The Australian rugby league team North Queensland Cowboys and individual team members have won a variety of titles and honours since their foundation in 1995. The club has appeared in three grand finals of the National Rugby League premiership, winning in 2015, and has reached the finals ten times. Individual player awards include the Paul Bowman Medal and other honours awarded annually by the club itself and by external bodies, such as the Rugby League World Golden Boot Award which has gone to the Cowboys' Johnathan Thurston three times.
Team honours
Premierships Year Opponent Score 2015 Brisbane Broncos 17–16
Runners-up Year Opponent Score 2005 Wests Tigers 16–30 2017 Melbourne Storm 6–34
Minor premierships None
Finals appearances 12 - 2004, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022 and 2024.
Club awards Each year the Paul Bowman Medal is awarded to the Cowboys' best and fairest player of the season. The medal was named after Bowman, following his retirement in 2007.
Men's Paul Bowman Medal YearNatWinnerPosition1995Wayne Sing1996Steve Edmed1997Owen Cunningham1998John Lomax1999Paul Bowman2000Paul BowmanJulian O'Neill2001Glenn Morrison2002Matt Sing2003Paul Rauhihi2004Luke O'Donnell2005Johnathan Thurston2006Aaron Payne2007Matthew Bowen2008Aaron Payne2009Luke O'Donnell2010Matthew Scott2011Ashley Graham2012Johnathan Thurston2013Matthew Scott2014Johnathan Thurston2015Johnathan Thurston2016Jason Taumalolo2017Jason Taumalolo2018Jason Taumalolo2019Jason Taumalolo2020Jason Taumalolo2021Coen Hess2022Jason Taumalolo2023Scott Drinkwater2024Tom Dearden2025Tom Dearden
Players' Player YearNatWinnerPosition1995Wayne Sing1996Steve Edmed1997John Lomax1998John Lomax1999John Buttigieg2000Tim Brasher2001Glenn Morrison2002Matt Sing2003Matt Sing2004Paul Rauhihi2005Paul Bowman2006Luke O'Donnell2007Matthew Bowen2008Aaron Payne2009Luke O'Donnell2010Matthew Scott2011Johnathan Thurston2012James Tamou2013Matthew Scott2014Johnathan Thurston2015Jake Granville2016Jason Taumalolo2017Michael MorganJason Taumalolo2018Jason Taumalolo2019Jordan McLean2020Josh McGuire2021Murray Taulagi2022Tom Dearden2023Scott Drinkwater2024Tom Dearden2025Tom Dearden
Club Person of the Year YearNatWinnerPosition1995Paul Galea1996Martin Locke1997Ian Roberts1998Scott Mahon1999Barry Buchanan-2000Cowboys' Supporters Team-2001Peter Jones2002Martin Locke2003Ty Williams2004Dave Roberts-2005Rod Jensen2006Glen Murphy-2007Nicole BalanzateguiTim Nugent-2008Aaron Payne2009Clint Amos2010Jeff Reibel-2011Gavin Cooper2012Johnathan Thurston2013Kevin Marty-2014Ashton Sims2015Glenn Hall2016John Asiata2017Scott BoltonRay Thompson2018Johnathan Thurston2019Ben Hampton2020John Asiata2021Ben Hampton2022Tom Gilbert2023James Tamou2024Coen Hess2025Braidon Burns
Rookie of the Year YearNatWinnerPosition2007Sam Faust2008Nick Slyney2009Steve Rapira2010Leeson Ah Mau2011Tariq Sims2012Jason Taumalolo2013Kyle Feldt2014John Asiata2015Coen Hess2016Javid Bowen2017Corey Jensen2018Jake Clifford2019Shane Wright2020Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow2021Heilum Luki2022Jeremiah Nanai2023Kulikefu Finefeuiaki2024Jaxon Purdue2025Robert Derby
Most Improved YearNatWinnerPosition2007Ray CashmereAshley Graham2008Brandon Boor2009Scott Bolton2010James Tamou2011Ray Thompson2012Kane Linnett2013Joel Riethmuller2014Michael Morgan2015Justin O'Neill2016Ethan Lowe
Coach's Award The Most Improved Award was replaced by the Coach's Award in 2017. YearNatWinnerPosition2017Michael Morgan2018Kyle Feldt2019Francis Molo2020Mitchell Dunn
Cowboys Way Award The Coach's Award was replaced by the Cowboys Way award in 2021. YearNatWinnerPosition2021Jake Granville2022Tom Dearden2023Jordan McLean2024Jake Granville2015Tom ChesterHeilum Luki
Member's Player of the Year YearNatWinnerPosition2014Michael Morgan2015Jake Granville2016Jason Taumalolo2017Michael Morgan2018Kyle Feldt2019Jason Taumalolo2020Kyle Feldt2021Jake Granville2022Jeremiah Nanai2023Reuben Cotter2024Tom Dearden2025Tom Dearden
Young Guns Cowboys Way Award YearNatWinnerPosition2022Robert Derby2023Wil Sullivan2024Henry Teutau
Women's NRLW Cowboys of the Year YearNatWinnerPosition2023Emma Manzelmann2024Bree Chester
Players' Player YearNatWinnerPosition2023Emma Manzelmann2024Jakiya Whitfeld
Rookie of the Year YearNatWinnerPosition2023Fran Goldthorp2024Lily Peacock
Cowboys Way Award YearNatWinnerPosition2023China Polata2024Alisha Foord
Fans Choice Player of the Year YearNatWinnerPosition2023Kirra Dibb2024Kirra Dibb
Gold Stars Player of the Year YearNatWinnerPosition2021Emma Manzelmann2022Emma Manzelmann
Gold Stars Cowboys Way Award YearNatWinnerPosition2021Jordii-Rae Mahendrarajah2022Sareka Mooka
Individual honours Golden Boot The Golden Boot is awarded annually to the world's best player. 2011 Johnathan Thurston 2013 Johnathan Thurston 2015 Johnathan Thurston
Dally M Medal The Dally M Medal is awarded to the best player over the NRL season. 2005 Johnathan Thurston 2007 Johnathan Thurston 2014 Johnathan Thurston 2015 Johnathan Thurston 2016 Jason Taumalolo
Wally Lewis Medal The Wally Lewis medal is awarded each year to the State of Origin's man of the series. 2008 Johnathan Thurston 2023 Reuben Cotter 2025 Thomas Deardon
Dally M Team of the Year Each year at the Dally M awards, the best players in their position during the NRL season are selected for the team of the year. 2004 Paul Rauhihi (Prop) 2005 Johnathan Thurston (Halfback) 2007 Matthew Bowen (Fullback) 2007 Johnathan Thurston (Halfback) 2009 Johnathan Thurston (Halfback) 2011 Matthew Scott (Prop) 2012 Johnathan Thurston (Five-Eighth) 2013 Johnathan Thurston (Five-Eighth) 2014 Johnathan Thurston (Five-Eighth) 2015 Johnathan Thurston (Halfback) 2015 Jason Taumalolo (Lock) 2016 Jason Taumalolo (Lock) 2017 Michael Morgan (Halfback) 2018 Jason Taumalolo (Lock) 2022 Valentine Holmes (Centre) 2022 Jeremiah Nanai (Second Row) 2024 Tom Dearden (Five-Eighth)
Dally M Coach of the Year 2022 Todd Payten
Dally M Rookie of the Year 2022 Jeremiah Nanai
RLPA Player of the Year 2005 Johnathan Thurston 2013 Johnathan Thurston 2014 Johnathan Thurston 2015 Johnathan Thurston 2016 Jason Taumalolo
RLIF Team of the Year Awarded to the best players in the world at their position during the season by the Rugby League International Federation. 2009 Johnathan Thurston (Halfback) 2011 Matthew Scott (Prop) 2012 Johnathan Thurston (Five-Eighth)
RLW Player of the Year Awarded each year since 1970 by the magazine Rugby League Week. 2007 Johnathan Thurston and Matthew Bowen 2016 Jason Taumalolo
NRL Nines Most Valuable Player 2020 Scott Drinkwater
National Youth Competition honours
Team honours Premierships None
Runners-up 1 - 2011 (lost 30–31 to the New Zealand Warriors)
Minor premierships None
Wooden spoons 1 - 2008
Finals appearances 5 - 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017
Club awards + Player of the YearYearNatWinnerPosition 2008 Nick Slyney 2009 Dane Hogan 2010 Jason Taumalolo 2011 Jason Taumalolo 2012 Zac Santo 2013 Jayden Hodges 2014 Josh Chudleigh 2015 Andrew Niemoeller 2016 Brandon Smith 2017 Kurt Wiltshire
Individual honours NYC Team of the Year 2010 James Segeyaro (Hooker) 2011 Jason Taumalolo (Second Row) 2011 Kyle Feldt (Interchange) 2012 Chris Grevsmuhl (Interchange) 2015 Gideon Gela-Mosby (Wing) 2015 Viliame Kikau (Prop) 2015 Coen Hess (Second Row) 2016 Kalyn Ponga (Fullback) 2016 Gideon Gela-Mosby (Wing) 2016 Brandon Smith (Hooker) 2017 Kalyn Ponga (Fullback) 2017 Jake Clifford (Interchange)
Dally M Player of the Year 2017 Jake Clifford
RLPA Player of the Year 2011 Jason Taumalolo
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