KICK Rating · 2015 season · defenders
2015 Defenders — KICK-D
The top defenders of the 2015 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 | Heath Shaw | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 94 | 77 | 100 | 60 |
| 2 | Tom McDonald | Melbourne | 22 | 90 | 71 | 100 | 54 |
| 3 | Michael Hurley | Essendon | 19 | 89 | 69 | 100 | 53 |
| 4 | Cale Hooker | Essendon | 22 | 88 | 69 | 100 | 55 |
| 5 | Josh Gibson | Hawthorn | 25 | 87 | 68 | 100 | 52 |
| 6 | Alex Rance | Richmond | 23 | 86 | 67 | 100 | 49 |
| 7 | Easton Wood | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 83 | 65 | 100 | 48 |
| 8 | Kade Kolodjashnij | Gold Coast | 22 | 80 | 63 | 91 | 52 |
| 9 | Sean Dempster | St Kilda | 21 | 79 | 63 | 100 | 46 |
| 10 | Harry Taylor | Geelong | 21 | 79 | 62 | 94 | 48 |
| 11 | Tom Langdon | Collingwood | 22 | 78 | 62 | 94 | 51 |
| 12 | Taylor Duryea | Hawthorn | 20 | 76 | 60 | 91 | 49 |
| 13 | Dylan Roberton | St Kilda | 20 | 75 | 59 | 86 | 49 |
| 14 | Phil Davis | Greater Western Sydney | 10 | 74 | 59 | 76 | 40 |
| 15 | Mark Baguley | Essendon | 22 | 74 | 59 | 82 | 46 |
| 16 | Garrick Ibbotson | Fremantle | 24 | 74 | 59 | 93 | 45 |
| 17 | Michael Hibberd | Essendon | 21 | 74 | 59 | 77 | 48 |
| 18 | Dane Rampe | Sydney | 24 | 73 | 58 | 98 | 46 |
| 19 | Michael Johnson | Fremantle | 14 | 73 | 58 | 100 | 45 |
| 20 | Brian Lake | Hawthorn | 21 | 73 | 58 | 96 | 42 |
| 21 | Sam Gilbert | St Kilda | 11 | 72 | 57 | 77 | 51 |
| 22 | Marley Williams | Collingwood | 20 | 72 | 57 | 90 | 50 |
| 23 | Heath Grundy | Sydney | 23 | 71 | 57 | 84 | 42 |
| 24 | Jack Grimes | Melbourne | 11 | 70 | 56 | 76 | 47 |
| 25 | Marco Paparone | Brisbane Lions | 22 | 69 | 55 | 88 | 45 |
| 26 | Steven May | Gold Coast | 18 | 68 | 55 | 79 | 39 |
| 27 | Sam Fisher | St Kilda | 18 | 68 | 55 | 86 | 43 |
| 28 | Jeremy McGovern | West Coast | 20 | 68 | 54 | 100 | 38 |
| 29 | Sam Wright | North Melbourne | 24 | 68 | 54 | 90 | 44 |
| 30 | Lynden Dunn | Melbourne | 22 | 68 | 54 | 100 | 42 |
| 31 | Aaron Vandenberg | Melbourne | 13 | 68 | 54 | 92 | 51 |
| 32 | Nick Smith | Sydney | 21 | 68 | 54 | 77 | 43 |
| 33 | Michael Talia | Western Bulldogs | 14 | 67 | 53 | 80 | 40 |
| 34 | Lee Spurr | Fremantle | 22 | 67 | 53 | 87 | 44 |
| 35 | Brad Sheppard | West Coast | 25 | 67 | 53 | 76 | 42 |
| 36 | Jack Hombsch | Port Adelaide | 22 | 66 | 53 | 100 | 39 |
| 37 | Jack Martin | Gold Coast | 10 | 66 | 53 | 70 | 48 |
| 38 | James Gwilt | Essendon | 11 | 66 | 53 | 70 | 42 |
| 39 | Jared Rivers | Geelong | 12 | 66 | 53 | 77 | 38 |
| 40 | Luke McPharlin | Fremantle | 18 | 66 | 53 | 68 | 38 |
| 41 | Chris Mayne | Fremantle | 22 | 66 | 53 | 100 | 50 |
| 42 | Nick Haynes | Greater Western Sydney | 16 | 66 | 52 | 74 | 40 |
| 43 | Jake Carlisle | Essendon | 17 | 65 | 52 | 68 | 44 |
| 44 | Jarryn Geary | St Kilda | 20 | 65 | 52 | 74 | 45 |
| 45 | Kyle Cheney | Adelaide | 12 | 64 | 52 | 76 | 39 |
| 46 | Jeremy Howe | Melbourne | 22 | 64 | 51 | 86 | 41 |
| 47 | Maverick Weller | St Kilda | 20 | 63 | 51 | 74 | 48 |
| 48 | Andrejs Everitt | Carlton | 22 | 63 | 50 | 78 | 47 |
| 49 | Troy Chaplin | Richmond | 22 | 63 | 50 | 84 | 39 |
| 50 | Dale Morris | Western Bulldogs | 13 | 62 | 50 | 68 | 36 |