		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.	Manly Warringah	12	10	2	-	332	177	+155	12	8	3	1	221	179	+42	24	18	5	1	553	356	41	+197
2.	Eastern Suburbs	9	6	2	1	157	145	+12	15	9	6	-	233	208	+25	24	15	8	1	390	353	35	+37
3.	Canberra	12	7	5	-	207	140	+67	12	8	4	-	234	185	+49	24	15	9	-	441	325	34	+116
4.	Balmain	13	9	4	-	289	179	+110	11	5	5	1	180	170	+10	24	14	9	1	469	349	33	+120
5.	South Sydney	11	6	5	-	126	159	-33	13	7	5	1	184	183	+1	24	13	10	1	310	342	31	-32
6.	Canterbury	12	9	3	-	229	142	+87	12	4	8	-	124	174	-50	24	13	11	-	353	316	30	+37
7.	Parramatta	13	8	5	-	279	219	+60	11	4	7	-	138	192	-54	24	12	12	-	417	411	28	+6
8.	Cronulla	12	7	5	-	210	178	+32	12	4	7	1	180	255	-75	24	11	12	1	390	433	27	-43
9.	North Sydney	13	8	5	-	222	198	+24	11	3	8	-	146	203	-57	24	11	13	-	368	401	26	-33
	St George	12	6	5	1	192	203	-11	12	4	7	1	202	206	-4	24	10	12	2	394	409	26	-15
11.	Illawarra	11	6	5	-	162	168	-6	13	2	11	-	210	281	-71	24	8	16	-	372	449	20	-77
12.	Penrith	13	5	7	1	160	168	-8	11	1	10	-	114	231	-117	24	6	17	1	274	399	17	-125
13.	Western Suburbs	13	4	7	2	183	246	-63	11	1	10	-	156	281	-125	24	5	17	2	339	527	16	-188
Total games played: 156 Total points scored: 5,070 Average points per game: 32.50 Best attack: Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (23.04 ppg - 141.78%) Best defense: Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs (13.17 ppg - 81.05%) Worst attack: Penrith Panthers (11.42 ppg - 70.28%) Worst defense: Western Suburbs Magpies (21.96 ppg - 135.14%)

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	4th	Minor Prelim Semi	14	10	1	481	364	Bill ANDERSON	11	-	Scott GALE	196	-	Ross CONLON	Leichhardt	8,800
Canberra Raiders	3rd	Runners Up	17	11	0	543	404	Don FURNER, Wayne BENNETT	14	-	Matthew CORKERY	96	-	Gary BELCHER	Seiffert	6,918
Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	6th		13	11	0	353	316	Warren RYAN	16	-	Terry LAMB	179	-	Terry LAMB	Belmore	10,689
Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	8th		11	12	1	390	433	John GIBSON	10	-	Glenn COLEMAN	106	-	Sean WATSON	Endeavour	8,550
Eastern Suburbs Roosters	2nd	Prelim Final	16	10	1	445	411	Arthur BEETSON	12	-	Steve MORRIS	110	-	David SMITH	Henson	7,972
Illawarra Steelers	11th		8	16	0	372	449	Brian SMITH	9	-	Alan McINDOE	162	-	Dean CARNEY	Wollongong	7,498
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	1st	Premiers	20	5	1	581	370	Bob FULTON	13	-	Dale SHEARER	138	-	Mal COCHRANE	Brookvale	13,155
North Sydney Bears	9th		11	13	0	368	401	Frank STANTON	8	-	Mark CANNON	86	-	John DORAHY	North Sydney	9,054
Parramatta Eels	7th		12	12	0	417	411	John MONIE	7	-	Tony CHALMERS	108	-	John MUGGLETON	Parramatta	15,139
Penrith Panthers	12th		6	17	1	274	399	Tim SHEENS	7	-	Mark ROBINSON	57	-	Greg ALEXANDER	Penrith Park	6,922
St George Dragons	10th		10	12	2	394	409	Roy MASTERS	13	-	Brian JOHNSTON	90	-	Bronko DJURA		0
South Sydney Rabbitohs	5th	Minor Semi	14	11	1	337	400	George PIGGINS	6	-	Steve MAVIN	115	-	Mark ELLISON	Redfern	11,259
Western Suburbs Magpies	13th	Wooden Spoon	5	17	2	339	527	Steve GHOSN	8	-	John ALLANSON	94	-	Ian SCHUBERT	Orana	6,984

NSWRL 1987