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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. 62 forwards in the pool, top 62 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 Izak Rankine 2020-2026 Adelaide 125 98 69 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 97 81 59 68 46
6 Shaun Mannagh 2024-2026 Geelong 58 78 58 79 55
7 Jeremy Cameron 2012-2026 Geelong 295 78 57 75 49
8 Jack Gunston 2010-2026 Hawthorn 295 76 56 73 49
9 Josh Treacy 2021-2026 Fremantle 107 76 56 62 43
10 Harry McKay 2017-2026 Carlton 159 76 56 71 48
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 Charlie Curnow 2016-2026 Sydney 169 72 53 75 50
14 Jesse Hogan 2015-2026 Greater Western Sydney 188 72 53 75 50
15 Peter Wright 2015-2026 Essendon 168 70 52 67 46
16 Jack Ginnivan 2021-2026 Hawthorn 108 70 52 59 42
17 Shannon Neale 2022-2026 Geelong 68 69 51 60 41
18 Tom Papley 2016-2026 Sydney 213 68 50 65 46
19 Logan Morris 2024-2026 Brisbane Lions 69 67 50 58 39
20 Paul Curtis 2022-2026 North Melbourne 96 67 50 55 38
21 Josh Rachele 2022-2026 Adelaide 90 66 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 Kai Lohmann 2022-2026 Brisbane Lions 71 62 47 58 41
25 Jake Stringer 2013-2026 Greater Western Sydney 239 62 47 65 46
26 Mabior Chol 2016-2026 Hawthorn 124 61 46 55 38
27 Jamie Elliott 2012-2026 Collingwood 222 61 46 64 45
28 Taylor Walker 2009-2026 Adelaide 313 61 46 71 48
29 Nick Larkey 2017-2026 North Melbourne 157 61 46 55 37
30 Jamarra Ugle-Hagan 2021-2026 Gold Coast 70 61 46 52 35
31 Cooper Sharman 2021-2026 St Kilda 83 60 45 55 37
32 Nick Watson 2024-2026 Hawthorn 63 60 45 58 41
33 Mitch Lewis 2018-2026 Hawthorn 96 60 45 60 41
34 Aaron Cadman 2023-2026 Greater Western Sydney 73 60 45 49 33
35 Jake Riccardi 2020-2026 Greater Western Sydney 97 59 44 52 36
36 Darcy Fogarty 2018-2026 Adelaide 142 59 44 54 37
37 Logan McDonald 2021-2026 Sydney 90 58 44 53 36
38 Patrick Voss 2024-2026 Fremantle 53 58 43 55 37
39 Tom Lynch 2011-2026 Richmond 247 58 43 73 48
40 Jacob van Rooyen 2023-2026 Melbourne 79 57 43 54 37
41 Will Hayward 2017-2026 Carlton 203 57 43 53 38
42 Cameron Zurhaar 2017-2026 North Melbourne 163 57 43 57 40
43 Cody Weightman 2020-2026 Western Bulldogs 85 57 42 52 36
44 Oliver Henry 2021-2026 Geelong 103 56 42 50 34
45 Brody Mihocek 2018-2026 Melbourne 166 56 42 58 40
46 Charlie Cameron 2014-2026 Brisbane Lions 267 56 41 59 41
47 Jack Darling 2011-2026 North Melbourne 340 55 41 66 46
48 Jye Amiss 2022-2026 Fremantle 96 55 41 51 34
49 Jamie Cripps 2012-2026 West Coast 267 55 41 61 44
50 Nate Caddy 2024-2026 Essendon 48 55 41 53 37
51 Ben King 2019-2026 Gold Coast 143 53 39 50 33
52 Joel Amartey 2020-2026 Sydney 72 53 39 50 34
53 Tim Membrey 2014-2026 Collingwood 221 53 39 62 42
54 Todd Marshall 2017-2026 Port Adelaide 124 53 39 55 37
55 Jack Higgins 2018-2026 St Kilda 159 53 39 57 40
56 Oscar Allen 2018-2026 Brisbane Lions 118 52 39 56 39
57 Liam Ryan 2018-2026 St Kilda 141 52 38 54 37
58 Eric Hipwood 2016-2026 Brisbane Lions 212 52 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 Isaiah Dudley 2025-2026 Fremantle 39 45 33 44 31
62 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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