The following list includes players from the North Queensland Cowboys that have represented state and national sides while at the club and the years that they achieved their honours. Representatives are included if they were contracted to the Cowboys at the time of their representation. This includes the Cowboys under-20 team or contracted players who were playing for the Mackay Cutters, Northern Pride, Townsville Blackhawks or North Queensland Young Guns, as they are/were feeder clubs.
International edit
Australia edit
Steve Walters (1997, Super League)- Matt Sing (2003–05)
- Matthew Bowen (2004)
- Luke O'Donnell (2005–06)
- Johnathan Thurston (2006–09, 2011–17)
- Carl Webb (2008)
- Matthew Scott (2010–16)
- Willie Tonga (2010–11)
- James Tamou (2012–16)
- Brent Tate (2013)
- Michael Morgan (2016–17)
- Justin O'Neill (2016)
- Jordan McLean (2018)
- Reuben Cotter (2022)
- Valentine Holmes (2022)
- Jeremiah Nanai (2022)
- Murray Taulagi (2022)
Fiji edit
Noa Nadruku (1998–99)- Ashton Sims (2013)
- Tariq Sims (2013)
- Viliame Kikau (2015)
- Taniela Sadrugu (2022)
France edit
Clint Greenshields (2013)
Greece edit
George Gatis (2005)
Ireland edit
Rory Kostjasyn (2013)
Italy edit
Paul Pensini (1999)- Paul Dezolt (2003)
- Daniel Sorbello (2004)
- Joel Riethmuller (2011, 2013)
New Zealand edit
John Lomax (1997–98)- Tyran Smith (1997)
- Brian Jellick (1999–00)
- Paul Rauhihi (2003–05)
- David Faiumu (2005–07)
- Kalifa Faifai Loa (2011)
- Jason Taumalolo (2014, 2016–17)
- Te Maire Martin (2017–18)
- Peta Hiku (2022)
- Griffin Neame (2023)
Papua New Guinea edit
Bruce Mamando (2000)- Tyson Martin (2009)
- Ray Thompson (2013, 2015)
- Kurt Baptiste (2019)
- Daniel Russell (2019)
- Robert Derby (2022-23)
- Zac Laybutt (2023)
Samoa edit
Robert Piva (1995)- Malo Solomona (2006)
- Alex Elisala (2013)
- Kalifa Faifai Loa (2013)
- Antonio Winterstein (2013–14, 2016)
- Tautau Moga (2014–15)
- John Asiata (2016–17)
- Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow (2022)
- Luciano Leilua (2023)
- Murray Taulagi (2023)
- Heilum Luki (2023)
Scotland edit
Geoff Bell (2000)- Kane Linnett (2013, 2016)
- Lachlan Coote (2016)
Tonga edit
Jason Taumalolo (2013, 2017–19, 22)- Patrick Kaufusi (2016–17)
- John Asiata (2019)
Wales edit
Jonathan Davies (1995)- Kevin Ellis (1995)
International 9s edit
Australia edit
- Kyle Feldt (2019)
Lebanon edit
Jacob Kiraz (2019)
Papua New Guinea edit
- Daniel Russell (2019)
Tonga edit
- John Asiata (2019)
- Jason Taumalolo (2019)
State of Origin edit
Queensland edit
Owen Cunningham (1997, Super League)- Steve Walters (1997, Super League)
- Paul Green (1999–00)
- Paul Bowman (2000–01, 2003–05)
- Julian O'Neill (2000)
- John Buttigieg (2001–02)
- John Doyle (2001–02)
- Nathan Fien (2001)
- Matthew Bowen (2003–07)
- Matt Sing (2003–05)
- Josh Hannay (2003, 2006)
- Travis Norton (2004)
- Johnathan Thurston (2005–17)
- Carl Webb (2005–08)
- Ty Williams (2005)
- Jacob Lillyman (2006–08)
- Matthew Scott (2006, 2009–16)
- Willie Tonga (2009–11)
- Brent Tate (2012–13)
- Michael Morgan (2015–19)
- Justin O'Neill (2016–17)
- Gavin Cooper (2016–18)
- Coen Hess (2017–18, 2020)
- Josh McGuire (2019)
- Valentine Holmes (2020-23)
- Kyle Feldt (2021)
- Francis Molo (2021)
- Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow (2021)
- Reuben Cotter (2022-23)
- Jeremiah Nanai (2022)
- Murray Taulagi (2022-23)
- Tom Dearden (2022)
- Tom Gilbert (2022)
New South Wales edit
Ian Roberts (1997, Super League)- Tim Brasher (2000)
- Luke O'Donnell (2006, 2009–10)
- James Tamou (2012–16)
- Reece Robson (2023)
All Stars Game edit
Indigenous All Stars edit
Johnathan Thurston (2010–13, 2015, 2017)- Carl Webb (2010)
- Ty Williams (2010)
- Matthew Bowen (2011–2012)
- Cory Paterson (2012)
- Ray Thompson (2015)
- Reuben Cotter (2021)
Maori All Stars edit
Daejarn Asi (2021)- Wiremu Greig (2021)
- Esan Marsters (2020–2021)
- Emry Pere (2021)
NRL/World All Stars edit
- Luke O'Donnell (2010)
- Matthew Scott (2011)
- Aaron Payne (2012)
- James Tamou (2013)
- Jason Taumalolo (2015)
- Antonio Winterstein (2015)
- Matthew Wright (2016)
- Gavin Cooper (2017)
City vs Country Origin edit
NSW Country edit
- Glenn Morrison (2001, 2003–04)
- Mitchell Sargent (2006)
- Ray Cashmere (2008)
- Ben Harris (2008)
- Willie Mason (2010)
- Tariq Sims (2012–14)
- Rory Kostjasyn (2016)
- Kane Linnett (2016)
NSW City edit
- Luke O'Donnell (2005, 2009–10)
Other honours edit
Prime Minister's XIII edit
- Matthew Bowen (2005, 2011)
- Johnathan Thurston (2006, 2009)
- Luke O'Donnell (2006, 2008–09)
- Shane Tronc (2006)
- Carl Webb (2008)
- Matthew Scott (2009)
- Gavin Cooper (2013)
- Michael Morgan (2014)
- Jake Clifford (2018)
- Jordan McLean (2018)
- Enari Tuala (2018)
- Kyle Feldt (2019)
PNG Prime Minister's XIII edit
- Tyson Martin (2009)
- James Segeyaro (2011)
- Ray Thompson (2011)
- Kyle Laybutt (2018)
Indigenous Dreamtime Team edit
- Carl Webb (2008)
- Ty Williams (2008)
Aborigines edit
- John Buttigieg (1999)
- John Doyle (1999)
New Zealand Māori edit
- James Tamou (2010)
- Arana Taumata (2010)
Queensland Residents edit
- Jason Barsley (2005–06)
- Scott Bolton (2006, 2008)
- Mark Dalle Cort (2006)
- Shane Muspratt (2006–07)
- Dayne Weston (2009)
- Clint Amos (2010)
- Donald Malone (2010)
- Joel Riethmuller (2011)
- Sam Hoare (2013)
- Curtis Rona (2013)
- Javid Bowen (2014–15)
- Kyle Feldt (2015)
- Patrick Kaufusi (2015)
- Hezron Murgha (2015)
- Ben Spina (2015)
- Jahrome Hughes (2016)
- Corey Jensen (2017)
- Kyle Laybutt (2017)
- Tom Gilbert (2019)
Junior Representatives edit
Junior Kangaroos edit
- Kyle Feldt (2011)
- Mosese Pangai (2011)
- Chris Grevsmuhl (2012)
- Coen Hess (2015–16)
- Enari Tuala (2017–18)
- Jake Clifford (2018)
- Murray Taulagi (2018)
Junior Kiwis edit
- Jason Taumalolo (2010–12)
- Michael Parker-Walshe (2011)
- Wayne Ulugia (2011)
- Braden Uele (2015)
- Brandon Smith (2016)
- Peter Hola (2018)
- Sean Mullany (2018)
- Emry Pere (2018)
- Griffin Neame (2019)
Queensland U20 Origin edit
- Alex Elisala (2012)
- Chris Grevsmuhl (2012–13)
- Patrick Kaufusi (2013)
- Zac Santo (2013)
- Coen Hess (2015)
- Conor Carey (2015)
- Gideon Gela-Mosby (2015–16)
- Cooper Bambling (2016)
- Marcus Jensen (2016)
- Bacho Salam (2016)
- Darryn Schonig (2016)
- Mitchell Dunn (2017)
- Corey Horsburgh (2017)
- Hiale Slade-Roycroft (2017)
- Jake Clifford (2018)
- Murray Taulagi (2018-19)
- Kurt Wiltshire (2018)
- Elijah Anderson (2019)
- Nathan Barrett (2019)
- Logan Bayliss-Brow (2019)
- Ben Condon (2019)
- Tom Gilbert (2019)
Representative Coaching Staff edit
International edit
Greece
- Steve Georgallis (Head Coach – 2022)
Papua New Guinea Women
- Ben Jeffries (Head Coach – 2022)
Tonga
- Murray Hurst (Head Coach – 1998–00)
- Dean Young (Assistant Coach – 2022)
United States
- Terry Matterson (Head Coach – 2013)
State Of Origin edit
Queensland
- Neil Henry (Assistant Coach – 2006, 2009)
New South Wales
- Graham Murray (Head Coach – 2006–07)
All Stars Game edit
Indigenous All Stars
- Neil Henry (Head Coach – 2010)
City-Country Origin edit
NSW Country
- Graham Murray (Head Coach – 2002)
NSW City
- Graham Murray (Coach – 2003–05)