 Hayne finished the season as the NRL's leading try-scorer with 20 for the season.On 29 September 2014, on the Dally M Awards night, Hayne and North Queensland Queensland Cowboys captain Johnathan Thurston were the joint winners of the 2014 Dally M Player of the Year Award after the most thrilling countdown in the award's history.For Hayne, it is his second Dally M Player of the Year award following his win in 2009 and also claimed the Fullback of the Year and Best Representative Player awards, respectively.