Here is a list of the big audiences Nine and its regional broadcast partners have been attracting for the three State Of Origin matches every year since OzTAM took over management of TV ratings in 2001.
The metro audience didn’t hit 2m until game 3 in 2006.
The biggest metro State Of Origin audience was 2,708,000 for game 1 in 2016.
| 6/5/01 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 1ST | 1,571,376 | – | 1,571,376 |
| 10/6/01 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 2ND | 1,430,205 | – | 1,430,205 |
| 1/7/01 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 3RD | 1,460,808 | – | 1,460,808 |
| 22/5/02 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 1ST | 1,679,598 | – | 1,679,598 |
| 5/6/02 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND | 1,686,521 | – | 1,686,521 |
| 26/6/02 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 3RD | 1,995,605 | – | 1,995,605 |
| 11/6/03 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 1ST | 1,929,720 | 1,363,143 | 3,292,863 |
| 25/6/03 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 2ND | 1,741,266 | 1,292,219 | 3,033,485 |
| 16/7/03 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 3RD | 1,570,976 | 1,152,805 | 2,723,781 |
| 26/5/04 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 1ST | 1,670,345 | 1,160,129 | 2,830,474 |
| 16/6/04 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND | 1,833,634 | 1,255,170 | 3,088,804 |
| 7/7/04 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 3RD | 1,781,218 | 1,284,179 | 3,065,397 |
| 25/5/05 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 1ST | 1,733,363 | 1,230,280 | 2,963,643 |
| 15/6/05 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 2ND | 1,757,542 | 1,245,004 | 3,002,546 |
| 6/7/05 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 3RD | 1,861,270 | 1,236,553 | 3,097,823 |
| 24/5/06 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 1ST | 1,876,172 | 1,242,574 | 3,118,746 |
| 14/6/06 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND | 1,644,173 | 1,255,337 | 2,899,510 |
| 5/7/06 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 3RD | 2,019,141 | 1,300,606 | 3,319,747 |
| 23/5/07 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 1ST – MATCH | 2,020,403 | 1,266,614 | 3,287,017 |
| 13/6/07 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 2ND – MATCH | 1,961,033 | 1,312,100 | 3,273,133 |
| 4/7/07 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 3RD – MATCH | 1,889,862 | 1,107,427 | 2,997,289 |
| 21/5/08 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 1ST – MATCH | 2,091,768 | 1,270,284 | 3,362,052 |
| 11/6/08 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND – MATCH | 2,083,724 | 1,233,569 | 3,317,293 |
| 2/7/08 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 3RD – MATCH | 2,145,058 | 1,260,289 | 3,405,347 |
| 3/6/09 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 1ST – MATCH | 2,322,075 | 1,156,319 | 3,478,394 |
| 24/6/09 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 2ND – MATCH | 2,134,173 | 1,113,120 | 3,247,293 |
| 15/7/09 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 3RD – MATCH | 1,907,129 | 1,049,735 | 2,956,864 |
| 26/5/10 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 1ST – MATCH | 2,454,880 | 1,168,538 | 3,623,418 |
| 16/6/10 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 2ND – MATCH | 2,160,088 | 1,066,840 | 3,226,928 |
| 7/7/10 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 3RD – MATCH | 1,782,106 | 1,063,407 | 2,845,513 |
| 25/5/11 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 1ST – MATCH | 2,235,234 | 1,282,824 | 3,518,058 |
| 15/6/11 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 2ND – MATCH | 2,158,876 | 1,262,073 | 3,420,949 |
| 6/7/11 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 3RD – MATCH | 2,475,263 | 1,311,535 | 3,786,798 |
| 23/5/12 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 1ST – MATCH | 2,515,321 | 1,444,847 | 3,960,168 |
| 13/6/12 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 2ND – MATCH | 2,498,094 | 1,375,573 | 3,873,667 |
| 4/7/12 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 3RD – MATCH | 2,679,313 | 1,360,610 | 4,039,923 |
| 5/6/13 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 1ST – MATCH | 2,506,643 | 1,442,731 | 3,949,374 |
| 26/6/13 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND – MATCH | 2,346,396 | 1,389,310 | 3,735,706 |
| 17/7/13 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 3RD – MATCH | 2,698,574 | 1,496,162 | 4,194,736 |
| 28/5/14 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 1ST – MATCH | 2,616,166 | 1,439,767 | 4,055,933 |
| 18/6/14 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 2ND – MATCH | 2,698,808 | 1,460,371 | 4,159,179 |
| 9/7/14 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 3RD – MATCH | 2,136,889 | 1,211,255 | 3,348,144 |
| 27/5/15 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 1ST – MATCH | 2,459,948 | 1,228,445 | 3,688,393 |
| 17/6/15 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 2ND – MATCH | 2,638,898 | 1,296,052 | 3,934,950 |
| 8/7/15 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 3RD – MATCH | 2,213,816 | 1,101,317 | 3,315,133 |
| 2016 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 1ST – MATCH | 2,708,000 | 1,243,000 | 3,951,000 |
| 2016 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND – MATCH | 2,404,000 | 1,143,000 | 3,547,000 |
| 2016 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 3RD – MATCH | 2,111,000 | 953,000 | 3,064,000 |
| 2017 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 1ST – MATCH | 2,348,000 | 1,179,000 | 3,527,000 |
| 2017 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 2ND – MATCH | 2,380,000 | 1,103,000 | 3,483,000 |
| 2017 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 3RD – MATCH | 2,488,000 | 1,165,000 | 3,653,000 |
| 2018 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 1ST – MATCH | 2,353,000 | 1,103,000 | 3,456,000 |
| 2018 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 2ND – MATCH (Sunday) | 2,122,000 | 1,057,000 | 3,179,000 |
| 2018 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 3RD – MATCH | 1,744,000 | 909,000 | 2,683,000 |
| 2019 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 1ST – MATCH | 2,178,000 | 1,029,000 | 3,207,000 |
| 2019 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 2ND – MATCH | 1,960,000 | 840,000 | 2,799,000 |
| 2019 | STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 3RD – MATCH | 2,002,000 | 887,000 | 2,889,000 |