With the off-season comes the usual troupes.

Talk of expansion, the divisions talk, player movements and of course post-season rankings.

Today we're here to focus on the rankings. More specifically, the NRL halfback rankings from 2023.

Please keep in mind that these rankings are based only on 2023. Both NRL and Origin performances will be taken into account. Not specifically who is the best halfback outright.

Before we start, I'm going to take a moment to answer some of the usual questions to appear in the comments to any sort of rankings.

Do I even watch football? Yes, every game.

Are my eyes painted on? No. That would be funny though.

Who am I? Just a fan.

With that said, below are the top 10 NRL halfbacks based purely and totally on 2023:

2. Daly Cherry-Evans

I fully understand that Manly pay DCE a pretty penny. Given how he absolutely carried the club in 2023, it still isn't enough.

Across his 22 games he crossed for nine tries, assisted 18, set up 19 line breaks, forced 16 drop outs, kicked for over 465 metres per game, ran for just under 90 and tackled at 92.2%.

Despite those being some ridiculous numbers, it probably doesn't even accurately show what Cherry-Evans did for the Sea Eagles this season.

Cherry-Evans may have beaten Nathan Cleary out for the Kangaroos jumper purely on merit. As a Kangaroos fan, I wouldn't have been upset if he did.