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KICK Rating · 1970s

Best AFL players of the 1970s

The top 100 players of the 1970s decade, ranked by games-weighted KICK Rating average across 1970–1979. Minimum 50 games in the decade to qualify. Filter by position below.

#PlayerTeamGP KICK avg Best Career
1 Peter Hudson Hawthorn 74 51 100 51
2 Garry Wilson Fitzroy 167 47 80 45
3 John Murphy North Melbourne 185 47 85 45
4 Leigh Matthews Hawthorn 205 47 100 45
5 Gary Dempsey North Melbourne 201 46 82 44
6 Kevin Bartlett Richmond 224 45 82 42
7 Peter McKenna Carlton 123 45 100 43
8 David Clarke Geelong 165 42 78 41
9 Greg Wells Melbourne 209 41 75 40
10 Adrian Gallagher North Melbourne 117 41 82 40
11 George Bisset Collingwood 103 41 71 37
12 Bill Ryan Geelong 61 41 91 33
13 Norm Goss Hawthorn 162 40 72 39
14 Wayne Richardson Collingwood 200 40 100 42
15 Graham Moss Essendon 84 40 78 40
16 Peter Bedford Carlton 148 39 80 40
17 Barry Davis North Melbourne 131 39 73 28
18 Ian Nankervis Geelong 206 38 71 36
19 David Thorpe Richmond 113 38 73 36
20 Kelvin Templeton Footscray 101 38 100 38
21 Greg Parke Fitzroy 136 37 82 37
22 Ross Smith St Kilda 75 37 74 28
23 Malcolm Blight North Melbourne 123 37 73 39
24 John Perry North Melbourne 57 37 61 31
25 Geoff Blethyn Essendon 65 37 80 35
26 Brian Walsh Essendon 115 37 81 37
27 Paul Callery St Kilda 179 36 77 36
28 Alex Ruscuklic Carlton 65 36 66 32
29 Graeme Melrose North Melbourne 111 36 61 36
30 Bruce Monteath Richmond 96 36 79 35
31 Bernie Quinlan Fitzroy 204 36 86 38
32 Barry Armstrong Carlton 174 36 76 35
33 Ron Alexander Fitzroy 88 36 65 35
34 Robert Walls Fitzroy 197 36 71 33
35 Len Thompson South Melbourne 210 36 84 37
36 Peter Crimmins Hawthorn 106 36 67 35
37 Paul Sarah Geelong 126 35 82 32
38 Doug Wade North Melbourne 117 35 96 32
39 Ray Shaw Collingwood 109 35 62 35
40 Larry Donohue Geelong 101 35 92 34
41 Warwick Irwin Fitzroy 184 35 80 34
42 Glenn Elliott Melbourne 147 35 72 34
43 Graham Teasdale South Melbourne 88 35 77 35
44 Royce Hart Richmond 132 35 77 36
45 Travis Payze St Kilda 99 35 70 32
46 Peter Featherby Geelong 54 35 60 38
47 Barry Cable North Melbourne 115 35 63 35
48 Jeff Sarau St Kilda 142 35 71 34
49 Graeme Allan Fitzroy 82 35 78 30
50 Ray Huppatz North Melbourne 78 34 57 33
51 Stuart Magee Footscray 101 34 66 29
52 John Greening Collingwood 70 34 96 33
53 Robert Peterson North Melbourne 72 34 82 34
54 Bob Keddie Hawthorn 62 34 63 34
55 Peter Morrison South Melbourne 72 34 77 34
56 Wayne Schimmelbusch North Melbourne 173 34 61 35
57 Mike Fitzpatrick Carlton 62 34 60 36
58 Ian Stewart Richmond 93 34 56 30
59 Simon Madden Essendon 110 34 72 36
60 Wayne Closter Geelong 102 34 63 32
61 Paul Vander Haar Essendon 50 34 57 31
62 Phil Carman Melbourne 77 34 78 32
63 George Young St Kilda 108 34 84 34
64 Rodney Ashman Carlton 110 34 64 35
65 Allan Davis Essendon 191 33 85 33
66 Geoff Raines Richmond 68 33 59 34
67 Stan Alves North Melbourne 180 33 64 32
68 John Hendrie Hawthorn 173 33 76 32
69 Andrew Wilson Essendon 112 33 72 33
70 Des Tuddenham Collingwood 128 33 93 29
71 Laurie Richards Fitzroy 79 33 72 33
72 Robert Flower Melbourne 133 33 64 34
73 John McIntosh St Kilda 51 33 57 33
74 Michael Tuck Hawthorn 160 33 71 32
75 Max Crow Essendon 90 33 70 31
76 Terry Daniher Essendon 54 32 77 35
77 Alex Jesaulenko Carlton 201 32 78 31
78 Peter Jones Carlton 200 32 63 33
79 Geoff Jennings Footscray 99 32 62 32
80 Neville Fields South Melbourne 168 32 75 31
81 Ian Dunstan Footscray 114 32 79 33
82 David Rhodes Fitzroy 59 32 65 32
83 Bruce Nankervis Geelong 163 32 60 32
84 Trevor Keogh Carlton 198 32 69 31
85 Max Richardson Fitzroy 216 32 64 31
86 Sam Newman Geelong 170 32 59 31
87 Ricky Quade South Melbourne 155 32 57 31
88 Bruce Duperouzel St Kilda 88 32 59 29
89 Alan Noonan Richmond 127 32 68 33
90 Ian Miller Fitzroy 80 31 63 31
91 Mark Maclure Carlton 116 31 69 30
92 Roger Dean Richmond 70 31 60 22
93 Barry Breen St Kilda 189 31 59 29
94 Bill Picken Collingwood 122 31 57 30
95 Bob Beecroft Fitzroy 77 31 84 30
96 David McKay Carlton 224 31 84 30
97 Carl Ditterich Melbourne 174 31 67 28
98 Ross Dunne Collingwood 180 31 70 31
99 Barry Rowlings Richmond 100 30 55 32
100 Barry Goodingham South Melbourne 146 30 61 30