The 2020 NRL season recommenced on May 28, 2020 with Round 3 continuing the action of a shortened 20 rounds ahead of the NRL Grand Final on October 25 

The 2020 NRL Ladder displays the sixteen professional Rugby League teams in the annual Telstra Premiership in ranking order from 1 – 16 based on competition points. NRL teams receive two competition points per win and also two points in the week they don’t play because of a scheduled bye.

The NRL Ladder shows the current position of the clubs in the Telstra Premiership.

When clubs have equal competition points their ladder position is decided by match points differential (for and against) and points percentage. The ladder, sometimes referred to as the table, decides the Top 8 and Top 4 teams that move onto the NRL finals after the opening 25 rounds of the regular season. The NRL Regular Season was cut from 26 weeks to 25 weeks for the first time in 2018.

Rugby League betting is open on where clubs will finish on the NRL ladder including markets on teams to ‘Make the Top 4’ or ‘Miss the Top 8’. The team that finishes first on the ladder win the Minor Premiership, odds for which are also offered at the start of the season.

The Sydney Roosters finished top of the NRL Ladder three years in a row from 2013 – 15, achieving the record for most number of NRL minor premierships (4).

Where teams sit on the NRL ladder also affects the round-by-round Rugby League betting odds on the competition as well as futures betting on the NRL Grand Final. Overall NRL Premiership markets are dominated throughout the season by teams higher up the ladder rankings.

2020 NRL LADDER

2020 NRL season
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Penrith Panthers	18	16	1	1	0	463	226	+237	33
2	Melbourne Storm	18	15	0	3	0	462	224	+238	30
3	Sydney Roosters	18	13	0	5	0	510	244	+266	26
4	Parramatta Eels	18	13	0	5	0	338	252	+86	26
5	Canberra Raiders	18	12	0	6	0	381	275	+106	24
6	South Sydney Rabbitohs	18	11	0	7	0	445	318	+127	22
7	Newcastle Knights	18	10	1	7	0	373	320	+53	21
8	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	18	10	0	8	0	434	408	+26	20
9	Wests Tigers	18	7	0	11	0	394	427	−33	14
10	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	18	7	0	11	0	323	427	−104	14
11	New Zealand Warriors	18	7	0	11	0	289	404	−115	14
12	Gold Coast Titans	18	7	0	11	0	268	433	−165	14
13	St. George Illawarra Dragons	18	6	0	12	0	330	388	−58	12
14	North Queensland Cowboys	18	4	0	14	0	324	472	−148	8
15	Brisbane Broncos	18	3	0	15	0	240	566	−326	6
16	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	18	2	0	16	0	256	446	−190	4

*2020 NRL Ladder correct as of the end of Round 18 (season recommenced on May 28, 2020). Ladder credit: Wikipedia. 

• Pos: Position on the NRL Ladder
• Team: NRL Team name
• Played: Number of games played to date
• Won: Number of season wins to date
• Drawn: Number of drawn games played to date
• Lost: Number of season losses to date
• Bye: Number of byes to date
• PF: Points For (total points scored)
• PA: Points Against (total points conceded)
• PD: Points Difference (points scored minus points conceded)
• Pts: Competition points