Two games, two teams out. Fremantle, beaten in its qualifying final a week earlier, beat Geelong by 14 at Perth Stadium, and Brisbane Lions beat Adelaide by 53 at the Gabba. Geelong and Adelaide are finished: in every season of finals this dataset holds, 2015 to 2025, no semi-final loser has played again.
The week’s best game was Luke Jackson’s raw KICK Game Score of 89.3, and nobody reached 90. That has happened in only two of 2026’s 28 weeks — the Wild Card round, whose best was 87.0, and this one. With two games instead of nine, there were fewer chances. Nobody rated 100 either, so the 100 Club closes the week unchanged — 38 games from 23 players, 28 in wins and ten in defeats.
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.
Semi Finals — 11 to 12 Sep 2026
Friday night went to Fremantle by 14 at Perth Stadium, 18.12 (120) to 16.10 (106), in front of 59,725. Fremantle kicked 6.2 to 2.1 in the first quarter and led at every change — by 25 at quarter time, 21 at half time and 16 at the last change.
Saturday night went to Brisbane Lions by 53 at the Gabba, 21.18 (144) to 13.13 (91), in front of 36,026. Brisbane led by 27 at quarter time, 38 at half time and 60 at the last change, before Adelaide won the final quarter 6.4 to 5.3.
Jackson’s 89.3 came on 25 disposals, two goals, four tackles, eight clearances, 35 hit-outs and 15 contested possessions at 82% game time — the week’s most clearances, hit-outs and contested possessions. It is his sixth top-five appearance of 2026 and his third-best game of the year, behind the 110.6 he rated in Round 15.
Bailey Smith rated 80.6 in Geelong’s loss — 29 disposals, seven tackles, five clearances and six marks — the best game by anyone on a losing side. It is his ninth top-five appearance of 2026, which puts him alone at the top of that list, one ahead of Max Gawn. It was also his last game of the season.
Zac Bailey rated 82.4 on 23 disposals, three goals, five tackles and eight inside-50s, his third-best game of 2026. Cam Rayner’s 78.7 — 22 disposals, two goals, eight marks and eight inside-50s — is his best game of 2026 and the second-best of his career, behind the 83.5 he rated in 2024; it is also his first top-five appearance of the year. Shai Bolton rated 78.5 with 26 disposals, two goals and eight tackles, the equal-most of the week with Jordan Dawson and Corey Wagner.
One career best was set, and it was checked against every game the player has on record. Oliver Henry kicked five goals — the first time he has kicked more than four in a game — and rated 75.6, past the 66.1 he set in 2024, with 20 disposals and 13 contested possessions in Geelong’s loss. Charlie Cameron also kicked five, for Brisbane.
Sam Berry had the week’s most disposals with 31 and rated 66.8. Jordan Dawson had 30 disposals and eight tackles for 67.5, and Will Ashcroft 30 disposals for 75.1. Both Berry and Dawson were in Adelaide’s losing side.
- 89
Luke Jackson 25 disposals · 2 goals · 4 tackles · 8 clearances
- 82
Zac Bailey 23 disposals · 3 goals · 5 tackles · 3 clearances
- 81
Bailey Smith 29 disposals · 7 tackles · 5 clearances · 6 marks
- 79
Cam Rayner 22 disposals · 2 goals · 4 tackles · 1 clearance
- 78
Shai Bolton 26 disposals · 2 goals · 8 tackles · 4 clearances
The season tally — 28 weeks in
Twenty-eight weeks in. Four teams are left — Brisbane Lions, Fremantle, Hawthorn and Sydney — so only players from those four clubs can move any of this.
The 100 Club (perfect KICK 100 games, 2026 season)
Bars show raw KICK Game Score, which is not capped. Every game here displays as a perfect 100 because the display score is capped at 100. The dashed line marks raw 100: bars reaching it cleared 100 outright, the shortest rounded up to it.
- R22
- R10
- R19
- R12
- R20
- R2
- R8
- R5
- R24
- R16
- R14
- R23
- R15
- R10
- R23
- R7
- R21
- R6
- R24
- R22
- R24
- R3
- R16
- R22
- R24
- R24
- R22
- R1
- R11
- R10
- R17
- R24
- R8
- R23
- R22
- R15
- R21
- R16
Most top-five appearances across the 28 weeks
Bailey Smith leads on 9, and that figure is now final — Geelong is out. Max Gawn is second on 8 and Marcus Bontempelli third on 7, both also finished for the year. Then Lachie Neale, Luke Jackson and Izak Rankine on 6, Nick Daicos on 5, and Tristan Xerri and Harry Sheezel on 4. This week’s five were Jackson, Zac Bailey and Shai Bolton (both for the second time), Smith, and Cam Rayner for the first time.
Most 90+ KICK games
Unchanged, because nobody reached 90. Bailey Smith leads on 8, now final. Izak Rankine is second on 6 and also finished — Adelaide went out on Saturday. Then Max Gawn, Nick Daicos and Lachie Neale on 5, and Marcus Bontempelli, Tristan Xerri, Harry Sheezel, Matt Rowell and Max Hall on 4.
Top season averages, three games minimum
| # | Player | Team | Season avg | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bailey Smith | Geelong | 24 | |
| 2 | Max Gawn | Melbourne | 24 | |
| 3 | Nick Daicos | Collingwood | 23 | |
| 4 | Isaac Heeney | Sydney | 20 | |
| 5 | Harry Sheezel | North Melbourne | 21 | |
| 6 | Marcus Bontempelli | Western Bulldogs | 24 | |
| 7 | Errol Gulden | Sydney | 12 |
Five of those seven are now fixed for the season. Bailey Smith’s semi final rated 80.6, fractionally under his average, which moves from 80.83 to 80.82 over 24 games — his final figure, 0.24 ahead of Max Gawn’s 80.58. Only Isaac Heeney and Errol Gulden can still move: Sydney won its qualifying final and had the week off, so neither played. Outside the seven, Jordan Dawson’s 67.5 took his average from 73.94 to 73.64 in his last game of the year.
Where this is going
The next round-up covers the preliminary finals. 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.
We do not guess fixtures. What the data does say is that in every season it holds from 2015 to 2025, the two semi finals are followed by two preliminary finals and then the grand final.
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 are on the methodology page). If you think the rating is wrong — especially if you think forwards are undervalued, which they measurably are — tell us, or check Positional KICK for the within-position view.
See you after the preliminary finals.