Another year of Penrith Panthers dominance and another year of records getting broken by the unstoppable force that is the Mountain Men.

The unassuming Tom Jenkins is a shoo in for the Ken Irvine Medal in 2026 for the top try scorer, but more than that he threatens to break the NRL record for most tries scored in one season.

The man they call Milky already sits on 25 tries after round 20 of NRL Season 2026. This puts him level with Rhys Wesser’s long-standing Penrith club record set in 2003.

Unlikely to touch the Australian Rugby League all time record of Dave Brown’s thirty-eight tries for Eastern suburbs back in 1935. But in the modern game, Milky Jenkins might just top the lot.

Since the competition was rebranded as the NRL in 1998, only a handful of players have ever gotten close to what Jenkins is doing right now.

So, while Milky keeps chasing history in real time, we thought it was the perfect excuse to look back at the players who've had the hottest try scoring streaks in NRL history.

Check out the list of players who’ve scored the most tries in an NRL Season below.

The Most Tries in an NRL Season

Suliasi Vunivalu and Josh Addo-Carr - Melbourne Storm - 2017 - 23 tries

Two Storm wingers, one incredible season. Vunivalu and Addo-Carr both crossed twenty-three times in 2017, giving Melbourne the two most prolific try-scorers in the entire competition in the same backline in the same year.

Understandably, they won the comp comfortably that year, with the Fox crossing for two in the Grand Final vs the Cowboys.

David Fusitu'a - New Zealand Warriors - 2018 - 23 tries

Fusitu'a's twenty-three tries in 2018 made him the inaugural winner of the Ken Irvine Medal when the award was introduced that year.

Darren Smith - Brisbane Broncos - 1998 - 23 Tries

The only forward on this list - Darren Smith split his time between the back row and centres in the 90s.

The hard running Smith was the top try scorer in the first year of the NRL, running off the likes of Alfie, Locky and Kev Walters as Brisbane claimed premiership glory in the unified competition.

Dom Young - Newcastle Knights - 2023 - 23 tries

A big unit who can move with the best of them, Dom Young is a Winger’s Winger.

The English Super League product was unstoppable in 2023 for a Knights side that made a genuine finals push for the first time in a long time.

Jamayne Isaako - Dolphins - 2023 - 24 tries

Isaako's 2023 season won him the Ken Irvine Medal outright and set the Dolphins' inaugural club try-scoring record in the same year.

He also topped the competition's points-scoring charts that season, becoming the first player to complete that double since Mal Meninga back in 1990.

Semi Radradra - Parramatta Eels - 2015 - 24 tries

"Semi-Trailer" bulldozed his way to twenty-four tries in just eighteen games in 2015, topping the NRL's try-scoring list outright and breaking a thirty-three-year-old Parramatta club record previously held by Steve Ella.

An absolute sight to behold at his peak - Radradra would leave to play French Rugby Union, dominating for Toulon in the 15-man code.

Brett Morris - St George Illawarra Dragons - 2009 - 25 tries

B-Moz ran in twenty-five tries in 2009, part of a remarkable year in which he and his twin brother Josh combined for a total of 47 tries - the most scored by brothers in a single season.

A well-deserved record for two of the game’s greatest outside backs.

Rhys Wesser - Penrith Panthers - 2003 - 25 tries

One of the best fullbacks of the modern era, Rhys Wesser scored twenty-five tries in the number one jersey when Penrith won the comp in 2003.

After 23 years, his club-record looks like it’ll finally be broken by the young Thomas Jenkins.

Nathan Blacklock - St George Illawarra Dragons - 2001 - 27 tries

A dominant force for the newly formed St George Illawarra at the inception of the NRL.

Blacklock scored hauls of 24 in 1999, 25 in 2000; before notching a ridiculous 27 tries in the 2001 season.

His movement on the field was poetry in motion and his ability to find the line was second-to-none.

We loved watching Tingha do his thing back in the day.

Alex Johnston - South Sydney Rabbitohs - 2021 & 2022 - 30 tries

Surprise, surprise.

The try scoring king of the NRL Alex Johnston sits alone at the top - and he’s done it twice.

The Bunnies winger took to six-again rule changes like a duck to water, scoring thirty tries in both 2021 and 2022, becoming the first player since 1954 to reach that number in a single season.

After breaking the all-time try scorers record in 2026, Alex Johnston’s name will sit in the record books forever.