KICK Rating · 2014 season · defenders
2014 Defenders — KICK-D
The top defenders of the 2014 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.
| # | Player | Team | GP | KICK-D avg | Raw | Best | KICK ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh Gibson | Hawthorn | 17 | 85 | 66 | 98 | 50 |
| 2 | Heath Shaw | Greater Western Sydney | 17 | 84 | 66 | 97 | 52 |
| 3 | Alex Rance | Richmond | 18 | 83 | 65 | 100 | 47 |
| 4 | Michael Hibberd | Essendon | 19 | 82 | 65 | 85 | 53 |
| 5 | Ricky Petterd | Richmond | 15 | 81 | 64 | 88 | 58 |
| 6 | Michael Johnson | Fremantle | 17 | 78 | 62 | 90 | 49 |
| 7 | Eric Mackenzie | West Coast | 22 | 77 | 61 | 89 | 44 |
| 8 | Harry Taylor | Geelong | 23 | 76 | 61 | 100 | 46 |
| 9 | Sean Dempster | St Kilda | 21 | 76 | 61 | 86 | 44 |
| 10 | Cale Hooker | Essendon | 23 | 76 | 60 | 93 | 46 |
| 11 | Jeremy Howe | Melbourne | 22 | 76 | 60 | 98 | 48 |
| 12 | Michael Hurley | Essendon | 21 | 75 | 60 | 100 | 47 |
| 13 | Scott Thompson | North Melbourne | 24 | 73 | 58 | 100 | 44 |
| 14 | Ryan Lester | Brisbane Lions | 13 | 73 | 58 | 73 | 54 |
| 15 | Dustin Fletcher | Essendon | 15 | 72 | 58 | 91 | 44 |
| 16 | Trent McKenzie | Gold Coast | 19 | 72 | 58 | 92 | 45 |
| 17 | Mark Baguley | Essendon | 22 | 72 | 57 | 99 | 47 |
| 18 | Lynden Dunn | Melbourne | 22 | 72 | 57 | 100 | 45 |
| 19 | Lachlan Hansen | North Melbourne | 17 | 72 | 57 | 100 | 44 |
| 20 | Andrejs Everitt | Carlton | 16 | 71 | 57 | 83 | 50 |
| 21 | Chris Yarran | Carlton | 19 | 71 | 56 | 84 | 50 |
| 22 | Jeremy McGovern | West Coast | 13 | 70 | 56 | 77 | 45 |
| 23 | Michael Firrito | North Melbourne | 20 | 70 | 56 | 82 | 41 |
| 24 | Steven May | Gold Coast | 19 | 70 | 56 | 82 | 40 |
| 25 | Jake Carlisle | Essendon | 18 | 69 | 55 | 100 | 49 |
| 26 | Tom Langdon | Collingwood | 18 | 68 | 54 | 88 | 43 |
| 27 | James Frawley | Melbourne | 21 | 68 | 54 | 85 | 47 |
| 28 | Nathan Grima | North Melbourne | 14 | 68 | 54 | 79 | 41 |
| 29 | Josh Thomas | Collingwood | 10 | 67 | 53 | 91 | 50 |
| 30 | Ted Richards | Sydney | 25 | 66 | 53 | 71 | 37 |
| 31 | Ryan Harwood | Brisbane Lions | 14 | 66 | 53 | 71 | 45 |
| 32 | Tom McDonald | Melbourne | 21 | 66 | 53 | 71 | 38 |
| 33 | Joel Patfull | Brisbane Lions | 21 | 66 | 52 | 77 | 39 |
| 34 | Will Hoskin-Elliott | Greater Western Sydney | 18 | 65 | 52 | 71 | 49 |
| 35 | Matt de Boer | Fremantle | 11 | 65 | 52 | 68 | 49 |
| 36 | Jack Grimes | Melbourne | 17 | 65 | 52 | 74 | 44 |
| 37 | Luke McPharlin | Fremantle | 13 | 65 | 52 | 86 | 39 |
| 38 | Curtly Hampton | Greater Western Sydney | 10 | 65 | 52 | 71 | 45 |
| 39 | Heath Grundy | Sydney | 25 | 65 | 52 | 70 | 40 |
| 40 | Phil Davis | Greater Western Sydney | 10 | 64 | 52 | 82 | 38 |
| 41 | Greg Broughton | Gold Coast | 20 | 64 | 52 | 82 | 44 |
| 42 | Heritier Lumumba | Collingwood | 21 | 64 | 51 | 71 | 45 |
| 43 | Jared Rivers | Geelong | 22 | 64 | 51 | 91 | 38 |
| 44 | Tom Jonas | Port Adelaide | 21 | 63 | 51 | 88 | 39 |
| 45 | Dane Rampe | Sydney | 25 | 63 | 51 | 83 | 41 |
| 46 | Lewis Jetta | Sydney | 25 | 63 | 50 | 75 | 47 |
| 47 | Matt White | Port Adelaide | 20 | 63 | 50 | 95 | 47 |
| 48 | Kade Kolodjashnij | Gold Coast | 18 | 63 | 50 | 77 | 41 |
| 49 | Jack Hombsch | Port Adelaide | 24 | 63 | 50 | 74 | 37 |
| 50 | Travis Colyer | Essendon | 12 | 63 | 50 | 66 | 47 |