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2012 Defenders — KICK-D

The top defenders of the 2012 AFL season by KICK-D 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 defenders leaderboard or read how positional KICK works.

#PlayerTeamGP KICK-D avg Raw Best KICK
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1 Beau Waters West Coast 19 89 70 99 56
2 Scott Thompson North Melbourne 21 84 65 100 48
3 Alex Rance Richmond 22 83 65 100 49
4 Heath Shaw Collingwood 21 83 65 89 52
5 Michael Johnson Fremantle 24 82 65 94 51
6 Brian Lake Western Bulldogs 20 82 64 93 48
7 Jack Grimes Melbourne 21 81 64 96 57
8 Sean Dempster St Kilda 22 81 64 100 48
9 Harry Taylor Geelong 22 81 63 100 50
10 Matt Maguire Brisbane Lions 14 79 63 98 44
11 Dustin Fletcher Essendon 17 77 61 84 45
12 Ted Richards Sydney 25 77 61 85 42
13 Troy Chaplin Port Adelaide 18 77 61 94 44
14 Nathan Grima North Melbourne 13 76 60 92 45
15 Sam Fisher St Kilda 14 76 60 76 46
16 Luke McPharlin Fremantle 21 73 58 89 44
17 Michael Hibberd Essendon 11 73 58 73 46
18 Matt de Boer Fremantle 23 73 58 100 54
19 Jack Watts Melbourne 14 73 58 100 47
20 Greg Broughton Fremantle 14 72 57 81 52
21 Jeremy Howe Melbourne 22 72 57 100 53
22 Tom McDonald Melbourne 19 72 57 78 44
23 Ben Reid Collingwood 19 72 57 91 42
24 Josh Gibson Hawthorn 22 71 57 100 41
25 Ricky Dyson Essendon 11 71 57 71 51
26 Daniel Merrett Brisbane Lions 22 71 57 100 47
27 Nick Maxwell Collingwood 20 70 56 93 43
28 Cale Hooker Essendon 17 70 56 80 41
29 Heath Grundy Sydney 24 69 55 77 41
30 Phil Davis Greater Western Sydney 22 69 55 78 41
31 Trent McKenzie Gold Coast 16 69 55 84 47
32 Paul Bower Carlton 10 68 54 90 42
33 Chris Mayne Fremantle 22 68 54 89 52
34 James Frawley Melbourne 19 67 54 94 41
35 Scott McMahon North Melbourne 17 67 54 82 40
36 Jarryn Geary St Kilda 18 67 53 85 44
37 Garrick Ibbotson Fremantle 23 66 53 83 44
38 Chris Newman Richmond 22 66 53 80 44
39 Lewis Jetta Sydney 25 66 53 94 49
40 Lynden Dunn Melbourne 14 66 52 94 44
41 Josh Hunt Geelong 18 66 52 84 42
42 Mitch Golby Brisbane Lions 13 66 52 74 44
43 Brent Guerra Hawthorn 19 65 52 76 45
44 Sam Gilbert St Kilda 20 64 52 77 44
45 Michael Firrito North Melbourne 23 64 51 75 40
46 Ryan Hargrave Western Bulldogs 12 64 51 81 43
47 Jared Rivers Melbourne 22 64 51 82 40
48 Adam McPhee Fremantle 21 64 51 75 41
49 Matthew Scarlett Geelong 16 63 50 77 40
50 Alex Johnson Sydney 25 63 50 84 38