The Mal Meninga Medal is the name of the award that goes to the Canberra Raiders' Player of the Year. The award was named after former Raiders captain and coach, Mal Meninga and was first awarded in 2008. Before this there was no name for the award but was still awarded. The medal is awarded to the player that received the most votes during the season, players after each match vote for the best player in the team for the match with the player with the most votes getting 3 points, the next best gets 2, and third gets 1. If the votes are tied at the end of the season the medal is awarded to both players, this has happened only four times, 2005, 2009, 2016 and 2020.

List of recipients Season Winner1982Jon Hardy1983Steve O'Callaghan1984Chris O'Sullivan1985Chris O'Sullivan1986Gary Belcher1987Gary Belcher1988Ricky Stuart1989Bradley Clyde1990Laurie Daley1991Steve Walters1992Ricky Stuart1993Ricky Stuart1994John Lomax1995Laurie Daley1996Laurie Daley1997Laurie Daley1998Mark McLinden1999Laurie Daley2000Jason Croker2001Clinton Schifcofske2002Ruben Wiki2003Ruben Wiki2004Clinton Schifcofske2005Troy Thompson Josh Miller2006Alan Tongue2007Scott Logan2008Joel Monaghan2009Josh Dugan Josh Miller2010David Shillington2011Shaun Fensom2012Shaun Fensom2013Anthony Milford2014Jarrod Croker2015Sia Soliola2016Josh Hodgson Josh Papalii 2017Junior Paulo2018Josh Papalii 2019Josh Papalii 2020Jack Wighton Josh Papalii2021Jordan Rapana2022Joseph Tapine2023Joseph Tapine2024Joseph Tapine

Players who have received the medal more than once: Laurie Daley = 5 Josh Papalii = 4 Ricky Stuart = 3 Joseph Tapine = 3 Chris O'Sullivan = 2 Gary Belcher = 2 Ruben Wiki = 2 Clinton Schifcofske = 2 Josh Miller = 2 Shaun Fensom = 2

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External links Raiders summaries at raiders.com.au