Jordan Dawson scored his first perfect KICK 100 of 2026 in Round 14 — and the Adelaide captain picked a statement game for it.

32 disposals, three goals, eight tackles and seven clearances in a 57-point dismantling of the Western Bulldogs at Docklands; raw KICK Game Score of 112.1, capped at the display ceiling of 100. It’s a career best — past his 104.4 from last year — and the second time an Adelaide player has hit the ceiling in 2026 after Sam Berry’s Showdown 100 in Round 8. Dawson now sits fifth on the season-average table at 77.3 and is building the kind of midfield-leader season that tends to attract All-Australian and Brownlow attention.

A quick refresher: KICK Rating is our open, reproducible player rating — one score out of 100 for every player in every game, computed from the public box score, formula published, code public. A game score of 70 means a quality senior contribution. 85+ puts a player in All-Australian territory. A perfect 100 is the ceiling — once-a-season form. The full methodology is on the site, including where v1 falls short.

Round 14 — 11 to 14 Jun 2026

The second four-team bye round in three weeks — Carlton, Collingwood, Fremantle and Hawthorn all rested — left seven games, and the story of most of them was Adelaide and the road back for North Melbourne. The Crows opened the round on Thursday night by putting 121 on the Western Bulldogs (a 57-point win, Dawson’s ceiling game) and have now strung together the form of a genuine top-four side. North Melbourne, smashed by 124 points by Fremantle a week earlier, turned around and won the round’s tightest game — 74-73 over West Coast at Perth Stadium, Harry Sheezel running the midfield with 33 disposals and 10 clearances for KICK 94. Sydney edged Port Adelaide by 3 at Adelaide Oval, St Kilda held off GWS by 8, and Brisbane (Will Ashcroft 38 disposals, KICK 96) and Melbourne (Gawn, Pickett) won comfortably. The week’s only five-plus-goal haul belonged to Liam Ryan — six for St Kilda from 11 disposals, KICK 66, the low-volume forward line landing in the 60s once again, a week after his five-goal KICK 57 against Sydney.

  1. 100
    Jordan Dawson Adelaide · beat Western Bulldogs by 57 32 disposals · 3 goals · 8 tackles · 7 clearances
  2. 96
    Will Ashcroft Brisbane Lions · beat Richmond by 35 38 disposals · 2 goals · 4 tackles · 8 clearances
  3. 94
    Harry Sheezel North Melbourne · beat West Coast by 1 33 disposals · 1 goal · 5 tackles · 10 clearances
  4. 91
    Noah Anderson Gold Coast · lost to Geelong by 45 29 disposals · 11 tackles · 6 clearances · 3 marks
  5. 89
    Tim Taranto Richmond · lost to Brisbane Lions by 35 29 disposals · 2 goals · 5 tackles · 6 clearances
Match of the round
North Melbourne 74 vs 73 West Coast
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The season tally — 15 weeks in

Dawson’s ceiling game took the 100 Club to 14 entries from nine different players, and the season-average race tightened: Bailey Smith’s lead over Max Gawn is down to 0.8 of a point, and Nick Daicos climbed a place without playing.

The 100 Club (perfect KICK 100 games, 2026 season)

Bars show raw KICK Game Score; every game here exceeded the display ceiling of 100. The dashed line is the ceiling.

  1. R10
    Brodie Grundy Sydney · W vs Collingwood 119.9
  2. R12
    Isaac Heeney Sydney · W vs Richmond 116.0
  3. R2
    Tristan Xerri North Melbourne · L vs West Coast 115.3
  4. R8
    Tristan Xerri North Melbourne · L vs Geelong 115.1
  5. R5
    Isaac Heeney Sydney · W vs Gold Coast 114.7
  6. R14
    Jordan Dawson Adelaide · W vs Western Bulldogs 112.1
  7. R10
    Bailey Smith Geelong · W vs Brisbane Lions 109.0
  8. R7
    Tristan Xerri North Melbourne · L vs Greater Western Sydney 107.5
  9. R6
    Bailey Smith Geelong · W vs Western Bulldogs 106.0
  10. R3
    Bailey Smith Geelong · W vs Adelaide 104.4
  11. R1
    Marcus Bontempelli Western Bulldogs · W vs Greater Western Sydney 101.7
  12. R11
    Matt Rowell Gold Coast · L vs North Melbourne 101.6
  13. R10
    Harley Reid West Coast · W vs Greater Western Sydney 101.6
  14. R8
    Sam Berry Adelaide · W vs Port Adelaide 100.4

Most top-five appearances across the 15 weeks

Bailey Smith leads on 6. Max Gawn next on 5, Lachie Neale on 4, then Marcus Bontempelli, Luke Jackson and Tristan Xerri on 3.

Most 90+ KICK games

Bailey Smith has 5. Max Gawn, Tristan Xerri and Brodie Grundy all on 3.

Top season averages, three games minimum

#PlayerTeamSeason avgGames
1Bailey SmithGeelong
81.7
14
2Max GawnMelbourne
80.9
14
3Nick DaicosCollingwood
78.8
12
4Isaac HeeneySydney
78.4
12
5Jordan DawsonAdelaide
77.3
10
6Tristan XerriNorth Melbourne
76.4
10
7Brodie GrundySydney
75.8
13

The top two are now all but level. Bailey Smith (81.7 over 14) and Max Gawn (80.9 over 14) have separated themselves from the field — nobody else is above 79 — and after 14 games each it is the closest the lead has been all season. The bye round produced one of its quieter quirks beneath them: Nick Daicos climbed from fourth to third without playing, as Isaac Heeney slipped a fraction with Sydney’s 3-point win and Daicos’s Collingwood bye left his 78.8 untouched. Jordan Dawson’s 100 lifts him to fifth at 77.3 over 10 games — the best run of his career at the right end of the season — while Tristan Xerri, still recovering from the Bunbury wipe-out, holds sixth.

Where this is going

Another round-up next Tuesday after Round 15. One match of the round, one season tally refresh, same format. If you want the current form at any time, the live leaderboard re-ranks after every build.

As always: formula here, failures published too, code open-source, no paywall. The current shipped version is v1.1; v1.2–1.4 were held after sweeps (results in the methodology page), and the AFLCA-aligned view lives as its own lens — Coaches’ Eye ranks players by coach votes scaled within position. Liam Ryan’s six-goal KICK 66 keeps the low-volume-forward thread running. If you think the rating is wrong, tell us or check Positional KICK for the within-position view.

See you after Round 15.