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Best AFL midfielders of the 2020s

The best midfielders of the 2020s by KICK-M, calibrated so the 95th-percentile midfielder season sits at 76. Raw formula + overall KICK shown for transparency. Minimum 50 games across 2020–2029.

See the all-time midfielders leaderboard or read how positional KICK works.

#PlayerTeamGP KICK-M avg Raw Best KICK
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1 Marcus Bontempelli Western Bulldogs 143 84 79 100 78
2 Clayton Oliver Greater Western Sydney 135 76 73 100 72
3 Lachie Neale Brisbane Lions 146 76 73 100 72
4 Christian Petracca Gold Coast 135 75 72 100 71
5 Jack Steele Melbourne 135 74 71 100 71
6 Zach Merrett Essendon 137 72 70 100 70
7 Nick Daicos Collingwood 106 72 70 100 69
8 Touk Miller Gold Coast 123 71 69 100 69
9 Jarryd Lyons Brisbane Lions 69 71 69 100 68
10 Jordan Dawson Adelaide 139 70 69 100 65
11 Tom Liberatore Western Bulldogs 127 70 68 100 68
12 Rory Laird Adelaide 135 70 68 100 67
13 Harry Sheezel North Melbourne 78 69 68 100 67
14 Patrick Cripps Carlton 140 69 68 100 67
15 Josh Dunkley Brisbane Lions 140 68 67 100 66
16 Tim Taranto Richmond 118 68 67 100 67
17 Caleb Serong Fremantle 137 68 67 100 66
18 Matt Rowell Gold Coast 114 67 67 100 66
19 Andrew Brayshaw Fremantle 143 67 67 100 66
20 Jack Macrae St Kilda 131 67 66 100 65
21 Darcy Parish Essendon 100 67 66 100 65
22 Tom Green Greater Western Sydney 114 66 66 100 65
23 Sam Walsh Carlton 122 65 65 100 65
24 Tom Mitchell Collingwood 94 65 65 100 64
25 Noah Anderson Gold Coast 139 65 65 100 64
26 Luke Davies-Uniacke North Melbourne 118 65 65 100 64
27 Brad Crouch St Kilda 77 65 65 100 64
28 Adam Treloar Western Bulldogs 95 64 64 100 64
29 Errol Gulden Sydney 105 63 64 100 63
30 Hugh McCluggage Brisbane Lions 154 63 64 100 63
31 Bailey Smith Geelong 114 63 64 100 63
32 Josh Kelly Greater Western Sydney 110 63 63 100 63
33 Luke Parker North Melbourne 130 63 63 95 62
34 Zak Butters Port Adelaide 129 62 63 100 62
35 Ollie Wines Port Adelaide 136 62 63 100 62
36 Jack Viney Melbourne 118 62 63 100 62
37 Jai Newcombe Hawthorn 112 62 63 100 61
38 Dayne Zorko Brisbane Lions 137 61 62 100 60
39 Jack Sinclair St Kilda 136 60 61 100 59
40 Callum Mills Sydney 107 60 61 100 59
41 Will Ashcroft Brisbane Lions 70 60 61 100 60
42 Sam Docherty Carlton 89 59 60 98 57
43 Matt Crouch Adelaide 54 59 60 88 60
44 Lachie Whitfield Greater Western Sydney 131 59 60 88 58
45 Chad Warner Sydney 120 59 60 96 59
46 Cameron Guthrie Geelong 77 59 60 100 59
47 Elliot Yeo West Coast 63 58 59 94 58
48 Jack Crisp Collingwood 151 58 59 97 57
49 George Hewett Carlton 110 58 59 100 58
50 Tim Kelly West Coast 125 58 59 100 58