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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. 59 forwards in the pool, top 59 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 Kysaiah Pickett 2020-2026 Melbourne 144 88 64 62 44
2 Izak Rankine 2020-2026 Adelaide 118 88 64 71 50
3 Sam Darcy 2022-2026 Western Bulldogs 48 86 63 80 53
4 Toby Greene 2012-2026 Greater Western Sydney 274 85 62 85 58
5 Riley Thilthorpe 2021-2026 Adelaide 90 82 60 66 46
6 Jeremy Cameron 2012-2026 Geelong 292 81 59 76 50
7 Shaun Mannagh 2024-2026 Geelong 51 78 57 77 54
8 Josh Treacy 2021-2026 Fremantle 98 76 55 62 43
9 Harry McKay 2017-2026 Carlton 153 76 55 70 48
10 Jack Gunston 2010-2026 Hawthorn 288 76 55 73 49
11 Charlie Curnow 2016-2026 Sydney 162 73 53 76 51
12 Jesse Hogan 2015-2026 Greater Western Sydney 188 73 53 75 50
13 Peter Wright 2015-2026 Essendon 163 72 53 67 46
14 Mitch Georgiades 2020-2026 Port Adelaide 107 72 53 59 40
15 Jake Waterman 2018-2026 West Coast 129 70 52 58 40
16 Jack Ginnivan 2021-2026 Hawthorn 102 70 52 59 42
17 Aaron Naughton 2018-2026 Western Bulldogs 177 70 51 66 45
18 Josh Rachele 2022-2026 Adelaide 83 68 50 61 44
19 Paul Curtis 2022-2026 North Melbourne 91 67 50 55 38
20 Tom Papley 2016-2026 Sydney 206 65 49 65 46
21 Logan Morris 2024-2026 Brisbane Lions 60 63 48 57 38
22 Mabior Chol 2016-2026 Hawthorn 117 63 48 56 38
23 Shannon Neale 2022-2026 Geelong 61 62 47 58 40
24 Jake Stringer 2013-2026 Greater Western Sydney 234 62 47 65 45
25 Tom Lynch 2011-2026 Richmond 242 62 47 73 48
26 Mitch Lewis 2018-2026 Hawthorn 91 62 47 59 41
27 Cooper Sharman 2021-2026 St Kilda 80 61 46 55 38
28 Jamie Elliott 2012-2026 Collingwood 222 61 46 64 45
29 Jamarra Ugle-Hagan 2021-2026 Gold Coast 70 61 46 52 35
30 Nick Larkey 2017-2026 North Melbourne 152 60 45 55 37
31 Taylor Walker 2009-2026 Adelaide 307 59 45 71 48
32 Jake Riccardi 2020-2026 Greater Western Sydney 97 59 44 52 36
33 Kai Lohmann 2022-2026 Brisbane Lions 62 59 44 57 40
34 Bayley Fritsch 2018-2026 Melbourne 185 59 44 60 41
35 Aaron Cadman 2023-2026 Greater Western Sydney 68 59 44 48 33
36 Darcy Fogarty 2018-2026 Adelaide 138 58 43 53 37
37 Nick Watson 2024-2026 Hawthorn 56 57 43 56 39
38 Patrick Voss 2024-2026 Fremantle 44 57 42 55 37
39 Todd Marshall 2017-2026 Port Adelaide 119 57 42 55 37
40 Cameron Zurhaar 2017-2026 North Melbourne 158 56 42 56 40
41 Jacob van Rooyen 2023-2026 Melbourne 75 56 42 54 37
42 Cody Weightman 2020-2026 Western Bulldogs 79 56 42 52 36
43 Logan McDonald 2021-2026 Sydney 83 56 42 51 35
44 Brody Mihocek 2018-2026 Melbourne 166 56 42 58 40
45 Charlie Cameron 2014-2026 Brisbane Lions 267 56 41 59 41
46 Jamie Cripps 2012-2026 West Coast 267 55 41 61 44
47 Jack Darling 2011-2026 North Melbourne 335 55 41 67 46
48 Liam Ryan 2018-2026 St Kilda 137 55 41 55 38
49 Will Hayward 2017-2026 Carlton 199 55 41 53 37
50 Tim Membrey 2014-2026 Collingwood 215 54 40 62 43
51 Oscar Allen 2018-2026 Brisbane Lions 110 54 40 57 39
52 Nate Caddy 2024-2026 Essendon 43 54 40 52 36
53 Ben King 2019-2026 Gold Coast 138 53 39 50 33
54 Joel Amartey 2020-2026 Sydney 72 53 39 50 34
55 Jack Higgins 2018-2026 St Kilda 155 53 39 57 40
56 Jye Amiss 2022-2026 Fremantle 88 53 39 50 34
57 Eric Hipwood 2016-2026 Brisbane Lions 203 52 38 52 36
58 Oliver Henry 2021-2026 Geelong 96 52 38 49 33
59 Jed Walter 2024-2026 Gold Coast 41 41 30 39 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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