Thurston in 2015 became the first ever four-time Dally M Medallist for the NRL seasons best player, and that same year he became the first ever three-time winner of the Golden Boot Award for the World's best player.
Thurston in 2015 became the first ever four-time Dally M Medallist, and was the 2008 Wally Lewis Medallist and the 2015 Clive Churchill Medallist. In 2011,2013 and 2015 Thurston won the Golden Boot Award for the World's best player.