Ron McAuliffe Medal

The Ron McAuliffe Medal is awarded to the player adjudged to be Queensland's best player of the series each year.

From its inception in 1992 until 2003, this award was known as the Wally Lewis Medal. It was renamed after the decision was made to award the Wally Lewis Medal to the overall player of each year's State of Origin series.

1992 Allan Langer
1993 Bob Lindner
1994 Billy Moore
1995 Gary Larson
1996 Allan Langer
1997 Robbie O'Davis
1998 Allan Langer
1999 Jason Hetherington
2000 Darren Smith
2001 Darren Lockyer
2002 Shane Webcke
2003 Darren Lockyer
2004 Steve Price
2005 Cameron Smith
2006 Darren Lockyer
2007 Cameron Smith
2008 Petero Civoniceva
2009 Greg Inglis
2010 Sam Thaiday
2011 Petero Civoniceva
2012 Nate Myles
2013 Cameron Smith
2014 Nate Myles
2015 Cameron Smith
2016 Darius Boyd
2017 Josh McGuire
2018 Billy Slater
2019 Ben Hunt
2020 Jake Friend
2021 Ben Hunt
2022 Patrick Carrigan
2023 Reuben Cotter