Leaderboards
Top 10 active players in each position by KICK-P (the position-fair score). A defender averaging 41 on overall KICK can rank top-3 KICK-D — same player, position-fair lens. For the Brownlow-aligned single ranking, see the overall leaderboard. For best-40-game stretches across history, see the Peak-form leaderboard.
Midfielders
Defenders
Forwards
Ruckmen
Why position-split is the default
Overall KICK is mid-biased by design — the formula must agree with Brownlow / All-Australian / AFLCA voting, all of which reward midfielders ~70-80% of the time. So overall KICK reads midfielders high and defenders / forwards low, even when defenders and forwards are doing excellent position-specific work. Harris Andrews reads overall KICK 41 (average) but KICK-D 86 (elite defender); Tony Lockett reads overall 43 but KICK-F 87 career, peak 90. Same player, same games, different lens.
The position-split view above is the right default for “is this player good at their job?”. The overall leaderboard is the right view for “who's playing best across the whole competition right now” — which is the question Brownlow umpires answer, so it ranks the way they vote. Both views are correct. They answer different questions.
For a third question — “who do coaches respect?” — see the parallel Coaches' eye leaderboard (AFLCA Champion-Player votes per game, scaled within position). Sicily, Stewart, Andrews and May lead the defenders there.