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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. 58 forwards in the pool, top 58 shown. Active players (current-season appearance), rolling 40-game average.

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# Player Team GP KICK-F R40 Raw KICK-F career KICK
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1 Isaac Heeney 2015-2026 Sydney 230 100 77 89 61
2 Izak Rankine 2020-2026 Adelaide 113 88 65 70 49
3 Jeremy Cameron 2012-2026 Geelong 287 87 64 76 50
4 Sam Darcy 2022-2026 Western Bulldogs 48 85 63 80 53
5 Kysaiah Pickett 2020-2026 Melbourne 138 84 61 61 43
6 Riley Thilthorpe 2021-2026 Adelaide 85 84 61 66 45
7 Toby Greene 2012-2026 Greater Western Sydney 269 81 60 84 58
8 Shaun Mannagh 2024-2026 Geelong 46 79 58 78 55
9 Harry McKay 2017-2026 Carlton 148 79 57 70 48
10 Josh Treacy 2021-2026 Fremantle 92 76 55 61 42
11 Jesse Hogan 2015-2026 Greater Western Sydney 186 75 55 75 50
12 Jack Gunston 2010-2026 Hawthorn 285 74 54 73 49
13 Charlie Curnow 2016-2026 Sydney 156 73 54 75 50
14 Shai Bolton 2017-2026 Fremantle 170 72 53 71 50
15 Peter Wright 2015-2026 Essendon 160 72 53 67 46
16 Jake Waterman 2018-2026 West Coast 123 71 53 57 39
17 Mitch Georgiades 2020-2026 Port Adelaide 102 70 52 58 39
18 Aaron Naughton 2018-2026 Western Bulldogs 171 70 52 67 45
19 Jack Ginnivan 2021-2026 Hawthorn 97 69 51 58 41
20 Josh Rachele 2022-2026 Adelaide 76 67 50 61 44
21 Tom Papley 2016-2026 Sydney 204 66 49 65 46
22 Paul Curtis 2022-2026 North Melbourne 87 66 49 54 38
23 Tom Lynch 2011-2026 Richmond 239 66 49 73 49
24 Mitch Lewis 2018-2026 Hawthorn 85 63 47 59 41
25 Shannon Neale 2022-2026 Geelong 55 62 47 58 40
26 Jake Stringer 2013-2026 Greater Western Sydney 228 62 47 65 46
27 Cooper Sharman 2021-2026 St Kilda 74 62 46 54 37
28 Jamie Elliott 2012-2026 Collingwood 222 61 46 64 45
29 Mabior Chol 2016-2026 Hawthorn 111 61 46 55 38
30 Jamarra Ugle-Hagan 2021-2026 Gold Coast 70 61 46 52 35
31 Nick Larkey 2017-2026 North Melbourne 145 61 46 55 37
32 Taylor Walker 2009-2026 Adelaide 302 60 45 71 48
33 Logan Morris 2024-2026 Brisbane Lions 54 59 44 54 37
34 Jake Riccardi 2020-2026 Greater Western Sydney 97 59 44 52 36
35 Cameron Zurhaar 2017-2026 North Melbourne 151 59 44 57 40
36 Todd Marshall 2017-2026 Port Adelaide 115 58 44 55 38
37 Bayley Fritsch 2018-2026 Melbourne 180 58 43 60 41
38 Nick Watson 2024-2026 Hawthorn 53 58 43 55 39
39 Aaron Cadman 2023-2026 Greater Western Sydney 62 57 42 47 33
40 Darcy Fogarty 2018-2026 Adelaide 131 56 42 52 36
41 Kai Lohmann 2022-2026 Brisbane Lions 56 56 42 55 39
42 Charlie Cameron 2014-2026 Brisbane Lions 265 56 42 59 41
43 Brody Mihocek 2018-2026 Melbourne 166 56 42 58 40
44 Ben King 2019-2026 Gold Coast 131 55 41 50 33
45 Jamie Cripps 2012-2026 West Coast 267 55 41 61 44
46 Logan McDonald 2021-2026 Sydney 79 55 41 50 35
47 Jacob van Rooyen 2023-2026 Melbourne 69 55 41 51 36
48 Jack Darling 2011-2026 North Melbourne 328 54 40 67 46
49 Liam Ryan 2018-2026 St Kilda 131 54 40 55 38
50 Will Hayward 2017-2026 Carlton 193 54 40 53 37
51 Joel Amartey 2020-2026 Sydney 69 54 40 51 35
52 Patrick Voss 2024-2026 Fremantle 38 54 40 52 36
53 Oscar Allen 2018-2026 Brisbane Lions 110 54 40 57 39
54 Nate Caddy 2024-2026 Essendon 38 53 39 52 36
55 Tim Membrey 2014-2026 Collingwood 209 53 39 62 43
56 Jack Higgins 2018-2026 St Kilda 151 52 39 57 40
57 Oliver Henry 2021-2026 Geelong 90 52 38 48 33
58 Jye Amiss 2022-2026 Fremantle 82 51 37 49 33

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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