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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. 109 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 Marcus Bontempelli 2014-2026 Western Bulldogs 269 100 80 100 73
2 Nick Daicos 2022-2026 Collingwood 106 94 76 87 69
3 Bailey Smith 2019-2026 Geelong 137 92 76 66 60
4 Jordan Dawson 2017-2026 Adelaide 164 90 74 76 62
5 Matt Rowell 2020-2026 Gold Coast 114 88 73 77 66
6 Zak Butters 2019-2026 Port Adelaide 148 87 72 64 59
7 Caleb Serong 2020-2026 Fremantle 137 86 72 77 66
8 Noah Anderson 2020-2026 Gold Coast 139 85 72 73 64
9 Errol Gulden 2021-2026 Sydney 105 84 71 71 63
10 Harry Sheezel 2023-2026 North Melbourne 78 83 71 81 67
11 Lachie Neale 2012-2026 Brisbane Lions 298 83 71 88 69
12 Ed Richards 2018-2026 Western Bulldogs 157 82 70 49 47
13 Max Holmes 2021-2026 Geelong 113 81 70 59 55
14 Zach Merrett 2014-2026 Essendon 257 80 69 83 68
15 Adam Treloar 2012-2026 Western Bulldogs 258 80 69 77 66
16 Tom Liberatore 2011-2026 Western Bulldogs 254 78 68 73 65
17 Luke Davies-Uniacke 2018-2026 North Melbourne 139 78 68 65 59
18 Hugh McCluggage 2017-2026 Brisbane Lions 216 76 68 64 59
19 Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera 2022-2026 St Kilda 94 76 68 59 55
20 Andrew Brayshaw 2018-2026 Fremantle 181 76 67 68 61
21 Patrick Cripps 2014-2026 Carlton 239 76 67 90 70
22 Tim Taranto 2017-2026 Richmond 181 75 67 74 65
23 Jack Steele 2015-2026 Melbourne 212 75 67 78 66
24 Josh Dunkley 2016-2026 Brisbane Lions 206 75 67 75 65
25 George Hewett 2016-2026 Carlton 201 75 67 55 53
26 Christian Petracca 2016-2026 Gold Coast 220 74 66 73 64
27 Jai Newcombe 2021-2026 Hawthorn 112 74 66 69 61
28 Will Ashcroft 2023-2026 Brisbane Lions 70 74 66 66 60
29 Darcy Parish 2016-2026 Essendon 175 73 65 64 59
30 Matthew Kennedy 2016-2026 Western Bulldogs 144 72 64 55 52
31 Dayne Zorko 2012-2026 Brisbane Lions 303 71 64 73 63
32 Finn Callaghan 2022-2026 Greater Western Sydney 83 71 64 56 53
33 Jack Sinclair 2015-2026 St Kilda 218 71 64 57 54
34 Connor Rozee 2019-2026 Port Adelaide 152 71 64 59 55
35 Sam Walsh 2019-2026 Carlton 144 70 64 72 64
36 Jason Horne-Francis 2022-2026 Port Adelaide 90 70 63 59 56
37 Nic Newman 2017-2026 Carlton 139 69 63 60 54
38 Clayton Oliver 2016-2026 Greater Western Sydney 217 69 63 94 71
39 Touk Miller 2015-2026 Gold Coast 223 69 63 70 62
40 Jye Caldwell 2019-2026 Essendon 94 69 63 55 53
41 Hayden Young 2020-2026 Fremantle 89 69 62 62 55
42 Lachie Whitfield 2013-2026 Greater Western Sydney 262 68 62 62 57
43 Chad Warner 2020-2026 Sydney 120 68 62 65 59
44 Will Day 2020-2026 Hawthorn 75 66 61 54 50
45 Elliot Yeo 2012-2026 West Coast 215 66 60 65 58
46 Ollie Wines 2013-2026 Port Adelaide 276 64 59 71 63
47 Rory Laird 2013-2026 Adelaide 277 63 59 70 60
48 Scott Pendlebury 2006-2026 Collingwood 421 63 58 79 67
49 Jordan Clark 2019-2026 Fremantle 137 62 58 51 48
50 Josh Daicos 2017-2026 Collingwood 163 62 58 52 51
51 Jack Macrae 2013-2026 St Kilda 267 62 57 81 67
52 Sam Durham 2021-2026 Essendon 100 61 57 47 46
53 Jarrod Berry 2017-2026 Brisbane Lions 184 60 56 50 49
54 Jy Simpkin 2017-2026 North Melbourne 179 60 56 55 53
55 Adam Cerra 2018-2026 Carlton 152 60 56 54 52
56 Jack Crisp 2012-2026 Collingwood 285 60 56 62 56
57 Archie Roberts 2024-2026 Essendon 39 59 56 58 54
58 Bailey Dale 2015-2026 Western Bulldogs 185 59 56 50 48
59 Will Setterfield 2017-2026 Essendon 84 58 55 48 48
60 Luke Parker 2011-2026 North Melbourne 314 58 55 75 65
61 James Worpel 2018-2026 Geelong 151 57 54 57 55
62 John Noble 2019-2026 Gold Coast 145 56 54 46 44
63 Jacob Hopper 2016-2026 Richmond 173 56 54 57 55
64 Trent Rivers 2020-2026 Melbourne 128 56 53 45 42
65 Karl Amon 2015-2026 Hawthorn 202 55 53 50 49
66 Willem Drew 2019-2026 Port Adelaide 140 55 53 53 52
67 Stephen Coniglio 2012-2026 Greater Western Sydney 225 55 52 69 62
68 Dion Prestia 2011-2026 Richmond 235 55 52 63 59
69 Christian Salem 2014-2026 Melbourne 194 55 52 51 49
70 Jordan de Goey 2015-2026 Collingwood 186 54 52 55 54
71 Jake Soligo 2022-2026 Adelaide 90 54 52 49 49
72 Sam Flanders 2020-2026 St Kilda 97 54 52 49 49
73 Justin McInerney 2019-2026 Sydney 120 54 52 45 44
74 George Wardlaw 2023-2026 North Melbourne 44 54 52 52 51
75 Callum Mills 2016-2026 Sydney 182 53 52 59 53
76 Jase Burgoyne 2022-2026 Port Adelaide 63 53 52 48 46
77 Tom Powell 2021-2026 North Melbourne 98 53 51 45 45
78 Blake Acres 2014-2026 Carlton 184 53 51 49 48
79 Steele Sidebottom 2009-2026 Collingwood 362 52 51 62 57
80 Matt Roberts 2023-2026 Sydney 48 52 51 50 48
81 Harley Reid 2024-2026 West Coast 51 52 51 50 50
82 Marcus Windhager 2022-2026 St Kilda 83 52 51 44 44
83 Jayden Short 2016-2026 Richmond 198 52 50 49 47
84 Tim Kelly 2018-2026 West Coast 173 51 50 66 60
85 Joel Freijah 2024-2026 Western Bulldogs 47 51 50 48 47
86 Caleb Daniel 2015-2026 North Melbourne 216 51 50 51 50
87 Dan Houston 2017-2026 Collingwood 200 50 49 56 51
88 Patrick Dangerfield 2008-2026 Geelong 361 50 49 83 67
89 Liam Baker 2018-2026 West Coast 162 50 49 46 44
90 Jake Lloyd 2014-2026 Sydney 274 50 49 56 53
91 Brayden Fiorini 2016-2026 Essendon 122 49 48 52 51
92 Ben Keays 2016-2026 Adelaide 172 49 48 52 52
93 Josh Ward 2022-2026 Hawthorn 79 49 48 45 45
94 Ed Langdon 2015-2026 Melbourne 213 49 48 49 48
95 Andrew McGrath 2017-2026 Essendon 188 48 48 49 48
96 Ryley Sanders 2024-2026 Western Bulldogs 43 47 46 46 46
97 Angus Sheldrick 2022-2026 Sydney 31 47 46 46 46
98 Hunter Clark 2018-2026 St Kilda 102 47 46 43 42
99 Colby McKercher 2024-2026 North Melbourne 49 46 46 46 46
100 Massimo DAmbrosio 2022-2026 Hawthorn 72 46 45 44 43

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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