2026 Rugby League Hottest 100 results

BY STAFF WRITERS

The Queen of Rock, Tina Turner, has taken home the top spot in the Rugby League Hottest 100 again. Since the first countdown, Turner’s ‘The Best’ has finished on top every year except for 2024 when it was knocked off by Hoodoo Gurus’ ‘That’s My Team’.

It also the second time Turner has gone number 1 and runner up with ‘What You Get is What You See’ finishing second in 2026 and 2020.

Doug Parkinson’s ‘Roosterman’ finished the highest of any count since 2021 while there were some surprise entries at the bottom end of the top 10.

1. ‘The Best’ – Tina Turner
2. That’s Gold – Paul Harragon
3. ‘Am I Ever Gonna See the Biff Again’ – Reg Reagan
4. ‘That’s My Team’ – Hoodoo Gurus
5. ‘Rooster Man’ – Doug Parkinson
6. ‘Take us to the Top’ – Jason Martin
7. ‘Panthers’ – Rodney O
8. ‘Platinum Ryder’ – Anthony Mundine
9. ‘Rabs’ – Roy Bing
10. ‘Danny Boy’ – Frank Hyde
11. ‘Harden Up’ – Tommy Raudonikis and The Cattledogs
12. ‘That’s in Queensland’ – Denis Carnahan
13. ‘The Rugby League Song 1981’ – Danny McMaster
14. ‘Matter of Faith’ – Lapi Mariner
15. ‘Eye of the Tiger’ – Survivor
16. ‘We Will Rock You’ – Queen
17. ‘Eagle Rock’ – Daddy Cool
18. ‘Stand Aside Here Come the Mighty Bears’ – North Sydney Bears
19. ‘Breathe’ – The Prodigy
20. ‘We Rock the Party’ – Dreamyourz
21. ‘Where You From?’ – Beau Ryan feat. Justice Crew
22. ‘Shaft’ – Isaac Hayes
23. ‘Here’ – Briggs feat. Caiti Baker
24. ‘Go the Mighty Panthers’ – Penrith Panthers
25. ‘Up the Wahs’ – Warriors Anonymous feat. Teresa Michels
26. ‘Glory Glory to South Sydney’ – South Sydney Rabbitohs
27. ‘Up Up Cronulla’ – Cronulla Sharks
28. ‘The Boys are Back in Town’ – Thin Lizzy
29. ‘We are the Champions’ – Queen
30. ‘Carpe Diem’ – Edrenalin
31. ‘Long Live the Newcastle Knights’ – Morgan Evans
32. ‘The Day John Sattler Broke his Jaw’ – The Whitlams Black Stump
33. ‘Let Me Entertain You’ – Robbie Williams
34. ‘You Were There’ – Denis Carnahan
35. ‘Taste of Steel’ – Illawarra Steelers
36. ‘The Legend of Dally M’ – Les Gock & Paul Wilson
37. ‘Goodbye Hindy’ – Denis Carnahan
38. ‘Two Tribes’ – Frankie Goes to Hollywood
39. ’13 Men All Dressed in Blue’ – Frenzal Rhomb
40. ‘Queenlander’ – Danny McMaster
41. ‘This is Our House’ – Bon Jovi
42. ‘Meditjin’ – Baker Boy feat. JessB
43. ‘Friday Night Football’ – Billy Thorpe
44. ‘We are the Storm’ – Phil Wall
45. ‘Come With Me’ – Puff Daddy feat. Jimmy Page
46. ‘The Ballad of Joey Johns’ – Nah Mate
47. When the Saints go Marching in’ – Louis Armstrong
48. ‘How Do You Feel – Manly vs Parramatta’ – Tooheys
49. ‘Let’s go Broncos’ – Brisbane Broncos
50. ‘The Mighty Green Machine’ – Canberra Raiders
51. ‘Footy Show Theme 2004’ – Dave Gleeson
52. ‘Hey Hey We’re the Broncos’ – The Ipswich Connection
53. ‘Let’s Trot’ – Brothers feat. Joel Fletcher
54. ‘Run That Ball’ – Sydney Yungins
55. ‘It’s a Funny Old Game’ – Jim Haynes
56. ‘Like a Tiger’ – Mahatma Cote
57. ‘I Love My Game’ – Danny McMaster
58. ‘Bumper Farrell Stomp’ – Eddy Avenue
59. ‘The Letter’ – Eric Grothe Sr
60. ‘We are the Boys from Western Suburbs’ – Western Suburbs
61. ‘Parra Power to Win’ – Jon English feat. Eric Grothe Sr
62. ‘Tubthumping’ – Chumbawamba
63. ‘Game Day Ritual’ – Oteezy
64. ‘Balmain Boys Don’t Cry’ – Jim Haynes
65. ‘Yeah Yeah’ – Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames
66. ‘Real Mountain Men’ – Jim Haynes
67. ‘The Rugby League Song 2010’ – Danny McMaster
68. ‘Cowboys are my Team’ – Graeme Connors
69. ‘Life at the Outpost’ – Skatt Brothers
70. ‘I Won’t Back Down’ – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
71. ‘Manly-Warringah’ – Jim Haynes
72. ‘Friday on my Mind’ – The Easybeats
73. ‘Macho Man’ – Peter Walsh & Brian Cook
74. ‘Glory in their Eyes’ – John Maclean
75. ‘What a Game’ – Tom Jones
76. ‘More Tape’ – Nah Mate
77. ‘Stripes Across my Heart’ – John Swan
78. ‘We Are South Sydney’ – Fourty 4
79. ‘The Saints are Coming’ – U2 feat. Green Day
80. ‘Blue and Yellow’ – E ZEE
81. ‘The Night Cam Smith was Binned’ – Denis Carnahan
82. ‘Ziggy Niszczot [Never Played Guitar’ – Soap Star Joe
83. ‘German’ – NME
84. ‘Blue Bayou’ – Ken Wolffe
85. ‘Rugby rugby rugby league’ – The Sunday Roast
86. ‘I like Football’ – Custard
87. ‘Every Man’ – Eric Grothe Jr
88. ‘Quinn the Eskimo’ – Mitch Brennan
89. ‘Here Come the Tigers’ – Balmain Tigers
90. ‘Menu Theme Song’ – Rugby League 2
91. ‘Come on the Cowboys’ – Lee Kernaghan
92. ‘Twenty Miles’ – John Gray
93. ‘The Game’ – End of Fashion
94. ‘Eminence Front’ [FootyTown theme] – The Who
95. ‘Men of League’ – John Williamson
96. ‘Fried Night Footy’ – Shannon Noll
97. ‘Who is Rugby League’s Greatest Hero’ – Denis Carnahan
98. ‘My Girlfriend’s in Love with E.T’ – Jim Haynes
99. ‘Where’s Your Daddy’?’ – Eric Grothe Jr