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. They have had an eventful history, winning four wooden spoons and six premierships (finishing runners-up twice). The following are club match records:
Team Biggest wins Margin Score Opponent Venue Date 68 68-0 West Tigers Commbank Stadium 7 June 2026 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 Biggest losses Margin Score Opponent Venue Date 62 12–74 Canberra Raiders Canberra Stadium 10 August 2008597–70Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesPenrith Park29 July 1973 58 6–64 Parramatta EelsParramatta 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 10 games: 1 June 2025 - 8 August 2025 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 WinsFirst winLast win21 Round 19, 2019 Round 7, 2022
Longest winning away streak Penrith Panthers WinsFirst winLast win14 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 1967, 1973 44 10 2 32 22.7 — — — 1973 — 2 1968–1972 110 39 3 68 35.5 — — — — — 3 1974 22 9 0 13 40.9 — — — — — 4 1975 16 6 0 10 37.5 — — — — As captain-coach 5 1975–76 28 9 2 17 32.1 — — — — — 6 1977–78 44 10 3 31 22.7 — — — — — 7 1979–81 66 16 3 47 24.2 — — — 1980 — 8 1982–83 52 16 1 35 30.8 — — — — — 9 1984–87 98 43 4 51 43.9 — — — — Club's first finals appearance in 1985 10 1988–89 47 31 0 16 66.0 — — — — — 11 1990–94 109 61 4 44 56.0 1991 1990 1991 — — 12 1992 1 0 0 1 0.0 — — — — Caretaker coach 13 1994–2001 177 76 4 97 42.9 — — — 2001 — 14 2002–06 125 65 0 60 52.0 2003 — 2003 — — 15 2007–11 111 49 2 60 44.1 — — — 2007 Sacked mid-season 2011 16 2011 11 4 0 7 36.4 — — — — Caretaker coach 17 2012–15, 2019–present 210 128 1 81 61.0 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 2020 2020, 2022, 2023 - Incumbent 18 2016–2018 72 42 0 30 58.3 — — — — Contract terminated 6 August 2018 19 2018 6 3 0 3 50.0 — — — — Caretaker coach
Individual
Most games for club 283, 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) 217, Moses Leota (2016-present) 211, Tony Puletua (1997–2008) 208, Luke Lewis (2001–2012) 206, Nathan Cleary (2016-present) 206, Brad Izzard (1982–1992)
Most tries for club 113, Rhys Wesser (1998–2008) 102, Brian To'o (2019-present) 101, Ryan Girdler (1993–2004) 101, Greg Alexander (1984–1994, 1997–1999) 89, Luke Lewis (2001–2012) 74, Josh Mansour (2012–2020) 73, Brad Izzard (1982–1992) 71, Michael Jennings (2007–2012) 66, Robbie Beckett (1994–2001) 65, Steve Carter (1988–2001)
Most points for club 1,914 (73 tries, 800 goals, 18 field goals), Nathan Cleary (2016–present) 1,572 (101 tries, 582 goals, 6 field goals), Ryan Girdler (1993–2004) 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 28 by Thomas Jenkins in 2026 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, 2025, 2026) Reagan Campbell-Gillard (2018) Tyrone Peachey (2018) Isaah Yeo (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026) Brian To'o (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026) Jarome Luai (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) Liam Martin (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) Apisai Koroisau (2021, 2022, 2023) Stephen Crichton (2022, 2023) Dylan Edwards (2024, 2025) Casey McLean (2026)
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 (2022-03) Dylan Edwards (2023) Lindsay Smith (2024-05)
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) Tony Puletua (2008) Joseph Paulo (2008–10) Masada Iosefa (2010) Mose Masoe (2013) Jarome Luai (2017–2023) Stephen 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)
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