1-100: The numbers that mattered in 2022

The numbers that mattered in rugby league in 2022 include the NRL Telstra Premiership season, two NRLW competitions, a World Cup and the return of international rugby League.

It's been 1,000 and 30,838 days since the Warriors' homecoming at Mt Smart Stadium.

The Panthers dropped to No.2 in the NRL ladder.

3.1 million people attended NRL matches during the 2022 season.

Cameron Munster has signed a contract extension at the Storm until the end of 2027.

Edrick Lee scored five tries against the Titans in Round 16.

Panthers won the most penalties in 2022 with three.

Jayden Campbell has made the most tackles in the NRL.

Broncos hooker Cory Paix is the most valuable player for the 2022 season.

Raecene McGregor won the women's Dally M medal and the golden boot award during the 2022 NRLW season.

In-goal escapes produced by four sides - Wests Tigers, Dragons, Rabbitohs and Titans - are the most in the competition.

7 forwards were sent off in 2022 NRL season. 5 outside backs were also sent of.

13 tries scored by the Storm in their Round 7 win over the Warriors is the most in a game in 2022.

Jess Sergis recorded 14. Offloads in the 2022 NRLW season.

Latrell Mitchell travelled to the USA to get his hamstring problems out of the way.

Adam Reynolds scores a try and six goals for the Broncos against South Sydney.

Jeremiah Nanai scored 17 tries in his first season as a professional footballer.

The Warriors recorded the lowest success rate in the league in 2022.

19. Intercepts by the Cowboys is the highest amount in the NRL. Cowboys are aiming to remain on top of the list in 2021.

20 tries were scored in the 2022 Ampol State of Origin series won by Queensland.

21 goals in 21 games for Latrell Mitchell is the most ever by a Rabbitohs player.

The Dragons have the highest number of one on one tackles per game in the competition.

Mitchell Moses has 23 try assists this season. His tackle on Bromwich was voted tackle of the year.

24.5% of the Cowboys' shifts to the left edge during the win over the Sea Eagles in Round 15.

25.5 offloads by the Raiders during their Round 4 loss to the Sea Eagles in Mudgee.

Sharks kicked the most field goals during the NRL Telstra Premiership with five.

27.3 points per game is the most in the competition.

Ryan Papenhuyzen scored 28 points in the Storm's Round 4 win over the Bulldogs.

29 professional fouls were recorded across the competition. Dragons conceded the most with five.

Alex Johnston scored 30 tries in back-to-back seasons in 2022.

31.5 venues used across Australia and New Zealand for the 2022 season.

33 players used by Wests Tigers, Sea Eagles and Broncos in 2022.

34.4% of NRL teams in 2022 recorded 40/20 kicks. Dragons recorded six kicks through the boot of Ben Hunt.

35. Offloads made by the Maroons on their way to a 2-1 Origin series win over NSW.

Titans produce the most tackle breaks per game in the NRL.

37 bomb kicks defused by Cowboys fullback Scott Drinkwater are the most in the NRL. Nicho Hynes is the 22nd Dally M Player of the Year.

38. The number of votes Nicho Hynes accumulated to win the 2022 Dally M medal, the highest number in history.

39 handling errors by Dragons centre Zac Lomax in 2022, the most in the NRL.

40 points were scored between the Panthers and Eels in the 2022 NRL grand final.

Broncos produced the most banana kicks in 2022 with eight.

43.5 points are the average amount of points scored per NRL game in 2022.

44.5 tackles per game made by Rabbitohs hooker Damien Cook per match in 23 NRL appearances.

Sharks, Raiders, Sea Eagles, Storm and Bulldogs use the most fullbacks in 2022.

The Eels earned 46 repeat sets in 2022. The Warriors earned 41 repeat set in that year.

47.5 tackles made by Pat Carrigan in the Origin III decider earned him Wally Lewis medal honours for player of the series.

48.48% ball-in-play percentage for the 2022 NRLW season.

50 offloads by Bulldogs enforcer Tevita Pangai Jnr is the most of any player in the competition.

Sky Blues made 51 tackle breaks in their victory over the Maroons in women's State of Origin in Canberra.

52. Average percentage amount of possession per game by the Panthers and Cowboys in 2022.

53 tries scored by Roosters’ NRLW side across both the 2021 and 2022 competitions.

54 points were scored by the Australian Jillaroos in the women's World Cup final against New Zealand at Old Trafford.

55 forced dropouts by the Eels in 2022.

Reed Mahoney made 56 tackles in the NRL grand final. He will leave the Eels for the Bulldogs after 101 appearances in blue and gold.

Sea Eagles and Bulldogs have the most NRL debutants with seven each.

58.58 is the average score for Knights fullback Tamika Upton during the 2022 NRLW season. Upton is now the all-time leading try-scorer in the competition with 12 tries.

59 tries conceded by Panthers in 2022.

61.3% is the goal-kicking conversion rate average for the Knights in 2022.

Eels have the most charge downs in 2022 with 10, followed by the Raiders on seven.

63 tries scored by Wests Tigers in 2022.

The possession rate of the Storm during their big 70–10 win over the Warriors on Anzac Day in April was 64.64%.

65. The number of NRL games new Sea Eagles coach Anthony Seibold will resume on after being announced as Des Hasler's replacement at the club in November.

66 tackle breaks from the Storm in their Round 23 win over the Broncos.

Zahara Temara scored 67 points this year.

68.68 tackles made by Storm hooker Harry Grant and Sharks rake Blayke Brailey.

69.5 is the average Fantasy score for Dally M medal winner Nicho Hynes in 2022.

70.1-100: The numbers that mattered in 2022. Rabbitohs will have 70.0-1:00 restarts awarded to them in the same year as premiers Penrith.

Harry Grant topped the run metres with 1,498 overall in 2022.

72 points were scored by Roosters against Wests Tigers in Round 23. It was the worst defeat in NRL history at the SCG.

73 metres ran by Ben Hunt to the try-line for the Maroons in Origin III.

Aiden Tolman retires after 317 NRL appearances.

The Eels have been in the competition for 75 years.

76 set restarts conceded by the Sea Eagles in 2022, the most of any team.

Payne Haas is the best post-contact metre maker in the league.

78.78 is the winning career percentage of Clive Churchill medal winner Dylan Edwards.

Jackson Hastings kicked a field goal for the Wests Tigers from 38 metres out to upset the Eels on Easter Monday.

80. Completion rate average for the Eels’ NRLW team in 2022.

There were 82,000 people at the NRL Telstra Premiership grand final. It was the largest crowd at a rugby league match since 2019.

There will be 83 starting back-rowers in the NRL competition in 2022. Bulldogs have the most with 10.

Rachael Pearson recorded the most bomb kicks for the Dragons with 14.84.

85.85 is the winning coach percentage for Ivan Cleary in 2022.

86.1% of NRL steals were committed by players on one-on-one during the season. Cameron Munster stole the most with eight.

87 total decoys were produced by the Sharks in their Round 10 loss to the Raiders in Magic Round.

88 tackle efficiency rate for the Bulldogs in 2022.

89.89 starting props will be used across the NRL in 2022. Wests Tigers, Sea Eagles, Dragons and Warriors have the most with seven each.

90% is the winning percentage of the Dragons and Eels when they scored the first try in a match during 2022.

Jesse Southwell finished with the most one-on-one tackles with 19.91 in her maiden NRLW season.

Tariq Sims, Taane Milne and Jared Waerea-Hargreaves were the most sin binned players for the season with 3.92.

93.1% of NRL teams concede penalties per round.

Toa Samoa made 94.1 offloads during their run to the men's World Cup final at Old Trafford in November.

95.95 completion rate for the Wests Tigers in their Round 7 victory over the Rabbitohs at CommBank Stadium.

96.96 points were scored between the Roosters and Rabbitohs in both rivalry clashes in Round 25 and Week 1 of the finals.

David Klemmer broke a four-year try-scoring drought against the Rabbitohs in Round 17.

98.4 four-man tackles produced by Rabbitohs in 2022, the most in the league.

David Nofoaluma scored four tries in six games for the Storm during his time there.

100 goals kicked by Valentine Holmes in 2022 is the most of any player in the NRL.