KICK Rating · 2021 season · midfielders
2021 Midfielders — KICK-M
The top midfielders of the 2021 AFL season by KICK-M 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 midfielders leaderboard or read how positional KICK works.
| # | Player | Team | GP | KICK-M avg | Raw | Best | KICK ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Steele | St Kilda | 22 | 90 | 86 | 100 | 85 |
| 2 | Clayton Oliver | Melbourne | 25 | 89 | 84 | 100 | 82 |
| 3 | Jack Macrae | Western Bulldogs | 26 | 88 | 82 | 100 | 81 |
| 4 | Christian Petracca | Melbourne | 25 | 88 | 82 | 100 | 81 |
| 5 | Jarryd Lyons | Brisbane Lions | 24 | 87 | 81 | 100 | 80 |
| 6 | Touk Miller | Gold Coast | 21 | 87 | 81 | 100 | 80 |
| 7 | Marcus Bontempelli | Western Bulldogs | 26 | 84 | 79 | 100 | 78 |
| 8 | Ollie Wines | Port Adelaide | 24 | 83 | 78 | 100 | 76 |
| 9 | Darcy Parish | Essendon | 23 | 82 | 77 | 100 | 76 |
| 10 | Rory Laird | Adelaide | 22 | 81 | 77 | 100 | 76 |
| 11 | Ben Cunnington | North Melbourne | 15 | 80 | 76 | 93 | 74 |
| 12 | Tom Mitchell | Hawthorn | 22 | 79 | 75 | 100 | 74 |
| 13 | Dayne Zorko | Brisbane Lions | 23 | 78 | 74 | 96 | 73 |
| 14 | Ben Keays | Adelaide | 22 | 77 | 74 | 100 | 73 |
| 15 | Callum Mills | Sydney | 18 | 77 | 73 | 96 | 72 |
| 16 | Sam Walsh | Carlton | 22 | 76 | 73 | 100 | 72 |
| 17 | Luke Parker | Sydney | 23 | 75 | 72 | 88 | 71 |
| 18 | Patrick Dangerfield | Geelong | 15 | 74 | 71 | 100 | 69 |
| 19 | Zach Merrett | Essendon | 23 | 74 | 71 | 99 | 71 |
| 20 | Jack Crisp | Collingwood | 22 | 74 | 71 | 95 | 66 |
| 21 | Aaron Hall | North Melbourne | 18 | 73 | 71 | 88 | 68 |
| 22 | Travis Boak | Port Adelaide | 23 | 72 | 70 | 85 | 70 |
| 23 | Lachie Neale | Brisbane Lions | 17 | 72 | 70 | 100 | 69 |
| 24 | Taylor Adams | Collingwood | 14 | 71 | 69 | 97 | 69 |
| 25 | Josh Kelly | Greater Western Sydney | 23 | 70 | 69 | 100 | 68 |
| 26 | Tom Liberatore | Western Bulldogs | 25 | 70 | 69 | 94 | 68 |
| 27 | Jaeger OMeara | Hawthorn | 18 | 70 | 69 | 100 | 68 |
| 28 | Tim Taranto | Greater Western Sydney | 24 | 70 | 69 | 93 | 68 |
| 29 | Mitch Duncan | Geelong | 11 | 69 | 68 | 92 | 67 |
| 30 | Hugh McCluggage | Brisbane Lions | 24 | 67 | 67 | 85 | 66 |
| 31 | Luke Dunstan | St Kilda | 12 | 67 | 67 | 95 | 65 |
| 32 | Nat Fyfe | Fremantle | 14 | 67 | 66 | 93 | 65 |
| 33 | Cameron Guthrie | Geelong | 23 | 67 | 66 | 100 | 66 |
| 34 | Andrew Brayshaw | Fremantle | 20 | 67 | 66 | 100 | 65 |
| 35 | Jack Redden | West Coast | 17 | 66 | 65 | 92 | 63 |
| 36 | Jy Simpkin | North Melbourne | 22 | 65 | 65 | 100 | 64 |
| 37 | Tim Kelly | West Coast | 17 | 64 | 64 | 100 | 64 |
| 38 | Sam Docherty | Carlton | 14 | 64 | 64 | 81 | 59 |
| 39 | Jacob Hopper | Greater Western Sydney | 23 | 64 | 64 | 99 | 64 |
| 40 | Elliot Yeo | West Coast | 12 | 64 | 64 | 89 | 63 |
| 41 | Daniel Rich | Brisbane Lions | 24 | 64 | 64 | 93 | 60 |
| 42 | Rory Sloane | Adelaide | 18 | 63 | 64 | 92 | 62 |
| 43 | Joel Selwood | Geelong | 23 | 63 | 63 | 91 | 63 |
| 44 | Jack Ziebell | North Melbourne | 21 | 63 | 63 | 100 | 58 |
| 45 | Jack Viney | Melbourne | 15 | 62 | 63 | 91 | 62 |
| 46 | Brandon Ellis | Gold Coast | 16 | 62 | 62 | 98 | 61 |
| 47 | Brad Crouch | St Kilda | 20 | 62 | 62 | 92 | 62 |
| 48 | Dom Sheed | West Coast | 22 | 62 | 62 | 91 | 61 |
| 49 | David Mundy | Fremantle | 22 | 61 | 62 | 87 | 62 |
| 50 | Scott Pendlebury | Collingwood | 17 | 60 | 61 | 78 | 60 |