Who are the greatest Brisbane Broncos players of all time? From Darren Lockyer, Allan Langer and Shane Webcke to Reece Walsh and Payne Haas, The Sporting Base ranks the top 25 Brisbane Broncos players since the club’s first season in 1988.
Brisbane has won seven premierships — 1992, 1993, the 1997 Super League title, 1998, 2000, 2006 and 2025 — according to the NRL honour roll. The most recent came on 5 October 2025, when the Broncos beat Melbourne 26-22 to break a 19-year premiership drought. The title defence that followed went badly wrong: Brisbane won just eight games in 2026, which AAP noted was the worst return by a defending premier since Canterbury in 1981.
Now the club is rebuilding. Captain Adam Reynolds has retired, Payne Haas is heading to South Sydney, and on 14 October the Broncos appointed Peter O’Sullivan as general manager of recruitment ahead of the 1 November free agency window. With a new era about to start at Red Hill, it’s a good time to rank the greatest Brisbane Broncos players of all time.
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How we ranked them
This list is TSB’s opinion, weighed on premierships, individual and representative honours, longevity, peak form and lasting impact in the maroon and gold. Games and tries are first-grade premiership matches for Brisbane only (finals and the 1997 Super League season included), taken from the Rugby League Project database, which matches the club records listed in the NRL Annual. Figures for current players are to the end of the 2026 season. Multi-club careers count only the Broncos years.
25. Corey Oates (2013-2024)
Broncos games: 216 (121 tries)
Premierships: None
Key honours: Third on the club’s all-time try list; Queensland Origin representative
Oates was a reliable try machine on the wing for more than a decade. His 121 tries put him behind only Steve Renouf and Darren Lockyer on the Broncos list.
24. Pat Carrigan (2019-present)
Broncos games: 148 (5 tries)
Premierships: 2025
Key honours: Wally Lewis Medal 2022; Australia and Queensland
Carrigan grew into the heartbeat of the modern pack. He won the Wally Lewis Medal as the best player of the 2022 Origin series, played at lock in the 2025 grand final win and is widely tipped as a leading candidate for the 2027 captaincy.
23. Reece Walsh (2023-present)
Broncos games: 73 (43 tries)
Premierships: 2025
Key honours: Clive Churchill Medal 2025; 2025 Kangaroo tour
Walsh came home from the Warriors in 2023 and has already delivered the biggest moment of his career. He scored a try and won the Clive Churchill Medal in the 2025 grand final, as Brisbane came from 22-12 down to beat Melbourne 26-22.
22. Shaun Berrigan (1999-2007)
Broncos games: 186 (77 tries)
Premierships: 2000, 2006
Key honours: Clive Churchill Medal 2006; Australia and Queensland
Berrigan was the ultimate utility, playing centre, halfback and hooker for the club. Shifted to dummy-half in 2006 because of injuries, he was named best on ground in the 2006 grand final win over Melbourne.
21. Payne Haas (2018-2026)
Broncos games: 159 (16 tries)
Premierships: 2025
Key honours: Dally M Rookie of the Year 2019; four straight Paul Morgan Medals (2019-2022); Australia and NSW
At his best Haas was the most damaging prop in the game. He won the club’s player of the year award four years running from 2019 to 2022 and was a pillar of the 2025 premiership pack before agreeing to join South Sydney.
20. Tonie Carroll (1996-2009)
Broncos games: 218 (55 tries)
Premierships: 1997, 1998, 2000, 2006
Key honours: Australia and New Zealand Test player; Queensland Origin representative
Carroll could play centre, back row or lock and won four premierships. He limped through the 2006 grand final with a leg injury and refused to leave the field as Brisbane held on to win.
19. Adam Reynolds (2022-2026)
Broncos games: 92 (702 points)
Premierships: 2025
Key honours: Broncos captain 2022-2026; fifth on the club’s all-time points list
Brisbane made Reynolds captain as soon as he arrived from South Sydney, and he repaid the faith by leading the club into the 2023 grand final and then to the 2025 premiership. His 702 points came in just 92 games.
18. Kerrod Walters (1988-2000)
Broncos games: 182 (23 tries)
Premierships: 1992, 1993
Key honours: Australia and Queensland hooker
One half of the famous Walters twins, Kerrod was the hooker for the club’s first two premierships under Wayne Bennett.
17. Darius Boyd (2006-2008, 2015-2020)
Broncos games: 206 (57 tries)
Premierships: 2006
Key honours: Broncos captain 2017-2019; Australia and Queensland
Boyd won a premiership as a 19-year-old in 2006, then returned in 2015 as a polished fullback and played in that year’s 17-16 golden point grand final loss to North Queensland. He became the club’s ninth captain in 2017.
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16. Andrew Gee (1989-1999, 2002-2003)
Broncos games: 255 (12 tries)
Premierships: 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998
Key honours: Club player of the year 1998; Queensland Origin representative
Gee was the tireless engine room forward of the dynasty years, and when he retired he held the club record for most games by a forward.
15. Michael Hancock (1988-2000)
Broncos games: 274 (120 tries)
Premierships: 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2000
Key honours: Australia and Queensland winger
Hancock played in all five of the club’s first grand final wins. He retired from Australian football as the Broncos’ games record holder, and he still sits fifth for appearances and fourth for tries.
14. Brad Thorn (1994-2000, 2005-2007)
Broncos games: 200 (32 tries)
Premierships: 1997, 1998, 2000, 2006
Key honours: Australia and Queensland
Thorn won three premierships, left for rugby union and came back to win a fourth in 2006. He later won the 2011 Rugby World Cup with the All Blacks.
13. Wally Lewis (1988-1990)
Broncos games: 46 (20 tries)
Premierships: None
Key honours: The club’s first captain; Australian Test captain while at the Broncos; named an Immortal in 1999
Lewis played only three seasons at Brisbane, but he captained the club in its first game, a 44-10 win over Manly at Lang Park in 1988, as the NRL Annual records. No list of Broncos greats is complete without the King.
12. Justin Hodges (2000-2001, 2005-2015)
Broncos games: 193 (73 tries)
Premierships: 2006
Key honours: Broncos captain 2014-2015; Australia and Queensland
Hodges returned from the Roosters in 2005 and became one of the most damaging centres of his era, winning the 2006 premiership and later captaining the club.
11. Sam Thaiday (2003-2018)
Broncos games: 304 (40 tries)
Premierships: 2006
Key honours: Broncos captain 2012-2013; Dally M Second Rower of the Year 2010 and 2011; Australia and Queensland
Thaiday is one of only three Broncos to reach 300 games for the club. A 2006 premiership player, he took over the captaincy from Darren Lockyer in 2012 and was named in the Indigenous team of the century in 2008.
10. Wendell Sailor (1993-2001)
Broncos games: 189 (110 tries)
Premierships: 1993, 1997, 1998, 2000
Key honours: Australia and Queensland; top try-scorer and player of the tournament at the 2000 World Cup
Sailor was a new kind of winger: huge, fast and almost impossible to stop near the line. He scored 110 Broncos tries and won four premierships before switching to rugby union and the Wallabies.
9. Glenn Lazarus (1992-1997)
Broncos games: 118 (9 tries)
Premierships: 1992, 1993, 1997
Key honours: Australia and NSW; the only man to win grand finals with three different clubs
Lazarus arrived from Canberra and gave Brisbane the hard edge it needed to win its first two titles. Corey Parker named the Brick With Eyes in the front row of his all-time Broncos side.
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8. Corey Parker (2001-2016)
Broncos games: 347 (1,328 points)
Premierships: 2006
Key honours: Club record for career points; Dally M Lock of the Year 2013; Paul Morgan Medal 2009 and 2013; captain 2016
Parker played his whole career at Red Hill and sits second only to Lockyer for games. A goal-kicking forward, he scored more points than any other Bronco before retiring at the end of 2016.
7. Steve Renouf (1989-1999)
Broncos games: 183 (142 tries)
Premierships: 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998
Key honours: Club record for career tries; Australia and Queensland; Indigenous team of the century
Nicknamed the Pearl, Renouf was the most graceful centre of his generation, and his 142 tries remain the club record.
6. Kevin Walters (1990-2001)
Broncos games: 241 (65 tries)
Premierships: 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2000
Key honours: Captained the 2000 premiership side; Australia and Queensland
Walters formed one of the great halves partnerships with Langer and won five titles with the club. He took over as captain when Langer retired in 1999, led Brisbane to the 2000 premiership and later coached the Broncos from 2021 to 2024.
5. Petero Civoniceva (1998-2007, 2012)
Broncos games: 235 (22 tries)
Premierships: 1998, 2000, 2006
Key honours: Australia and Queensland; in 2009 set the record for most Tests by an Australian forward
Civoniceva went from a young bench forward in 1998 to a world-class prop. After four seasons at Penrith, he came home to finish his NRL career at Brisbane in 2012.
4. Gorden Tallis (1997-2004)
Broncos games: 160 (49 tries)
Premierships: 1997, 1998, 2000
Key honours: Clive Churchill Medal 1998; Broncos captain from 2001; Australian Test captain 2002
The Raging Bull was the most feared forward of his era. Tallis was best on ground in the 1998 grand final win over Canterbury and captained Brisbane, Queensland and Australia, as the NRL Annual records.
3. Shane Webcke (1995-2006)
Broncos games: 254 (18 tries)
Premierships: 1997, 1998, 2000, 2006
Key honours: Australia (26 Tests) and Queensland (21 Origins)
Webcke is often called the finest Broncos forward of all. He broke his arm in the 2000 finals series and still played in the grand final win over the Roosters, and he told NRL.com the 1998 side was “the best Broncos side that I was ever in”. He signed off with a fourth title in 2006.
2. Allan Langer (1988-1999, 2002)
Broncos games: 258 (100 tries)
Premierships: 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998
Key honours: Clive Churchill Medal and Rothmans Medal 1992; Dally M Medal 1996; Australian Test captain 1998
Alfie captained Brisbane to all four of its 1990s premierships and remains the club’s only Dally M Medal winner in the men’s game. Small, cheeky and fearless, he was the face of the club for more than a decade.
1. Darren Lockyer (1995-2011)
Broncos games: 355 (122 tries, 1,191 points)
Premierships: 1997, 1998, 2000, 2006
Key honours: Clive Churchill Medal 2000; Golden Boot 2003 and 2006; Australian Test captain 2003-2011
Lockyer won three premierships at fullback and a fourth at five-eighth, setting up both tries and kicking the winning field goal in the 15-8 grand final win over Melbourne in 2006. He holds the club record of 355 games, captained Australia for nine years and spent his entire career at Brisbane. He is TSB’s No.1 Brisbane Broncos player.
Honourable mentions
Gene Miles (club captain in 1990), Chris Johns (1992 and 1993 premierships), Michael De Vere (1,062 points, third on the club list), Terry Matterson (744 points), Lote Tuqiri, Brent Tate, Alex Glenn (285 games), Andrew McCullough (260 games), Kotoni Staggs (73 tries) and Ben Hunt, who was in the halves for the 2025 premiership.
Every era at Red Hill has delivered champions, and the next group will be judged on how quickly it can add an eighth premiership. For more club rankings, see our top 25 Penrith Panthers players and the greatest NRL grand finals of all time.
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