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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. 113 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 275 100 79 100 73
2 Bailey Smith 2019-2026 Geelong 142 100 79 67 61
3 Nick Daicos 2022-2026 Collingwood 112 97 78 88 70
4 Jordan Dawson 2017-2026 Adelaide 171 93 76 76 63
5 Matt Rowell 2020-2026 Gold Coast 121 88 73 76 66
6 Isaac Heeney 2015-2026 Sydney 236 87 73 68 61
7 Zak Butters 2019-2026 Port Adelaide 154 85 72 65 59
8 Harry Sheezel 2023-2026 North Melbourne 85 85 72 84 68
9 Ed Richards 2018-2026 Western Bulldogs 163 85 72 50 48
10 Lachie Neale 2012-2026 Brisbane Lions 304 84 71 87 70
11 Noah Anderson 2020-2026 Gold Coast 146 84 71 74 64
12 Max Holmes 2021-2026 Geelong 119 83 71 60 56
13 Caleb Serong 2020-2026 Fremantle 142 82 70 77 66
14 Errol Gulden 2021-2026 Sydney 109 82 70 71 62
15 Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera 2022-2026 St Kilda 100 81 70 61 56
16 Will Ashcroft 2023-2026 Brisbane Lions 76 78 68 69 62
17 Zach Merrett 2014-2026 Essendon 263 78 68 82 68
18 Tom Liberatore 2011-2026 Western Bulldogs 257 77 68 73 64
19 Andrew Brayshaw 2018-2026 Fremantle 187 76 67 68 61
20 Tim Taranto 2017-2026 Richmond 187 76 67 74 65
21 Adam Treloar 2012-2026 Western Bulldogs 260 76 67 76 66
22 Clayton Oliver 2016-2026 Greater Western Sydney 223 75 67 93 71
23 Patrick Cripps 2014-2026 Carlton 245 75 66 89 70
24 George Hewett 2016-2026 Carlton 206 75 66 56 53
25 Hugh McCluggage 2017-2026 Brisbane Lions 218 74 66 64 59
26 Luke Davies-Uniacke 2018-2026 North Melbourne 146 74 66 65 59
27 Finn Callaghan 2022-2026 Greater Western Sydney 89 74 66 57 54
28 Jason Horne-Francis 2022-2026 Port Adelaide 96 73 65 61 57
29 Jack Steele 2015-2026 Melbourne 218 73 65 77 66
30 Josh Dunkley 2016-2026 Brisbane Lions 212 72 65 75 65
31 Jai Newcombe 2021-2026 Hawthorn 118 72 65 70 62
32 Christian Petracca 2016-2026 Gold Coast 227 72 64 72 63
33 Connor Rozee 2019-2026 Port Adelaide 152 71 64 59 55
34 Matthew Kennedy 2016-2026 Western Bulldogs 150 71 64 55 52
35 Dayne Zorko 2012-2026 Brisbane Lions 305 71 64 73 63
36 Jack Sinclair 2015-2026 St Kilda 220 71 63 58 54
37 Chad Warner 2020-2026 Sydney 126 70 63 66 60
38 Darcy Parish 2016-2026 Essendon 178 69 62 63 59
39 Sam Walsh 2019-2026 Carlton 150 69 62 72 63
40 Touk Miller 2015-2026 Gold Coast 230 68 62 69 62
41 Will Day 2020-2026 Hawthorn 80 67 61 55 51
42 Lachie Whitfield 2013-2026 Greater Western Sydney 266 67 61 62 57
43 Hayden Young 2020-2026 Fremantle 93 67 61 61 55
44 Jye Caldwell 2019-2026 Essendon 98 66 60 54 53
45 Nic Newman 2017-2026 Carlton 145 65 60 60 54
46 Ollie Wines 2013-2026 Port Adelaide 282 64 59 71 62
47 Josh Daicos 2017-2026 Collingwood 169 63 58 52 51
48 Nick Blakey 2019-2026 Sydney 167 62 58 47 44
49 Elliot Yeo 2012-2026 West Coast 221 62 58 64 57
50 Luke Parker 2011-2026 North Melbourne 321 62 57 74 65
51 Rory Laird 2013-2026 Adelaide 282 61 57 70 60
52 Sam Durham 2021-2026 Essendon 106 61 57 48 47
53 Bailey Dale 2015-2026 Western Bulldogs 190 61 57 50 48
54 Jack Macrae 2013-2026 St Kilda 270 60 57 80 67
55 Jordan Clark 2019-2026 Fremantle 143 60 56 51 48
56 Adam Cerra 2018-2026 Carlton 157 60 56 54 52
57 Scott Pendlebury 2006-2026 Collingwood 425 59 56 78 66
58 Archie Roberts 2024-2026 Essendon 42 59 56 57 54
59 Will Setterfield 2017-2026 Essendon 88 59 56 48 48
60 John Noble 2019-2026 Gold Coast 152 59 55 46 45
61 Jack Crisp 2012-2026 Collingwood 291 59 55 62 56
62 Jarrod Berry 2017-2026 Brisbane Lions 190 58 55 50 49
63 James Worpel 2018-2026 Geelong 152 57 54 57 55
64 Jy Simpkin 2017-2026 North Melbourne 186 57 54 54 53
65 Jacob Hopper 2016-2026 Richmond 174 56 53 57 55
66 Jordan de Goey 2015-2026 Collingwood 192 55 53 56 54
67 Christian Salem 2014-2026 Melbourne 194 55 52 51 49
68 Marcus Windhager 2022-2026 St Kilda 89 54 52 45 45
69 Sam Flanders 2020-2026 St Kilda 97 54 52 49 49
70 Harley Reid 2024-2026 West Coast 57 54 52 52 51
71 Callum Mills 2016-2026 Sydney 188 54 52 59 53
72 Karl Amon 2015-2026 Hawthorn 206 54 52 50 49
73 Justin McInerney 2019-2026 Sydney 120 54 52 45 44
74 Jase Burgoyne 2022-2026 Port Adelaide 70 53 52 48 47
75 Hugo Garcia 2024-2026 St Kilda 38 53 51 52 51
76 Tom Powell 2021-2026 North Melbourne 98 53 51 45 45
77 Wayne Milera 2016-2026 Adelaide 137 53 51 45 43
78 Caleb Daniel 2015-2026 North Melbourne 223 52 51 51 50
79 Steele Sidebottom 2009-2026 Collingwood 367 52 51 62 57
80 Trent Rivers 2020-2026 Melbourne 134 52 51 45 42
81 Blake Acres 2014-2026 Carlton 188 52 50 50 48
82 Dion Prestia 2011-2026 Richmond 240 52 50 63 58
83 Josh Ward 2022-2026 Hawthorn 85 51 50 46 46
84 Tim Kelly 2018-2026 West Coast 178 51 50 66 60
85 Jake Soligo 2022-2026 Adelaide 97 51 50 49 49
86 Jayden Short 2016-2026 Richmond 203 51 50 48 47
87 Stephen Coniglio 2012-2026 Greater Western Sydney 230 50 49 68 62
88 Bradley Hill 2012-2026 St Kilda 289 50 49 45 45
89 Patrick Dangerfield 2008-2026 Geelong 367 50 49 81 67
90 Brayden Fiorini 2016-2026 Essendon 122 49 48 52 51
91 Joel Freijah 2024-2026 Western Bulldogs 53 49 48 47 46
92 Liam Baker 2018-2026 West Coast 168 49 48 45 44
93 Dan Houston 2017-2026 Collingwood 206 48 47 56 51
94 Andrew McGrath 2017-2026 Essendon 192 48 47 49 48
95 Ryley Sanders 2024-2026 Western Bulldogs 48 48 47 46 46
96 Jake Lloyd 2014-2026 Sydney 280 48 47 56 52
97 Ed Langdon 2015-2026 Melbourne 219 47 47 49 48
98 Angus Sheldrick 2022-2026 Sydney 36 47 46 46 46
99 Hunter Clark 2018-2026 St Kilda 103 47 46 43 42
100 Ben Keays 2016-2026 Adelaide 179 47 46 52 51

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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