AFL Leading Goalkickers 2026 — Coleman Medal Ladder

#	Player	Club	Goals	GP	G/gm	B	Acc	KICK	Proj
1	Charlie Curnow	Sydney	69	22	3.14	36	66%	48	69
2	Logan Morris	Brisbane Lions	63	22	2.86	42	60%	48	63
3	Ben King	Gold Coast	60	23	2.61	26	70%	34	60
4	Jack Gunston	Hawthorn	59	17	3.47	35	63%	46	59
5	Jye Amiss	Fremantle	58	22	2.64	32	64%	42	58
6	Nick Watson	Hawthorn	55	21	2.62	22	71%	47	55
7	Josh Treacy	Fremantle	54	23	2.35	38	59%	54	54
8	Mitch Georgiades	Port Adelaide	51	21	2.43	47	52%	49	51
9	Charlie Cameron	Brisbane Lions	50	23	2.17	23	68%	44	50
10	Jake Waterman	West Coast	49	23	2.13	56	47%	46	49
11	Jake Stringer	Greater Western Sydney	48	23	2.09	45	52%	45	48
12	Shannon Neale	Geelong	47	23	2.04	24	66%	46	47
13	Aaron Naughton	Western Bulldogs	46	22	2.09	31	60%	44	46
14	Nate Caddy	Essendon	46	22	2.09	36	56%	41	46
15	Kai Lohmann	Brisbane Lions	46	23	2.00	24	66%	43	46
16	Nick Larkey	North Melbourne	45	23	1.96	28	62%	40	45
17	Daniel McStay	Collingwood	43	23	1.87	14	75%	44	43
18	Logan McDonald	Sydney	42	21	2.00	15	74%	40	42
19	Jacob van Rooyen	Melbourne	42	22	1.91	21	67%	43	42
20	Oliver Henry	Geelong	42	22	1.91	21	67%	38	42
21	Patrick Voss	Fremantle	41	22	1.86	29	59%	40	41
22	Jeremy Cameron	Geelong	39	17	2.29	29	57%	46	39
23	Paul Curtis	North Melbourne	38	20	1.90	22	63%	44	38
24	Josh Rachele	Adelaide	38	23	1.65	18	68%	46	38
25	Jack Darling	North Melbourne	36	22	1.64	13	73%	40	36
26	Brodie Kemp	Carlton	36	23	1.57	24	60%	40	36
27	Bayley Fritsch	Melbourne	35	21	1.67	19	65%	43	35
28	Shaun Mannagh	Geelong	35	23	1.52	19	65%	53	35
29	Riley Thilthorpe	Adelaide	34	20	1.70	27	56%	50	34
30	Toby Greene	Greater Western Sydney	34	21	1.62	28	55%	63	34
31	Chad Warner	Sydney	34	22	1.55	23	60%	66	34
32	Mitch Lewis	Hawthorn	34	22	1.55	23	60%	44	34
33	Mitch McGovern	Carlton	34	23	1.48	16	68%	36	34
34	Liam Ryan	St Kilda	33	17	1.94	20	62%	30	33
35	Aaron Cadman	Greater Western Sydney	33	18	1.83	20	62%	41	33
36	Jed Walter	Gold Coast	33	18	1.83	14	70%	31	33
37	Taylor Walker	Adelaide	32	16	2.00	17	65%	42	32
38	Tim Membrey	Collingwood	32	19	1.68	17	65%	37	32
39	Isaac Heeney	Sydney	32	20	1.60	14	70%	77	32
40	Harry McKay	Carlton	32	21	1.52	26	55%	48	32
41	Cooper Trembath	North Melbourne	32	23	1.39	10	76%	40	32
42	Corey Durdin	Port Adelaide	32	23	1.39	18	64%	32	32
43	Zac Bailey	Brisbane Lions	31	22	1.41	20	61%	61	31
44	Darcy Fogarty	Adelaide	30	14	2.14	12	71%	44	30
45	Marcus Bontempelli	Western Bulldogs	30	22	1.36	11	73%	75	30
46	Ben Keays	Adelaide	30	23	1.30	11	73%	43	30
47	Oliver Dempsey	Geelong	30	23	1.30	13	70%	53	30
48	Jack Higgins	St Kilda	29	16	1.81	21	58%	34	29
49	Mabior Chol	Hawthorn	29	18	1.61	21	58%	43	29
50	Mitch Owens	St Kilda	29	20	1.45	23	56%	44	29

Top 50 of 531 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 69 goals from 22 games, a rate of 3.14 goals per game. Logan Morris is next on 63.

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 207 2026 home-and-away match box scores across 25 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, or the Brownlow Medal predictor for the season's other individual award, modelled the same open way.