Super League’s top 10 metre makers in 2024 as Warrington Wolves star surpasses incredible landmark

Warrington Wolves full-back Matt Dufty has been Super League’s top metre maker throughout the season so far, and became the first player to surpass the landmark figure of 3,000 earlier this month.

Dufty is enjoying an impressive season from an individual point of view, also leading the way for carries in Super League.

Love Rugby League has taken a look into the top metre makers, which makes for interesting reading.

Without further ado, here are the top 10 metre makers in Super League 2024 (so far), with this article to be updated regularly throughout the campaign…

On the rare occasion that two – or more – players are locked on the exact same number of metres made, we’ll use their ‘average gain’ to separate them. The higher that number, the better, as it means a player is getting further with the ball in hand.

10. Tom Davies (Catalans Dragons) – 2,025

Catalans flier Davies has missed three of their first 17 Super League games this year, but has still managed to clock up just over 2,000 metres – averaging over 144 per appearance. The Dragons ace – who will join Hull KR next year – has scored seven league tries so far this season.

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9. Tom Johnstone (Catalans Dragons) – 2,062

Team-mate and fellow winger Johnstone is just ahead of Davies terms of metres made with 37 more to his name. Johnstone has though played more games, missing just one in Super League so far this term. He’s also headed for the exit door at the Stade Gilbert Brutus come the end of the campaign having agreed a deal to re-join Wakefield Trinity from 2025.

8. Liam Marshall (Wigan Warriors) – 2,148

Wigan academy product Marshall sits comfortably top of Super League’s try-scoring chart, and is eighth on the list of metre makers having ticked past 2,100 as they beat bitter rivals St Helens in Round 17. The 28-year-old has played in 15 of the Warriors’ 16 Super League games so far this season – so is averaging just over 143 metres per league appearance.

7. Ash Handley (Leeds Rhinos) – 2,160

Narrowly ahead of Marshall is another academy product in the shape of Leeds flier Handley, whose 2,160 have come in the space of 14 league appearances to date this term. His lowest ‘metre return’ from a game in 2024 to date came in Round 16 when the Rhinos beat London Broncos in Golden Point extra time at Headingley, making 107 that day.

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6. Lachlan Miller (Leeds Rhinos) – 2,188

Australian team-mate Miller is just ahead of Handley, with the full-back having made 28 more metres in the space of two more appearances. The Rhinos’ #1 has hit triple figures in 12 of the 16 Super League games he’s been involved in to date since his move over from the NRL, making a whopping 214 metres when they hosted London at Headingley in May.

5. Peta Hiku (Hull KR) – 2,218

Another off-season recruit in KR’s Kiwi international Hiku is sat in fifth spot for metres made with 2,218. The former North Queensland Cowboys ace had been thrown into full-back when he first arrived at Craven Park, but was quickly shifted into the centres by head coach Willie Peters. He’s been an ever-present for the Robins so far this season.

4. Esan Marsters (Huddersfield Giants) – 2,218

This is one of the rare occasions two players are locked on the exact same number of metres made. Marsters (8.77) takes fourth spot over Hiku (8.43) courtesy of having a marginally better average gain. The Giants centre is currently out injured, so may well drop down this list very soon, but has made 158 metres per appearance on average having featured in 14 league games this year.

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3. Nene Macdonald (Salford Red Devils) – 2,323

Macdonald is another who has been injured of late, missing Salford’s last two games and losing his ever-present status in the process. But since his arrival in Greater Manchester in the off-season, the Papua New Guinea international has been making metres for fun – averaging close to 155 per league appearance. He’s yet to not hit triple figures in a Red Devils shirt.

2. Ryan Hall (Hull KR) – 2,397

He might be turning 37 in November, but Hall is the very definition of a modern day winger. It’s not just his try-scoring ability, it’s everything he does in back-field and his carries out of yardage that will really please KR coach Willie Peters. The veteran flier, who will return to Leeds in 2025, has made just shy of 2,400 metres so far this season in Super League – remarkable.

1. Matt Dufty (Warrington Wolves) – 3,208

Dufty has been among the top performers in Super League to date in 2024, with impressive statistics in pretty much every category you want him to excel in. Metres made would be at the very top of that list, and he’s the only one to surpass 3,000 in Super League to date, making another 199 in Round 17 against Leeds. The Aussie is loving life under the tutelage of Sam Burgess.

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