Scott Drinkwater
CowboysTop Stats per game
- Line Break Assists1.4#2
- Try Assists1.1#6
- Forty Twentys0.1#8
- One-Pt Field Goals0.1#10
- Kicks Defused2.4#11
- Goal Conversion Rate90#15
- Dummy Passes5.3#18
- Runs18#18
- Kick Return Metres44#19
- Penalty Goals0.2#24
Games
Career
Player Bio
181 cmHeight
91 kgWeight
1Jersey
FullbackPosition
CowboysCurrent team
29 yearsMay 14, 1997
Scott DrinkwaterFull name
About
Scott Drinkwater is 29 years old, and currently plays fullback for the Cowboys.
In the 2026 NRL season, Scott Drinkwater led the competition for line break assists (34), and ranked 3rd for try assists (27) and 7th for runs (460), from 25 games.
Scott Drinkwater has played 169 NRL games across 9 seasons since 2018, for 2 clubs:
Scott Drinkwater's most recent game was for the Cowboys, who lost to the Sharks 16-26 in round 28.
Tryscorer stats
2026
- Anytime tryscorer36%9/25
- └1st half28%7/25
- └2nd half12%3/25
- 2+ tries4%1/25
- 3+ tries0%0/25
- First tryscorer8%2/25
- Last tryscorer0%0/25
- First team tryscorer8%2/25
- 1st, 2nd or 3rd tryscorer16%4/25
Scores With
2026
- Braidon Burns67%6/9
- Jake Clifford44%4/9
- Murray Taulagi33%3/9
- Jaxon Purdue33%3/9
- Soni Luke22%2/9
Match Stats
2026
| Match | Score | Pos | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R28 CRO | L16-26 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 87 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 63 | |
R27 CAN | L30-50 | 80 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 179 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 57 | |
R26 WST | W24-10 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 102 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 63 | |
R24 PAR | L30-32 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 44 | |
R23 GCT | W30-8 | 80 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 159 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 45 | |
R22 SYD | L12-82 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 108 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 32 | |
R21 BRI | W18-10 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 138 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 43 | |
R20 DOL | L16-36 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 30 | |
R19 MAN | W19-18 | 82 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 150 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 62 | |
R17 PEN | W26-12 | 80 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 146 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 38 | |
R16 NZW | L20-38 | 80 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 124 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 63 | |
| R14DOL | L14-40 | 80 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 116 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 23 | |
| R13CAN | L12-26 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | |
R12 SOU | W30-18 | 80 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 158 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 77 | |
| R11SYD | W18-12 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 31 | |
| R10PAR | L30-33 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 219 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 36 | |
R9 CBY | W28-12 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 97 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 53 | |
| R8CRO | W46-34 | 80 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 172 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 64 | |
| R7MAN | L6-38 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 37 | |
| R6BRI | W35-31 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 190 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 79 | |
R5 STG | W32-0 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 176 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 57 | |
R4 MEL | W28-24 | 80 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 167 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 56 | |
| R3GCT | W30-16 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 224 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 66 | |
| R2WST | L16-44 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 143 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33 | |
R1 NEW | L18-28 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 21 |
Career Stats
| Year | Team | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | COW | 25 | 13 | 12 | 52.0% | 1993 | 10 | 27 | 104 | 3593 | 9 | 34 | 155 | 27 | 1199 |
| 2025 | COW | 24 | 9 | 14 | 37.5% | 1917 | 11 | 24 | 184 | 3539 | 16 | 21 | 115 | 24 | 1198 |
| 2024 | COW | 26 | 16 | 10 | 61.5% | 2058 | 10 | 26 | 56 | 4186 | 15 | 31 | 119 | 35 | 1279 |
| 2023 | COW | 21 | 11 | 10 | 52.4% | 1669 | 11 | 25 | 63 | 3296 | 14 | 31 | 134 | 21 | 1051 |
| 2022 | COW | 22 | 16 | 6 | 72.7% | 1731 | 11 | 16 | 52 | 3248 | 14 | 18 | 142 | 27 | 1043 |
| 2021 | COW | 24 | 7 | 16 | 29.2% | 1828 | 5 | 17 | 42 | 2116 | 3 | 19 | 382 | 14 | 1080 |
| 2020 | COW | 16 | 5 | 11 | 31.3% | 1284 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 1457 | 3 | 13 | 240 | 10 | 565 |
| 2019 | COW | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30.0% | 800 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1206 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 4 | 281 |
| 2018 | STO | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 80 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 173 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 |
Stats Legend
WWins
LLosses
W%Win Rate
MINMinutes
TTries
TATry Assists
PTSPoints
RMRun Metres
LBLine Breaks
LBALine Break Assists
TKLTackles
OFFOffloads
FPFantasy Points
Career Totals
2018–2026 · 169 games
47.3%win rate
Won80Lost87Drawn2
Scoring
- Tries
- 64
- Points
- 525
- Conversions
- 116
- Conversion Attempts
- 143
- Penalty Goals
- 16
- Goal Conversion Rate
- 81.1%
- Field Goals (1pt)
- 3
- Field Goals (2pt)
- 1
Attack
- Line Breaks
- 78
- Line Break Assists
- 170
- Try Assists
- 156
- Runs
- 2,755
- Run Metres
- 22,814
- Kick Return Metres
- 6,154
- Post Contact Metres
- 3,745
- Hit Ups
- 38
- Tackle Breaks
- 574
- One-on-One Steals
- 1
- Dummy Half Runs
- 123
- Dummy Half Run Metres
- 1,067
Defense
- Tackles
- 1,324
- Missed Tackles
- 388
- Tackle Efficiency
- 72.7%
- Ineffective Tackles
- 108
- Intercepts
- 6
- Kicks Defused
- 330
Kicking
- Kicks
- 825
- Kicking Metres
- 20,750
- Forced Drop Outs
- 60
- Bomb Kicks
- 249
- Grubbers
- 161
- 40/20s
- 6
- Cross Field Kicks
- 72
- Kicked Dead
- 19
Passing
- Offloads
- 162
- Passes
- 4,201
- Dummy Passes
- 553
- Receipts
- 7,136
- Passes to Run Ratio
- 1.5
Negative
- Errors
- 233
- Penalties
- 49
- Inside 10 Metres
- 6
- On Report
- 5
- Sin Bins
- 3
- Send Offs
- 0
Club Honours
How his club went in the 9 seasons he played
- Grand finals
- 111%
- Top-4 finishes
- 222%
- Top-8 finishes
- 444%
- Best / worst finish
- 2nd / 15th
2026NQC8thElims
NQC8thElims2025NQC12thMissed finals
NQC12thMissed finals2024NQC5thSemis
NQC5thSemis2023NQC11thMissed finals
NQC11thMissed finals2022NQC3rdPrelims
NQC3rdPrelims2021NQC15thMissed finals
NQC15thMissed finals2020NQC14thMissed finals
NQC14thMissed finals2019NQC14thMissed finals
NQC14thMissed finals2018MEL2ndRunners-up
MEL2ndRunners-upSeason Stats
2026
Games played25
Top Stats
Rank- Minutes80#57
- Tries0.4#93
- Try Assists1.1#6
- Points4.2#28
- Run Metres144#74
- Line Breaks0.4#147
- Line Break Assists1.4#2
- Tackles6.2#423
- Offloads1.1#46
- Fantasy Points48#70
Scoring
Rank- Tries0.4#93
- Points4.2#28
- Conversions1.1#26
- Conversion Attempts1.2#29
- Penalty Goals0.2#24
- Goal Conversion Rate90#15
- Field Goals (1pt)0.1#10
- Field Goals (2pt)0—
Attack
Rank- Line Breaks0.4#147
- Line Break Assists1.4#2
- Try Assists1.1#6
- Runs18#18
- Run Metres144#74
- Kick Return Metres44#19
- Post Contact Metres23#305
- Hit Ups0.4#361
- Tackle Breaks3.5#58
- One-on-One Steals0—
- Dummy Half Runs0.7#75
- Dummy Half Run Metres5.6#77
Defense
Rank- Tackles6.2#423
- Missed Tackles2.0#217
- Tackle Efficiency72#466
- Ineffective Tackles0.5#397
- Intercepts0.0#89
- Kicks Defused2.4#11
Kicking
Rank- Kicks4.3#50
- Kicking Metres102#55
- Forced Drop Outs0.1#77
- Bomb Kicks1.9#37
- Grubbers0.7#30
- 40/20s0.1#8
- Cross Field Kicks0.2#48
- Kicked Dead0.0#87
Passing
Rank- Offloads1.1#46
- Passes31#82
- Dummy Passes5.3#18
- Receipts49#61
- Passes to Run Ratio1.7#126
