KICK Rating · 1997 season · ruckmen
1997 Ruckmen — KICK-R
The top ruckmen of the 1997 AFL season by KICK-R season average (calibrated so elite lands at 85+). Raw formula + overall KICK shown for transparency. Minimum 10 games played that year.
See the all-time ruckmen leaderboard or read how positional KICK works.
| # | Player | Team | GP | KICK-R avg | Raw | Best | KICK ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Everitt | St Kilda | 23 | 62 | 63 | 94 | 43 |
| 2 | Paul Salmon | Hawthorn | 21 | 59 | 59 | 81 | 40 |
| 3 | Jim Stynes | Melbourne | 22 | 58 | 59 | 79 | 40 |
| 4 | Matthew Allan | Carlton | 21 | 49 | 48 | 76 | 32 |
| 5 | Corey McKernan | North Melbourne | 22 | 48 | 47 | 82 | 34 |
| 6 | Shaun Rehn | Adelaide | 22 | 46 | 45 | 78 | 30 |
| 7 | Luke Darcy | Western Bulldogs | 23 | 45 | 44 | 78 | 31 |
| 8 | Matthew Primus | Port Adelaide | 22 | 44 | 44 | 65 | 30 |
| 9 | John Barnes | Geelong | 15 | 44 | 43 | 66 | 30 |
| 10 | Matthew Clarke | Brisbane Lions | 21 | 44 | 43 | 64 | 28 |
| 11 | Scott Wynd | Western Bulldogs | 23 | 44 | 43 | 57 | 28 |
| 12 | Steven King | Geelong | 22 | 44 | 43 | 84 | 30 |
| 13 | Michael Gardiner | West Coast | 10 | 42 | 41 | 59 | 29 |
| 14 | Greg Stafford | Sydney | 22 | 42 | 41 | 63 | 28 |
| 15 | Brendon Lade | Port Adelaide | 22 | 39 | 38 | 68 | 27 |
| 16 | David Pittman | Adelaide | 23 | 39 | 38 | 64 | 25 |
| 17 | Matthew Burton | Fremantle | 11 | 38 | 37 | 51 | 25 |
| 18 | Jeff White | Fremantle | 13 | 38 | 37 | 53 | 25 |
| 19 | Clark Keating | Brisbane Lions | 20 | 37 | 36 | 68 | 25 |
| 20 | Damian Monkhorst | Collingwood | 20 | 36 | 36 | 58 | 24 |
| 21 | Jason Ball | West Coast | 14 | 36 | 35 | 56 | 25 |
| 22 | Peter Somerville | Essendon | 13 | 32 | 31 | 60 | 21 |
| 23 | Ryan Turnbull | West Coast | 24 | 29 | 28 | 56 | 20 |
| 24 | Stephen Lawrence | Hawthorn | 19 | 26 | 25 | 48 | 18 |