Sydney Sports Ground 1 1937 [13] Only instance in an opening round of season, and was player's NSWRFL debut.
15 Edgar Newham 5 Wing Canterbury Balmain SCG Play-Off 1942 [14] First of only two instances outside the home-and-away season, in play-off for minor premiership.
16 Johnny Bliss 5 Wing North Sydney Eastern Suburbs North Sydney Oval 9 1944 [15]
17 Arthur Patton 5 Wing Balmain Eastern Suburbs SCG 141944 [16]
18 Jack Lindwall 6 Wing St. George Manly Hurstville Oval 4 1947 [17]
19 Bobby Lulham 5 Wing Balmain Parramatta Leichhardt Oval 151947 [18]
20 Norm Jacobson 5 Wing Newtown Parramatta Erskineville Oval2 1948 [19]
21 Johnny Graves 5 Wing South Sydney Eastern Suburbs Redfern Oval 14 1949 [20]
22 Jack Troy 6 Wing Newtown Eastern Suburbs Sydney Sports Ground 13 1950 [21]
23 Merv Lees 5 Centre St. George North Sydney SCG 14 1954 [22]
24 Brian Allsop 5 Wing Eastern Suburbs Parramatta Sydney Sports Ground 10 1955 [23]
25 Ian Moir 5 Wing South Sydney Parramatta Redfern Oval 7 1957 [24]
26 Eric Sladden 5 Wing South Sydney Parramatta Cumberland Oval161957 [25]
27 Les Hanigan 5 Wing Manly Cronulla Brookvale Oval 8 1967 [26]
28 Peter Langmack 5 Lock Penrith St. George Penrith Park 15 1974 [27]
29 Dave Topliss 5 Five-eighth Balmain Newtown Henson Park 20 1977 [28]
30 Andrew Ettingshausen 5 Centre Cronulla Illawarra Endeavour Field 22 1989 [29]
31 Mal Meninga 5 Centre Canberra Eastern Suburbs Bruce Stadium 5 1990 [30]
32 Alan McIndoe 5 Wing Illawarra Gold Coast Wollongong Showground 8 1991 [31]
33Andrew Ettingshausen5 Centre Cronulla South Sydney Endeavour Field22 1994 [32]
34 Nigel Vagana 5 Centre Bulldogs South Sydney Sydney Football Stadium 4 2002 [33]
35 Jamie Lyon 5 Centre Parramatta Cronulla Parramatta Stadium 24 2003 [34]
36 Francis Meli 5 Wing New Zealand Bulldogs Sydney Showground Stadium QF2003 [35] First instance in a "mandatory" final, and only the second outside the home-and-away rounds.
37 Nathan Merritt 5 Fullback South Sydney Parramatta Stadium Australia 22 2011 [36]
40 Alex Johnston 5 Wing South Sydney Penrith Stadium Australia 17 2017 [37]
41 Matt Ikuvalu 5 Wing Sydney North Queensland North Queensland Stadium 9 2020 [38]
42Alex Johnston5 Wing South Sydney Sydney Stadium Australia 202020 [39]
43 Josh Addo-Carr 6 Wing Melbourne South Sydney Stadium Australia 9 2021 [40]
44 Edrick Lee 5 Wing Newcastle Gold Coast MacDonald Jones Stadium16 2022

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  2. ↑ "Round 5 Scorers, 1917". AFL Tables.
  3. ↑ "Round 12 Scorers, 1917". AFL Tables.
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