		Home							Away							Overall
Team		P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	Pts	PD
1.	Parramatta	13	8	4	1	270	167	+103	11	8	3	-	176	113	+63	24	16	7	1	446	280	37	+166
2.	South Sydney	13	10	2	1	224	149	+75	11	5	5	1	129	169	-40	24	15	7	2	353	318	36	+35
3.	Canterbury	14	10	4	-	280	119	+161	10	5	4	1	148	145	+3	24	15	8	1	428	264	35	+164
4.	Manly Warringah	12	7	5	-	201	187	+14	12	7	4	1	275	192	+83	24	14	9	1	476	379	33	+97
5.	Balmain	14	9	5	-	257	219	+38	10	4	6	-	146	168	-22	24	13	11	-	403	387	* 30	+16
6.	North Sydney	12	7	5	-	200	186	+14	12	6	6	-	162	230	-68	24	13	11	-	362	416	* 30	-54
7.	St George	13	6	6	1	207	219	-12	11	6	5	-	153	183	-30	24	12	11	1	360	402	29	-42
8.	Penrith	11	7	3	1	233	125	+108	13	4	9	-	213	269	-56	24	11	12	1	446	394	27	+52
9.	Eastern Suburbs	9	6	3	-	182	116	+66	15	4	11	-	152	248	-96	24	10	14	-	334	364	24	-30
10.	Cronulla	12	5	7	-	158	194	-36	12	4	7	1	152	270	-118	24	9	14	1	310	464	23	-154
11.	Canberra	12	7	5	-	259	178	+81	12	1	10	1	132	235	-103	24	8	15	1	391	413	21	-22
	Western Suburbs	11	5	5	1	202	170	+32	13	3	10	-	170	368	-198	24	8	15	1	372	538	21	-166
13.	Illawarra	10	4	6	-	148	141	+7	14	3	11	-	162	231	-69	24	7	17	-	310	372	18	-62
* Balmain, North Sydney were involved in playoffs to determine their final position.
Total games played: 157 Total points scored: 5,012 Average points per game: 31.92 Best attack: Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (19.83 ppg - 124.25%) Best defense: Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs (11.00 ppg - 68.92%) Worst attack: Illawarra Steelers (12.92 ppg - 80.95%) Worst defense: Western Suburbs Magpies (22.42 ppg - 140.48%)

Team Name	Position	Extra Info	W	L	D	Pts For	Pts Ag.	Coach	Top Tryscorer(s)			Top Pointscorer(s)			Home Venue(s)	Home Crowd Avg
Balmain Tigers	5th	Prelim Final	16	12	0	498	455	F.R. STANTON	13	-	G. SCHOFIELD	196	-	R. CONLON	Leichhardt	8,147
Canberra Raiders	11th		8	15	1	391	413	D.A. FURNER, A. McMAHON	12	-	T. FAHEY	143	-	M.N. MENINGA	Seiffert	6,851
Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	3rd	Runners Up	17	10	1	480	314	W. RYAN	12	-	T.J. LAMB, S. O'BRIEN	210	-	T.J. LAMB	Belmore	11,142
Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	10th		9	14	1	310	464	J.A. GIBSON	9	-	A. ETTINGSHAUSEN	54	-	S. WATSON	Endeavour Field	6,063
Eastern Suburbs Roosters	9th		10	14	0	334	364	A.H. BEETSON	11	-	G. WURTH	108	-	T. MELROSE	Sports Ground	5,582
Illawarra Steelers	13th	Wooden Spoon	7	17	0	310	372	B.T. SMITH	11	-	A. McINDOE	44	-	A. McINDOE	Wollongong	7,535
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	4th	Minor Prelim Semi	14	10	1	498	408	B. FULTON	13	-	P. BLAKE	172	-	M. COCHRANE	Brookvale	13,010
North Sydney Bears	6th	Playoff	13	12	0	369	430	B.E. NORTON	9	-	L. KISS, M. CANNON	82	-	L. KISS	North Sydney	9,111
Parramatta Eels	1st	Premiers	18	7	1	478	288	J.S. MONIE	11	-	B.E. KENNY	52	-	G. ATKINS	Parramatta	19,600
Penrith Panthers	8th		11	12	1	446	394	T.G. SHEENS	11	-	G.P.S. ALEXANDER	183	-	G.P.S. ALEXANDER	Penrith	9,029
St George Dragons	7th		12	11	1	360	402	R. MASTERS	9	-	R. WALFORD	128	-	M.D. O'CONNOR		0
South Sydney Rabbitohs	2nd	Minor Semi	15	9	2	366	370	G.L. PIGGINS	8	-	B. DJURA	168	-	N. BAKER	Redfern	9,719
Western Suburbs Magpies	12th		8	15	1	372	538	S. GHOSN	12	-	R. PETHYBRIDGE	116	-	I. SCHUBERT	Lidcombe	5,775

NSWRL 1986