AFL Leading Goalkickers 2026 — Coleman Medal Ladder

#	Player	Club	Goals	GP	G/gm	B	Acc	KICK	Proj
1	Charlie Curnow	Sydney	50	17	2.94	27	65%	48	62
2	Ben King	Gold Coast	48	18	2.67	20	71%	34	59
3	Nick Watson	Hawthorn	44	16	2.75	17	72%	47	55
4	Logan Morris	Brisbane Lions	44	17	2.59	36	55%	47	54
5	Josh Treacy	Fremantle	44	18	2.44	27	62%	56	54
6	Jye Amiss	Fremantle	43	18	2.39	29	60%	42	53
7	Aaron Naughton	Western Bulldogs	41	18	2.28	24	63%	42	50
8	Jack Gunston	Hawthorn	40	12	3.33	23	63%	47	53
9	Jake Waterman	West Coast	40	18	2.22	43	48%	48	49
10	Jeremy Cameron	Geelong	39	16	2.44	29	57%	48	49
11	Charlie Cameron	Brisbane Lions	38	18	2.11	14	73%	44	46
12	Mitch Georgiades	Port Adelaide	37	17	2.18	40	48%	47	46
13	Jacob van Rooyen	Melbourne	37	18	2.06	19	66%	43	45
14	Jake Stringer	Greater Western Sydney	36	18	2.00	34	51%	44	44
15	Kai Lohmann	Brisbane Lions	36	18	2.00	18	67%	43	44
16	Nick Larkey	North Melbourne	36	18	2.00	26	58%	40	44
17	Patrick Voss	Fremantle	33	17	1.94	27	55%	43	41
18	Nate Caddy	Essendon	32	17	1.88	31	51%	40	40
19	Daniel McStay	Collingwood	31	18	1.72	11	74%	39	38
20	Josh Rachele	Adelaide	31	18	1.72	15	67%	50	38
21	Shannon Neale	Geelong	31	18	1.72	17	65%	45	38
22	Mitch Lewis	Hawthorn	30	18	1.67	21	59%	43	37
23	Toby Greene	Greater Western Sydney	29	18	1.61	22	57%	63	35
24	Liam Ryan	St Kilda	28	13	2.15	18	61%	32	37
25	Joel Amartey	Sydney	28	15	1.87	18	61%	33	35
26	Paul Curtis	North Melbourne	28	15	1.87	19	60%	45	35
27	Oliver Henry	Geelong	28	17	1.65	14	67%	36	35
28	Corey Durdin	Port Adelaide	28	18	1.56	13	68%	32	34
29	Mitch McGovern	Carlton	28	18	1.56	11	72%	38	34
30	Logan McDonald	Sydney	27	16	1.69	11	71%	35	34
31	Jack Darling	North Melbourne	26	17	1.53	10	72%	40	32
32	Zac Bailey	Brisbane Lions	26	17	1.53	16	62%	63	32
33	Jobe Shanahan	West Coast	26	18	1.44	10	72%	35	32
34	Shaun Mannagh	Geelong	26	18	1.44	15	63%	49	32
35	Darcy Fogarty	Adelaide	25	12	2.08	10	71%	43	33
36	Tim Membrey	Collingwood	25	14	1.79	12	68%	37	32
37	Isaac Heeney	Sydney	25	16	1.56	10	71%	76	31
38	Brodie Kemp	Carlton	25	18	1.39	20	56%	38	31
39	Chad Warner	Sydney	25	18	1.39	20	56%	63	31
40	Cooper Trembath	North Melbourne	25	18	1.39	7	78%	40	31
41	Marcus Bontempelli	Western Bulldogs	25	18	1.39	9	74%	77	31
42	Aaron Cadman	Greater Western Sydney	24	13	1.85	15	62%	42	31
43	Mabior Chol	Hawthorn	24	13	1.85	18	57%	46	31
44	Cooper Sharman	St Kilda	24	18	1.33	18	57%	39	29
45	Jack Higgins	St Kilda	23	12	1.92	12	66%	34	31
46	Jed Walter	Gold Coast	23	13	1.77	10	70%	31	30
47	Jason Horne-Francis	Port Adelaide	23	17	1.35	15	61%	67	28
48	Ben Keays	Adelaide	23	18	1.28	8	74%	43	28
49	Kysaiah Pickett	Melbourne	23	18	1.28	15	61%	67	28
50	Bayley Fritsch	Melbourne	22	16	1.38	9	71%	40	28

Top 50 of 495 players who have kicked a goal in 2026. Acc is goals as a share of that player's own scoring shots (goals + behinds). KICK is our 0–100 rating — see how it works.

Leading goalkicker at every club

2026 home-and-away goals, club by club.

Greater Western Sydney

About the Coleman Medal

What is the Coleman Medal?

The Coleman Medal goes to the player who kicks the most goals in the AFL home-and-away season. It is named after John Coleman, the Essendon full-forward who kicked 537 goals in just 98 games between 1949 and 1954 before a knee injury ended his career at 25. Goals kicked in finals do not count towards it.

Do finals goals count towards the Coleman Medal?

No. Only home-and-away goals count. That is why a player's Coleman tally can be lower than their total goals for the season — this ladder excludes finals for the same reason.

Who is leading the 2026 Coleman Medal?

Charlie Curnow (Sydney) leads with 50 goals from 17 games, a rate of 2.94 goals per game. Ben King is next on 48.

How is the projected tally worked out?

It takes the player's current goals-per-game rate and holds it across their club's remaining home-and-away games. It assumes they play every game and keep their exact current rate, so treat it as a pace marker rather than a forecast.

How this ladder is built

Goals are counted straight from 162 2026 home-and-away match box scores across 20 rounds — not from a season-total field, so finals are excluded exactly rather than approximately. Source data is AFL Tables; the ladder rebuilds every time a round is added.

The KICK column is there to make a point: the leading goalkicker is often not the highest-rated forward in the competition. Goals are one input to KICK, not the whole of it. See the forwards leaderboard for the position-fair ranking.