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Every team rated by who they beat and by how much. A rating of +5 means the team has played about five points better than an average opponent; 0 is dead-average. Strength of schedule is built in — beating good teams counts for more.

As of 2026-09-06, Warriors sit first in the results-only NRL ratings at +13.0 points per game against an average opponent, ahead of Panthers (+9.7). 19 teams rated; the picks built on these ratings are graded on the public record.

Scope: 2026 season · latest result 2026-09-06 · recomputed daily · page updated 10 Sep 2026
#TeamRating RecordForAgainst
1 Warriors +13.0 16-4 32.3 17.1
2 Panthers +9.7 13-5 28.8 14.5
3 Sharks +4.8 13-8 29.7 21.3
4 Dolphins +3.9 12-5 25.2 22.1
5 Rabbitohs +3.5 11-8 28.4 23.6
6 Roosters +3.2 11-5 22.9 20.1
7 Storm +2.3 6-7 24.5 24.9
8 Knights +1.4 14-9 26.6 24.7
9 Sea Eagles +1.1 7-11 24.8 23.7
10 New South Wales -0.1 2-1 25.3 25.3
11 Queensland -0.1 1-2 25.3 25.3
12 Raiders -2.1 9-10 24.3 25.5
13 Bulldogs -2.2 9-10 19.5 21.4
14 Cowboys -2.3 7-7 26.1 27.2
15 Eels -5.4 8-13 21.3 27.2
16 Wests Tigers -5.4 8-14 19.4 28.2
17 Titans -7.1 4-16 19.9 28.9
18 Broncos -7.8 6-14 18.7 29.4
19 Dragons -10.4 5-13 17.3 28.2

How it works: we take every completed game, cap blowout margins so one rout can't own a rating, and solve for the set of ratings where each team's number equals its average margin plus the average rating of the teams it faced. That is the classic Simple Rating System — fully reproducible from public scores, no human votes. Ratings recompute daily as results land.

Get this as data: ?format=csv serves the table with stable columns (rank, team, rating, wins, losses, draws, avg_for, avg_against, games), free to use with credit (CC BY 4.0). Trackers and composites welcome.

See where the ratings meet the market: today's NRL picks, predicted scores, live NRL odds.

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