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Current forwards — kick rating leaderboard

The top forwards right now, ranked by rolling 40-game KICK-F. KICK-F rewards marks-inside-50 and goal-assists higher than overall KICK does, then calibrates so the 95th-percentile forward sits at 76 — correcting for the disposal-volume gap that otherwise buries forwards below mids. Raw formula + overall KICK shown for transparency. 61 forwards in the pool, top 61 shown. Active players (current-season appearance), rolling 40-game average.

See how positional KICK works.

# Player Team GP KICK-F R40 Raw KICK-F career KICK
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1 Izak Rankine 2020-2026 Adelaide 124 100 70 74 52
2 Kysaiah Pickett 2020-2026 Melbourne 150 90 66 63 45
3 Toby Greene 2012-2026 Greater Western Sydney 277 86 64 85 58
4 Sam Darcy 2022-2026 Western Bulldogs 48 85 63 80 53
5 Riley Thilthorpe 2021-2026 Adelaide 96 81 59 67 46
6 Jeremy Cameron 2012-2026 Geelong 294 80 58 75 50
7 Shaun Mannagh 2024-2026 Geelong 57 80 58 79 55
8 Jack Gunston 2010-2026 Hawthorn 294 77 56 73 49
9 Harry McKay 2017-2026 Carlton 159 77 56 71 48
10 Josh Treacy 2021-2026 Fremantle 104 75 55 62 43
11 Mitch Georgiades 2020-2026 Port Adelaide 111 75 55 60 40
12 Aaron Naughton 2018-2026 Western Bulldogs 183 73 54 67 45
13 Jesse Hogan 2015-2026 Greater Western Sydney 188 73 53 75 50
14 Charlie Curnow 2016-2026 Sydney 168 72 53 75 51
15 Peter Wright 2015-2026 Essendon 168 71 52 67 46
16 Jack Ginnivan 2021-2026 Hawthorn 107 71 52 59 42
17 Shannon Neale 2022-2026 Geelong 67 69 51 60 41
18 Logan Morris 2024-2026 Brisbane Lions 66 68 51 58 39
19 Tom Papley 2016-2026 Sydney 212 68 50 65 46
20 Paul Curtis 2022-2026 North Melbourne 96 67 50 55 38
21 Josh Rachele 2022-2026 Adelaide 89 67 50 60 43
22 Jake Waterman 2018-2026 West Coast 134 66 49 58 40
23 Bayley Fritsch 2018-2026 Melbourne 191 63 48 60 41
24 Mabior Chol 2016-2026 Hawthorn 123 62 47 55 38
25 Jake Stringer 2013-2026 Greater Western Sydney 239 62 47 65 46
26 Jamie Elliott 2012-2026 Collingwood 222 61 46 64 45
27 Taylor Walker 2009-2026 Adelaide 312 61 46 71 48
28 Nick Larkey 2017-2026 North Melbourne 157 61 46 55 37
29 Jamarra Ugle-Hagan 2021-2026 Gold Coast 70 61 46 52 35
30 Cooper Sharman 2021-2026 St Kilda 83 60 45 55 37
31 Aaron Cadman 2023-2026 Greater Western Sydney 73 60 45 49 33
32 Mitch Lewis 2018-2026 Hawthorn 95 60 45 60 41
33 Jake Riccardi 2020-2026 Greater Western Sydney 97 59 44 52 36
34 Nick Watson 2024-2026 Hawthorn 62 59 44 57 40
35 Darcy Fogarty 2018-2026 Adelaide 141 59 44 54 37
36 Kai Lohmann 2022-2026 Brisbane Lions 68 58 44 57 40
37 Tom Lynch 2011-2026 Richmond 247 58 43 73 48
38 Logan McDonald 2021-2026 Sydney 89 58 43 53 36
39 Jacob van Rooyen 2023-2026 Melbourne 79 57 43 54 37
40 Will Hayward 2017-2026 Carlton 203 57 43 53 38
41 Cameron Zurhaar 2017-2026 North Melbourne 163 57 43 57 40
42 Patrick Voss 2024-2026 Fremantle 50 57 42 54 37
43 Cody Weightman 2020-2026 Western Bulldogs 85 57 42 52 36
44 Brody Mihocek 2018-2026 Melbourne 166 56 42 58 40
45 Charlie Cameron 2014-2026 Brisbane Lions 267 56 41 59 41
46 Jack Darling 2011-2026 North Melbourne 340 55 41 66 46
47 Jamie Cripps 2012-2026 West Coast 267 55 41 61 44
48 Nate Caddy 2024-2026 Essendon 48 55 41 53 37
49 Jye Amiss 2022-2026 Fremantle 93 55 41 51 34
50 Oliver Henry 2021-2026 Geelong 102 55 41 50 34
51 Oscar Allen 2018-2026 Brisbane Lions 115 54 40 56 39
52 Ben King 2019-2026 Gold Coast 143 53 39 50 33
53 Joel Amartey 2020-2026 Sydney 72 53 39 50 34
54 Tim Membrey 2014-2026 Collingwood 221 53 39 62 42
55 Todd Marshall 2017-2026 Port Adelaide 124 53 39 55 37
56 Jack Higgins 2018-2026 St Kilda 159 53 39 57 40
57 Liam Ryan 2018-2026 St Kilda 141 52 38 54 37
58 Eric Hipwood 2016-2026 Brisbane Lions 209 51 38 53 36
59 Jobe Shanahan 2025-2026 West Coast 32 48 35 47 32
60 Mykelti Lefau 2024-2026 Richmond 30 48 35 46 32
61 Jed Walter 2024-2026 Gold Coast 46 42 31 40 27

Why a separate forwards leaderboard?

KICK Rating's overall leaderboard is award-aligned — Brownlow votes, All-Australian squads, and AFLCA Champion Player selections all heavily favour midfielders, and KICK tracks them. That's the right number when you want "who does everyone agree is the best player going around?".

But if you're looking for the best forwards, that mid-heavy bias is the wrong lens. Positional KICK applies role-aware weight multipliers (intercept marks ×5 for defenders, marks-inside-50 ×2.5 for forwards, hit-outs ×1.4 for rucks) plus a per-position percentile rescale on top of the base formula, so "elite at this position" reads similarly across all four buckets. Every multiplier and anchor is on the positional methodology page — the point isn't "no guesswork", it's transparent guesswork.

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