New South Wales rugby league team records

This is a list of records in the Rugby League State of Origin for New South Wales.

Individual Records

Most Caps

Games	Player	Era
31	Brad Fittler	1990–2004
27	Andrew Ettingshausen	1987–1998
24	Paul Gallen	2006–2016
23	Laurie Daley	1989–1999
23	Andrew Johns	1995–2005
Correct to Game 3, 2016 and includes exhibition match

Most Points

Points	Player	Tries	Goals	FG
129	Michael O'Connor	11	42	1
94	Andrew Johns	4	37	4
82	Ryan Girdler	7	27	0
66	Rod Wishart	5	23	0
44	Craig Fitzgibbon	1	20	0
Correct to Game 3, 2016 and includes exhibition match

Most Tries

Tries	Player	Games
11	Michael O'Connor	19
9	Jarryd Hayne	20
8	Anthony Minichiello	11
8	Timana Tahu	12
8	Brad Fittler	31
Correct to Game 3, 2016 and includes exhibition match

Had eligibility rules been followed, Greg Inglis would hold the record with 18 State of Origin career tries

Individual appearance records

Record	Player	Detail	When
Youngest Player	Brad Fittler	18 years, 114 days	Game 2, 1990
Oldest Player	John Ferguson	34 years, 348 days	Game 3, 1989
First Qld-based NSW Player	Chris Johns	Brisbane Broncos	Game 1, 1989
Most Consecutive Appearances	Danny Buderus	21 games	Game 1, 2002 to Game 3, 2008
Most Appearances as Captain	Paul Gallen	16 games	2011 to 2016
Most Matches won as Captain	Brad Fittler	8	1994–2001
Most Series won as Captain	Laurie Daley	4	1992-1994, 1997 (SL)
Correct to Game 3, 2016 and includes exhibition match

Individual scoring records

Record	Player	Detail	When
Most Tries in a Match	Chris Anderson	3	Game 3, 1983
	Ryan Girdler	3	Game 3, 2000
	Matt King	3	Game 3, 2005
Most Goals in a Match	Ryan Girdler	10	Game 3, 2000
Most Points in a Match	Ryan Girdler	32	Game 3, 2000
Most Tries in a Series	Ryan Girdler	5	2000
Most Goals in a Series	Ryan Girdler	16	2000
Most Points in a Series	Ryan Girdler	52	2000
Correct to Game 6, 2015 and includes exhibition match

Team Records

Record	When
Team unchanged for entire series	Game 1-Game 3, 1996
3–0 Series Whitewash Victories	1986, 1996, 2000
0–3 Series Whitewash Losses	1988, 1989, 1995, 2010
Biggest Series Losing Streak	8 Years (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013)
Correct to Game 6, 2015 and includes exhibition match

Game Records

Biggest Win

Margin	Game
40	56–16, Game 3, 2000
Correct to Game 3, 2015 and includes exhibition match

Biggest Loss

Margin	Game
46	52-6, Game 3, 2015
Correct to Game 3, 2015 and includes exhibition match

Attendance Records

The largest home attendances for NSW in State of Origin are:

• Sydney Cricket Ground (1982-1987) - 42,048 - Game 2, 1987
• Sydney Football Stadium (1988-1998) - 42,235 - Game 1, 1990
• Stadium Australia (1999-present) - 88,336 (Olympic Games configuration) - Game 2, 1999
  83,813 (post reconfiguration) - Game 3, 2014