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Andrew Johns
Andrew Johns captained the Newcastle Knights to both of the club's premierships, in 1997 and again in 2001, and he won the Dally M Medal as the NRL's best player three times — back-to-back in 1998 and 1999, then a third, unprecedented time in 2002. In 2012, Johns was named the eighth Immortal of Australian rugby league, the sport's highest individual honor, and the first Immortal selected specifically for his performances in the modern NRL era rather than the earlier competitions that shaped the game's first Immortals. Johns's later public disclosure of his struggles with bipolar disorder and substance use during his playing career added a candid, widely discussed dimension to his post-retirement public profile, contributing to broader conversations about mental health among professional rugby league players specifically. His combination of a third, unprecedented Dally M Medal in 2002 and his 2012 selection as an Immortal has made Johns the player most frequently cited by fellow professionals as the greatest halfback in the sport's history.
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Johnathan Thurston
Johnathan Thurston won the Dally M Medal, awarded to the National Rugby League's best player, a record four times, and his combination of exceptional kicking accuracy and creative playmaking made him one of the most complete five-eighths in the sport's modern history. His leadership of the North Queensland Cowboys to their first-ever premiership title in 2015, including kicking the match-winning field goal in extra time of the grand final, remains one of the most celebrated individual moments in recent rugby league history. Thurston's status as one of the most prominent Indigenous Australian athletes in rugby league made him a significant public figure well beyond his on-field achievements, and his advocacy work supporting Indigenous youth extended his influence into broader Australian social causes. His combination of a record four Dally M Medals and his historic 2015 premiership-winning performance has made Thurston one of the most statistically dominant and widely beloved individual players in modern rugby league history.
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