Squad
Player transfers
A † denotes that the transfer occurred during the 2019 season.
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| 2020 Penrith Panthers season | ||||
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| NRL Rank | 1st (Minor Premiers) | |||
| 2020 record | Wins: 18; draws: 1; losses: 1 | |||
| Points scored | For: 537; against: 238 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| CEO | Brian Fletcher | |||
| Coach | Ivan Cleary | |||
| Captain | ||||
| Stadium | Panthers Stadium – 22,500 Carrington Park – 13,000 (Cancelled) | |||
| Avg. attendance | 3,164 | |||
| High attendance | 10,160 | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | Stephen Crichton (17) | |||
| Goals | Nathan Cleary (86) | |||
| Points | Nathan Cleary (208) | |||
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The 2020 Penrith Panthers season is the 54th season in the club's history. Coached by Ivan Cleary and captained by James Tamou, the Panthers are competing in the National Rugby League's 2020 Telstra Premiership. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the NRL was played without fans in round 2. Shortly after the competition was suspended from 24 March until 28 May when round 3 commenced under a new draw. Crowds were allowed to return from round 5 in very small groups, whilst larger crowds were allowed from round 8. Teams were also allowed to return to their own home grounds from round 8. On the 14th of August after winning against the New Zealand Warriors, Penrith broke the club record for their longest ever winning streak with their run of 9 straight wins, continuing to 14 straight wins on the 19th of September against the North Queensland Cowboys. After Penriths 32 - 12 victory over the Cowboys in round 19, the club were crowned minor premiers of the 2020 NRL season for a third time in the clubs history. After winning by 1 point against the Sydney Roosters in the first week of the 2020 NRL Finals Series Penrith made the Preliminary final for the first time in 6 years, extending their winning streak to 16 straight. In the Preliminary final Penrith went on to win 20 - 16 against the South Sydney Rabbitohs and made their first grand final in 17 years. Penrith also extended their winning streak to 17 which is the equal highest winning streak in the NRL era alongside the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs. In the grand final the Panthers played the second place Melbourne Storm but came off second best. After being down 26 - 0 after 50 minutes they managed to score 20 unanswered points, finishing the match fast but falling short in the end, losing 20 - 26.
A † denotes that the transfer occurred during the 2019 season.
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| Date | Trial | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals |
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| Saturday, 22 February | 1 |  Wests Tigers | Panthers Stadium | 32 - 4 | Naden, May, Hetherington, Crichton, Hopgood | Cartwright (4/5) |
| Saturday, 29 February | 2 |  Parramatta Eels | Bega recreation ground | 22 - 22 | Cleary, Mansour, Brian To'o, Naden, Hands | Cleary (2/3), Cartwright (1/1) |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw | ||||||
| Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 Oct, Panthers Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Penrith | 29 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  Sydney | 28 | 9 Oct, Sydney Cricket Ground | ||||||||||||||||
| Sydney | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Oct, GIO Stadium Canberra |  Canberra | 22 | 17 Oct, ANZ Stadium | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Canberra | 32 | Penrith | 20 | |||||||||||||||
| 8 |  Cronulla-Sutherland | 20 |  South Sydney | 16 | 25 Oct, ANZ Stadium | ||||||||||||||
| Penrith | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 Oct, ANZ Stadium | 16 Oct, Suncorp Stadium |  Melbourne | 26 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | South Sydney | 46 | Melbourne | 30 | |||||||||||||||
| 7 |  Newcastle | 20 | 10 Oct, Bankwest Stadium | Canberra | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Parramatta | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Oct, Suncorp Stadium | South Sydney | 38 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Melbourne | 36 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Parramatta | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |
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| Friday, 2 October | Qualifying Final | Sydney Roosters | Panthers Stadium | 29 - 28 | Mansour, Cleary (3), Crichton | Cleary (4/6, 1 FG) | 7,209 | |
| Saturday, 17 October | Preliminary Final | South Sydney Rabbitohs | ANZ Stadium | 20 - 16 | To'o, May, Edwards | Cleary (4/4) | 30,116 | |
| Sunday, 25 October | Grand Final | Melbourne Storm | ANZ Stadium | 20 - 26 | To'o, Crichton, Mansour, Cleary | Cleary (2/3) | 37,303 | |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye | ||||||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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| 1 | Penrith Panthers | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 537 | 238 | +299 | 37 |
| 2 | Melbourne Storm (P) | 20 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 534 | 276 | +258 | 32 |
| 3 | Parramatta Eels | 20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 392 | 288 | +104 | 30 |
| 4 | Sydney Roosters | 20 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 552 | 322 | +230 | 28 |
| 5 | Canberra Raiders | 20 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 445 | 317 | +128 | 28 |
| 6 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 521 | 352 | +169 | 24 |
| 7 | Newcastle Knights | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 421 | 374 | +47 | 23 |
| 8 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 20 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 480 | 480 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 |  Gold Coast Titans | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 346 | 463 | −117 | 18 |
| 10 |  New Zealand Warriors | 20 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 343 | 458 | −115 | 16 |
| 11 | Wests Tigers | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 440 | 505 | −65 | 14 |
| 12 |  St. George Illawarra Dragons | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 378 | 452 | −74 | 14 |
| 13 |  Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 375 | 509 | −134 | 14 |
| 14 |  North Queensland Cowboys | 20 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 368 | 520 | −152 | 10 |
| 15 |  Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 282 | 504 | −222 | 6 |
| 16 |  Brisbane Broncos | 20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 268 | 624 | −356 | 6 |
In addition to competing in the National Rugby League, the Panthers are also fielding semi-professional teams in the 2020 Jersey Flegg Cup (for players aged under 20) and the New South Wales Rugby League's 2020 Canterbury Cup (NSW Cup). Due to COVID-19 however these competitions were abandoned for the 2020 season.
| Pos. | Player | Team | Call-up | Ref. |
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| HB | Nathan Cleary |  New South Wales | 2020 State of Origin | |
| FE | Jarome Luai | |||
| LK | Isaah Yeo | |||
| CE | Stephen Crichton | |||
| SR | Kurt Capewell |  Queensland | 2020 State of Origin |
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