KICK Rating · 2018 season · defenders
2018 Defenders — KICK-D
The top defenders of the 2018 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 | James Sicily | Hawthorn | 16 | 94 | 78 | 100 | 60 |
| 2 | Jeremy Howe | Collingwood | 20 | 90 | 72 | 100 | 53 |
| 3 | Harris Andrews | Brisbane Lions | 17 | 89 | 70 | 100 | 49 |
| 4 | Heath Shaw | Greater Western Sydney | 20 | 89 | 69 | 100 | 54 |
| 5 | Tom Jonas | Port Adelaide | 17 | 88 | 69 | 98 | 49 |
| 6 | Steven May | Gold Coast | 17 | 88 | 68 | 100 | 48 |
| 7 | Michael Hurley | Essendon | 20 | 86 | 67 | 97 | 51 |
| 8 | Tom McDonald | Melbourne | 20 | 85 | 67 | 100 | 61 |
| 9 | Jeremy McGovern | West Coast | 24 | 84 | 66 | 100 | 47 |
| 10 | Tom Stewart | Geelong | 21 | 84 | 66 | 100 | 51 |
| 11 | Phil Davis | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 80 | 63 | 99 | 44 |
| 12 | Alex Rance | Richmond | 24 | 80 | 63 | 96 | 42 |
| 13 | Aliir Aliir | Sydney | 12 | 80 | 63 | 82 | 44 |
| 14 | Tom Doedee | Adelaide | 19 | 78 | 62 | 90 | 48 |
| 15 | Jake Carlisle | St Kilda | 16 | 78 | 61 | 85 | 45 |
| 16 | Nick Vlastuin | Richmond | 21 | 78 | 61 | 100 | 46 |
| 17 | Luke Ryan | Fremantle | 20 | 77 | 61 | 95 | 46 |
| 18 | Cale Hooker | Essendon | 22 | 77 | 61 | 93 | 46 |
| 19 | Tom Langdon | Collingwood | 23 | 77 | 61 | 92 | 47 |
| 20 | Jack Martin | Gold Coast | 15 | 77 | 61 | 85 | 55 |
| 21 | Alex Witherden | Brisbane Lions | 20 | 76 | 60 | 90 | 51 |
| 22 | Jimmy Webster | St Kilda | 16 | 76 | 60 | 96 | 48 |
| 23 | Liam Jones | Carlton | 16 | 75 | 60 | 96 | 38 |
| 24 | Jake Lever | Melbourne | 10 | 75 | 59 | 88 | 43 |
| 25 | Nick Haynes | Greater Western Sydney | 24 | 74 | 59 | 93 | 44 |
| 26 | Matt Scharenberg | Collingwood | 17 | 74 | 59 | 100 | 45 |
| 27 | Hayden Crozier | Western Bulldogs | 17 | 72 | 57 | 93 | 46 |
| 28 | Joel Hamling | Fremantle | 17 | 72 | 57 | 90 | 40 |
| 29 | Tom Barrass | West Coast | 19 | 72 | 57 | 89 | 40 |
| 30 | Nathan Wilson | Fremantle | 21 | 70 | 56 | 80 | 45 |
| 31 | Robbie Tarrant | North Melbourne | 21 | 70 | 56 | 100 | 41 |
| 32 | Brad Sheppard | West Coast | 22 | 70 | 56 | 85 | 45 |
| 33 | Scott Thompson | North Melbourne | 22 | 70 | 56 | 93 | 41 |
| 34 | Dane Rampe | Sydney | 23 | 69 | 55 | 82 | 41 |
| 35 | Heath Grundy | Sydney | 18 | 69 | 55 | 87 | 40 |
| 36 | Matt de Boer | Greater Western Sydney | 14 | 68 | 54 | 89 | 51 |
| 37 | Daniel Talia | Adelaide | 18 | 68 | 54 | 76 | 40 |
| 38 | Adam Tomlinson | Greater Western Sydney | 24 | 67 | 54 | 79 | 48 |
| 39 | Dougal Howard | Port Adelaide | 20 | 66 | 53 | 76 | 35 |
| 40 | Mitch McGovern | Adelaide | 12 | 66 | 53 | 74 | 45 |
| 41 | Michael Hibberd | Melbourne | 21 | 66 | 53 | 81 | 42 |
| 42 | Darcy Gardiner | Brisbane Lions | 19 | 66 | 52 | 89 | 39 |
| 43 | Jarryn Geary | St Kilda | 20 | 64 | 51 | 85 | 44 |
| 44 | Harry Cunningham | Sydney | 23 | 63 | 50 | 69 | 46 |
| 45 | Caleb Marchbank | Carlton | 11 | 63 | 50 | 83 | 37 |
| 46 | Chris Mayne | Collingwood | 21 | 63 | 50 | 84 | 45 |
| 47 | David Astbury | Richmond | 22 | 63 | 50 | 82 | 37 |
| 48 | Jake Melksham | Melbourne | 23 | 62 | 50 | 90 | 47 |
| 49 | Mitch Brown | Essendon | 14 | 62 | 50 | 84 | 44 |
| 50 | Nick Smith | Sydney | 19 | 62 | 49 | 72 | 39 |