Ray Thompson (born 20 January 1990), also known by the nickname of "Ray-Ray", is a former Papua New Guinea international rugby league footballer who played as a five-eighth, halfback and hooker.

He was an Indigenous All Stars representative and spent his entire professional career with the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League (NRL).

He played his junior football for Centrals ASA Tigers and attended Kirwan State High School before being signed by the North Queensland Cowboys.

Thompson played a match for the Cowboys now folded feeder club the North Queensland Young Guns as experience for 2008 when the under 20's competition started.

In the pre-season, Thompson was in a battle with Ben Jones and Michael Morgan for the Round 1 spot at five-eighth after the club had failed to make the top 8 in three consecutive seasons.

Throughout the early half of the 2013 NRL season, Thompson played in a rotating hooker position with fellow Cowboys teammate Rory Kostjasyn.

[8] In Round 24, Thompson's year ended after suffering a broken jaw in a shoulder charge tackle from Newcastle Knights prop Kade Snowden.

[13] Thompson started the season with him playing for the Townsville Blackhawks in the Queensland Cup before earning a recall to the first grade team in Round 8 against the Newcastle Knights.

[14] On 2 May, Thompson played hooker for Papua New Guinea against Fiji in the 2015 Melanesian Cup in the Kumul's 22–10 loss at Cbus Super Stadium.

[22] In Round 12 against the St George Illawarra Dragons, Thompson made his return from injury, starting at halfback to replace Johnathan Thurston while he was on Origin duties in the Cowboys 14–10 loss at WIN Stadium.

[23][24] In Round 13 against the Newcastle Knights, Thompson played his 100th NRL career match and scored 2 tries in a Man of the Match-winning effort in the Cowboys 46–16 win at 1300SMILES Stadium.