f**k JM, Johns was just dominant in those years. His line break / try assist stats for the same period?
They didn't record line-break assists before 2002 but for just those years...
1999: 26 try-assists in 22 games(1st in NRL)
2000: 22 try-assists in 23 games(3rd but had a higher average per game than the two above him)
2001: 16 try-assists in 21 games
2002: 23 try-assists(2nd but again, higher average per game), 17 linebreak-assists(1st) in 22 games
He actually got better after those years:
2003: 19 try-assists, 20 linebreak-assists(1st with Brad Fittler despite playing 10 less games) in 16 games
2004: write-off
2005: 28 try-assists(3rd), 25 linebreak-assists(equal 1st) in 16 games
2006: 30 try-assists(1st, second was 26 by Orford who played 4 more games), 39 linebreak-assist(1st by an absolute mile, second was Lockyer with 23 who played 4 more games) in 22 games.
He still had it...