Champion Data analysis reveals players with the best kick rating at every clubChampion Data has crunched the numbers to make the definitive call on the best kicks in the AFL. Who makes the top 50? See every name here.
Rebecca Williams
HeraldSun
May 5, 2023Premier Geelong has the most quality kickers in the AFL, boasting more players with a top kick rating than any other club as an evergreen forward leads the league with the classiest boot in the game.
Exclusive analysis by Champion Data has uncovered the best kicks at every team as the Cats emerged on top with eight players in the top 50 in the competition for kick rating.
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Richmond is one of three teams without a player featured in the top 50 alongside the Western Bulldogs and North Melbourne.
Triple Norm Smith medallist Dustin Martin has been a slider in this category, according to Champion Data.
“Dustin Martin and Kamdyn McIntosh were both ranked in the top 20 players in the AFL last season who recorded a minimum of 100 kicks,” Mobilio said.
“In 2023, Martin has returned a kick rating of 9 per cent below expectation while McIntosh is 6 per cent below expectation.”
Richmond kick rating Kicks Expected Actual RatingJayden Short 74 49.1% 54.1% +5.0%
Marlion Pickett 60 45.3% 33.3% -11.9%
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How many top 50 kicks at your club?Club TotalsGeelong 8 ....... Hawkins (1), Cameron (12), Tuohy (16), Dangerfield (21), Miers (27), Duncan (29), Holmes (36), Smith (50)
Brisbane 5 ......... Zorko (6), McCarthy (26), Andrews (33), Bailey (37), Hipwood (44)
GWS Giants 5 ........ Daniels (9), Greene (20), Buckley (23), Ward (31), Himmelberg (43)
Sydney 5 ......... McDonald (4), Lloyd (15), Mills (22), Campbell (35), Heeney (39)
Adelaide 4 ......... Murray (11), Michalanney (28 ), Dawson (38 ), Jones (42)
Carlton 4 ......... Saad (8 ), Curnow (10), Docherty (32), Hewett (41)
Essendon 3 ........ Langford (7), Ridley (45), Kelly (47)
Melbourne 3 ........ Chandler (2), Fritsch (3), Brayshaw (25)
St Kilda 3 ......... Higgins (17), Sinclair (24), Wood (46)
Collingwood 2 ......... Hill (18 ), Mihocek (34)
Fremantle 2 ........ Omera (5), Schultz (40)
Gold Coast 2 ........ Powell (14), Lukosius (19)
Port Adelaide 2 ........ Byrne-Jones (13), Houston (30)
Hawthorn 1 ........ Nash (48 )
West Coast 1 ........ Petrevski-Seton (49)
North Melbourne 0
Richmond 0
Western Bulldogs 0
Champion Data based its analysis for each club on a 40-kick minimum this season.
The AFL stat gurus explained the kick rating as the difference between a player’s expected hit rate and their actual hit rate.
“A negative kick rating indicates a player is not executing the kicks as well as the competition average, and a positive kick rating shows a player is hitting the target more often than the competition average,” Mobilio explained.
“We take into account the amount of pressure the player is under and what type of kick they are trying to pull off ,and can compare that to the competition average across the past 10 years to work out what the expected hit rate is for each kick.”
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