Where the numbers come from
Full data provenance. Sources, parse dates, known gaps. Transparency is the whole point.
Sources
- AFL Tables (afltables.com) — the public, community-maintained archive of AFL match results and box-score stats going back to 1897. Primary source for historical matches, player game logs, and team season totals. Attributed in our footer.
- AFL match centre — supplementary source for current-season matches where AFL Tables hasn't been updated yet.
We do not use Champion Data's proprietary feeds. Any stat that only exists in Champion's data (e.g. disposal efficiency, intercept marks, score involvements) is not on this site.
Current dataset
- Matches parsed: 16,883 (AFL men's + AFLW, 1897 onward).
- Players rated: 13,279.
- Last refresh: 2026-04-19.
Known gaps
- Early-era box scores (pre-1965) are sparse — some matches have goalkickers only, no full player-by-player stat lines. These players get career totals but no KICK Rating.
- Pre-2000 clanger / contested-possession / one-percenter data is patchy. KICK Rating handles missing fields by treating them as zero rather than extrapolating.
- AFLW pre-2017 doesn't exist (competition started 2017); no need to backfill.
- Hit-out-to-advantage is not in public box scores. Ruckmen are undervalued by v1 KICK Rating as a result. Noted on the methodology page.
Refresh schedule
In-season: match-by-match updates within 24 hours of the final siren. Off-season: monthly refreshes to capture any source corrections.
Downloads
CSV downloads of season tables, the full KICK Rating dataset, and derived splits will land with the Kicker+ premium tier later in 2026. Until then, all data is visible on the individual player, match, and season pages.
Spot a data error? hello@kicker.au. We fix corrections within 48 hours.