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Current midfielders — kick rating leaderboard

The top midfielders right now, ranked by rolling 40-game KICK-M. Mids are the position overall KICK already rewards well, so the calibrated KICK-M number tracks close to a midfielder's raw KICK. Raw formula + overall KICK shown for transparency. 116 midfielders in the pool, top 100 shown. Active players (current-season appearance), rolling 40-game average.

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# Player Team GP KICK-M R40 Raw KICK-M career KICK
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1 Bailey Smith 2019-2026 Geelong 149 100 80 68 61
2 Marcus Bontempelli 2014-2026 Western Bulldogs 281 97 78 100 73
3 Nick Daicos 2022-2026 Collingwood 118 93 77 89 70
4 Matt Rowell 2020-2026 Gold Coast 126 89 75 79 67
5 Jordan Dawson 2017-2026 Adelaide 178 89 75 77 63
6 Isaac Heeney 2015-2026 Sydney 240 88 75 68 61
7 Ed Richards 2018-2026 Western Bulldogs 170 86 73 51 49
8 Errol Gulden 2021-2026 Sydney 116 85 72 73 64
9 Harry Sheezel 2023-2026 North Melbourne 88 84 72 84 68
10 Zak Butters 2019-2026 Port Adelaide 154 84 72 65 59
11 Noah Anderson 2020-2026 Gold Coast 151 83 72 74 65
12 Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera 2022-2026 St Kilda 102 83 71 62 56
13 Will Ashcroft 2023-2026 Brisbane Lions 85 83 71 71 63
14 Caleb Serong 2020-2026 Fremantle 151 80 69 77 66
15 Lachie Neale 2012-2026 Brisbane Lions 313 80 69 87 69
16 Tim Taranto 2017-2026 Richmond 192 79 69 75 65
17 Max Holmes 2021-2026 Geelong 121 79 68 60 55
18 Adam Treloar 2012-2026 Western Bulldogs 260 76 67 76 66
19 Tom Liberatore 2011-2026 Western Bulldogs 261 76 67 73 64
20 Zach Merrett 2014-2026 Essendon 268 76 67 82 68
21 Patrick Cripps 2014-2026 Carlton 252 75 66 88 70
22 Luke Davies-Uniacke 2018-2026 North Melbourne 151 75 66 65 59
23 Finn Callaghan 2022-2026 Greater Western Sydney 90 75 66 57 54
24 Clayton Oliver 2016-2026 Greater Western Sydney 228 74 65 92 71
25 Jason Horne-Francis 2022-2026 Port Adelaide 100 73 65 62 57
26 Chad Warner 2020-2026 Sydney 130 73 65 67 60
27 Josh Dunkley 2016-2026 Brisbane Lions 221 73 65 75 65
28 George Hewett 2016-2026 Carlton 213 73 65 56 54
29 Hugh McCluggage 2017-2026 Brisbane Lions 224 72 64 64 59
30 Connor Rozee 2019-2026 Port Adelaide 152 72 64 59 55
31 Jai Newcombe 2021-2026 Hawthorn 125 72 64 70 62
32 Jack Steele 2015-2026 Melbourne 224 71 64 76 66
33 Jack Sinclair 2015-2026 St Kilda 220 71 63 58 54
34 Andrew Brayshaw 2018-2026 Fremantle 196 71 63 68 61
35 Darcy Parish 2016-2026 Essendon 178 69 62 63 59
36 Sam Walsh 2019-2026 Carlton 157 69 62 72 64
37 Christian Petracca 2016-2026 Gold Coast 231 68 62 71 63
38 Dayne Zorko 2012-2026 Brisbane Lions 313 68 61 73 63
39 Matthew Kennedy 2016-2026 Western Bulldogs 156 67 61 55 52
40 Touk Miller 2015-2026 Gold Coast 235 67 61 69 62
41 Lachie Whitfield 2013-2026 Greater Western Sydney 271 66 60 62 57
42 Nic Newman 2017-2026 Carlton 145 65 60 60 54
43 Hayden Young 2020-2026 Fremantle 101 65 60 61 55
44 Will Setterfield 2017-2026 Essendon 93 65 60 49 49
45 Jye Caldwell 2019-2026 Essendon 101 65 59 54 53
46 Josh Daicos 2017-2026 Collingwood 175 64 59 53 51
47 Nick Blakey 2019-2026 Sydney 171 63 58 47 44
48 Elliot Yeo 2012-2026 West Coast 226 63 58 64 57
49 Will Day 2020-2026 Hawthorn 87 63 58 54 50
50 Ollie Wines 2013-2026 Port Adelaide 287 62 57 70 62
51 Jack Macrae 2013-2026 St Kilda 272 61 57 80 67
52 Adam Cerra 2018-2026 Carlton 164 61 57 54 52
53 Luke Parker 2011-2026 North Melbourne 326 61 57 74 64
54 Max Hall 2025-2026 St Kilda 46 61 57 56 54
55 Sam Durham 2021-2026 Essendon 109 60 56 48 47
56 Bailey Dale 2015-2026 Western Bulldogs 193 60 56 50 48
57 Rory Laird 2013-2026 Adelaide 287 60 56 69 60
58 Scott Pendlebury 2006-2026 Collingwood 428 59 56 78 66
59 Archie Roberts 2024-2026 Essendon 47 59 55 56 53
60 Harley Reid 2024-2026 West Coast 62 58 55 53 52
61 John Noble 2019-2026 Gold Coast 157 58 55 47 45
62 James Worpel 2018-2026 Geelong 155 58 55 57 55
63 Will Brodie 2017-2026 Port Adelaide 53 58 54 55 53
64 Jack Crisp 2012-2026 Collingwood 297 57 54 61 56
65 Shai Bolton 2017-2026 Fremantle 184 57 54 51 51
66 Jordan Clark 2019-2026 Fremantle 152 57 54 50 48
67 Hugo Garcia 2024-2026 St Kilda 43 57 54 53 52
68 Jase Burgoyne 2022-2026 Port Adelaide 75 56 54 50 49
69 Jordan de Goey 2015-2026 Collingwood 197 56 53 55 54
70 Jacob Hopper 2016-2026 Richmond 174 56 53 57 55
71 Josh Ward 2022-2026 Hawthorn 92 55 53 47 47
72 Tom McCarthy 2025-2026 West Coast 32 55 53 54 52
73 Jy Simpkin 2017-2026 North Melbourne 191 55 53 55 53
74 Wayne Milera 2016-2026 Adelaide 141 55 52 45 43
75 Willem Drew 2019-2026 Port Adelaide 151 54 52 52 51
76 Jarrod Berry 2017-2026 Brisbane Lions 199 54 52 50 49
77 Sam Flanders 2020-2026 St Kilda 97 54 52 49 49
78 Bradley Hill 2012-2026 St Kilda 294 54 52 45 45
79 Justin McInerney 2019-2026 Sydney 121 54 52 45 44
80 Callum Mills 2016-2026 Sydney 193 53 52 59 53
81 Marcus Windhager 2022-2026 St Kilda 94 53 51 45 45
82 Tom Powell 2021-2026 North Melbourne 98 53 51 45 45
83 Tim Kelly 2018-2026 West Coast 183 52 51 66 60
84 Christian Salem 2014-2026 Melbourne 197 52 50 50 48
85 Dion Prestia 2011-2026 Richmond 244 51 50 63 58
86 Joel Freijah 2024-2026 Western Bulldogs 60 51 50 49 48
87 Jayden Short 2016-2026 Richmond 208 51 49 48 47
88 Caleb Daniel 2015-2026 North Melbourne 228 50 49 51 50
89 Karl Amon 2015-2026 Hawthorn 211 50 49 49 49
90 Trent Rivers 2020-2026 Melbourne 140 50 49 45 42
91 Brayden Fiorini 2016-2026 Essendon 122 49 48 52 51
92 Blake Acres 2014-2026 Carlton 195 49 48 49 48
93 Patrick Dangerfield 2008-2026 Geelong 372 49 48 81 67
94 Steele Sidebottom 2009-2026 Collingwood 372 48 47 61 57
95 Ryley Sanders 2024-2026 Western Bulldogs 55 48 47 45 45
96 Andrew McGrath 2017-2026 Essendon 197 48 47 48 48
97 Dan Houston 2017-2026 Collingwood 212 47 47 56 51
98 Jake Soligo 2022-2026 Adelaide 103 47 47 48 48
99 Jake Lloyd 2014-2026 Sydney 287 47 46 56 52
100 Stephen Coniglio 2012-2026 Greater Western Sydney 235 47 46 68 61

Why a separate midfielders 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 midfielders, 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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