# List of Penrith Panthers records

The Penrith Panthers were officially introduced to the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL – now known as NRL) – the premier Rugby League competition in Australia – in 1967 and have had an eventful 55 years, winning 4 wooden spoons and 5 premierships (finishing runners-up twice). The following are club match records:

## Team
### Biggest wins

| Margin | Score | Opponent | Venue | Date |
| 60 | 72–12 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | Penrith Football Stadium | 7 August 2004 |
| 56 | 62–6 | New Zealand Warriors | Penrith Football Stadium | 18 May 2013 |
| 54 | 60–6 | Western Suburbs Magpies | Penrith Football Stadium | 21 March 1999 |

### Biggest losses

| Margin | Score | Opponent | Venue | Date |
| 62 | 12–74 | Canberra Raiders | Canberra Stadium | 10 August 2008 |
| 59 | 11–70 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | Penrith Park | 29 July 1973 |
| 58 | 6–64 | Parramatta Eels | Parramatta Stadium | 17 March 2002 |
| 54 | 5–59 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Penrith Park | 11 May 1980 |

### Longest winning streaks

* 17 games: 19 June – 17 October 2020
* 12 games: 13 March – 29 May 2021
* 11 games: 18 September 2021 – 29 April 2022
* 8 games: 19 April – 7 June 2003

### Longest losing streaks

* 12 games: 1 June – 24 August 1980
* 10 games: 23 April – 2 July 1972

### Longest winning home streak

Penrith Panthers
| Wins | First Win | Last Win |
| 21 | Round 19, 2019 | Round 7, 2022 |

### Longest winning away streak

Penrith Panthers
| Wins | First Win | Last Win |
| 14 | Round 8, 2020 | Round 11, 2021 |

### Biggest comebacks

Recovered from a 23-point deficit
* Trailed Wests Tigers 31–8 after 57 minutes to win 32–31 at Penrith Football Stadium (4 June 2000).
Recovered from a 22-point deficit
* Trailed New Zealand Warriors 28–6 after 46 minutes to win 36–28 at Pepper Stadium (13 May 2017).
Recovered from a 18-point deficit
* Trailed Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24–6 after 67 minutes to win 28–24 at Brookvale Oval (28 July 2018).
Recovered from a 8-point deficit with 2 minutes remaining
* Trailed Canberra Raiders 12–20 with only 2 minutes remaining to win 24–20 at Carrington Park (10 June 2017).
Partially recovered from a 26-point deficit
* Trailed New Zealand Warriors 32–6 at halftime to draw 32–32 at CUA Stadium (2009).
Recovered from a 16-point deficit In 2023 Grand Final
Trailed Brisbane Broncos 24–8 after 60 minutes in the 2023 Grand Final, with Isaah Yeo off for a HIA and Jerome Luai sidelined by a shoulder injury, before Nathan Cleary led Penrith to a 26–24 victory at Accor Stadium (1 October 2023).
Recovered from a 14-point deficit
In his return from injury, Nathan Cleary led Penrith from 26–12 down after 60 minutes to a 28–26 golden point win over the Dolphins, sealing victory with a 43-metre field goal at BlueBet Stadium (21 July 2024)

### Worst collapse

Surrendered a 26-point lead.
* Led North Queensland Cowboys 26–0 at halftime to lose 36–28 at Penrith Football Stadium (29 May 1998) ^.
^ denotes premiership record.

## Coaches

There have been 19 coaches of the Panthers since their first season in 1967. The current coach is Ivan Cleary.
| No | Name | Seasons | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | Win % | Premiers | Runners-up | Minor premiers | Wooden spoons | Notes |
| 1 | Leo Trevena | 1967, 1973 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 22.7 | — | — | — | 1973 | — |
| 2 | Bob Boland | 1968–1972 | 110 | 39 | 3 | 68 | 35.5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Jack Clare | 1974 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 40.9 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Mike Stephenson | 1975 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 37.5 | — | — | — | — | As captain-coach |
| 5 | Barry Harris | 1975–76 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 32.1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Don Parish | 1977–78 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 31 | 22.7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Len Stacker | 1979–81 | 66 | 16 | 3 | 47 | 24.2 | — | — | — | 1980 | — |
| 8 | John Peard | 1982–83 | 52 | 16 | 1 | 35 | 30.8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Tim Sheens | 1984–87 | 98 | 43 | 4 | 51 | 43.9 | — | — | — | — | Club's first finals appearance in 1985 |
| 10 | Ron Willey | 1988–89 | 47 | 31 | 0 | 16 | 66.0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Phil Gould | 1990–94 | 109 | 61 | 4 | 44 | 56.0 | 1991 | 1990 | 1991 | — | — |
| 12 | Graham Rogers | 1992 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | Caretaker coach |
| 13 | Royce Simmons | 1994–2001 | 177 | 76 | 4 | 97 | 42.9 | — | — | — | 2001 | — |
| 14 | John Lang | 2002–06 | 125 | 65 | 0 | 60 | 52.0 | 2003 | — | 2003 | — | — |
| 15 | Matthew Elliott | 2007–11 | 111 | 49 | 2 | 60 | 44.1 | — | — | — | 2007 | Sacked Mid Season 2011 |
| 16 | Steve Georgallis | 2011 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 36.4 | — | — | — | — | Caretaker coach |
| 17 | Ivan Cleary | 2012–15, 2019–present | 210 | 128 | 1 | 81 | 61.0 | 2021, 2022, 2023 | 2020 | 2020, 2022, 2023 | - | Incumbent |
| 18 | Anthony Griffin | 2016–2018 | 72 | 42 | 0 | 30 | 58.3 | — | — | — | — | Contract terminated 6 August 2018 |
| 19 | Cameron Ciraldo | 2018 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 50.0 | — | — | — | — | Caretaker coach |

## Individual
### Most games for club

* 246, Isaah Yeo (2014–present)
* 243, Steve Carter (1988–2001)
* 238, Craig Gower (1996–2007)
* 238, Royce Simmons (1980–1991)
* 228, Greg Alexander (1984–1994, 1997–1999)
* 211, Tony Puletua (1997–2008)
* 208, Luke Lewis (2001–2012)
* 206, Brad Izzard (1982–1992)
* 204, Ryan Girdler (1993–2004)
* 203, James Fisher-Harris (2016-2024)

### Most tries for club

* 113, Rhys Wesser (1998–2008)
* 101, Ryan Girdler (1993–2004)
* 101, Greg Alexander (1984–1994, 1997–1999)
* 89, Luke Lewis (2001–2012)
* 80, Brian To'o (2019–present)
* 74, Josh Mansour (2012–2020)
* 73, Brad Izzard (1982–1992)
* 71, Michael Jennings (2007–2012)
* 66, Robbie Beckett (1994–2001)
* 66, Steve Carter (1988–2001)

### Most points for club

* 1,572 (101 tries, 581 goals, 6 field goals), Ryan Girdler (1993–2004)
* 1,567 (61 tries, 642 goals, 16 field goals), Nathan Cleary (2016–present)
* 1,104 (101 tries, 343 goals, 14 field goals), Greg Alexander (1984–1994, 1997–1999)
* 798 (55 tries, 289 goals), Michael Gordon (2006–2012)
* 613 (43 tries, 220 goals, 1 field goal), Preston Campbell (2003–2006)
* 454 (113 tries, 1 goal), Rhys Wesser (1998–2008)

### Most points in a season

* 270 by Michael Gordon in 2010
* 231 by Nathan Cleary in 2021
* 229 by Ryan Girdler in 1999

### Most tries in a season

* 25 by Rhys Wesser in 2003
* 23 by Amos Roberts in 2004
* 21 by Brian To'o in 2023
* 19 by Rhys Wesser in 2006

### Most points in a match

* 34 by Nathan Cleary in Round 25 of the 2019 NRL season

## State Of Origin Representatives
### New South Wales

* Brad Izzard (1982, 1991)
* Royce Simmons (1984, 1986, 1987, 1888)
* Greg Alexander (1989, 1990, 1991)
* John Cartwright (1989, 1991, 1992)
* Mark Geyer (1989, 1991)
* Chris Mortimer (1989)
* Peter Kelly (1989)
* Brad Fittler (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995)
* Graham Mackay (1992, 1993,1994)
* Steve Carter (1992)
* Ryan Girdler (1999-01)
* Craig Gower (2001, 2004, 2005, 2006)
* Matt Adamson (2001)
* Trent Waterhouse (2004, 2009, 2010)
* Luke Rooney (2004)
* Luke Lewis (2004, 2009, 2010)
* Michael Jennings (2009–16)
* Michael Gordon (2010)
* Tim Grant (2012)
* Matt Moylan (2016)
* Josh Mansour (2016)
* James Maloney (2018, 2019)
* Nathan Cleary (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
* Reagan Campbell-Gillard (2018)
* Tyrone Peachey (2018)
* Isaah Yeo (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
* Brian To'o (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
* Jarome Luai (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
* Liam Martin (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
* Apisai Koroisau (2021, 2022, 2023)
* Stephen Crichton (2022, 2023)
* Dylan Edwards (2024)

### New South Wales (SL)

* Craig Gower (1997)
* Ryan Girdler (1997)
* Greg Alexander (1997)

### Queensland

* Darryl Brohman (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)
* Alan McIndoe (1989, 1990)
* Matt Sing (1995)
* Craig Greenhill (1999, 2000)
* Scott Sattler (2003)
* Rhys Wesser (2004, 2005, 2006)
* Ben Ross (2004, 2005)
* Petero Civoniceva (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
* Kurt Capewell (2020, 2021)

### Coaching

New South Wales
* Phil Gould (Coach - 1992, 1993, 1994)

## All Stars Game Representatives
### NRL All Stars

* Michael Jennings (2010, 2011, 2012)
* Tim Grant (2013)
* Matt Moylan (2015)
* Trent Merrin (2016)

### Indigenous All Stars

* Tyrone Peachey (2015, 2016, 2017, 2023)
* Will Smith (2016)
* Jamie Soward (2016)
* Leilani Latu (2016, 2017)

### Māori All Stars

* Dean Whare (2019)
* James Tamou (2019)
* James Fisher Harris (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
* Malakai Watene-Zelezniak (2020)
* Zane Tetevano (2020)
* Jarome Luai (2021)

## International Representatives
### Australia

* Royce Simmons (1986–87)
* Greg Alexander (1989–90)
* John Cartwright (1990–92)
* Mark Geyer (1990–91)
* Brad Fittler (1991–95)
* Graham Mackay (1992)
* Matt Sing (1995)
* Craig Gower (1999-01, 2003–05)
* Ryan Girdler (1999-01)
* Trent Waterhouse (2003–05, 2009)
* Joel Clinton (2004)
* Luke Rooney (2004–05)
* Luke Priddis (2005)
* Petero Civoniceva (2008–11)
* Luke Lewis (2009–12)
* Michael Jennings (2009)
* Josh Mansour (2014, 2016–17)
* Matt Moylan (2016)
* Trent Merrin (2016–17)
* Reagan Campbell-Gillard (2017)
* Nathan Cleary (2022)
* Isaah Yeo (2022)
* Liam Martin (2022)
* Dylan Edwards (2023)
Australia (SL)
* Craig Gower (1997)
* Ryan Girdler (1997)
* Matt Adamson (1997)

### Cook Islands

* Tinirau Arona (2009)
* Geoff Daniela (2012)
* Isaac John (2013)
* Tupou Sopoaga (2016)

### Fiji

* Livai Nalagilagi (1994)
* Joe Dakuitoga (1995)
* Wes Naiqama (2013–14)
* Eto Nabuli (2014)
* Kevin Naiqama (2014)
* Reagan Campbell-Gillard (2014)
* Apisai Koroisau (2015)
* Viliame Kikau (2016–17, 2019, 2022)
* Waqa Blake (2017)
* Tyrone Phillips (2018)
* Sunia Turuva (2022)

### Greece

* Billy Tsikrikas (2019)
* George Tsikrikas (2019)

### Italy

* Cameron Ciraldo (2013)
* Mason Cerruto (2017)
* Anton Iaria (2019)
* Alexander Myles (2019)
* John Trimboli (2019)

### Malta

* Jarrod Sammut (2006–07)
* Cowen Epere (2017)

### New Zealand

* Gary Freeman (1994–95)
* Tony Puletua (1998–00, 2002–07)
* Joe Galuvao (2003–04)
* Paul Whatuira (2004)
* Frank Pritchard (2005–09)
* Sam McKendry (2010–13)
* Dean Whare (2013–15, 2017)
* Isaac John (2014)
* Lewis Brown (2014–15)
* Dallin Watene-Zelezniak (2016–18)
* Te Maire Martin (2016)
* James Fisher-Harris (2016, 2018–19)

### Papua New Guinea

* Paul Aiton (2007–08)
* Keith Peters (2007–09)
* Jason Chan (2008)
* James Nightingale (2008)
* Wellington Albert (2015)
* Stanton Albert (2015)

### Samoa

* Fa'ausu Afoa (1995)
* Frank Puletua (2000, 2007–08)
* Brian Leauma (2000)
* Fred Petersen (2000)
* Junior Tia-Kilifi (2006)
* Tony Puletua (2008)
* Joseph Paulo (2007–10)
* Masada Iosefa (2010)
* Mose Masoe (2013)
* Jarome Luai (2017-2023)
* Christian Crichton (2018-2023)
* Tyrone May (2018-2020)
* Brian To'o (2019-2023)
* Moses Leota (2019-2023)
* Spencer Leniu (2022-2023)
* Taylan May (2022)
* Charlie Staines (2022)
* Izack Tago (2022-2023)

### Scotland

* Lachlan Stein (2017)
* Peter Wallace (2013)

### Tonga

* Michael Jennings (2008)
* Daniel Foster (2013–15)
* Sika Manu (2013–15)
* Ben Murdoch-Masila (2014–15)
* Sione Katoa (2016–19)
* Leilani Latu (2017)
* Soni Luke (2022)

### United States

* Mark O'Halloran (2007)
* Junior Paulo (2011)
* Clint Newton (2013)