KICK Rating · 2019 season · defenders
2019 Defenders — KICK-D
The top defenders of the 2019 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 | Tom Stewart | Geelong | 25 | 90 | 72 | 97 | 56 |
| 2 | James Sicily | Hawthorn | 22 | 90 | 72 | 100 | 53 |
| 3 | Dane Rampe | Sydney | 21 | 88 | 69 | 100 | 52 |
| 4 | Jeremy Howe | Collingwood | 20 | 88 | 68 | 100 | 49 |
| 5 | Nick Haynes | Greater Western Sydney | 23 | 86 | 67 | 100 | 50 |
| 6 | Michael Hurley | Essendon | 19 | 85 | 67 | 99 | 49 |
| 7 | Luke Ryan | Fremantle | 18 | 84 | 66 | 100 | 50 |
| 8 | Jeremy McGovern | West Coast | 23 | 84 | 66 | 90 | 47 |
| 9 | Nick Vlastuin | Richmond | 24 | 84 | 66 | 100 | 50 |
| 10 | Cale Hooker | Essendon | 18 | 81 | 64 | 99 | 47 |
| 11 | Heath Shaw | Greater Western Sydney | 26 | 80 | 63 | 96 | 50 |
| 12 | Darcy Moore | Collingwood | 16 | 78 | 62 | 98 | 43 |
| 13 | Phil Davis | Greater Western Sydney | 23 | 77 | 61 | 86 | 41 |
| 14 | Brad Sheppard | West Coast | 24 | 76 | 61 | 90 | 48 |
| 15 | Harris Andrews | Brisbane Lions | 21 | 76 | 60 | 93 | 40 |
| 16 | Robbie Tarrant | North Melbourne | 22 | 75 | 60 | 100 | 43 |
| 17 | Tom Jonas | Port Adelaide | 18 | 75 | 59 | 88 | 42 |
| 18 | Aliir Aliir | Sydney | 22 | 74 | 59 | 91 | 44 |
| 19 | Alex Keath | Adelaide | 18 | 74 | 59 | 85 | 43 |
| 20 | Jack Martin | Gold Coast | 16 | 73 | 58 | 84 | 54 |
| 21 | Taylor Duryea | Western Bulldogs | 14 | 72 | 57 | 97 | 47 |
| 22 | Jacob Weitering | Carlton | 20 | 72 | 57 | 89 | 39 |
| 23 | Tom Clurey | Port Adelaide | 21 | 71 | 57 | 83 | 39 |
| 24 | Blake Hardwick | Hawthorn | 22 | 71 | 56 | 80 | 45 |
| 25 | Hayden Crozier | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 70 | 56 | 83 | 44 |
| 26 | Scott Thompson | North Melbourne | 18 | 70 | 56 | 76 | 40 |
| 27 | Chris Mayne | Collingwood | 20 | 68 | 54 | 85 | 48 |
| 28 | Tom Barrass | West Coast | 14 | 68 | 54 | 69 | 36 |
| 29 | Dylan Grimes | Richmond | 24 | 68 | 54 | 82 | 39 |
| 30 | Alex Witherden | Brisbane Lions | 22 | 68 | 54 | 97 | 44 |
| 31 | Liam Jones | Carlton | 13 | 67 | 54 | 92 | 35 |
| 32 | Jake Melksham | Melbourne | 12 | 67 | 54 | 85 | 51 |
| 33 | Lachie Plowman | Carlton | 21 | 67 | 54 | 74 | 40 |
| 34 | Sam Petrevski-Seton | Carlton | 22 | 67 | 54 | 84 | 48 |
| 35 | Joel Hamling | Fremantle | 21 | 67 | 53 | 80 | 35 |
| 36 | Adam Tomlinson | Greater Western Sydney | 25 | 67 | 53 | 77 | 47 |
| 37 | Josh Battle | St Kilda | 18 | 66 | 53 | 83 | 42 |
| 38 | Daniel Talia | Adelaide | 22 | 65 | 52 | 75 | 37 |
| 39 | Dougal Howard | Port Adelaide | 15 | 65 | 52 | 74 | 39 |
| 40 | Jake Kelly | Adelaide | 22 | 64 | 51 | 87 | 41 |
| 41 | Sydney Stack | Richmond | 17 | 64 | 51 | 70 | 44 |
| 42 | Harry Taylor | Geelong | 24 | 63 | 50 | 85 | 38 |
| 43 | Tom McDonald | Melbourne | 15 | 63 | 50 | 91 | 45 |
| 44 | Michael Hibberd | Melbourne | 18 | 62 | 50 | 80 | 39 |
| 45 | Callum Wilkie | St Kilda | 22 | 62 | 50 | 65 | 37 |
| 46 | David Astbury | Richmond | 22 | 62 | 50 | 78 | 36 |
| 47 | Mason Redman | Essendon | 20 | 62 | 50 | 67 | 41 |
| 48 | Jake Carlisle | St Kilda | 10 | 62 | 49 | 78 | 34 |
| 49 | Sam Frost | Melbourne | 21 | 62 | 49 | 77 | 36 |
| 50 | Nathan Wilson | Fremantle | 18 | 61 | 49 | 74 | 40 |