Emerging NSW star Ollie Davies has been compared to greats including Steve Smith and David Warner after guiding his team to a five-wicket Sheffield Shield victory over Queensland.

Chasing 130 for victory, NSW sealed victory on Thursday in 28.2 overs courtesy of a blazing knock from Daniel Hughes (54 off 31 balls).

Davies contributed a handy 25 after NSW had sunk to 4-91.

But it was the 23-year-old's first-innings score of 131 off 147 balls that proved the difference — helping lift NSW to 316 and earning him man-of-the-match honours.

Davies finished his Shield campaign with 670 runs at an average of 67 — the fourth-highest run tally of the season.

Beau Webster (914), Cameron Bancroft (778) and Nathan McSweeney (762) finished above him, but they all played 10 matches compared to Davies's seven.

NSW captain Moises Henriques is tipping a bright future for Davies.

"I've been playing cricket professionally for 19, 20 years, and I've been lucky enough to see a lot of young, special batters come through the NSW ranks," Henriques said.

"Ollie seems to be another one of those guys. He's very hard to stop. He's always moving the scoreboard forward.