		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.	St George	9	9	-	-	207	66	+141	9	6	3	-	160	101	+59	18	15	3	-	367	167	30	+200
	Western Suburbs	9	9	-	-	236	87	+149	9	6	3	-	154	94	+60	18	15	3	-	390	181	30	+209
3.	Balmain	9	5	4	-	136	146	-10	9	5	4	-	145	146	-1	18	10	8	-	281	292	20	-11
	Manly Warringah	9	6	3	-	172	103	+69	9	4	5	-	122	106	+16	18	10	8	-	294	209	20	+85
5.	Sydney	9	5	3	1	156	98	+58	9	4	5	-	134	113	+21	18	9	8	1	290	211	19	+79
6.	North Sydney	9	6	3	-	150	118	+32	9	3	6	-	123	180	-57	18	9	9	-	273	298	18	-25
7.	South Sydney	9	3	6	-	114	169	-55	9	4	5	-	123	156	-33	18	7	11	-	237	325	14	-88
8.	Canterbury	9	4	5	-	97	126	-29	9	2	6	1	100	158	-58	18	6	11	1	197	284	13	-87
9.	Newtown	9	3	6	-	119	158	-39	9	2	7	-	117	278	-161	18	5	13	-	236	436	10	-200
10.	Parramatta	9	1	8	-	120	190	-70	9	2	7	-	83	175	-92	18	3	15	-	203	365	6	-162
Total games played: 90 Total points scored: 2,768 Average points per game: 30.76 Best attack: Western Suburbs Magpies (21.67 ppg - 140.90%) Best defense: St George Dragons (9.28 ppg - 60.34%) Worst attack: Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs (10.94 ppg - 71.13%) Worst defense: Newtown Jets (24.22 ppg - 157.48%)

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	3rd	Prelim Final	11	9	0	296	304	Harry BATH	12	-	Ron MACK	106	-	Keith BARNES	Leichhardt, Sports Ground	9,070
Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	8th		6	11	1	197	284	Eddie BURNS	5	-	Ross KITE	48	-	Brian DAVIES	Belmore, Sports Ground	5,766
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	4th	Minor Semi	10	9	0	299	219	Kenneth ARTHURSON	17	-	Brian ALLSOP	127	-	Ron WILLEY	Brookvale	3,922
Newtown Jets	9th		5	13	0	236	436	Charles CAHILL	17	-	Dudley TOWERS	89	-	Dudley TOWERS	Henson	4,254
North Sydney Bears	6th		9	9	0	273	298	Robert SULLIVAN	17	-	Ken IRVINE	105	-	Brian CARLSON	North Sydney, Sports Ground	6,635
Parramatta Eels	10th	Wooden Spoon	3	15	0	203	365	Ronald BODEN	6	-	Brian COX, Kevin HOLE	58	-	Keith GRIFFITHS	Cumberland	5,910
St George Dragons	1st	Premiers	17	3	0	398	171	Ken KEARNEY	20	-	Johnny KING	153	-	Brian GRAHAM	Sports Ground, WIN Jubilee	11,216
South Sydney Rabbitohs	7th		7	11	0	237	325	Denis DONOGHUE	10	-	Eric SLADDEN	43	-	Kevin LONGBOTTOM	Aus Tech Park, Sports Ground	10,196
Sydney Roosters	5th		9	8	1	290	211	Dick DUNN	14	-	Bob LANDERS	164	-	Bob LANDERS	Sports Ground	11,248
Western Suburbs Magpies	2nd	Runners Up	16	5	0	401	217	Jack FITZGERALD	15	-	Peter DIMOND	84	-	Keith HOLMAN	Pratten, Sports Ground	8,210

NSWRFL 1961