| Year: | 2016 |
| Team Colour: |
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| Font Colour: | white |
| League: | NRL |
| League Rank: | 2nd |
| League Wins: | 17 |
| League Draws: | 1 |
| League Losses: | 6 |
| Points For: | 688 |
| Points Against: | 456 |
| Playoff Result: | Preliminary Finals |
| Ceo Title: | CEO |
| Ceo: | Don Furner Jr. |
| Coach Title: | Coach |
| Stadium: | GIO Stadium - 25,011 |
| Avg Attendance: | 12,182 (regular season) 13,806 (including finals) |
| High Attendance: | 18,825 vs. Eels on 21 August (regular season) 25,592 vs. Sharks on 10 September (including finals) |
| Top Tries: | Jordan Rapana (22) |
| Top Goals: | Jarrod Croker (112) |
| Top Points: | Jarrod Croker (296) |
| List: | yes |
| List Link: | Canberra Raiders#Season summaries |
The 2016 Canberra Raiders season is the 35th in the club's history. Coached by Ricky Stuart and captained by Jarrod Croker, the Raiders are currently competing in the NRL's 2016 Telstra Premiership. They also competed in the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines pre-season tournament.
A † denotes that the transfer occurred during the 2016 season.
| Player | Signed From | Until End of | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catalans Dragons (Super League) | ||||
| PNG Hunters (QLD Cup) | ||||
| Junior Paulo† | ||||
| Joseph Tapine† | ||||
| Catalans Dragons (Super League) |
| Player | Signed To | Until End of | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank-Paul Nu'uausala† | Wigan Warriors (Super League) | |||
| Retirement | ||||
| Tevita Pangai Junior† | ||||
| Sisa Waqa† | FC Grenoble (Top 14 - rugby union) |
See main article: article and 2016 NRL Auckland Nines. The NRL Auckland Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The 2016 competition was played over two days on 6 February and 7 February at Eden Park. The Raiders feature in the Piha pool and played the Dragons, Sharks and Titans.
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 10 September | Qualifying Final | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | GIO Stadium | 14 - 16 | Hodgson, Rapana | J Croker (3/3) | style=text-align:center;" | 25,592 | |
| Saturday, 17 September | Semi Final | Penrith Panthers | GIO Stadium | 22 - 12 | Austin, J Croker, Rapana | J Croker (5/5) | style=text-align:center;" | 21,498 | |
| Saturday, 24 September | Preliminary Final | Melbourne Storm | AAMI Park | 12 - 14 | Rapana, Whitehead | Sezer (2/2) | style=text-align:center;" | 28,161 | |
| Legend: | |||||||||
| No. | Player | Games | Tries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan Rapana | 26 | 21 | |
| 2 | Jarrod Croker | 26 | 17 | |
| 3 | Joseph Leilua | 24 | 10 | |
| =4 | Jack Wighton | 25 | 8 | |
| =4 | Blake Austin | 19 | 8 |
| No. | Player | Games | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jarrod Croker | 26 | 112 | |
| 2 | Aidan Sezer | 23 | 3 |
| No. | Player | Games | Field Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Blake Austin | 18 | 1 | |
| =1 | Sam Williams | 9 | 1 |
| No. | Player | Games | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jarrod Croker | 26 | 18 | 112 | 0 | 296 | |
| 2 | Jordan Rapana | 26 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 88 | |
| 3 | Joseph Leilua | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 | |
| 4 | Blake Austin | 18 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 33 | |
| 5 | Jack Wighton | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Player | Team | Call-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SR | Josh Papalii |  Australia | 2016 Anzac Test | |
| CE | Sisa Waqa |  Fiji | 2016 Melanesian Cup | |
| BE | Kurt Baptiste |  Papua New Guinea | 2016 Melanesian Cup | |
| CE | Kato Ottio | Papua New Guinea | 2016 Melanesian Cup |
The Raiders' club awards were announced during their awards night on 19 September.[1]